He'll be giving up a loyalty payment if he hands in a transfer request, won't he? Leaving money on the table, he must be desperate to get out.
Wayne Rooney | 2012-14 Performances
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More squawking from the Rooney camp.
I'll wait and see if he actually puts in a transfer request. And if he does, I say keep him until next summer.
I'll wait and see if he actually puts in a transfer request. And if he does, I say keep him until next summer.
So he's gone back to the 'its Fergie's fault' line has he? How many times is it that Rooney's 'people' have changed their story about why he wants out? Half a dozen?
If he wants to leave Rooney knows what he needs to do: Submit a transfer request, sacrifice his loyalty payments and persuade Chelsea to cough up a Torres sized fee for him. Simple.
That Daily Mail article says Fergie revealed the news that Rooney wanted to leave to the OT crowd. Er, no he didn't.
Rooney in his midlife crisis
Second bid from Chelsea rejected last night apparently...
Apparently it's closer to £30m. Well that's nice of them.
When it's double that then we should start considering. As there is no benefits selling to a rival.
When it's double that then we should start considering. As there is no benefits selling to a rival.
Telegraph are reporting it was only £25m.
Im not convinced it will. Shouldn't there have been one already? Likewise with Suarez. How did Arsenal end up being the only club interested in him?
This could have been so much simpler and less unpleasant if he had simply put in a transfer request months ago stating he felt like he needed a new challenge. No one would hold that against him.
I would
Really?
How is Chelsea a new challenge though?
It seems he doesn't want to move abroad and the top foreign clubs don't want him.
New challenge/new scenery, call it whatever, after 9 years in the same job for the same employer I'd be bored too.
It's a bit different than a 'regular' job. He gets paid 250k per week ffs. He's challenging for the top honours every season.
You don't know what has gone on behind the scenes at the club in fairness. There can be other factors at play beyond money and trophies.
He spat his dummy out becasue RVP was considered the main man.
The story about Rooney's handing a transfer request is written Neil Ashton, who's Chelsea mouth piece in the Media.
Yeah but if we speculate on a bunch of shit we think happened then we can tell the story as well. It'll be fun.
yes, it would be clear that he doesn't fancy his chances of dislodging RVP and would rather take the easier route to first team football + most likely a wad of cash
Hope it's true, sooner he's out of the club the better and that'll hopefully get a foreign club interested.
It is also in the Times and I think the Sun, it does look like it may well be coming. Hopefully he's got the last one saved, he can just change the date.
Wayne, go back to Everton, now that would be a new challenge or go abroad, not to megabucks Chelsea. How in hell's name is that a new challenge? He is one big giant sulk, who want cuddling all the time. Funny how no big foreign clubs rate him.
Mourinho would get him firing at Chelsea, he'd be their main man, and the central focus of their attack. With Mata, Hazard and Oscar playing in and around him he'd also get a fantastic supply, and would link up well with those players.
The one thing Chelsea are really crying out for is a top class striker - proven by their pursuit of both Cavani and Falcao, if rumours are to be believed. I hope we don't sell them the man they need to complete their team.
It'll be a disaster for Moyes in his first season I think and even for £40 million, I don't think it would represent particularly good value. I think I am one of the few who actually wants Rooney to stay and hope that Moyes can get him playing close to his best again, but the last thing I want to see is him going to Chelsea - even for £50 million!
The one thing Chelsea are really crying out for is a top class striker - proven by their pursuit of both Cavani and Falcao, if rumours are to be believed. I hope we don't sell them the man they need to complete their team.
It'll be a disaster for Moyes in his first season I think and even for £40 million, I don't think it would represent particularly good value. I think I am one of the few who actually wants Rooney to stay and hope that Moyes can get him playing close to his best again, but the last thing I want to see is him going to Chelsea - even for £50 million!
Actually, all the big foreign clubs rate him.
Rooney is held in far higher esteem on the continent than he is in the UK - I'm not really sure why that is, but it's definitely the case. My "proof" of this comes from having friends who live, or have lived, in Europe and they all say that Rooney has a reputation as one of the best in the game.
We only need to look as far as the Marca reports linking him to Barcelona this very summer to see that he's considered good enough to play at that level.
Sky are saying you've rejected a £30 bid from us.
I reckon this will goto the last day of the transfer window and we'll get him for £40 million.
I reckon this will goto the last day of the transfer window and we'll get him for £40 million.
I reckon Chelsea'll soon turn their attentions to Suarez.
Why are a billionaire backed club like Chelsea bidding such small amounts?
Match made in heaven.
Will they use Ivanovic's arm as bait?
Seemed to take you about 4 weeks for your second bid so you're probably right unless another team comes in for him.
I was about to use the exact same words.
That would be seriously messed up. He'd actually be at a club where he can do us real damage. I hope it doesn't happen. Can't stand the fecker.
Rooney will not be sold unless we make some really good signings which will make it easier to let him go. We haven't made even one. Not likely.
That's definitely true, in England he's hated by most opposition fans who begrundgily admit he's a good player but no more, and as for Utd's fan, I've rarely seen a player getting so much criticism from his own support (and I'm not aiming criticism at anyone by the way and not going into the reasons why he polarizes opinions so much), which is also due to the fact we see every single one of his games (which you don't do for a Cavani, a Messi, a Ronaldo, or even sometimes over PL teams main players) and every single touch of the ball he takes is analyzed on this forum.
When you take a step back and talk to people who see a bigger picture, not as precise as ours, he is held in high regard, seen as one of the top talents in Europe and is really the face of the Premier League abroad. And when you look back at the last ten years and his consistency overall, it's not much of a surprise.
They love him over here in France and it takes quite a lot for French people to admit anything English is any good!
As for the foreign clubs not being interested, well first of all we don't know whether that's true, there could be interest without it being in the media, and there's also the circumstances of this summer that come into play, a lot of the clubs that could afford him have either already made their big money moves of the summer, or don't need him in that position. PSG, Monaco, Real, Barça, Bayern fall into one or the other of those circumstances.
That and the fact that he is as thick as two short planks and wouldn't adjust well to foreign climes!
That's definitely true, in England he's hated by most opposition fans who begrundgily admit he's a good player but no more, and as for Utd's fan, I've rarely seen a player getting so much criticism from his own support (and I'm not aiming criticism at anyone by the way and not going into the reasons why he polarizes opinions so much), which is also due to the fact we see every single one of his games (which you don't do for a Cavani, a Messi, a Ronaldo, or even sometimes over PL teams main players) and every single touch of the ball he takes is analyzed on this forum.
When you take a step back and talk to people who see a bigger picture, not as precise as ours, he is held in high regard, seen as one of the top talents in Europe and is really the face of the Premier League abroad. And when you look back at the last ten years and his consistency overall, it's not much of a surprise.
They love him over here in France and it takes quite a lot for French people to admit anything English is any good!
As for the foreign clubs not being interested, well first of all we don't know whether that's true, there could be interest without it being in the media, and there's also the circumstances of this summer that come into play, a lot of the clubs that could afford him have either already made their big money moves of the summer, or don't need him in that position. PSG, Monaco, Real, Barça, Bayern fall into one or the other of those circumstances.
Well I wish one of these clubs who supposedly love him would put a bloody bid in.
The journalists across Europe don't rate him as high as we do here, he couldn't even make it onto the shortlist this year.
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award nominees
Gareth Bale (WAL) – Tottenham Hotspur FC
Edinson Cavani (URU) – SSC Napoli
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Real Madrid CF
Dante (BRA) – FC Bayern München
Edin Džeko (BIH) – Manchester City FC
Falcao (COL) – Club Atlético de Madrid (now at AS Monaco FC)
Mario Götze (GER) – Borussia Dortmund (now at FC Bayern München)
İlkay Gündoğan (GER) – Borussia Dortmund
Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE) – Paris Saint-Germain FC
Andrés Iniesta (ESP) – FC Barcelona
Branislav Ivanović (SRB) – Chelsea FC
Javi Martínez (ESP) – FC Bayern München
Philipp Lahm (GER) – FC Bayern München
Robert Lewandowski (POL) – Borussia Dortmund
Mario Mandžukić (CRO) – FC Bayern München
Lionel Messi (ARG) – FC Barcelona
Thomas Müller (GER) – FC Bayern München
Manuel Neuer (GER) – FC Bayern München
Óscar Cardozo (PAR) – SL Benfica
Andrea Pirlo (ITA) – Juventus
Franck Ribéry (FRA) – FC Bayern München
Arjen Robben (NED) – FC Bayern München
Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER) – FC Bayern München
Robin van Persie (NED) – Manchester United FC
Arturo Vidal (CHI) – Juventus
Xavi Hernández (ESP) – FC Barcelona
Edinson Cavani (URU) – SSC Napoli
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Real Madrid CF
Dante (BRA) – FC Bayern München
Edin Džeko (BIH) – Manchester City FC
Falcao (COL) – Club Atlético de Madrid (now at AS Monaco FC)
Mario Götze (GER) – Borussia Dortmund (now at FC Bayern München)
İlkay Gündoğan (GER) – Borussia Dortmund
Zlatan Ibrahimović (SWE) – Paris Saint-Germain FC
Andrés Iniesta (ESP) – FC Barcelona
Branislav Ivanović (SRB) – Chelsea FC
Javi Martínez (ESP) – FC Bayern München
Philipp Lahm (GER) – FC Bayern München
Robert Lewandowski (POL) – Borussia Dortmund
Mario Mandžukić (CRO) – FC Bayern München
Lionel Messi (ARG) – FC Barcelona
Thomas Müller (GER) – FC Bayern München
Manuel Neuer (GER) – FC Bayern München
Óscar Cardozo (PAR) – SL Benfica
Andrea Pirlo (ITA) – Juventus
Franck Ribéry (FRA) – FC Bayern München
Arjen Robben (NED) – FC Bayern München
Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER) – FC Bayern München
Robin van Persie (NED) – Manchester United FC
Arturo Vidal (CHI) – Juventus
Xavi Hernández (ESP) – FC Barcelona
Yeah this year where he's had a stop start season. Even then, Marca put him down as our danger man before our clash with Real.
It's been a bit of a peculiar season for him though, I'd still rate him higher than a lot of players on that list as I don't rate a player based only on one season (which is what that list aims to do, of course).
That's definitely true, in England he's hated by most opposition fans who begrundgily admit he's a good player but no more, and as for Utd's fan, I've rarely seen a player getting so much criticism from his own support (and I'm not aiming criticism at anyone by the way and not going into the reasons why he polarizes opinions so much), which is also due to the fact we see every single one of his games (which you don't do for a Cavani, a Messi, a Ronaldo, or even sometimes over PL teams main players) and every single touch of the ball he takes is analyzed on this forum.
When you take a step back and talk to people who see a bigger picture, not as precise as ours, he is held in high regard, seen as one of the top talents in Europe and is really the face of the Premier League abroad. And when you look back at the last ten years and his consistency overall, it's not much of a surprise.
They love him over here in France and it takes quite a lot for French people to admit anything English is any good!
As for the foreign clubs not being interested, well first of all we don't know whether that's true, there could be interest without it being in the media, and there's also the circumstances of this summer that come into play, a lot of the clubs that could afford him have either already made their big money moves of the summer, or don't need him in that position. PSG, Monaco, Real, Barça, Bayern fall into one or the other of those circumstances.
He's a lazy cnut who has never fully lived up to his outrageous talent from a young age. A player of his ability shouldn't be having so many stinkers on such a regular basis.
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