0% Villa: Rooney signs new 5 year contract!

[Dave]

He'll probably use it to get a good accountant to advise him into some good loopholes though.

Aren't footballers just on normal PAYE though? When that John Arne-Riise payslip appeared it had him paying something like £50,000 per month in income tax and NI contributions.

I wouldn't have thought an accountant could do much there - Risso?

[john e]

peanuts, compared to golf

Jim Furyk picked up 11 million dollars for winning ONE match

[pauliewalnuts]

He'll probably use it to get a good accountant to advise him into some good loopholes though.

Aren't footballers just on normal PAYE though? When that John Arne-Riise payslip appeared it had him paying something like £50,000 per month in income tax and NI contributions.

I wouldn't have thought an accountant could do much there - Risso?

Oh God. That'll set Villadawg off.

[Dave]

He'll probably use it to get a good accountant to advise him into some good loopholes though.

Aren't footballers just on normal PAYE though? When that John Arne-Riise payslip appeared it had him paying something like £50,000 per month in income tax and NI contributions.

I wouldn't have thought an accountant could do much there - Risso?

Oh God. That'll set Villadawg off.

Although....erm...image rights? Amortised bonus payments over the length of the contract?

Catering staff?

[pauliewalnuts]

He'll probably use it to get a good accountant to advise him into some good loopholes though.

Aren't footballers just on normal PAYE though? When that John Arne-Riise payslip appeared it had him paying something like £50,000 per month in income tax and NI contributions.

I wouldn't have thought an accountant could do much there - Risso?

Oh God. That'll set Villadawg off.

Although....erm...image rights? Amortised bonus payments over the length of the contract?

Catering staff?

[Billy Walker]

Just watched the press conference with SAF and I have to say, all other feelings aside, I almost feel sorry for him on this one.   Rooney seems to be acting like the wanker we all know he is and has shafted Ferguson big style.   If I was a genuine United fan, my piss would be boiling.

As it is, I'll sit back and see how it unfolds.

Don't care about SAF or United fans in all this. Remember how they turned Dwight Yorke's head and you'll be laughing your bollocks off for the rest of the day.

I must agree with this.  When Yorke left I was gutted.  If anyone owed a club a little loyalty it was him seeing as we took him from the middle of nowhere and helped turn him into a fantastic player.  When Dwight left I genuinely felt hard done by.  Listening to Man Utd fans cheerfully claim he has left Villa to win trophies was more than a little galling...I think we could have built a great side around Dwight.

It's a similar situation with Rooney.  He knows there are better options elsewhere to win trophies and earn greater money and he is ready to make that move.  Tough luck Fergie and the gloryhunting fans - what comes around goes around!  Great stuff.

[KevinGage]

He'll probably use it to get a good accountant to advise him into some good loopholes though.

Aren't footballers just on normal PAYE though? When that John Arne-Riise payslip appeared it had him paying something like £50,000 per month in income tax and NI contributions.

I wouldn't have thought an accountant could do much there - Risso?

Oh God. That'll set Villadawg off.

Although....erm...image rights? Amortised bonus payments over the length of the contract?

Catering staff?

[ROBBO]

Rooney last year could demand top money but with the new rules coming in i'm not sure Chelski would be interested. His personal life has affected his form and that saga is a long way form ending. It is gratifying to see both Pool and United falling from their lofty perches, if only Abramovich would walk from Chelsea.

[robbo1874]

I was reading that Times article today and agreed with most of it except for this horse-shit

McGrath took the challenge of Ferguson's dismissal and played brilliantly for another five years with Aston Villa. But at least he was replaced, in the shape of Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister, by better players.

maybe he meant SB + GP = God?

Either way, as you say, its horse-shit.

I can't help thinking that Rooney knows he's likely to get the boot soner or later, like Beckham and Keane and the rest of them and is just trying to pre-empt it.

[TimTheVillain]

£500K a week. Lets just think about that. What could you do with that money?

Does anybody need that much money?

Nope, it's fucking outragous.

When Citeh win things, will their fans really be pleased / overwhemed like a proper football fan or will they just say " thank God about that after all the money we spent".

This is seriously affecting the game in a very very negative way.

£500k a week is just mad.

[Chris Harte]

When Yorke left I was gutted.  If anyone owed a club a little loyalty it was him seeing as we took him from the middle of nowhere and helped turn him into a fantastic player.  When Dwight left I genuinely felt hard done by.  Listening to Man Utd fans cheerfully claim he has left Villa to win trophies was more than a little galling...I think we could have built a great side around Dwight.

I think Yorke was about 27 at the time that Manyoo came sniffing. By that stage he'd been at the club eight or nine years and he'd been scoring regularly for about the last four. To think he'd have been loyal (in the Steve Bull sense) was more in hope than expectation for me because going there would mean trophies - they did the treble in his first season, I seem to remember. Sure, I hoped Yorke was going to stay, and was gutted when he didn't. But I could understand why he left. I did have a chuckle to myself when I heard Rooney wanted out though.

As for anyone still gaffawing at the prospect of the end of United's era of success, I wouldn't be so premature. Not sure if anyone else has made the point but Ferguson has lost top players before now, yet still come back with more success. Their era of success will truely be put to the test when Ferguson retires, IMO.

[Lizz]

Obviously time will tell how well Rooney does; one thing about him, imo, he may well have image rights, but there's something about him that's not likeable. He hasn't got the 'x' factor, or whatever it is. He's already been dropped by one of his sponsors. His image to me, is that of a spoilt brat with only one redeeming feature - he's a good footballer, who happens to be the cash cow for all his hangers on.

[Dr Butler]

I was reading that Times article today and agreed with most of it except for this horse-shit

McGrath took the challenge of Ferguson's dismissal and played brilliantly for another five years with Aston Villa. But at least he was replaced, in the shape of Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister, by better players.

It took two players to fill Paul McGrath's position at Man Yoo....

[eastie]

seems to me rooney has a problem with authority and being told what he can and cant do -sir alex rules with an iron fist and rooney doesnt like it , spoilt brat basically and i think sir alex will get rid in january.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Just watched the press conference with SAF and I have to say, all other feelings aside, I almost feel sorry for him on this one.   Rooney seems to be acting like the wanker we all know he is and has shafted Ferguson big style.   If I was a genuine United fan, my piss would be boiling.

As it is, I'll sit back and see how it unfolds.

May I suggest Fergie could have adopted a quote from another manager who felt let down by his best player wanting to leave.
"Wayne came to see me at the start of the season saying he wanted to leave believing he could better himself elsewhere to win more trophies. If I had had a gun in the office at the time, I would have shot him "