Wayne Rooney

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Paulo Ferreira is on like £50k without having kicked a ball for us in like 2 years now

You do know Paulo Ferreira has retired dont you?

[Pizy 19,279]

Just can't see any way United let him do a Lewandowski and leave for free at the end of his contract. Not only do they have huge debt at the club, but it would cause an enormous uproar amongst their supporters if they let him go for free instead of getting £30m or more to go towards a replacement.

Seriously, what would it hurt to test them again this month? Like Jose said in the summer, what does he have to lose? An email?

Bid £30-35m and see what happens. It's the most they can expect to get for him with his contract situation. If they wait longer and he has a poor World Cup the price just goes down.

Just cash in now and let us have him you bastards!

[Mouri_Matic 560]

You do know Paulo Ferreira has retired dont you?

Yeah I meant when he was still here, he was practically never used since after the 07/08 season really. And Hilario is still at the club. Then there are players like Bertrands which probably won't ever make it here, we will just sign someone like Shaw when Cole leaves. Then there is the useless Essien and Ba, who combined wages is close to £170k and so on...

The point is £300k for Rooney might seem a lot but it is nothing if compared to the amount being wasted by us on needless players.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

why not. if we can get rid of all 3 of ba (80k), etoo (150k) and torres (210k) [overall 440k] and replace them with rooney (300k) and lukaku definitely less than 140k, then i dont see any problem with it.

Getting rid of Torres is nearly impossible..

[didierforever 7,349]

Essien is in the last year of his contract I beleive, don't think many people were complaining at the time he signed his extension. So, what will people be saying when Rooney's 32, no longer at the top of his game but still collecting £300k a week?

Do u mean to say essien has not been at the top of his game only this season. Last season he was loaned out to RM, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2009-10 He was either injured or coming back from his injury, barelt playing a part. Please don't compare the essien situation to the rooney situation. Also essien is our 6th choice DM ( if u take into account that luiz played over him against pool), whereas rooney will be our main striker. Big difference.

Also its about needs and wants. Right now there are probably 3 strikers better than rooney ( lewa, falcao, cavani). [u can argue ibra too but since he is 33, there is no point]. Out of 3 of those one has signed a 5 year contract with bayern, and the rest 2 would cost double the amount of rooney while taking about 200k. Over the course of 5 years if u add the transfer and wages, it almost is equal. Also add to that that rooney is PL proven while the other 2 have no experience of english football. All in all rooney looks to be our best option for me

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Ok lets see other options that are better or as good as Rooney:

Ibra-no point as old age, huge wages and not for sale

Cavani-not for sale, would cost at least £55m and also not exactly small wages either

Falcao-could get-28 years old already-£200-£250k per week, transfer fee also around £50m

Balotelli-Crazy, not for sale yet, also would want quite a lot in wages, would also cost at least £25m+, risk not worth taking considering his behaviour

Suarez-Not for sale yet, CRAZY RELEASE CLAUSE- probably at least £80m, wages about OK-behavior issue again

Diego Costa-£32m release clause, probably won't demand huge wages-BEST OPTION AHEAD OF ROONEY FOR ME

Jackson Martinez-40m euros, probably really low wages-not exactly young and not proven anywhere but Portugal-could be another Falcao or Veron

Dzeko-Will want to leave eventually but City won't sell to us, probably not huge wages-good option but won't happen imo

Lukaku-Not good enough to start here weekly, probably good as back up for our new ST

Benzema-Not bad option imo, not for sale atm but in the summer we could get him, probably like £30m and £100-£150k per week or Morata too if he wants to leave

There you go, not really a lot of realistic options is there, maybe Diego Costa or Martinez and Benzema, otherwise not a single chance with the others. Or we could just go for risky options like Oscar Cardozo but it is not worth taking that risk at a club like Chelsea, we need a proven ST.

[yuvala 2,167]

Ok lets see other options that are better or as good as Rooney:

Ibra-no point as old age, huge wages and not for sale

Cavani-not for sale, would cost at least £55m and also not exactly small wages either

Falcao-could get-28 years old already-£200-£250k per week, transfer fee also around £50m

Balotelli-Crazy, not for sale yet, also would want quite a lot in wages, would also cost at least £25m+, risk not worth taking considering his behaviour

Suarez-Not for sale yet, CRAZY RELEASE CLAUSE- probably at least £80m, wages about OK-behavior issue again

Diego Costa-£32m release clause, probably won't demand huge wages-BEST OPTION AHEAD OF ROONEY FOR ME

Jackson Martinez-40m euros, probably really low wages-not exactly young and not proven anywhere but Portugal-could be another Falcao or Veron

Dzeko-Will want to leave eventually but City won't sell to us, probably not huge wages-good option but won't happen imo

Lukaku-Not good enough to start here weekly, probably good as back up for our new ST

Benzema-Not bad option imo, not for sale atm but in the summer we could get him, probably like £30m and £100-£150k per week or Morata too if he wants to leave

There you go, not really a lot of realistic options is there, maybe Diego Costa or Martinez and Benzema, otherwise not a single chance with the others. Or we could just go for risky options like Oscar Cardozo but it is not worth taking that risk at a club like Chelsea, we need a proven ST.

I predict - we stick with Torres :\

[Mouri_Matic 560]

I predict - we stick with Torres :\

With Eto'o being given a contract extension after scoring 10 goals for us

[Pizy 19,279]

With Eto'o being given a contract extension after scoring 10 goals for us

"With Eto'o being given a contract extension..."

My heart skipped a beat for a second there until I finished your sentence. Thought I may have missed something and that he really did.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

"With Eto'o being given a contract extension..."

My heart skipped a beat for a second there until I finished your sentence. Thought I may have missed something and that he really did.

Wouldn't be surprised if there is a clause in his contract that says we must give him an extension if he scored a set amount of goals or something.

[bushman 2,043]

Wouldn't be surprised if there is a clause in his contract that says we must give him an extension if he scored a set amount of goals or something.

There is, as long as he scores 5 goals in all competitions, he gets to try one more year to score three more.

[didierforever 7,349]

Getting rid of Torres is nearly impossible..

thats true. but i would prefer him and lukaku as our strikers next season rather than buying some1 like costa.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

thats true. but i would prefer him and lukaku as our strikers next season rather than buying some1 like costa.

[didierforever 7,349]

problem?

[Polo7 3,496]

thats true. but i would prefer him and lukaku as our strikers next season rather than buying some1 like costa.

Why not all three?

[didierforever 7,349]

Why not all three?

that would not be the worst thing to happen but to be honest i have my reservations about costa. 32 mil for a 25 year old striker who has had 1 good season in his career and that too in a league where soldado scored 30 goals in all competitions in the last season. knowing our luck with strikers, it might as well end up screwing us up once more.

another thing that bothers me is having 3 strikers for a pre-dominantly 1 striker system. for a striker to be succesful in PL, one of the main things is consistency which goes out of the window.

the 3rd and probably the most worrying thing would be LUKAKU. among our recent crop of 4 strikers, he would probably be our best goal scoring options, still somehow he ended up on loan. i have no doubt that in this scenario, lukaku would end up being our 3rd option and would waste a whole year of his development.

[drog.ba 239]

that would not be the worst thing to happen but to be honest i have my reservations about costa. 32 mil for a 25 year old striker who has had 1 good season in his career and that too in a league where soldado scored 30 goals in all competitions in the last season. knowing our luck with strikers, it might as well end up screwing us up once more.

another thing that bothers me is having 3 strikers for a pre-dominantly 1 striker system. for a striker to be succesful in PL, one of the main things is consistency which goes out of the window.

the 3rd and probably the most worrying thing would be LUKAKU. among our recent crop of 4 strikers, he would probably be our best goal scoring options, still somehow he ended up on loan. i have no doubt that in this scenario, lukaku would end up being our 3rd option and would waste a whole year of his development.

Drogba was 25/6 when he had his first good season, Costa's had a good two seasons. Unlike Soldado or Falcao goals have never been the sole aspect to his game, and we'd be signing a player who is improving- as opposed to someone who is past their best (Torres, Eto'o...) or too young (Lukaku) so I don't think/hope he wouldn't flop-seems pretty suited to English football too

I think 3 strikers is needed for cover and as Mourinho likes the option to play 2 up front, ideally we'd have a third choice capable of playing in other positions

[Ze Mario 638]

Man United scouts in Spain watching Diego Costa and Ander Herrera? Transfer gossip and news from Tuesday's paper

there's an obvious reason why i put this here, not diego tread

[didierforever 7,349]

Drogba was 25/6 when he had his first good season, Costa's had a good two seasons. Unlike Soldado or Falcao goals have never been the sole aspect to his game, and we'd be signing a player who is improving- as opposed to someone who is past their best (Torres, Eto'o...) or too young (Lukaku) so I don't think/hope he wouldn't flop-seems pretty suited to English football too

I think 3 strikers is needed for cover and as Mourinho likes the option to play 2 up front, ideally we'd have a third choice capable of playing in other positions

not every striker can be a DD. torres was bought when he was 26 too (not at all past his prime). same goes with BA. he was banging goals for fun, was the highest goal scorer in PL, probably got a couple against arsenal too on the new year's day, but has been a flop after coming to CFC.

3 strikers in good to have when there is some1 like BA who is willing to sit on the bench for the major part of the season. dont think any of nando (sulk-master), lukaku (he dint want to be sitting on the bench when he was 17 with DD, anelka, torres and sturridge as our options) or costa would be willing to play that role. also schurrle is a good enough 3rd striker option if need be.

[drog.ba 239]

not every striker can be a DD. torres was bought when he was 26 too (not at all past his prime). same goes with BA. he was banging goals for fun, was the highest goal scorer in PL, probably got a couple against arsenal too on the new year's day, but has been a flop after coming to CFC.

3 strikers in good to have when there is some1 like BA who is willing to sit on the bench for the major part of the season. dont think any of nando (sulk-master), lukaku (he dint want to be sitting on the bench when he was 17 with DD, anelka, torres and sturridge as our options) or costa would be willing to play that role. also schurrle is a good enough 3rd striker option if need be.

True, it's pretty hard to predict how strikers will develop. Torres was out of form for Liverpool when he signed here, would hardly say Ba was banging goals in for fun, he had a decent record for Newcastle- was shifted out wide for Cisse. He's the kind of player who's going to mostly be anonymous aside from popping up to get a goal. i wouldn't say he;s been a flop, he just isn't a top class striker which we new when we signed him, he'd get goals with an extended run in a team lower down the league.

Yeah, ideally I think we'd have Costa, Lukaku and Ba/Schrulle- but the diffuculty is getting rid of Torres and Ba is easier to move on