Good news for United, good news for Rooney. Lets forgive and forget and its good news for fans too!
His legacy as Captain Marvel to look forwrad too.
His legacy as Captain Marvel to look forwrad too.
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If Liverpool offered me £300k a week from Liverpool I'd would love them too.
So that might not be the case (and he's most likely telling the truth. Was quite a ridiculous rumour in any case) but it still won't stop the masses from having a go at Moyes despite not having a shred of evidence to back up their ridiculous beliefs. That actually sums up pretty much all your posts on this thread. You make up a hypothetical scenario in your mind and then have a pop at Rooney/Moyes/Wood based on it. Pathetic.
indeed.
I'm not sure what hypothetical scenario is involved in my questioning the wisdom of taking Rooney's words at face value, a healthy dose of cynicism isn't a bad thing IMO.
Pathetic would be your false accusation from the other day, it really is a pity that you resort to such things akash.
Whilst i might not approve personally i can understand that Rooney might feel himself deserving of the captaincy in light of Vidic's departure, so for such to come up during these discussions wouldn't be outrageous.
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Exactly what I was thinking. IF its a 300K base I'm sure he would have gotten it elsewhere, but if it's 300K by reaching certain targets, that certainly a good way to get the best out of Rooney.
Am I being a cynic or do you think Rooney and Mata both signing contracts for us means that they are our long-term front 2, hence curtains for Kagawa and Van Persie?
I don't know....are people really that sure? does someone know someone who saw the contract? I'm sure that 300k is a possible max with bonuses (taking into account what he was being paid before)..qualifying for the champions league..goals, winning the league, FA Cup etc etc...
By the time he is 33, half the squad will probably be on that anyway the way football is going!
Repeat something over and over and people will start to truly believe it, I know he is getting a lot of money and that's all I wanna know. The exact amount known whether true or false means feck all to me, a lot of people are focused on it.
Nick..your style writing always reminds me of a Tory. It's how I would imagine George Osbourne responding to things...it's highly amusing...
Kagawa seems to be on the periphery. RvP is our number one Striker.
Personally..I think Moyes is going to get shot of Kagawa this summer. Just get the feeling, perhaps through things Moyes has said..that he isn't a big fan, or at least doesn't think he fits his plan...what that plan is...well...I suppose we will find out next season.
All things considered, this is good news.
Yes, it's a human tragedy when someone like Wayne Rooney makes 300k/week when there is so much suffering on Planet Earth, but this is where top level professional football is going and if we're going to have any chance of winning trophies again we have to pay ridiculous wages like this. If we don't want to win trophies, and it's okay if we don't, then we can tell the Rooneys of the world to fukk off and go to City.
Yes, it's a human tragedy when someone like Wayne Rooney makes 300k/week when there is so much suffering on Planet Earth, but this is where top level professional football is going and if we're going to have any chance of winning trophies again we have to pay ridiculous wages like this. If we don't want to win trophies, and it's okay if we don't, then we can tell the Rooneys of the world to fukk off and go to City.
A depressing post Sultan.
I doubt that had Fergie remained in charge and refused to meet Roney's demands, that we'd have failed to win trophies for a decade.
Forbes release an Top 100 of sportsmen and women based on their earnings each year, that should give us some idea i think.
Really hope we sell RVP now. Him and Rooney are just not gonna click. Great player but he's 31 and costs 250 k per week, this might be our last chance to fetch some good dough if we offer him to the likes of Monaco. Seems very similar to the case of us selling RVN and benefiting as a team. And I'm sick of the 4-4-2 ball lobbing rugby tactics tbf. Sign a new winger. Play 4-3-2-1 Rooney on top with Mata, Janu and new guy behind him.
300k a week, the worlds top talents will be forming an orderly queue as we speak, I think we've played it exactly as we wanted too.
One greedy bastard... but he's building his legend in this club on a solid foundations. 10 years in Manchester United is way more than just an adventure.
I hope he'll stay happy with family in Manchester to the end and collect more trophies. Moyes may even make him a captain in few years.
I hope he'll stay happy with family in Manchester to the end and collect more trophies. Moyes may even make him a captain in few years.
I imagine keeping Rooney is crucial to marketing, he's the one of very few players who won the CL with Fergie. Giggs and Rio are likely to retire or play a very limited roles next season and Evra is less marketable as a defender and may be at the end of his tenure as well. Carrick is still a very good player but never one to really inspire the fan base or sell shirts.
Rooney is one of the few players other top teams are trying to get from us, that's fairly telling.
Rooney is one of the few players other top teams are trying to get from us, that's fairly telling.
Time for Rooney to step up as this team's leader. He is our best player, one of the longest serving players and must now take all the responsibility.
That means no more stupid kick outs, no complaining etc.
This is it. He has the reigns.
Anyone who wants him gone is mad. He is perfectly suited for the English game and has an excellent European pedigree.
That means no more stupid kick outs, no complaining etc.
This is it. He has the reigns.
Anyone who wants him gone is mad. He is perfectly suited for the English game and has an excellent European pedigree.
Sir Alex signed him, and he's been an integral part of our success over the last decade. We need to look beyond his personality and look at what he'll bring to the club on the field and what this contract means from the clubs perspective going forward.
There's no point in looking back. He's signed a contract and as fans we now need to support the player.
Possibly the best reply I've seen on a forum.
Concise, witty, cutting, acurate and bloody brilliant.
Yes the money is an issue but we are keeping a great player, that's a positive. We could have easily let him go and slip even further behind.
I'm not at all sure that i like the sound of that. lol A ghastly comparison for George though, what with the way i blight this forum with typos.
But what does this bring to us on the pitch? The pressure that this contract carries gives me pause, both in the sense that Moyes could feel obliged to play him when he shouldn't, and if the player can even come close to living up to it.
Talking about his personality or at least that of Wayne Rooney the footballer, i'd like to see a less formulaic player out there for us and lord knows this contract deserves better.
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By his looks, Ed seem to have been forced to take a photo with Hitler.
There won't be a queue of clubs like Real, Chelsea or even PSG but, it will be other clubs - maybe another Monaco or several others across the globe. Agreed that there were not many clubs this past year in for him but, there were very few that he would have considered and most of those didn't come in - except for Chelsea.
My opinion, many of these clubs do work through back channels and knew that it wasn't likely they were going to even have a chance that United or him were willing. Chelsea probably did get some indication from Rooney's camp that he'd be willing, so they tried.
The lack of official bids this past summer to me is of no indication how much of a race there would be for his signature should United come out and say they are willing to listen to offers.
Anyway, I don't think it will come to that. Rooney is going to be a a great player for quite a few years to come for us ...
Yeah, it's incredibly naive to think that Chelsea just happened to be the only club interested. His "people" will have been sounded out by loads of different clubs. The initial interest will only have been followed through once it was clear Rooney was interested. Being such a homebird, the overseas clubs would have been told that they were wasting their time early on in the process.
For Manchester United's sake it's a good deal to keep Rooney, he's one of our best players still and we need him. But I can't say i'm excited or anything by keeping him.
He'll still go down as a legend at the club and should easily pass Sir Bobby's record
He'll still go down as a legend at the club and should easily pass Sir Bobby's record
According to Mark Ogden, Rooney's new contract is the same 250k per week deal he was on before. The negotiations have been about image rights, and that's what takes the deal possibly north of 300k per week.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...g-long-term-contract-worth-300000-a-week.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...g-long-term-contract-worth-300000-a-week.html
The fly in the ointment for Ogden is that Rooney wasn't earning anywhere close to that with his previous contract.
Read it, have you?
The most recently published figures for his annual income don't allow for a salary of that size, they are at least £2m south of the sum required IIRC.
Moreover, the press would need to explain why they reported his contract to be worth £50-70,000/week less at the time of its signing in 2010.
Fantastic news!!
Unless you've read his contract you've no idea what he was on and any suggestion otherwise is disingenuous.
Oh and his image rights payments will form part of the quoted figures and are not paid to him personally so won't be included in any annual income report. Not that they're particularly accurate either.
Ambassador.
Club Ambassador.
feck me.
Club Ambassador.
feck me.
Seeing that its official, but havent seen Rooney's comments about it yet. He's said that he's delighted to be staying yeah?
Edit - "Made up to be staying" alright that'll do. Gonna assume thats his future sorted and he wont make himself a liar.
Edit - "Made up to be staying" alright that'll do. Gonna assume thats his future sorted and he wont make himself a liar.
Good news he is staying. Now get the manager situation/tactics sorted.
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