Rooney is leaving United

I kinda feel sorry for him

from sir alex fergasoon tonight

"To maintain the success at any football club is not a certainty, i.e. I always believe a four-year cycle is probably the most you can achieve in terms of success. Very few teams can create more than that four-year cycle. Last season we almost did it, we were one point short of winning the league for a record fourth time.

"We realised that to maintain that high consistency of being there challenging we had to inject youth into the club and we’ve been doing it for the last three or four years. We realised some years ago that Giggs, Scholes and Neville were never going to last forever and our policy is therefore to develop players within the club. We had a player that once said to me Rooney and Ronaldo weren’t good enough. Can you believe that? He actually said they weren’t good enough and he wasn’t prepared to wait until they were. That’s what happens, that’s the problem with potential – people don’t identify potential, they’re very poor at it. I’ve identified it all my life within young people – I know potential, I know how it can be developed and I know how to have faith in it - young people surprise you when you give them an opportunity. And that’s what this club is about. So when you see Manchester United at the moment with all these young players, you can’t see Manchester United three years ahead because you’re not thinking about that.

"We will invest in players when the time is ready. This summer wasn’t the right time as far as I was concerned; there was no value for me. There was one player who we would have liked to have got but he chose another club. I don’t think he ever wanted to come to England anyway. Some players don’t want to leave their country, it’s a fact of life, some players are happy in their own country. Some players are happy to leave and Manchester United is always a big attraction for any player. If they don’t want to leave their country then we forget about it.

"In terms of the future of Manchester United there are a lot of things in my favour – history, the respect we have from people – if I told you how many agents phone my secretary every week about players who would love to play for us - and I don’t just mean run of the mill players, I’m talking about players at almost every club in the world - it would amaze you. It’s because this club still has that fantastic romance and respect from everyone.

"Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it’s a better cow than the one you’ve got in your own field. It’s a fact. But it never really works out that way. It’s probably the same cow which is only as good as your own cow. We have to deal with that – some players like to think that it’s a better world somewhere else, it never really works like that.

"As I said, three Premier League titles in a row is fantastic and we were within one point of a record fourth. It didn’t happen for us and we didn’t like that and we want to do something about it. We’ll be okay – I’ve got every confidence in that. We have a structure at the club which is good, we have the right staff, the right manager, the right chief executive, he’s a brilliant man. There’s nothing wrong with Manchester United, not a thing wrong with it. So we’ll carry on."

Axl van Nistelrooy maybe?

Exactly. It is beyond my comprehension. You'd think he'd had no experience of this at all nevermind years upon years of it. How on earth has this happened?

Thread can be closed, according to Robbie Fowler Rooney's going to Australia

the fucker is asking for too much money, its definitely not the right time for him to be asking that much.

i still hope that united and real madrid can work some kind of benzema/rooney deal

loving ian holloway in the last few days.

the man is a don corleone. ;D

just find it funny tbh.

love seeing united in crisis.

hahahhahahahahahahahahahhahaha it's only a fucking problem when it happens to United?!?!?!??!

This squealing is fucking delicious. Fergie has been tapping up players since he was in Scotland so he can basically fuck the fuck off.

innit

although i think he is dealing with it very well in the press

saw this and it genuinely moved me, fucking brilliant, for the first time in a while I saw some genuine passion burning through. Some intriguing lines also. It may have been Van Nistelrooy he was talking about but I think it was probably Keane, I'm sure Rooney and Ronaldo had already had a big season by the time of the bust up. He also didn't mention 'owners' in the penultimate line, he'll never voice his true opinion until one of them departs.

Anyhow, this whole debacle could turn out to be a fantastic blessing in disguise, giving the rest of the squad the kick up the arse that most are currently requiring. Fletcher proved Keane wrong, it's now up to Ferguson and co. to prove Mercenary wrong.

Mercerooney

It'd be fucking brilliant if he went City in a few months time & United won the league, can't see past Chelsea this year though, think they will win it by 10+ points.

Apparently 30-40 united fans protested outside Rooney's house tonight and had to be moved on by the police. Someone on twitter just said a sign was left on his gate which said "sign for City and you're dead"

TOP BANTS!

yeah usually it's no signs in the city and you're dead

has moz's whereabouts been accounted for.

I've been on here all night