Rooney to leave United

[thinkingthuglife]

Injured at the mo!

[MrJibbles]

Injured at the mo!

And could return for the derby against CityThe figures being put around of what he could earn are ridiculous.

[thinkingthuglife]

Fat bastard was just hungry n wanted summat 2 eat.

[Hernandez Balcazar]

low it fam

[thinkingthuglife]

LMAO yous have got no banter.

[MEIRELES.]

In other developments, Anderson linked with a move to Panathinaikos.LMAO.Ushited are falling apart nicely. Just like I predicted. All that needs to happen now is for Giggs, Scholes, VDS and Rio to retire and not get replaced because of the Glazers. Oh and just a reminder the debt will still be there and rising to £1bn by the end of next year.

[Guest Lens]

Mourinho sayin he interested on s ky sports has gotta stir something up. would love to see him go there, sit on the beNch while Kaka ( after injury ), Ozil, C Ronaldo and Higuain continue doing their thing and he gets taught to learn some damn respect and disciplineBenzema cost quite a lot, too, he gotta be ahead of Rooney

[Hernandez Balcazar]

[Guest faze]

It would be a serious par if rooney buys out his contract...will cost him 1 years wages.... then he is a free agent, so can request a multi million £ signing on fee with united getting f*ck all.....

[Hernandez Balcazar]

Redcafe has gone into meltdown.

[Aquaman]

If he leaves I don't see how this ends well.If you lose Rooney and Ferguson isn't given much cash to replace him he's going to have to find a jewel from somewhere. Scholes, VDS & Giggs on the way out with a lot of you saying the squad needs strengthening.God help the manager who takes over from Ferguson.

yh but those are top earners alsoso it would free up a huge amount of yearly revenue100k rooney70-80k giggs70-80k scholes60k VDS

[Abdul Osman]

lol murko the fat turk got narn breaded

[Guest Lens]

Honda, are You suggesting that VDS doesn't need to be replaced, and Thomas Kuszcak should be first choice when he retires?

[Hernandez Balcazar]

Stretford-End.com has written an open letter to Wayne Rooney in response to the speculation that he wishes to leave Manchester United. The letter appears below, and has been sent to Rooney via the club. Wayne, Before you make the next move in this game of chess being played out with the media, think carefully. Think about whether you really want to leave Manchester United. We’re reading that “behind closed doors” you’re telling your team mates that you want to join City. Money is undoubtedly a factor, but the instigator is supposedly the breakdown in your relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson. What has really caused this breakdown? Is it anything Sir Alex himself did, or is it his reaction to your own actions? If so, maybe, turning 25 this week should perhaps knock a bit of sense into you. You’re no longer able to blame your stubbornness on the belligerence of youth. Supporters can’t defend your indiscretions citing immaturity. And it’s because of this inability to defend you anymore that you seemingly are turning not only against the club but against the one person who has gone beyond the call of duty and at times sacrificed his own reputation to defend you. You need to take responsibility one way or the other. Come out and say you want to stay, or that you want to leave. We, the fans, will not only respect you a lot more, but we will know what’s going on, then. If you want to stay, then great. United supporters have a great tradition of rallying around heroes who have supposedly fallen off of their pedestal. Eric Cantona for Selhurst. Roy Keane and Rio Ferdinand for their contract “negotiation tactics”. You yourself, and Cristiano Ronaldo, in 2006 after the World Cup. Remember the way we took you both back in and supported you. We’re ready to back you. If you want to leave, then be honest and say so, but a word of warning. Be honest with yourself. Blaming Sir Alex is putting the blame where it is least deserved. Even after your actions, he stood by you, and was giving you a break to sort out your life. He did that for your own good, for the benefit of your personal life, despite the effect your absence might have on the team. Attributing blame to anyone else is pure cowardice. If you want more money, if you really think being able to make a million pounds in a few weeks is not enough, when most of the world can only dream of that sum in a lifetime, then at least be honest enough to admit it. Don’t put the blame onto someone who has done everything to protect you and has helped you, sometimes in spite of yourself, achieve things in the game you could not have achieved anywhere else. You owe him so much, but the least you owe him is to not make him the villain in the piece. You owe it to him to publically state he has done everything to help you, but you want to leave. But before you do that, think further still. Think of how you have done yourself no favours, and who else would go to such lengths to protect you. Who else would show the faith in you to come good. If you need an example, look at Paul Gascoigne. A player with the hopes and dreams of the country on his back, who struggled to cope, and whose career, then life, went to waste. A player who openly regrets turning his back on Sir Alex and United when he had the opportunity. Look at what happened to him without the right guidance and advice, and wonder if you really want to turn your back on all that you currently have? What good is money if your life goes to pot? If you get your wish and you leave United, who will be there to help you next time – and, if this is your chosen path, and you’re absolving yourself of responsibility, then there will be a next time – you hit on hard times? There is no-one in any place that you think you will be able to go that will be able to protect you as much as Sir Alex does. And what effect will that have on your family? Once you leave the protection of United, you will be truly putting yourself in the goldfish bowl. Sure, you’ll be flavour of the month again for a short time. But when the initial furore wanes, and you find yourself in trouble again, the knives will be out, but you will have alienated those that matter in the game. No-one at United wants you to leave. You’re part of the family. Even when Cristiano was getting the plaudits in 2007/08 and scoring the goals, we still recognised you as the heartbeat of the team. It was fitting that you scored the goal to crown us as World Champions. When you were booed by England fans and when the press panned you after South Africa and Germany, who were the fans backing you? After all your recent problems, who were the supporters still chanting your name for 70 minutes on Saturday, wanting your introduction, despite there clearly being something not right? We were. We stood by you, even though most of us disagreed with a passion with what you did. It went against what we believed as people, but we stood by you. Think about what you are doing to that relationship. What happens to players after they leave United? Those who choose not to sign for us when they get the chance? Those who go on to bigger and better things are in a minority. Beckham? No. Ruud? No. Stam? No. Keane? No. Even Cristiano? Not at this stage. He’s learning the grass isn’t always greener, that other supporters aren’t quite as faithful or loyal as United supporters. After all this, you still have a chance to put it right. You have two months before January, to put the rumours to rest. You can make a statement publically. You can do your talking on the pitch. Take that chance. Look at Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. Look at Sir Bobby Charlton. Your chance to sit alongside them, to smash the goalscoring records, to notch this chapter as a minor hiccup, is in your hands. What does it matter, when you make as much money as you do, for an extra million here or there, when there is a chance of real footballing history? Stay at United and you will undoubtedly become our top scorer of all time. The top scorer of all time for the biggest club in the world? Surely that was one of things running through your mind in the playground? If you come out now and state your desire to remain at United for the rest of your career – like you have in the past – then you will retain hero status before the press manage to wrestle it away from you in your silence. But make no mistake, Wayne. United will move on with or without you. If you do move, it will be you who lives to regret it. Stretford-End.com

[Kompressor]

cringe worthy, have we really resorted to begging players to stay, really?(is that a real letter)

[Flojo]

pmslThe response to this news has been priceless, Ferguson's press conference is still giving me jokes.He sat there for 6 minutes pouring his heart out, it was like a eulogy.At the same time it's a clever move hanging Rooney out to dry publicly in the hope the fans will go to extreme lengths to make him know how much he's wanted to sway his mind.

[Fearless-Guy]

lol @ thinkinh wayne can read

[TF S4DK]

Stretford-End.com has written an open letter to Wayne Rooney in response to the speculation that he wishes to leave Manchester United. The letter appears below, and has been sent to Rooney via the club. Wayne, Before you make the next move in this game of chess being played out with the media, think carefully. Think about whether you really want to leave Manchester United. We’re reading that “behind closed doors” you’re telling your team mates that you want to join City. Money is undoubtedly a factor, but the instigator is supposedly the breakdown in your relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson. What has really caused this breakdown? Is it anything Sir Alex himself did, or is it his reaction to your own actions? If so, maybe, turning 25 this week should perhaps knock a bit of sense into you. You’re no longer able to blame your stubbornness on the belligerence of youth. Supporters can’t defend your indiscretions citing immaturity.

Got thus far and then my brain said, do these man remember he is a multi-millionaire... Can't read no more as its in vain.

[TF S4DK]

HhahahahhahahahahhaI am actuaully loving this.It would be EVEN better if the Glazers say no to any transfers in Jan/summer when Wazza leavesDont sweat fellaz. Even though your best player is leaving, you got Hernandez, Berba, Macheda and Bebe. You dont need a replacement striker I mean match winner. *short burst of laugher*

fam your 19th in the premier leaguewhat are you doing

[The King]

Cant cringe enough at that letter.SMFH.

[thinkingthuglife]

stil dnt understand why its a big deal for him to move to cityits not like raul angling for a move to atleticoits just a big money signing unhappy.. hes not a youth product... hes shown clear form of moving on ... hes not a one club man the derby game if he moves to city... :!: the atmosphere would be unreal .. prawn sandwiches would be flyin

fukin plum.

[TF S4DK]

Rooney statement today, lol.Rooney taking the piss doing it right before a home game, lol.

[MetaFives]

I swear Fergie looks like he's aged 10 years in these press conferences.

[Adotbiz]

What times Rooney's statement?