Wayne Rooney

[iceboy 992]

ChelsTransferGossip ‏@ChelsTransfer2h

Manchester United are not planning to sit down with striker @WayneRooney to discuss a new contract. #CFC #MUFC (Mail)

ChelsTransferGossip ‏@ChelsTransfer1h

Manchester United are unlikely to offer @WayneRooney a new contract with Chelsea increasingly keen to make a bid (Telegraph) #CFC #MUFC

[Tricky 301]

His explosive pace and ability to take players on was what made him so dangerous and such a great talent when he was young, since he started losing his pace and became more injury prone, he started using his brain more, and if you have a great footballing brain you can use that when playing as a number 10, that is where a great football brain is most effective! but not so much as a striker which is the position we need filing! Rooney is a number 10 now, a very good number 10 so i don't know why people mention his football brain, as we already have players with great football brains, we dont need another player with one, what we need is a world class striker! Rooney hasn't played as a striker for a long time now! he is not the answer.

Who needs a striker, the game has moved on, as has out style.... the ability to link up and bring others into the game is far more important. Torres is judged not just on goals but his inability to hold up play and allow out midfield to catch up.

Drogba wast quick, certainly not in his later years, what made him great was his ability to relieve pressure, bring others into the game and be in the right place at the right time.

Rooney has all of that, he is clinical, with a great touch, ability to hold of defenders and being others into play. To say otherwise is plain wrong.

[Special Juan 27,106]

Get this done.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Telegraph isn't as bad a source, so there could be some tiny bit of truth in here somewhere. We all know too well though that in this transfer window we know very little.

[blu35_army 550]

Despite of his performance that not good last season when SAF put him in the Attacking Midfielder,,i'm little bit concern of his injury history...

in 2012/2013 he has been injury 3 times,,which is one of them is knee injury and it's happened to El nino before he join us. i'm worried about his finishing touch will decline due to intensity of injury prone he have...

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

Wayne Rooney will not be offered an extension to his Manchester United deal

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/8823619/Wayne-Rooney-will-not-be-offered-an-extension-to-his-Manchester-United-deal

[Tricky 301]

Despite of his performance that not good last season when SAF put him in the Attacking Midfielder,,i'm little bit concern of his injury history...

in 2012/2013 he has been injury 3 times,,which is one of them is knee injury and it's happened to El nino before he join us. i'm worried about his finishing touch will decline due to intensity of injury prone he have...

To be fare the flesh wound doesn't count.... So that's two in a season, pretty sure most players suffer a couple a year.

Would be more concerned if they were recurring problems, would indicate a serious issue.

[Mustafa 885]

Id love it if he came !

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Id love it if he came !

THATS WHAT SHE SAID!

sorry I just had to say it.

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

Chelsea become favourites to sign Wayne Rooney with transfer battle expected to last length of summer window (Mirror).

[Fernando 6,378]

Crespo, kezman, Sheva, and torres.

Join rooney so we can add you to the list of flops.

Strikers at Chelsea flop really bad unless their name is Drogba.

[Mustafa 885]

Id love it if he came !

THATS WHAT SHE SAID!

sorry I just had to say it.

If he came it would be awesome ! His energy and enthusiasm is fantastic (on the pitch ofcourse)

[zolayes 14,489]

Crespo, kezman, Sheva, and torres.

Join rooney so we can add you to the list of flops.

Strikers at Chelsea flop really bad unless their name is Drogba.

Dixon Eidur Vialli JFH ...and those are recent strikers

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

Crespo, kezman, Sheva, and torres.

Join rooney so we can add you to the list of flops.

Strikers at Chelsea flop really bad unless their name is Drogba.

Crespo was good for us, just couldnt get his family settled. Always liked him tho

[Special Juan 27,106]

Crespo was really good, but whatever suits your agenda I suppose.

[Spike 12,049]

I do not see how the 'injury prone' debate is worth raising. Robin van Persie is or perhaps was a very injury prone striker but has that stopped him from scoring 60 goals during the past two seasons? Of course that is just one example but Rooney's injury list reads out similar to van Persie's. A lot of small niggling injuries but few if no major injuries. And of course he is a very fit and hard working player. He isn't at the level of Cristiano Ronaldo or Javier Zanetti for taking care of his body and fitness but he is heads and shoulder above the likes of Alex Pato and Ronaldinho whose lifestyle is counter productive to longevity in football. Nor does he have the unfortunate luck of Owen Hargreaves. It's been said that if Rooney worked harder he could be at CR7's level. That's not saying he doesn't work hard or that he isn't great that's just saying he could work harder and he could put in that extra mile everyday.

All in all his:

fitness isn't as awful as people believe it to be.

injury problems aren't a cause for too much concern. No major injuries like torn muscles or broken legs.

last season has been the only season where he has played under 40 games of club football for ManUtd. But if England is taken into account he easily played over 40 games last season.

[Special Juan 27,106]

Or the other side of the coin, is he really injured?

[Kezza 1,965]

Course he isn't! Why else would he go back to England, other than for career reasons, when he can chill on the beaches of Australia, watch his team spoof all over the a-league all stars and have an extended holiday?