Wayne Rooney

[Tomo 21,751]

Im resigned to this happening now.

All im going to say is i hope you are all feeding me humble pie come May.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Im resigned to this happening now.

All im going to say is i hope you are all feeding me humble pie come May.

You Hope.. ???

Ok you don't think its a great transfer. But put it this way. Is he better than the options we have... Yes. So whatever he does its not like we would have done better without him, and his addition could be exactly whay we need.

But why would you actually want it to go wrong?

[Tomo 21,751]

You Hope.. ???

Ok you don't think its a great transfer. But put it this way. Is he better than the options we have... Yes. So whatever he does its not like we would have done better without him, and his addition could be exactly whay we need.

But why would you actually want it to go wrong?

Ofcourse i hope, im not petty enough to actually want him to flop just to be able to say i told you so.

He maybe better options than what we have, but we will be after half of Europe if we base strikers on that (Lukaku has a great future, but he is too raw to be #1 right now).

[Peace. 4,352]

Bad news for United if true. Is Moyes just a puppet?

Of course he is a puppet — he's Ferguson's puppet. The latter man has most certainly left his job because he couldn't go any further because of his health condition (and I believe because he knew that an area was about to end and wanted to leave United on a high). I genuinely reckon that he'd have stayed had he had the possibility — his new place within the board hints in this sense.

Ferguson is all but idiot. He knows that Moyes isn't ready to take the United's job. So, in short, Ferguson will still be their for the grand scheme while Moyes will be the one on the bench and the end to train players every days.

If you will, Moyes is to Ferguson what Jordi Roura was to Tito.

Ferguson will fully disapear when Moyes will be "old" enough or when they will have a manager competent enough.

For now, I reckon that United's place in the table will depend on the proportion of Ferguson's implication within the managerial role.

[The Skipper 20,609]

as if rooney wouldnt try to play as good as possible and just chill on the bench. if he stays, he will give his all. also he hasnt hand in a transfer request yet..so maybe his desire isnt that big to move.

You're trying to put words in my mouth - I never said Rooney wouldn't perform to his best. All I'm saying is that it isn't as black and white as you're making it out to be - you could be right, I could be right. Thing is, nobody knows except for Rooney and his camp right now. As I've said before, the ball is in his court. If he really wanted to move he'll put in a transfer request. If not then obviously he wasn't really up for the move in the first place. We won't know until the window's shut or until the Rooney camp come out and make a statement either way.

[John1611 77]

Just seen some bothering news from the Arsenal camp, that they had a £40,000,001 offer for Suarez decisively turned down. This means they could just turn around and now make a move for Rooney. What if all of a sudden they put £35 million on the plate, and tap him up right in front of our noses?

United will be much more willing to sell to Arsenal, since they're not title contenders. Arsenal have also made it clear that they can meet Rooney's wage demands.

Just a scenario.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

I don't post much and prefer to read the forum which I've been glued to over the last 10-11 days.

Judging by the rumours and the behaviour of Rooney it looks like he is prolonging this just as a cause to get more money from United. I hate to say it but I highly doubt he'll be joining; I think Manures will offer him a new contract and everything will be 'dandy' as far as mufc are concerned.

Albeit saying this I really hope I'm wrong as Rooney would be great for Chelsea, but I thought I'd throw my opinion out there.

Honestly, i don't think Manures will pay him more than he is earning now. I'll be stupid for to offer him more than £200,000 a week for Chelsea

[Sidzeret 2,257]

I don't post much and prefer to read the forum which I've been glued to over the last 10-11 days.

Judging by the rumours and the behaviour of Rooney it looks like he is prolonging this just as a cause to get more money from United. I hate to say it but I highly doubt he'll be joining; I think Manures will offer him a new contract and everything will be 'dandy' as far as mufc are concerned.

Albeit saying this I really hope I'm wrong as Rooney would be great for Chelsea, but I thought I'd throw my opinion out there.

Honestly, i don't think Manures will pay him more than he is earning now. I'll be stupid for Chelsea to offer him more than £200,000 a week

[The Skipper 20,609]

Just seen some bothering news from the Arsenal camp, that they had a £40,000,001 offer for Suarez decisively turned down. This means they could just turn around and now make a move for Rooney. What if all of a sudden they put £35 million on the plate, and tap him up right in front of our noses?

United will be much more willing to sell to Arsenal, since they're not title contenders. Arsenal have also made it clear that they can meet Rooney's wage demands.

Just a scenario.

I think Rooney would rather stay at United than go to Arsenal to be fair.

[norbbiii 13]

manutd official twitter

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

A billboard won't change anything, if Rooney has told Moyes and the chief exec he wants to leave; then a poster will mean fuck all.

Still wouldn't surprise me if he stayed either

[Pizy 19,276]

This is getting worse by the day.

If Suarez gets sold for some huge figure, why would United sell Rooney for any less?

Now United's official twitter is hyping up Rooney's return. Think he may actually end up staying now after all this shit that's gone on.

Just about ALL top strikers will be gone.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Its alright saying if we dont get Roo we will have hurt Utd anyway but we are not strong enough up front for this season. If he doesnt come in and we get no one else it'll be my one concern

I disagree. With or without Rooney, our attack will be centered around our attacking midfielders and the vast majority of our goals will always come from midfield. I honestly believe that any improvement in the striker department would only be a marginal one.

[bushman 2,043]

any improvement in the striker department would only be a marginal one.

Excuse me, but don´t you think Chelsea needs a striker who can convert all those chances created by the mid fielders ?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Excuse me, but don´t you think Chelsea needs a striker who can convert all those chances created by the mid fielders ?

Like I said, that would be a marginal improvement as the vast majority of the chances will fall to the attacking midfielders themselves,

[bushman 2,043]

Like I said, that would be a marginal improvement as the vast majority of the chances will fall to the attacking midfielders themselves,

Last year´s PL winner United 4 strikers, the year before Citeh 4 strikers. As I said, Rooney could be the final touch to PL title.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Last year´s PL winner United 4 strikers, the year before Citeh 4 strikers. As I said, Rooney could be the final touch to PL title.

And whenever we've won the PL, our strikers had barely scored 30% of our goals. Chelsea have relied on various sources for goal for a very long time now and that trend is only increasing with the type of attacking midfielders we're getting. Rooney will definitely be a boost, but he will never be to us what RVP was for united last season.

[The Skipper 20,609]

CHOULO19 makes a valid point. Our team revolves around our attacking midfielders - and whilst having Wayne as our striker would obviously be an improvement because he can play in tight spaces and his movement is excellent - our team is more geared towards our attacking midfielders.

Getting Rooney would be fantastic but it wouldn't be the end of the world if we didn't either.

[termninja 5,290]

Just seen some bothering news from the Arsenal camp, that they had a £40,000,001 offer for Suarez decisively turned down. This means they could just turn around and now make a move for Rooney. What if all of a sudden they put £35 million on the plate, and tap him up right in front of our noses?

United will be much more willing to sell to Arsenal, since they're not title contenders. Arsenal have also made it clear that they can meet Rooney's wage demands.

Just a scenario.

Haha I can't believe that I just read that a Chelsea fan is worried that Arsenal may beat Chelsea financially over a player

Besides, even if all that happened, he would ditch Arsenal and stay at United anyway...you do know that RVP escaped from there and now he's at United...

Last year´s PL winner United 4 strikers, the year before Citeh 4 strikers. As I said, Rooney could be the final touch to PL title.

I agree with you, but a bit differently. While our team would benefit from Rooney a lot, the reason why he would be a great signing is because he would work really well with our attacking midfielders during build up while also being a good striker when needed. He would be a bit different then RVP at Manu - he would simply improve our overall play and our attacking movement while also providing some very good squad depth.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

I disagree. With or without Rooney, our attack will be centered around our attacking midfielders and the vast majority of our goals will always come from midfield. I honestly believe that any improvement in the striker department would only be a marginal one.

and how much better we'd be with a prolific goal scorer In front of them. We need focal point and a target for the lads