He hasn't made a transfer request, might it be to do with if you make one then you don't get any compensation for the remaining length of your contract. If he wants to leave, he should have the guts to come out and say it not hide behind rumours.
Wayne Rooney | 2012-14 Performances
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I still think its mostly that slimey cnut paul whatishisname behind all this. Same as it was last time.
Rooney comes across as too thick to think for himself really.
I agree with the notion but public situation keeps happening for lot of players. Comes with that agent of his. As soon as it strays to forms of threats, then that's the problem. Here, in rooney's case, it would be the end considering his history.
It could well be, I'm sure last time there was much more to it than we know, but even then that is no excuse. He should be able to control his agent to the extent that he isn't handing in transfer requests every couple seasons if that's the case.
You'd think that he would be able to control his agent now that he is a grown man. But I still question whether he can even control his wife, who seems to wear the pants.
Anyways, Im just speculating. I mean like most people I know feck all about what goes on behind the scenes. But Im pretty sure the people who surround him are influencing him negatively.
He should rubbish it on Twitter if it's untrue, he did that before - didn't he? His wife has responded to the obligatory selection of idiots complaining to her about it "My husband has a twitter account ....... @WayneRooney . So tweet him not me!!"
I have missed a lot of pages so would somebody be kind enough to summarize this Rooney situation for me please?
The summary is that Rooney's a mercenary cnut and can get fecked
much depends on whether playing for us still motivates him or he s putting money above anything else.
If it s the latter, we better get rid of him asap
If it s the latter, we better get rid of him asap
How many managers have sold the same player twice at two different clubs?
I have missed a lot of pages so would somebody be kind enough to summarize this Rooney situation for me please
- Unsubstantiated news on Rooney asking to leave
- Hoo-hah
- A spokesman confirms he is not available for transfer when prompted
- No smoke without fire, etc. while others reckon is just media bollocks
- Rumours the SAF leaving leak was through Rooney so the club are on his back
- Many fans angry he changed his Twitter description from Manchester United player to Nike Athlete (myself included when I first read it)
- Turns out he changed it ages ago as did other players, so looks like a Nike request
Basically, nothing, but since we have already been speculating about his sub appearances and body language there is fertile ground for the press and Rooney has previous form with this kind of shit.
- Rooney hasn't denied any of it
Probably waiting to find out what Moyes' plans are before making any comments? That seems reasonable to me.
Overall, if he wants to leave he can feck off and if he doesn't there's always room for players of his talent and versatility at Manchester United.
Stretford, of all surnames not one to easily forget.
Fergie with Strachan.
United have to go with the boilerplate 'Wayne Rooney is going nowhere', because to do otherwise would weaken the club's hand in transfer negotiations.
We may have planned to handle this differently. Fergie drops Rooney, substitutes him, and plays him out of position enough to alert other clubs that it might be worth an inquiry, but not enough to suggest he's surplus to requirements and available on the cheap. Then, once Rooney is offloaded, we try for Lewandowski, or, if Bayern are interested, we could hope to leverage them on their pursuit of Lewandowski.
Plan B needed.
In any case, I don't believe we'll try to hold Rooney against his will. He's shown he's capable of lethargic and unmotivated performances. Fergie won't want to bequeath a disgruntled player, whom he's had trouble with previously, to the new manager.
We may have planned to handle this differently. Fergie drops Rooney, substitutes him, and plays him out of position enough to alert other clubs that it might be worth an inquiry, but not enough to suggest he's surplus to requirements and available on the cheap. Then, once Rooney is offloaded, we try for Lewandowski, or, if Bayern are interested, we could hope to leverage them on their pursuit of Lewandowski.
Plan B needed.
In any case, I don't believe we'll try to hold Rooney against his will. He's shown he's capable of lethargic and unmotivated performances. Fergie won't want to bequeath a disgruntled player, whom he's had trouble with previously, to the new manager.
If it's true, get fecking shut. There's plenty of players that could've offered what he has the past season. We give him slack because we know he's done a lot better.
He's an excellent player but not irreplaceable. So long as he is replaced at least like for like (ie. not a prospect) it wouldn't bother me. It would make me nervous until someone else is bought though.
He's an excellent player but not irreplaceable. So long as he is replaced at least like for like (ie. not a prospect) it wouldn't bother me. It would make me nervous until someone else is bought though.
Didn't Moyes successfully sue Rooney a few years ago? Can't imagine that Rooney will want to play for him again after that.
Some quality conspiracy theorising there Will. You think we drop him and sub him from certain games to slyly hint to other clubs that he's available, really? And for the 19 millionth time, what's Lewandowski got to do with Rooney, they play in different positions.
I agree with this.Enough of Rooney and his transfer sagas, if there is any truth to it that is
What, now that Rooney is a midfielder you mean?
No, Rooney is a Number 10, he hasn't played in Lewadowski's position for three years.
You're clever enough to know there is some overlap in regards to Rooney's position in the sense that he's considered a 'forward'. Nine times out of ten, 2 of the 'forwards' get selected in their primary position.
Now considering under the category of 'forwards' we have van Persie, Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck and Kagawa (oh yes, he's in there in terms of his primary position), a potential arrival involving Lewandowski WOULD affect Rooney is some form given the fact that we often deploy 2 forwards in a game, whether one plays off the other is irrelevant in this instance.
Keep up duff. They buried the hatchet a long time ago.
Inclined to agree with Issy. Claiming Lewandowski coming wouldn't affect Rooney is disingenuous.
Signing Lewandowski would obviously affect Rooney's time, but not for good reason imo. He's a great striker, no doubt, but he'd have to step in ahead of Van Persie, not Rooney, for us to be using him correctly. If Lewandowski were to replace Rooney in the line-up, I don't think a Van Persie-Lewandowski partnership would be advisable. Who drops deeper? Van Persie isn't mobile enough for that, and why drop Lewandowski deep when you could just play Rooney there who's better there? Makes no sense.
I think it can be a form of signalling, yes. Both to the player himself and to interested clubs. On the other hand, maybe Fergie was thinking of moving Rooney to midfield. But he (Fergie) knew he was leaving, and may also have known, depending on timing, that Rooney wanted out.
It's just a fun theory, and may be wide of the mark. But I don't think it's outlandish.
Just read in an Independent article that in one of Rooney's books he tells of a time when Moyes bollocked him for eating too many McDonalds!
Rooney complained under Ferguson. Now its Moyes, a manager who he's had a history with, but if Moyes tells him "Don't worry, I'll play you a lot more up top" then he'll stay and sign. If thats not enough then he can sod off to PSG.
Good to hear the club said no to his request to leave.
That way if anyone wants him they'll realise they have to stump up the cash to "persuade" us to sell him. I don't want us to sell this one on the cheap.
I feel sure he'll be sold though.
That way if anyone wants him they'll realise they have to stump up the cash to "persuade" us to sell him. I don't want us to sell this one on the cheap.
I feel sure he'll be sold though.
I say we offer him a new contract with very harsh penalty clauses for any hint of self inflicted fitness issues and a clause stating he has to sack strettford and publicly denounce him as a vile parasitic slimeball cnut, if he signs that the. God love him, the little scouse git can stay forever
david johnson reckons hes off to germany.
Whether he has requested to leave as is being reported or thus far said nothing at all, doesn't necessarily remove his departure from club policy.
We are talking about a player who has repeatedly shown a lax attitude toward fitness in recent times, an issue for which there is only grater emphasis at the stage he is in his career.
At least £8-10m a year in salary and the baggage associated with Rooney, matters would be in doubt without this.
We are talking about a player who has repeatedly shown a lax attitude toward fitness in recent times, an issue for which there is only grater emphasis at the stage he is in his career.
At least £8-10m a year in salary and the baggage associated with Rooney, matters would be in doubt without this.
Doubt he'd get in either Bayern or Dortmund's first teams.
He's better than Mandzukic and Lewandowski and by some distance I'd say
They'd love him at Bayern. He'd inject a bit of passion to that sterotypical missionary position sex football that Germans are usually known for.
The locals would love him, too...he'd never have to learn any German at all.
The locals would love him, too...he'd never have to learn any German at all.
Yes he would.
Good bratwurst and huge beer steins apparently the motivation.
I'm very curious to see why Bayern have suddenly shown interest in Rooney, if the rumours are in fact true. Must signal some sort of problem that they've got with the Lewandowski dealings?
I think I heard rumours about it around the time they annouced the Guardiola deal.
Now Bayern wants him? Ok, give us Schweni and Shaqiri. Deal.
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