Football 2010-2011

[eFestivals]

sounds like he's been tapped up during the summer.

[funkymp]

sounds like he's been tapped up during the summer.

[The Nal]

sounds like he's been tapped up during the summer.

[Steve P]

yup, by the sounds of it he wanted out before the whole scandal thing hit the papers.

[jump]

Apparently some people knew it was going to happen...

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/paulkelso/100013043/why-wayne-rooney-will-definitely-maybe-join-manchester-city-or-how-i-missed-the-story-of-the-year/

[ralph250]

Arse. Did think it more than presstalk. Rarely would Associated Press cover it without substance.

presume that the "off-season" was post world cup.

[The Nal]

Arse. Did think it more than presstalk. Rarely would Associated Press cover it without substance.

presume that the "off-season" was post world cup.

[5co77ie]

For the first time ever, Fergie looks in shock.

[pehaw]

Can't see what all the fuss is about.

If he isn't happy at United then he can f**k right off and take his ball with him even if it means he ends up at the council house. So be it.

[eFestivals]

So Utd are really in the shit then. They'll get a big pay-day for Rooney, sure (can't see him staying past January now), but money is no good without somewhere to spend it, IF they can spend it.

[Steve P]

Arse. Did think it more than presstalk. Rarely would Associated Press cover it without substance.

presume that the "off-season" was post world cup.

[ralph250]

"David Gill, in the early part of the summer had opened talks with his agent and that was to be continued after the World Cup," Ferguson said.

"I was in the office on 14 August and David phoned me to say he wasn't signing a contract. I was dumbfounded. Only months before he was saying he was at the greatest club in the world.

"I asked to have a meeting with the boy. He reiterated what his agent said, that he wanted to go."

[Steve P]

Can't see what all the fuss is about.

If he isn't happy at United then he can f**k right off and take his ball with him even if it means he ends up at the council house. So be it.

[ralph250]

Well now we're going to find out what the Glazers are made of as you and The Nal have said. They have to spend, and spend big now if you're not going to go on the slide. This just makes it all the more urgent I guess.

[5co77ie]

Can't see what all the fuss is about.

If he isn't happy at United then he can f**k right off and take his ball with him even if it means he ends up at the council house. So be it.

[ampersand]

Once a Blue always a light blue

[The Nal]

So Utd are really in the shit then. They'll get a big pay-day for Rooney, sure (can't see him staying past January now), but money is no good without somewhere to spend it, IF they can spend it.

Edited October 19, 2010 by The Nal

[ralph250]

So Utd are really in the shit then. They'll get a big pay-day for Rooney, sure (can't see him staying past January now), but money is no good without somewhere to spend it, IF they can spend it.

Edited October 19, 2010 by ralph250

[eFestivals]

Will it be a big payday though? Selling to City or Chelsea is a massive risk in terms of strengthening their rivals. I think his value will be a lot lower than has been touted.

Utd know they can't compete with either anyway. Sooner or later they'll have to accept that reality, and the sooner they do the more they can expliot the cash that comes in return.

If they want to play hardball all they'll succeed in doing is getting themselves a worse deal than they otherwise could do.

[eFestivals]

(eg. Mourinho)

Do you seriously think Moaniho will get the Utd job?

I know he's desperate for it, but if he does that'll be more an expression of Utd's desperation than anything to do with Moaniho.

I just can't see them wanting him, not in a million years of sensible thought.

[jump]

Do you seriously think Moaniho will get the Utd job?

I know he's desperate for it, but if he does that'll be more an expression of Utd's desperation than anything to do with Moaniho.

I just can't see them wanting him, not in a million years of sensible thought.

[pehaw]

Equally has Fergie been putting off spending big to leave a small warchest to any future manager if he was planning on retiring soon?

Edited October 19, 2010 by pehaw

[eFestivals]

I think Mourinho would be a good fit there, the only real problem is that he doesn't build teams so the likes of Moyes are ahead of him.

yep, outside of desperate I see Moyes as getting the job too. He's everything that the club likes to regard itself as, while Moaniho definitely isn't.

[pehaw]

yep, outside of desperate I see Moyes as getting the job too. He's everything that the club likes to regard itself as, while Moaniho definitely isn't.

[The Nal]

Full interview here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsogy1FS_A