0% Villa: Rooney signs new 5 year contract!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

A quick look at the Redcafe forum there are plenty there who are very negative about the charmless, greedy, selfish, face like a cows arse, wealthy twat.

Why, what's Rio Ferdinand done now?

[TopDeck113]

Of course there is always the argument that a 5 year contract simply vastly increases the amount of dosh that a money-no-object club like Citeh would have to stump up next summer. 

[olaftab]

A quick look at the Redcafe forum there are plenty there who are very negative about the charmless, greedy, selfish, face like a cows arse, wealthy twat.

Why, what's Rio Ferdinand done now?

This is very unfair......to the cows arse!

[The Man With A Stick]

If he suddenly happens to find a rich vein of form when he's fit again in a few weeks, it'll all look very suspect.

Oh well, an extra £90k a week taken out of United's dwindling kitty is fine by me.

[Dante Lavelli]

I have read on various (mainly unreliable) sources that Rooney is a bit of a divisive character.  A lot of the united squad - Wes Brown and Nani - do not get along with him.  Similarly for England he appears to be one of the egos that are uncontrollable, constantly trying to influence selection and formation.

If I was Fergie, I'd have been quite pleased to have got rid of him.

[olaftab]

I have read on various (mainly unreliable) sources that Rooney is a bit of a divisive character.  A lot of the united squad - Wes Brown and Nani - do not get along with him.  Similarly for England he appears to be one of the egos that are uncontrollable, constantly trying to influence selection and formation.

If I was Fergie, I'd have been quite pleased to have got rid of him.

Now he  can get rid of him and get 50M quid.

[Dave Cooper please]

Brilliant bit of reasoning from Rooney here, he complains that Man Utd aren't signing the sort of players who match his ambitions, then he signs a contract for anything up to a quarter of a million quid a week (depending on which paper you read) which pretty much guarantees Man Utd won't be able to afford to sign the type of player which will match Rooney's ambitions!

[ktvillan]

There seems to be a school of thought oop north that it was all a Fergie inspired stunt to put pressure on the owners and for him to come out smelling of roses, I cant see why Rooney would walk into the role of looking a like a right plum though.

I can think of a few million reasons.

This occurred to me as soon as I heard he'd signed.  Rooney and his agent get their fatter wads, Fergie comes out smelling of roses and the Glazers are given a warning that if they don't start shelling out they will no longer be able to attract or keep the top players.  Certainly high risk though.  A bit like O'Leary and the players letter, which backfired badly for O'Leary - but then he had nowhere near the clout or intelligence that Fergie has.

[Pete3206]

It's no wonder we're all falling out of love with the game. I'm sure William McGregor never envisaged all this nonsense. I've tried to avoid the news because the whole celebrity, money obsessed bandwagon makes me really angry. Though it's probably because I'm not getting any. (ahem..money that is)

                     

[adrenachrome]

Brilliant bit of reasoning from Rooney here, he complains that Man Utd aren't signing the sort of players who match his ambitions, then he signs a contract for anything up to a quarter of a million quid a week (depending on which paper you read) which pretty much guarantees Man Utd won't be able to afford to sign the type of player which will match Rooney's ambitions!

I doubt that's Rooney's reasoning, feeble though it likely is,  enters into this farrago; he was just parroting what he had been told. I bet you he wouldn't choose to do all the ridiculous advertising stuff either.

[TopDeck113]

I bet you he wouldn't choose to do all the ridiculous advertising stuff either.

For f*ck sake, he's supposedly a grown man.

He is no more photogenic or no more talented than Paul Scholes was/is, but Scholes' personality and priorities were/are different.  Hence he was more than happy with his wedge from Man Utd and didn't/doesn't want the celebrity Hello/OK lifestyle with his face plastered over billboards and performing CGI-enhanced tricks during Champions League ad-breaks.

On the other hand, Rooney - and his missus - can't get enough of it.  He might not conceive the ideas, but when his agent puts the idea on the table (or more likely, tells him what the pay cheque'll be), I bet he can't sign up quick enough.  And that, ultimately, is his choice,

[Matt C]

As ever I find myself agreeing with much of the BBC's Phil McNulty's take on it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2010/10/rooneys_troubles_not_over_yet.html

[Rancid custard]

Let's just define ambition here - he's won the league, Champions league, FA cup and League cup, if that's not ambition I don't know what is, what else is left after you've won that lot with your club? Exactly.

This was a golden opportunity to show no man was bigger than the club, that players don't run the game and to show a bit of business sustainability in the face of mounting debts, this was a mistake. Should've been turfed.

[Gaztonniller]

I dont get it. A club thats hundreds of millions in debt and paying millions in interest can find £70:000 extra per week!! to pay this guy who currently aint doing anything too wonderful on the pitch. 
Guess who'se gonna have to bare the cost for that?  And now that the club's pushed the boat out, other players will be tempted to chance their arm and ask for an increase which means either even less money to pay of the debts, or fans again having to dig deeper into their pockets (at a time when the economy aint looking too healthy, and dropping attendances) to satisfy their (I love the club) players demands. The Utd board may have created a very big rod thats gonna come crashing back down on their bare backs. The next 2 years at Utd gonna be very very interesting.

[alanclare]

"Shall I...shan't I. Oh bugger it. I shan't"