Rooney Training hard with chicken nuggets and champagne

dukedracula SG

the greater repercussion is the lack of merchandising opportunities without rooney...he's the only one whose shirt that fans are mostly buying....

stellazio SG

Aiyah, so many times i saw this thrashing out talk between player and manager, and what do you know? next day sign new contract.

jonchao72 SG

if only those dubai dudes bought united instead of city

dragg SG

letting tevez go was a big mistake......that guy played his heart out for man u, scores regular goals despite the frequent misses but ultimately, he's proven.

tevez surprised many playing so well at city.

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

wth?

20M bid for rooney

dragg SG

Aiyah, so many times i saw this thrashing out talk between player and manager, and what do you know? next day sign new contract.

i doubt the american owners would want to pay him 200k a week. why not sell him and pocket 20 million?

trolol SG

look @ big picture.

how many teams in UCL? maybe, by next round, all UK teams are out?

and if U are one of the chasing pack to get a UCL placing or u are chasing for the title, what would a 30goals rooney do for you? and in the same time, u weaken ur greatest enemy?

simple. no offense.

Do you know what you are blabbering about? 30 goals rooney? i lol'ed..very..hard

nobody in the right mind would pay an exorbitant sum for rooney for his current form and he is also demanding a high wage.

I don't understand why would you mention Uk teams exiting the UCL, rooney is cup-tied to man utd the moment he was fielded for UCL. Doesn't matter he goes spain, italy or stay at england, once he transfer at january means he cannot play UCL anymore.

Example is andrei arshavin who transfer to arsenal at jan 2009, he's cuptied and cannot play UCL.

It doesn't apply to league cups, but why spend so much, when now his value is so low?

simple. no offence.

reyes SG

personally i think he could go just to real madrid.

the english tabloit are going to make him a hatred figure. thus i dont think he can survive the tuants should be move to chelsea or man city.

city is out coz man utd would never sell him to them.

chelsea? well i am not so sure roman is willing to spent that much and making him highest at chelsea could cause more unrest in wage demand from other player.

barca is almost bankrupt.

real madrid has the player which ferguson would want to trade + cash + real has the spending power to pay roo wages.

inter is another option, but i dont think he want to play in a league consider much below par than english game.

Real my choice!

zocoss SG

The word in decline don't seem to be the correct one to be honest... United have always been this way for the past decade. They will buy one or two bigger name players over the years when it's needed but will also continue to buy younger ones too at the same time to develope.

Like the arrival of Ronaldo was never expected to reap such returns. When Beckham was first sold away under almost the same circumstances though not as bad, many were disappointed, in fact I can recall even much more than right now with Rooney. And doomsayers were saying this is the end of United cos Beck was such a big player for them and you go out and replace one of your most influential players with a nobody, or a kid from Portugal... And the closes anyone have heard the name of a Ronaldo at that time was the Fat one. Of course people have short memories, cos the rise of thin Ronaldo soon put everything that was said then into the bin...

The biggest difference today is the emergence of Chelsea (a few yrs ago) and now City. These are clubs today that can play outside the box which they never could over the last 2 decades because of having new rich owners...

United, if you think carefully, they are still running in the same fashion as they did 10 yrs ago... And it would be suicide if they even try to follow in City or Chelsea's footsteps because they simply can't, not without a super rich owner. Roman of Chelsea seems to have realised this now after 6, 7 yrs and have begin to cut back in many unnecessary wastage to even a point of losing Joe Cole for free... Of course the new richer owner at City might discourage him a little too cos he used to be the only big fish in the pond but now there is someone bigger...

So to say in decline is not the right word when they have been running it in this manner all along... Of course some fans will be upset and frustrated cos of the results but if we are being honest, this was bound to happen, with the funds City have available to them.

Like I said last year, it was just a matter of time before they reach the top... Even if United don't have any debts it won't change the fact City will still rise cos United as a going club can only generate almost $100m profit a year but they can't even spend all of it while City can blow that same amount in one transfer window or let alone just one Kaka if the desire... And we are not even going into the salaries yet... So the expectation is not realistic... The only club that can match City right now has to be Chelsea but even then, I don't expect them to do so for very long if City continue in this fashion cos Chelsea is only back by Roman's personal wealth while City is being back by a whole Arab nation's wealth, which is a lot times more than Roman's...

If we think carefully, United can still hold their own to clubs playing within the rules... The Arsenal, The Spurs, The Liverpools kind. City and Chelsea are a different animal not seen before. And I belief City will not only be King of England in the near future, I really belief the sky is the limit for them and they will be King of Europe too within 5 to 10 yrs. And I don't just mean winning the CL... People have short memories in football, and if City can be successful for the next 10 yrs and the kind of salaries they are able to pay, 10 yrs down the road players will be rushing to play for them rather than the Real Madrid or Barcelona who are both also in deep debts themselves...

mrwonderful SG

honestly, you compare man utd and man city this season, man city every department; defense, midfield and attack sis stronger or on par with man utd.

that should be a big warning sign for SAF. start of season was scholes keeping utd up (at the expense of weaker defence), now it's berbatov and especially nani. the rest of the team is second rate.

i watched the match against budaspor last night, man utd played very poorly. hernandaz? very inconsistent like a average EPL team striker. vidic? keep slipping (on Old Trafford pitch??) and nowhere his top form, looking more like liability.

the rest are all very average so far. no more United fighting spirit.

Y_Shun SG

If he choose to remain England, Chelsea will probably be the club he will come.

If he chooses to get out of England then I expect RM or Barcelona to come and grab him

Y_Shun SG

Do you know what you are blabbering about? 30 goals rooney? i lol'ed..very..hard

nobody in the right mind would pay an exorbitant sum for rooney for his current form and he is also demanding a high wage.

Example is andrei arshavin who transfer to arsenal at jan 2009, he's cuptied and cannot play UCL.

It doesn't apply to league cups, but why spend so much, when now his value is so low?

simple. no offence.

Rooney's current form is bad because nobody is creating goals for him. It used to be Ronaldo, but theres no more Ronaldo now.

There used to be Tevez, now theres no more Tevez.

Who is there to supply goals for Rooney? Now Rooney can only provide assists for others to score instead of the other way round.

This explains why his form is so bad.

As he can be Cup-Tied but heck he still can play in the normal league, right? What fatboy is trying to say is that, even though he is cup-tied he will be useful for the team to chase the League Title as well.

stellazio SG

But you do realise that being cup tied usually means that your value will drop by like 5mil.

<(0))>< SG

Rooney's current form is bad because nobody is creating goals for him. It used to be Ronaldo, but theres no more Ronaldo now.

There used to be Tevez, now theres no more Tevez.

Who is there to supply goals for Rooney? Now Rooney can only provide assists for others to score instead of the other way round.

This explains why his form is so bad.

rooney scored his career best last season without tevez and ronaldo?

Y_Shun SG

rooney scored his career best last season without tevez and ronaldo?

Serious? I always thought he got some good assists

<(0))>< SG

Serious? I always thought he got some good assists

he scored 34goals last season 26 of which were in the league

zocoss SG

Rooney's current form is bad because nobody is creating goals for him. It used to be Ronaldo, but theres no more Ronaldo now.

There used to be Tevez, now theres no more Tevez.

Who is there to supply goals for Rooney? Now Rooney can only provide assists for others to score instead of the other way round.

This explains why his form is so bad.

I think there is an error here... He isn't scoring is mainly because he has this usual spell of going a few matches without scoring type. In fact, last season from Aug to Feb without Ronaldo and Tevez, he probably scored the most in his 6 yrs United career banging in 26 league goals with assist from Valencia, Nani and most of all Berbatov...

Rooney is getting lots of opportunities like never before in front of goal after Ronaldo left but he is not scoring at the moment. Since March till today he haven't even put one away only a single penalty given to give him some confidence to get back his scoring touch. Almost 8 months without a single goal is strange for a top striker even for England duty during the WC where there was Lampard, Gerrard, Lennon, Milner to provide...

As a United fan, there are many a times I would watch their match and hear the commentator saying he has gone how many games without a goal but it will come and when it does, the floodgate would open... But then it didn't... quite frustrating...

Anyway, as I came to know, Rooney isn't exactly the more prolific goal scorer like Torres and Drogba. He needs more chances to score. His strong point is his work rate. This is his best part of his game.

Btw, I don't really care which club they sell him to, City or Chelsea or Real isn't important as long as the price is the highest would be the smart deal to make.

And cup-tied or not, I don't think it will effect as long as there are more than one serious bidder... Or take Robinho, I think he left only a year on his contract at Real and he refushed to sign too but when there are 2 heavyweight fighting for him... The price will be set by market forces.

Y_Shun SG

WAYNE ROONEY last night dramatically opened the door on a move to Chelsea.

In a stunning public declaration, Manchester United striker Rooney confirmed he is quitting Old Trafford.

United last night accepted the statement effectively spelt the end. The England superstar claims he made his decision after failing to get any assurances about United's future from Old Trafford chief executive David Gill.

The Sun revealed on Monday that Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is desperate to sign Rooney - but the Blues will not go beyond £160,000 a week for the hitman. However, Rooney's statement insists money is not the issue. He said: "I met with David Gill last week and he did not give me any of the assurances I was seeking about the future squad. I then told him that I would not be signing a new contract. "For me it's all about winning trophies."

That brings Chelsea firmly into the equation and last night skipper John Terry urged Rooney to join, saying: "We've got a great squad of players and he would add to that and strengthen the squad.

"He is the best player in the world for me."

And even Blues striker Nicolas Anelka, who could lose his place to Rooney, said: "If he wants to come to Chelsea he would be very welcome. Would I buy him? Of course I would, he's a good player."

Rooney's statement came 24 hours after United boss Alex Ferguson's emotional version of events. He lamented the role of Rooney's agent, and clearly suggested money was being put ahead of loyalty and trust.

Rooney, out with an ankle injury, said: "I was interested to hear what Sir Alex had to say and was surprised by some of it. "It is absolutely true, as he said, that my agent and I have had a number of meetings with the club about a new contract. "During those meetings in August I asked for assurances about the continued ability of the club to attract the top players in the world."

Rooney claimed he was not disrespecting the club or the fans but simply believes it is no longer the place to land the biggest trophies in the game. He said: "For me it's all about winning trophies - as the club has always done under Sir Alex. Because of that I think the questions I was asking were justified."

stellazio SG

the guy who did the photoshopped fail.. give him number 8 which belongs to lampard..

TIB657M SG

He will be hated by both Everton & Man U fans if he leaves Man U for another club. But I doubt he joins Chelsea since Man U & Chelsea are arch title rivals.

One 'phrase' to say: HOPE HIS HEART STILL AT AT MAN U!!!

But David Gill must give assurance to ROoney, just like Barcelona does that to Messi.

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