If he was a free agent from another club, with his injury history, play style, and lack of productivity/finishing ability for a striker, would we even be thinking of signing him on a big wage?
Hint: The answer is no.
The absolute madness is that we could have gotten him for absolutely nothing with Derby going down with Rooney. They were out on their ass when they went to League 1. I was screaming it from the rafters that whole summer.