MERGED: Rooney signs new contract!

wr8_utd said:
Yeah saw that one to which Savage replies :

RT @RobbieSavage8: @kevindaviesbwfc funny that my little boy said to me daddy is that the guy who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo !

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Yeah he joined up today :D

He, Rio and Savage are going to be fun to follow. Evans joined up some days back as well.

Oh and as for the Rooney house attack :

Cheshire police were called to Wayne Rooney's house on Thursday night to break up a demonstration which included a banner reading 'If you join City you die'.

Around 30 Manchester United supporters, many hooded and wearing balaclavas, stood outside Rooney's Prestbury home and invited the player to come out.

When he declined, they unveiled a banner reading 'If you join City, you're dead' as he watched from an upstairs window.

Police soon arrived at the scene and the crowd dispersed but no arrests were made.

United later sent their own private security team, who arrived in stab vests, to stand guard after the protesters had left.

A Cheshire Police spokesperson said: "Cheshire Police can confirm that at 8.30pm today a call was received from a resident in Prestbury regarding 20 to 30 people assembling outside the address.

"Officers attended the scene and the group dispersed peacefully, no offences were committed."

The demo has been linked to the so-called Manchester Education Committee, who led a similar protest at Rio Ferdinand's house during his protracted contract talks in 2004.
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Every club has these sort of buffoons unfortunately, same as with Gerrard after he handed in his transfer request, his family received death threats and such like.
 
muller said:
Realistically, do you think he would come back? Especially now after some idiotic thugs are camped outside his house, showing how little class some of our fans have?

Anyway, regardless of what he says or does, things will never be the same..

Myself, I would probably, in time, forgive him. You'd never forget though. He's insulted the club, but in all honesty, who has never said something they later regretted? If we take him back however, I hope there is real pressure to get rid of Paul Stretford. You know full well he wrote/engineered the statement.

Either way, I hope it's sorted. The quicker it is, the less time the media has to manipulate Rooney quotes, fans to resent him more, and saga to grow. I would take him back, but I would be not sorry to see the back of him either. Should he stick around - he owes the fans something big. Like a 50 goal season..
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Of course we all say things we regret, but it's usually a spur of the moment thing. From after SAF's prematch conference, he had 24 hours to come up with something, and they came up with that, questioning the club and players. Don't see how the players would want to be around him, or the club would want him to represent them.
 
Sw33t said:
That is very very true. Every person I've spoken too about the whole thing thinks Rooney is being a complete child and a cnut or words to the same effect. Chelsea fans, Spurs fans, Arsenal fans, Stoke fans and a Scouser. Even non-footballing fans. Everyone hates him now by the sounds of it. Oh, 'cept City fans, they're too busy wanking over it
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This is a fall from grace of titanic proportions. Only 5 months ago he was Player of the Year, England's hope going into the WC, just had a baby and gotten married, darling of the fans and the media, fulfilling his potential, everything. Life was as good as it's been for him. Within just 5 months he's completely destroyed his image as both a person and a footballer, ruined his relationship with both United and England fans, not to mention strained them with his wide, he's become tainted in the eyes of the media, ranted at by managers, comedians and journos alike, he's become the symbol of all that's wrong with football in the eyes of some...I mean feck me it's a slide of Hollywood proportions...

He may have expected it, but he can't have imagined it'd be this bad...People are ripping into him from all sides, Ian Holloway, Frank Skinner, fans outside his house in balaclavas...And not just criticising, actually ripping into him. He's become a symbol of what's wrong with football players precisely because he was billed as the one who was "real". He can't have expect this, he really can't. He must of imagined he'd just be allowed to do it his way, like he always has.

At least in some small way he must be regretting it. Regretting something he's done, something Stretfords done, something. If not, then he really is in a dreamworld....But meh, I wouldn't put that past any footballer.
 
Allforone said:
Every club has these sort of buffoons unfortunately, same as with Gerrard after he handed in his transfer request, his family received death threats and such like.
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Did that happen though? Is there any proof? I was having an argument with a Liverpool supporting friend who said the death threats did not actually take place. I do remember reading about it when it had happened but don't clearly remember.
 
Lailiani said:
Agents are acting ON BEHALF of the players. They do the dirty work for them. It's their job and they are employed by the players. If anyone is to blame it's the players, not the agents.
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That's garbage. Rooney is about as smart as a bag of rocks. There's no way he wrote the statement given yesterday or came up with the idea of a move. Agents are constantly seeking to make more money for themselves by getting new contracts, moves, endorsements, etc. Why else would an agent start asking for a new contract when he gets called up to the U-21 national team?

If the agent sends out some feelers and finds out that another club will pay him X compared to what he's making currently, he then comes back to the client and gives him a whole load info about how he can make more money, etc. Since Stretford recently came off his ban, it would be pretty obvious that he's going for a big score to get him back in business. Moving away from United would mean bigger wages, more endorsements(since he's limited to 5 or so at United), and a rise in publicity.
 
Getting to the point of death threats and hanging out outside his house is TOO far, I don't care if he had came out and said "Yeah I can't be dealing with this, I want to go to City", it's just too far. He plays for us, it doesn't give us a god given right to stalk and threaten him over his own professional choices, leave the torments and that to the football world.
 
wr8_utd said:
Rooney to stay?

Wayne Rooney Manchester United U-turn: Sir Alex Ferguson has met with agent Paul Stretford for talks about a new contract for the player - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

Well nothing that we don't know already anyway.
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I wont be surprised if the club is telling rooney that we still want him, even if we have already decided to get rid of him.
If you want to sell something, saying that you want to get rid of it, wont help you get the best price for sure...
 
olesmyhero said:
Of course we all say things we regret, but it's usually a spur of the moment thing. From after SAF's prematch conference, he had 24 hours to come up with something, and they came up with that, questioning the club and players. Don't see how the players would want to be around him, or the club would want him to represent them.
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Well, in theory I got that he didn't feel that Gill was willing to confirm his expectations.. Not a demand you make if you love the club however.
 
Sir Matt said:
That's garbage. Rooney is about as smart as a bag of rocks. There's no way he wrote the statement given yesterday or came up with the idea of a move. Agents are constantly seeking to make more money for themselves by getting new contracts, moves, endorsements, etc. Why else would an agent start asking for a new contract when he gets called up to the U-21 national team?

If the agent sends out some feelers and finds out that another club will pay him X compared to what he's making currently, he then comes back to the client and gives him a whole load info about how he can make more money, etc. Since Stretford recently came off his ban, it would be pretty obvious that he's going for a big score to get him back in business. Moving away from United would mean bigger wages, more endorsements(since he's limited to 5 or so at United), and a rise in publicity.
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Stretford is the player here no doubt, he is making the balls and silly boy Rooney is firing them
 
Didn't Jason Manford once behave rudely towards Micah Richards when he met him because in a game of football manager he'd been playing Richards hadn't turned up for training?

He'd be taking a shite on David Silva as he slept if the boot was on the other foot.
 
dev1l said:
I wont be surprised if the club is telling rooney that we still want him, even if we have already decided to get rid of him.
If you want to sell something, saying that you want to get rid of it, wont help you get the best price for sure...
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But it's not just about wanting him. If he's to stay, he'll have to sign a new contract. And I can't see us going to all this trouble just to sell him in a few months.
 
Can't see any more "developments" so off to sleep.

As fox would say;

Later, wankers! :D
 
pauldyson1uk said:
thats just sick , OK so he is getting stick from every part of the media , but really what is this shit going to do ,his wife and kids live there and they should be out of bounds.
If any are found out to be season ticket holders , they should be revoked
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On what grounds?

Doing this aids no one at all, but there are some overreactions here.
 
Brophs said:
Didn't Jason Manford once behave rudely towards Micah Richards when he met him because in a game of football manager he'd been playing Richards hadn't turned up for training?

He'd be taking a shite on David Silva as he slept if the boot was on the other foot.
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That was part of his stand up routine, it didn't necessarily happen tbf to manford
 
Amir said:
But it's not just about wanting him. If he's to stay, he'll have to sign a new contract. And I can't see us going to all this trouble just to sell him in a few months.
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I m not saying that we want him to stay but during negotiations at times you tend to hide your real intentions.
not to mention that if m not wrong, when you let the player himself ask for a transfer, he stands to lose financially
 
A text I received:

Fergie's empire may be crumbling, and Rooney wants to go.
He said he wants Man City, but Bobby told him no,
feck off back to Everton, or film another Shrek,
If I see you in a City shirt I'll break your fecking neck.
So go out banging prostitutes, or back to robbing cars,
but if you think you're going Eastlands you can kiss my fecking arse.
He started with the toffees and move don to the reds,
Shagged some dirty prostitutes and sent some saucey texts.
Best player in the World they say and City want to buy,
The fattest twat to grace the pitch so take the feckin' guy.
Wayne Rooney we adored you even though you look like shit,
But give us back than number 10 you fecking ugly prick.
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It really is becoming more and more clear that "Rooney has played a blinder."


:lol:
 
Rednails said:
No it's not. Just like Warrington is not in Cheshire. Not in my old school atlas anyway.
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Most of Merseyside and greater Manchester are in Lancashire, just as Cheadle is in Cheshire, or parts of Greater London in Surrey. You know what I mean?
 
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