Rooney on his way

[outragous76]

shocked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/9104392.stm

[Josedinho]

Man U had a good run.

[Longy]

Wow, big news that.

[sweet potata!]

I'm so sick of the word "Intimated" must have been said about a million times on SSN

[toddswain]

Defo going to be the worst choice of his career

[pleno1]

geeeegeeeeeeeeeeeee

[boldie]

Defo going to be the worst choice of his career

Very much agree with this. where can he go?

Real won't put Ronaldo or Higuain on the bench to replace them with Rooney so that's not an option.
Barca are in the same position as Real.

Man city already have plenty of top class strikers and won't drop Tevez or move Tevez to accomodate Rooney.

this only leaves Inter or AC IMO. Inter being the most likely choice as he could play with Eto'o there.....and there isn't an awful lot to be gained by moving to Inter from Man U IMO...except that the tabloids might finally leave him alone.

[pleno1]

lollllll

Rooney would be Man Yoo's biggest player. I dont think they have a plethora on strikers, Adebayor, Santa Cruz etc are all wank imo and Rooney/Tevez partnersip would put City in with a great chance of winning the league. Also Rooney going would perhaps attract other high profile players to sign.

[boldie]

Really, you think he'd go to Citeh? and that City would benefit from it? I doubt it very much and think the main reason he wants to leave ManU is thathe wants to move out of England.

[Hairydude]

I would think its to do with the media rather than Ferguson(who the media are funnily enough trying to put the blame on)

so it must be abroad; I still think Mourinho would love him at Real even though they have a plethora(good word pleno) - of strikers

[boldie]

What is really surprising is that this actually all happened in August and ManU didn't bring in anyone to replace him....reckon a swap is actually already worked out now?

[pleno1]

I would think its to do with the media rather than Ferguson(who the media are funnily enough trying to put the blame on)

so it must be abroad; I still think Mourinho would love him at Real even though they have a plethora(good word pleno) - of strikers

[AndrewT]

The reason he wants to leave Man U is simple - ego.

If a footballer considers himself to be, say, in the top three players in the world (as Rooney probably does) then he will want to be among the top three highest paid footballers in the world (if he doesn't, his agent will very quickly persuade him that he does), because that's the only way these spoiled brats measure their worth.

Rooney is currently on about £90k a week, which wouldn't even put him in the top 20. Therefore he simply wants to be paid a wage commensurate with his opinion of his ability, and Man U will never be able to do that because they're broke. Hence wanting to leave.

Man City already have Adebayor and Tevez on about £140-150k a week (and Yaya Toure on a ridiculous £200k a week). Rooney could easily double his money if he were to move.

Colleen won't want to move away from the North-West because of her disabled sister.

[roscopiko]

Smells like their just cashing in and getting rid for profit while they can to me.

Theres no where like united for "no one man is greater than the club", put some spin on it to sell it to the fans and take the money to rebuild what is a pretty weak squad by there standards with giggs and scoles about to drop.

[outragous76]

no way would he go to city!

No player is greater than united as many have proven in the past! If he wants to go, let him go. It will be a crying shame, but unless he goes to chelsea (in prem) or real madrid who have already said they dont want him, im not too sure where he "step up" to!