Manchester United Rumours Archive October 22 2010

22 Oct 2010 23:40:06
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Money is gonna be available for us now Rooney has been promised that we have ambition. However some of you guys are going over the top.

We will sign Defour in January rather than close season to fend off Liverpool who under their new owners want to show off their pulling power.

The most realistic rumour I have heard in hear is Modric at close season. Spurs have got cover for him in abundance. He will cost though, as we know any dealings with spurs doesn't come cheap.

Obviously a keep is needed who I don't know, heard a rumour of Shay Given but that ridiculous.

Thats all I think you will see next season, unless we sell and then maybe more funds will be available.

22 Oct 2010 22:41:06
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Ed who will we sign with the funds that are said to be high now Rooney is stayin?
{Editor's note - There seems to be a lot of interest in Defour so it looks likely he will be bought}

22 Oct 2010 20:30:35
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AS IV STATED BEFORE UNITEDS FUNDS HAVE BEEN INCREASED DRAMATICALLY GLAZERS HAVE GIVEN FERGIE AROUND 120 MILLION FACT RUMOURS ARE

BALE = CARRICK + 15 MILLION
AGUERO = 22 MILLION
SUAREZ = 28 MILLION
SCHWEINSTEIGER = ANDERSON + 10 MILLION
DARREN BENT = 18 MILLION AND OWEN
MAREK HAMSIK = ANDERSON + 5 MILLION
ALEXANDRE PATO = BERBATOV + 5 MILLION
ALEXIS SANCHEZ = 9 MILLION
GIORGIO CHIELLINI = 12 MILLION
SAMUEL ETO'O = BERBATOV + 10 MILLION
MODRIC = CARRICK + 15 MILLION
WESLEY SNEIJDER = 20 MILLION + ANDERSON
FERNANDO TORRES = 25 MILLION
HULK = 20 MILLION
KAKA = EVRA + 30 MILLION
THERE IS LOTTTSS MORE BUT I CANT BE BOTHERED TO TYPE THEM ALL THESE ARE WHO FERGIE HAS HAD SCOUTED OR HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN AND WHO UNITED ARE LOOKING AT NOW {ed's note - you know shouting it at people does not make you any less wrong. . .}

@WOW this geezer is certainly dreaming, i am a United fan through and through but even i know there will be no more than 20m plus sales made available.

EDITOR - Is this geezer a complete nut nut who has been playing too much football manager?

22 Oct 2010 20:09:16
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AS IV STATED BEFORE UNITEDS FUNDS HAVE BEEN INCREASED DRAMATICALLY GLAZERS HAVE GIVEN FERGIE AROUND 120 MILLION FACT RUMOURS ARE

BALE = CARRICK + 15 MILLION
AGUERO = 22 MILLION
SUAREZ = 28 MILLION
SCHWEINSTEIGER = ANDERSON + 10 MILLION
DARREN BENT = 18 MILLION AND OWEN
MAREK HAMSIK = ANDERSON + 5 MILLION
ALEXANDRE PATO = BERBATOV + 5 MILLION
ALEXIS SANCHEZ = 9 MILLION
GIORGIO CHIELLINI = 12 MILLION
SAMUEL ETO'O = BERBATOV + 10 MILLION
MODRIC = CARRICK + 15 MILLION
WESLEY SNEIJDER = 20 MILLION + ANDERSON
FERNANDO TORRES = 25 MILLION
HULK = 20 MILLION
KAKA = EVRA + 30 MILLION
THERE IS LOTTTSS MORE BUT I CANT BE BOTHERED TO TYPE THEM ALL THESE ARE WHO FERGIE HAS HAD SCOUTED OR HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN AND WHO UNITED ARE LOOKING AT NOW {ed's note - you know shouting it at people does not make you any less wrong.....}

22 Oct 2010 19:47:21
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I heard fergie is on about goin for a lot of trades next summer and is lookin at bringin in 3 top class players in the summer from the funds promised by the glazers
out
anderson 4 henderson/bent
park 4 henderson/bent
carrick 4 henderson/bent
fabio 6 million to everton
wes brown 5 million to sunderland
patrice evra 21 millon to real madrid
dan welbeck loan to qpr
daren gibson loan to sunderland
tom cleverley loan to everton
chris smalling loan to fulham
neville retired
giggs retired
van der sar retired
in
yohan gourcuff 18 million from lyon
nigel de jong 10 million from man city
connor wickham 7 million plus from ipswich town
fabio contrau 13 millon from benfica
adam johnson 16 millon from man city

NOT ONE OF THESE PREDICTIONS WILL HAPPEN. WELL APART FROM THE RETIREES.
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what a load of tosh mate do u really think city would sell us 2 of their players! johnson would be great but valencia is coming back and we would go for bale before johnson and even that looks unlikely. we will get defour in jan so no de jong. evra will most probably stay and would never sell fabio as he is in my opinion the most talented young left back in the world. we will probably buy afellay who looks class in my opinion in jan or summer. and we will buy a new keeper most probably lindegaard or even de gea. that's is don't post crap mate it aint cool.

22 Oct 2010 19:45:42
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Players going
owen to villa 3 million
park to valencia 6 million
anderson to santos/swap
carrick to sunderland
fabio to santos/swap
brown to everton
c.evans to blackburn
players coming in
neymar 15 million plus anderson/fabio
huddlestone 15 million
bale 25 million
defour 12 million

come on you mighty swindon town

22 Oct 2010 19:23:23
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To all you dipsticks that thought it was all about money in the meetings held i can tell you now we have funds available david gill has said to all the people that think united can nt compete we can and will for years to come and the only reason that rooney signed was a 160k contract and that the glazers have agreed to invest in two world class players and 2 top class players probably aguero or suarez or benzema or defour or modric or hamsik or schweinsteiger or podolski fact we have funda rooney said the owners lack ambition and we need conatant world class isgnings which gill couldnt assure and fergie used this to the advantage of the club and have convinced the glazers have accepted players are needed top class players anyway otherwise he wouldn't of sgned cus he would of just been chattin bob

22 Oct 2010 18:13:53
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Out come the pessimists, saying because we have signed Rooney we cannot afford Defour or Benzema! Well we would not be signing Benzema anyway, so you can get that ridiculous idea out of your head.

Defour would cost a mere 10m, Lindegaard would cost 4m, i expect both of these players to be United players come January 31st. In the summer there will be one or two youth players brought in at minimal prices and i expect our first marquee signing for a couple years now.

Modric is my bet, he can handle the Premiership, he is just 25, he can play in a Scholes role and a Giggs role and Spurs already have cover for both of those areas in VDV and Bale. He will be a United player in the summer, well i certainly hope so.

I expect Carrick, Owen, De Laet & Park all to vacate, i expect Scholes, Giggs, VDS, Neville & Hargreaves all to retire and i expect Welbeck, Cleverley & Diouf to join the squad. United's squad could look like this:

Lindegaard|Kuszczak|Amos

Rafael|Brown|O'Shea|Smalling|Vidic|Rio|Evans|Fabio|Evra

Nani|Obertan|Bebe|Cleverley|Valencia|Gibson|Anderson|Modric|Pogba|Defour|Fletcher

Rooney|Berbatov|Hernandez|Macheda|Welbeck|Diouf

_ _ _ Lindegaard
Rafa_ Ferd_ Vidic_ Evra

_ Fletch_Modric_Defour

_ _Toni_Rooney_Nani

22 Oct 2010 17:16:01
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22 Oct 2010 16:33:04
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Does anybody what wage he is now on? or anything else about the contract? speculation welcome.

{Editor's Note: a report suggested £150k earlier.}

I have read £180k

22 Oct 2010 16:24:02
I really doubt the halfwits in the Manchester Education Committee had much to do with Rooney's decision - this was probably wrapped up yesterday afternoon in his meetings with the club hierarchy long before those neanderthals got involved.

We all know this is largely down to money. I won't really be happy with Rooney staying unless he apologies to SAF and the rest of the squad and gets a replacement agent - the last 2 of which aren't likely to happen. Couldn't care less about him apologising to the fans - he just needs to play better to do that.

Of course, the other thing that could have swung him would have been watching the barren Wastelands on TV last night too and seeing all those empty blue seats. .

DarkLard08

P.S. Blair Mayne - I miss you. When are you coming back? I don't feel a proper Manc Fool without you.

{Editor's Note: I did tell you he would stay DarkLard08.}

22 Oct 2010 15:15:20
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{Editor's Note: As I said earlier, it was a negotiating tactic and he was always going to stay.}

so you don't think any promises or and other matters were discussed and that it was purely about the money?

JWalk

{Editor's Note: Yes.}

22 Oct 2010 15:06:14
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Also i'd just to ask, as so many fellow fans are convinced lindegaard is the new keeper, is he actually any good? I'd never heard of him before summer and as i understand his trial wasn't brilliant? Seems to me like the cheap option. I'd also expect defour and adellay to sign with total spending under twenty million.

22 Oct 2010 15:05:27
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YOU CANT BUY LOYALTY! WELL YOU LOT JUST HAVE.

mr capital. . . . rooney was due to sign a contract before all this saga, as far as i know we don't know how much he is going to be getting paid but i doubt its gna be much more if not the same amount he was going to be paid for his new contract prior to this saga, i feel the main thing that has made him stay is the promise of funds being made available to saf in jan or summer, only time will tell. i also think during these meetings that safs retirement has been discussed, whther that involved him saying he will be staying longer or that he will be replaced with one/two seasons by mourinho. . . only time will tell. ed what do you think has been sed by the glazers and saf to make him stay money, retirement issues or funds?

{Editor's Note: As I said earlier, it was a negotiating tactic and he was always going to stay.}
JWalk

22 Oct 2010 14:38:35
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I heard fergie is on about goin for a lot of trades next summer and is lookin at bringin in 3 top class players in the summer from the funds promised by the glazers
out
anderson 4 henderson/bent
park 4 henderson/bent
carrick 4 henderson/bent
fabio 6 million to everton
wes brown 5 million to sunderland
patrice evra 21 millon to real madrid
dan welbeck loan to qpr
daren gibson loan to sunderland
tom cleverley loan to everton
chris smalling loan to fulham
neville retired
giggs retired
van der sar retired
in
yohan gourcuff 18 million from lyon
nigel de jong 10 million from man city
connor wickham 7 million plus from ipswich town
fabio contrau 13 millon from benfica
adam johnson 16 millon from man city

NOT ONE OF THESE PREDICTIONS WILL HAPPEN. WELL APART FROM THE RETIREES.

22 Oct 2010 14:34:02
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Hypocrites, I don't want him here.This could really be the beginning of the end.ferguson under mind.player power dark times ahead.

I totally agree, sir alex has lost and backed down to player power. dark times ahead until the "Special One" Arrives!

DON'T BE SO WET, MOURINHO WOULD WANT MORE MONEY THAN WHAT ROONEY IS GETTING NOW.

MOURINHO IS ONLY SPECIAL WHEN HE HAS 60-100M TO SPEND OR HE IF HE HAS ALREADY INHERITED A DECENT SQUAD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM WIN THE CUP WINNERS CUP WITH ABERDEEN.

22 Oct 2010 14:30:58
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_ _ _ _Lindegaard
Rafa_ Ferdy_ Vidic_ Evra
_ _ _Fletch_ Defour
_Toni_ _ Modric_ _ Nani
_ _ _ _ Rooney

In

Lindegaard - 4-5m
Defour - 10-12m
Modric - 20-23m
Cleverley
Welbeck

Out

Neville - Retired
Scholes - Retired
Giggs - Retired
VDS - Retired
Carrick - 8m
Park - 6m
Gibson - 5m
Chester & Drinkwater - 2m
Owen - Free
Diouf - 6m
Hargreaves - Retired

United will still save an estimated 16m a season in wages, even with Rooney's pay rise.

22 Oct 2010 14:20:46
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22 Oct 2010 13:44:23
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Glad to see that Rooney's staying, although why this wasn't done behind closed doors is beyond me. What do you think the reasons for him staying are Ed? I hope it's because the Glazers have promised some bigger transfer funds.

{Editor's Note: He was never going to leave in my view - which no doubt you can find reference to over the past few days in the posts. The whole thing was simply a negotiating tactic.}

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ED you have been saying he is def going?!?!?!?!

{Editor's Note: There is more than one ED - if you look I have said from the start that he will stay.}

22 Oct 2010 14:19:16
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Does that answer your question Ed? {ed's note - I guess, but considering all the money you had from the Ronaldo sale, don't you think you should have spent a bit more? But I think you will never believe that things aren't rosey.}

I think Saf answered this himself in waiting for the right players at the right time instead of doing what a lot of idiots would have done in the same situation and spend money for the sake of it to prove a point. He knows what he is doing a lot more than anyone commenting on here so i think we shall go with what Saf said. . He is going to have a lot of ageing players to replace soon so perhaps its best to wait and see what gaps he really needs to fill instead of just going out spending money willy nilly! {ed's note - Scholes has been struggling to play more than 60min for at least two seasons now and yet he has still not bought anyone to replace him. Giggs has needed replacing, Ronaldo needed replacing, neither have been, that is not about no value in the market, that is about not having the money to buy replacements and having to make do and mend.}

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What about the bid for David Villa? ?

22 Oct 2010 14:17:12
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EDITOR - Is that a result for United or what? Its hardly breaking the bank is it? {ed's note - if you say so mate, if you think giving in to the greed of Rooney is a result for United then go ahead.}

@He is still getting paid less the Ronaldo, Messi, Eto'o, Ibrahimovic, Beckham & Kaka!

22 Oct 2010 14:16:04
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I am hearing he has signed a contract worth 130k a week and he gets to keep 2m (TAX FREE) of his shirts sales money every year. So that is about 103k a week after tax!

EDITOR - Is that a result for United or what? Its hardly breaking the bank is it? {ed's note - if you say so mate, if you think giving in to the greed of Rooney is a result for United then go ahead.}

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ED your just unhappy that you got it wrong

{Editor's NOte: But I got it right just to keep our averages up!}

22 Oct 2010 14:15:12
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I heard fergie is on about goin for a lot of trades next summer and is lookin at bringin in 3 top class players in the summer from the funds promised by the glazers
out
anderson 4 henderson/bent
park 4 henderson/bent
carrick 4 henderson/bent
fabio 6 million to everton
wes brown 5 million to sunderland
patrice evra 21 millon to real madrid
dan welbeck loan to qpr
daren gibson loan to sunderland
tom cleverley loan to everton
chris smalling loan to fulham
neville retired
giggs retired
van der sar retired
in
yohan gourcuff 18 million from lyon
nigel de jong 10 million from man city
connor wickham 7 million plus from ipswich town
fabio contrau 13 millon from benfica
adam johnson 16 millon from man city

22 Oct 2010 14:05:02
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Glad to see that Rooney's staying, although why this wasn't done behind closed doors is beyond me. What do you think the reasons for him staying are Ed? I hope it's because the Glazers have promised some bigger transfer funds.

{Editor's Note: He was never going to leave in my view - which no doubt you can find reference to over the past few days in the posts. The whole thing was simply a negotiating tactic.}

@I can vouch for that, if you are the Liverpool Editor that is, you told me he will stay at United, the other Liverpool Ed told me Stretford will not let him sign for United again and the United Ed said something similar.

{Editor's Note: I have no affiliation.}

22 Oct 2010 14:01:49
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Does that answer your question Ed? {ed's note - I guess, but considering all the money you had from the Ronaldo sale, don't you think you should have spent a bit more? But I think you will never believe that things aren't rosey.}


And you, Ed, will never stop being a bitter scouser who shouldn't even be in control of editing a MANCHESTER UNITED rumours page. Prior to the start of the season, you were great Ed - unbiased responses to questions (which to your credit, you didn't need to do at all) etc. But since Woys Weds have starting taking a pounding, all you can seem to do is snipe away at United fans!

Yes, things are far from rosey but things are also far from being as bad as your mob right now! Good luck in the Championship next season Ed - yes we should have spent more this summer but we didn't coz we cannot afford it. There, its been said. You, on the other hand, spent a decent amount and have got absolute Jack to show for it AS USUAL. Get used to failing, bitter scousers, UTID!

{Editor's Note: There is more than one editor you know.}

22 Oct 2010 14:00:47
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I told you all he was haggling for a new contract, i also believe the Glazers have promised Fergie some decent funds this summer, which is what the important meeting was all about.

Sydney!

Wayne Rooney has spoken to the owners directly and been reassured about the direction the club is going in, Ed do you still believe the Glazers would not fund 14-20m net?

{Editor's Note: Like other clubs, funding will need to be justified and agreed. It is not simply a case of making money available.}

@How can you not justify replacing Scholes & Van Der Sar?

{Editor's Note: I have no idea how you read that in to my comment.}

@Sorry Ed did you mean justify it to the Glazers or fit in with the new regs? I must have misunderstood you.

{Editor's Note: Any proposed expenditure will have to be justified to the person responsible for agreeing the funds can be spent. I do not know who that is at Old Trafford - perhaps Gill, perhaps the owners.}

22 Oct 2010 13:49:28
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I told you all he was haggling for a new contract, i also believe the Glazers have promised Fergie some decent funds this summer, which is what the important meeting was all about.

Sydney!

Wayne Rooney has spoken to the owners directly and been reassured about the direction the club is going in, Ed do you still believe the Glazers would not fund 14-20m net?

{Editor's Note: Like other clubs, funding will need to be justified and agreed. It is not simply a case of making money available.}

@How can you not justify replacing Scholes & Van Der Sar?

{Editor's Note: I have no idea how you read that in to my comment.}

22 Oct 2010 13:47:49
Anyone else think the whole situation smacks of a wee conspiracy?
Was he ever going to leave or was it the kick up the preverbial the Glazers needed?

Stu

22 Oct 2010 13:44:23
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Glad to see that Rooney's staying, although why this wasn't done behind closed doors is beyond me. What do you think the reasons for him staying are Ed? I hope it's because the Glazers have promised some bigger transfer funds.

{Editor's Note: He was never going to leave in my view - which no doubt you can find reference to over the past few days in the posts. The whole thing was simply a negotiating tactic.}

22 Oct 2010 13:39:42
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I told you all he was haggling for a new contract, i also believe the Glazers have promised Fergie some decent funds this summer, which is what the important meeting was all about.

Sydney!

Wayne Rooney has spoken to the owners directly and been reassured about the direction the club is going in, Ed do you still believe the Glazers would not fund 14-20m net?

{Editor's Note: Like other clubs, funding will need to be justified and agreed. It is not simply a case of making money available.}

22 Oct 2010 13:28:04
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I told you all he was haggling for a new contract, i also believe the Glazers have promised Fergie some decent funds this summer, which is what the important meeting was all about.

Sydney!

22 Oct 2010 13:15:24
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Hypocrites, I don't want him here.This could really be the beginning of the end.ferguson under mind.player power dark times ahead.

22 Oct 2010 13:15:13
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"On the ambition thing, which one of us would not move for a chance to attain things? Rooney wants to bbe in a European Cup winning team and Premiership winning team. He sees the team ageing, he has seen 'Berba' not being trusted to play in the Bayern game and he himself had to play injured. He has seen Tevez and Ronaldo going, not replaced. He had seen our young centre half not heading the ball.
He can hear the silence of the crowd.
OF COURSE he has to go. Remember United are not loyal either- remember the Munich survivors and their family's season tickets, lack of fund raising, sacking the managers, Stam etc"

Well suddenly now rooney stays, suddenly he sees ambition? Suddenly he sees united buying the stars, the owners committed to the club! Be serious, it was always about $$ and had nothing to do with united's ambitions or ability to attract top talent!

22 Oct 2010 13:14:43
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22 Oct 2010 13:04:05
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As far as the current scenario is concerned, just remember 1 thing- even if the yanks are in it only for the business, they will have to strengthen the team as they can't risk united not playing in the champions' league as that would worsen the economic situation. So sit back, even if u don't trust the yanks and Gill, have some faith in SAF. He is the reason all of you are even dreaming of attracting world class players to the club. The Liverpool situation was very different to ours. .very very different. The yanks can still be in charge for 6-7 years. The good thing is that due to these debts and all the yanks have actually improved the revenue structure. Just imagine a 100mil+ operating profits once the debts are gone/diminished.
-NPrak

Once the debt has gone?? That is never going to happen unless the club is taken over. If they had any sense they'd at least pay off the PIK's so they don't have to continue to pay the interest on them.

22 Oct 2010 13:07:32
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This is the only way Rooney can see out the season without the crowd on his back and Utd will get more money for him. .Its all a smokescreen to keep your prawn sandwich lot quiet. . He will be a city player next season. .SMF

22 Oct 2010 12:58:41
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Yes the purse strings are tight Ed but they are not that tight. Blackburn will net spend more than that. {ed's note - Blackburn are not owned by a family of leeches. When was the last time United spent more than they received in transfer fees?}

@In:

2005/6 we net spent £13.5m
2006/7 we net spent £2.9m
2007/8 we net spent £24m
2008/9 we net spent £33.1m
2009/10 Ronaldo sale.
2010/11 we net spent £9m

Does that answer your question Ed? {ed's note - I guess, but considering all the money you had from the Ronaldo sale, don't you think you should have spent a bit more? But I think you will never believe that things aren't rosey.}

Ed believe me i am not stupid, i know things are not rosey, i would never have called them Blood suckers otherwise. I believe they needed the 80m Ronaldo fee to guarantee the new bond scheme. But i know funds would be made available if the team desperately needed them and i am not talking about 100m, 50m or even 30m but i believe Fergie would have no problem getting 14-20m plus sales.

Remember Ed, if we fall out of that top four the Glazers would lose up to 100m. That can never be risked. Not just that with those three players i mentioned, we would not have to buy big for many years in the future which would suit the vermin down to the ground. Sure you would agree with that? {ed's note - why would you lose up to 100m? Winning the Champions League is only worth in the region of 40m, I don't know where you get 100m from at all. You are looking at things from the point of view of a fan and not from a greedy owner who has never put money into any business after an initial investment, why would he start now?}

22 Oct 2010 12:48:12
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Rooney signed 5 yr deal at united enough of the sh* y rumours now please, and admit none of you know what you're talking about

22 Oct 2010 12:30:07
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Does anyone think Rooney could have been trying to negotiate a better new contract by saying he will leave, after all it wasnt Rooney that went public it was the club as they had been told by his agent that he wouldn't sign the deal do you think he might of just been after a better deal and the club decided to call his bluff, but, its got out of hand? now they are trying to work out how to patch it up?

Or rooney could be working WITH Fergie in order to force the glazer to put there hands in the pockets, i am sure they will be advising the glazers that they won't receive Rooneys full value and will have to spend more on replacements?

any thoughts?

22 Oct 2010 12:24:15
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22 Oct 2010 10:52:35
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BREAKING NEWS:
While efforts are on to persuade Wayne to stay, the club officials have apparentely contacted Inter for none other than WESLEY SNEIJDER. I'm not sure yet if this is being done to please Wayne or as a measure to prepare a cash plus swap deal involving the 2 players. Inter are apparentely interested in Rooney and the good news is that Inter are willing to listen to any swap deals involving Wayne because of their ageing strike force (samuel and milito) and because they sold the only young and promising striker they had to City. In return they want United to keep their hands-off of Afellay (they have their sights set on him). The only stumbling block is Benitez, but I hear he doesn't have the final say in the transfer deals.
-NPrak

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Bound to be yet another load of bollocks, you've come up with SO much rubbish in the past, none of which has happened yet you continue with the fantasy posts.

22 Oct 2010 12:06:14
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BREAKING NEWS:
While efforts are on to persuade Wayne to stay, the club officials have apparentely contacted Inter for none other than WESLEY SNEIJDER. I'm not sure yet if this is being done to please Wayne or as a measure to prepare a cash plus swap deal involving the 2 players. Inter are apparentely interested in Rooney and the good news is that Inter are willing to listen to any swap deals involving Wayne because of their ageing strike force (samuel and milito) and because they sold the only young and promising striker they had to City. In return they want United to keep their hands-off of Afellay (they have their sights set on him). The only stumbling block is Benitez, but I hear he doesn't have the final say in the transfer deals.
-NPrak

@Inter could never afford Rooney's wages, United would also not want aging players like Samuel & Milito.

22 Oct 2010 11:46:04
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{ed's note - with Stretford as his advisor there is nothing that will sway him, other than wads of cash. The fans protesting won't bother him, but it makes a handy excuse to go!}

@Good morning Editor, it seems that i was correct in my posts yesterday that United have been talking to Rooney about a new huge contract, i am hearing 160k a week and i am also hearing it was Stretford who contacted Gill about more talks.

Today is certainly looking better than yesterday, another top paper (The Times) have reported that Fergie is going to let go up to TEN players go this summer, i would say they are:

Scholes
Giggs
Neville
Van Der Sar
Carrick
Gibson
De Laet
Owen
Drinkwater
Chester

That would be my guess. An overhaul is needed Editor would you agree?

We already have these guys coming in:

Diouf
Welbeck
Cleverley

We still need two CM's, GK & LW. Possibly:

CM: Martinez/Defour/Modric/Diarra
GK: De Gea/Lindegaard/Neuer/Stekelenburg
LW: Bale/Sanchez/Wijnaldum/Afellay

Come on Rooney sign on the dotted line and lets move on.

Sydney! {ed's note - do you really think the club will give Rooney a huge new contract AND buy loads of players on huge contracts? You can no longer do that, nor can anyone without a sugar daddy for that matter. The savings in wages made by getting rid of loads of players would not cover the costs in adding 4 more players, who would all be on big contracts, plus the transfer fees.}

22 Oct 2010 10:31:45
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I have sat back and watched things unfold over the past few days and I have ready many comments as regards Wayne Rooney from "good riddance" to "lack of respect for the club".

Firstly I'd like to start by saying my love for Man Utd is as strong today as ever and the "Godfather" that is Sir Alex I respect you.

But here's a question to you all. . how many of us in our own walk of life have stayed with the same employer. is does happen but very very rarely. People move on, they take up a fresh challenge, whether it be for more money, better company, closer to home, not growing the team. .people have their reasons. We all need to accept that if Wayne wants to move so be it, let him get on with it. .he's the fool as nobody has left and gone on to better things. .you just don't.

I'd probably be right in saying that all the Utd fans saying good riddance wouldn't be quite the same if he'd started the season like he did last year, he carryed us to the brink of the title and lets be fair if we'd held out against I poor Bayern side we'd have prob gone on to lift the Champions league.

Anyway on to the one thing that I want answering, with the backing of the Yanks (and I really do hope he does) who does Sir Alex bring in. . .

55 Million for Rooney I would estimate.

25 Million for Benzema
25 Million for Bale

5 Million profit. .

Please your thoughts. .

22 Oct 2010 10:14:23
Manchester United Rumours
If you ask me Rooney can F* K of aslong as Fergie gets cash to replace him. I woulnt settle for anything less than Torres or two of the following: Bastos, Bale, Afellay, Bent, Forlan, Sanchez.

If we don't instantly spend big to replace Rooney then i will turncoat to his side and believe him when he says he didn't get any assurances.

As far as he is concerned tho, i am a liflelong united fan and if he doesn't want to play for us then he can. . . . . . you know

Stu

22 Oct 2010 01:28:58
Manchester United Rumours
I read this earlier, an article by andy cole about paul stretford:
Wayne Rooney's agent Paul Stretford is a key factor in what's going on with Manchester United's best player at the moment. When Sir Alex Ferguson made reference to players who have agents living in their pockets, it was aimed at Stretford.

And I know better than anyone what Stretford is like because he was my agent. I was his biggest name player for a long time, the person who made him real money.

The former vacuum cleaner salesman was relatively new to the game when Scott Sellars, my Newcastle United teammate, told me that there was someone I should meet.

I'd just joined Newcastle and told Scott that I wasn't interested in an agent. He persisted and sang the praises of Stretford, insisting that no harm was to be done by meeting him.

So I met him and he seemed OK. In that first meeting, Stretford told me that if I signed with him then I would never have to work again after football. He told me to sign for a year and that if I didn't like it then I could walk away. He told me that he was absolutely dedicated to his players. I signed.

Life went well for me at Newcastle until I fell out with Kevin Keegan, the manager. We were about to play Wimbledon in the League Cup. I was messing about in training. It was cold and I was knackered from the game on Saturday.

"What's wrong, do you not fancy training?" Kevin asked.

"To be honest, no, " I replied.

"If you don't want to train, you might as well * * off in then, " the manager replied.

So, me being me, I went inside and didn't come out. He probably thought that I would go back out, but he didn't know my character.

Kevin saw that I was leaving and asked me what I was doing. I argued that I was only following his instructions.

I went south to my missus in Brixton in London and told her about what had happened. She asked me if I was for real and had a go. I ended up having an argument with her until she dropped down a couple of gears and saw it more my way.

Newcastle lost against Wimbledon that night, with supporters and the media wondering why I was absent. Keegan responded to questions by saying that I'd walked out of the club.

The story went big and I decided not to go into training the following day. Then Stretford called.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"What do you mean, what am I doing?" I replied.

"You can't just walk out."

"I did as I was told to do."

"Well you're going to have to get yourself back up the road tomorrow."

I went back up the road, but it was never the same again for me at Newcastle.

Stretford got to work, lining up Manchester United. He became a big part of my life. He got me a British record transfer to United in 1995. Before I left, Sellars told me that Stretford would be brilliant for as long as I was making him money. I remembered that later.

I moved to Manchester and stayed at Stretford's house as he made me part of the family. I thought it was a generous gesture - I later found out that he had been deducting rent from my earnings.

My agent was influential in every area of my life. He invited me to family functions and controlled what I said to the media.

He hated the idea of anyone getting close to me, just as he does with Wayne. He was very domineering, but I let him be like that because I thought he had my best interest at heart.

He told journalists that they couldn't ask certain things and lined up commercial deals. He gave me advice about everything I did. I made him so much money that he became a wealthy man, but I didn't mind because I considered him to be a decent agent and a friend.

But Stretford obviously considered me to be a client and nothing more, because as soon as I stopped making him money I didn't hear from him. I expected much better. He was a small-time agent when he took me on and used my name to attract other players.

Stretford wasn't motivated by friendships, but money. I wasn't the only player who stopped hearing from him when I'd served my purpose. People don't speak well of him. I've seen him a few times since and he's had nothing more than a grunt from me.

There's a lot of second guessing going on with Rooney at the moment, but Stretford will be very close to the decision making. He'll have a plan for Wayne on and off the field.

I'd be surprised if he hadn't sounded options out. He gets his buzz doing big deals. And his financial cut.

I gave him plenty of deals and he loved all that. And it would give him great satisfaction if he could make his client Wayne Rooney the best paid player in football.