Working with Stretford is probably easier than trying to convince Moyes we've not been good.
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Working with Stretford is probably easier than trying to convince Moyes we've not been good.
Absolutely. In signing his new £300k p/w deal, Rooney has shown he cares about the club.
It's not exactly Ole and Shareholders United or Damiano Tommasi's 1,500/week contract.
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Beckham might have the charisma and intellect of a brick, but at least he's pretty to look at. Rooney has neither.
Beckham might have the charisma and intellect of a brick, but at least he's pretty to look at. Rooney has neither.Well Rooney can teach the Glazers a thing or two about making money
Club legend, like it or not.
I think he's about to teach them how to lose money
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Becks is not a greater player though.
But is arguably better known(the gap probably isn't that big) than Rooney though. From football to outside football.
The gap will be huge if thats the measuring stick. People who havent heard of football have heard of Beckham
Rooney's legend is growing...He certainly is huge in the US for example. The sport is growing by leaps and bounds here. Excellent move for the club and for Rooney too.
Assuming the figures are correct, we'd have about £80m less wage commitments, had we opted to sell him, this coming summer. At a guess, I'd say we could've gotten £25m for him, without much difficulty, so I see this as us choosing 5 more years of Wayne Rooney's services, over around £105m.
Considering his impact for us is not just on the pitch but also effects how attractive we are to sponsors (and to other players, as many have pointed out), I find it quite easy to believe this makes financial sense.
Still, he's an annoying twirp with a tendency to be disruptive, so I would not have minded if we'd gone the other route.
Considering his impact for us is not just on the pitch but also effects how attractive we are to sponsors (and to other players, as many have pointed out), I find it quite easy to believe this makes financial sense.
Still, he's an annoying twirp with a tendency to be disruptive, so I would not have minded if we'd gone the other route.
hope this is going to be the foundation towards building a new great team for the next few years to come.
apart from being 7th on the league table, the emergence of januzaj, the signing of mata and rooney committing are good stuffs from david moyes. now he just have to improve our league form and start ditching those jurassic park tactics.
i don't think we will get the 4th place, and the only way to be in the CL next season is by winning it this may, which is not impossible of course but with bayern, barca, real madrid and so on..you know what i mean here.
how we are going to attract top players coming this summer is going to be vital. i think most of the players can accept one season without CL football, as long as we are back and challenging for the tittle by next season. and we are going to have at least 3 or 4 big additions to the squad, maybe 5. rooney signing a new contract might help ed and david in convincing potential signings to join the club of course.
apart from being 7th on the league table, the emergence of januzaj, the signing of mata and rooney committing are good stuffs from david moyes. now he just have to improve our league form and start ditching those jurassic park tactics.
i don't think we will get the 4th place, and the only way to be in the CL next season is by winning it this may, which is not impossible of course but with bayern, barca, real madrid and so on..you know what i mean here.
how we are going to attract top players coming this summer is going to be vital. i think most of the players can accept one season without CL football, as long as we are back and challenging for the tittle by next season. and we are going to have at least 3 or 4 big additions to the squad, maybe 5. rooney signing a new contract might help ed and david in convincing potential signings to join the club of course.
It's huge. The gap. Between their popularity.
Great to see him extend his contract. Puts one worry to rest about the team now.
It is pretty silly to see the media going overboard about his salary and breaking it down into wages per day/hour/second.
He was already earning an absolute shitload, a bit more is not shocking, crazy or even as newsworthy as the coverage would suggest.
He was already earning an absolute shitload, a bit more is not shocking, crazy or even as newsworthy as the coverage would suggest.
Not sillier than the people who buy those papers just to see about this or that footballer earns. Some people are honestly fecked up in their interest.
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Neither?
It may have escaped your notice but Beckham has just bought his own football club. Unlikely to become an ambassador for a different one, is he?
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Its a football club, not Ford modelling agency.
So if anyone tries claiming no one is bigger than the club, then they might get a punch in the face. i just don understand why we didnt try as hard to keep Cristiano Ronaldo.
Losing rooney would be worse than losing ronaldo, Fergie could have sold him straight away but rooney is vital. You have to factor in the whole package, not just determine who is more skillful.
Ronaldo simply wanted to play for Real...which was his dream since a boy.
Rooney is English...and there is no bigger club than United. He was only ever going to leave for more money if he ever....
Right. And which other club would have paid him £300k a week?
We won our last two league titles when he contributed very very little. If we had sold him back in 2010 then we wouldn't have noticed. We could have used the money back then to sign suarez/aguero/cavani/falcao.... etc.United are reportedly paying Rooney the same £250k per week they were before (of which a significant proportion is performance-related). The £300k (or possibly more) figure includes image rights, which are still under negotiation, and of which the club takes a cut.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...g-long-term-contract-worth-300000-a-week.html
Again, who else would pay rooney that kind of money when they could easily use it to sign suarez or falcao?
Yes, Rooney has neither of the two things I referred to, is that even in question?
I know and I never said he would, just pointing out someone else who I think could have been a really good club ambassador.
Chill out. Why are you so angry over this whole thing?
I expect if he'd moved this summer or last, he would not have been moving to take a pay cut. Chelsea may well have offered similar to £250k (inc. performance bonuses), which is what he will be earning here.
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And no doubt he'll be the first in line to wear Captain armband as well. Rooney bleeds red.
Im not angry. I wouldnt get angry over something as trivial as wayne rooney. But i am annoyed that a player who has contributed very little to our success over the past three years is being rewarded with a mega new contract and the captains armband. Would never have happened under SAF.
Well if thats true then they would have had to offer us £50m to sign him which the club would have accepted. I doubt any club would have offered wanye rooney today £300k a week.
As I said, Chelsea would probably have offered something broadly similar to the basic £250k wage (including bonuses) we are offering. There may not have been this elaborate image rights package included, which Mark Ogden says is unique in the Premier League, in his article.
Why would rooney stay at United if top of the table Chelsea under Mourinho wanted him? Love of the club
Why would rooney stay at United if top of the table Chelsea under Mourinho wanted him? Love of the club
Fairly obviously, top of the table Chelsea were either unwilling or unable to make us an offer we couldn't refuse, and Rooney generally seems happy working under Moyes. Also, this image rights deal between Rooney and United could prove to be very lucrative, for both parties.
Why would rooney stay at United if top of the table Chelsea under Mourinho wanted him? Love of the club
...simply United are the biggest club in Britain and he will be a Legend here when he eventually beats Charlton's record.
Why are his follicle transplants not working ?
So in one word "money".
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