Apologies if this was posted already but I couldn't find it....but this is Fergie talking about the negotiations to sign Rooney....
IT was August 2004 and we had just played Everton. Bill Kenwright was crying. Sitting in my office,
crying. Present were David Moyes, David Gill, Bill and me. As we studied the Everton chairman in his
sorrow, he announced that he would like to make a call. Through his tears, Bill said: ‘I’ll need to
phone my mother.’
‘They’re stealing our boy, they’re stealing our boy,’ he said down the line. Then he passed the
phone to me. ‘Don’t you dare think you’re getting that boy for nothing. That boy’s worth fifty million
pounds,’ said a female voice. Wonderful. ‘This is a trick, this,’ I laughed. ‘Is this a game?’ But it was
real. You had only to mention Everton to Bill to turn his taps on. He was a very likeable guy and
unapologetically emotional.
David Moyes was giving me the eyes. For a minute I thought it was a get-up, a performance. Bill’s
background was in theatre, after all. It occurred to me while all this was going on that I ought to check
Wayne’s medical records. Was there something physically wrong we had missed? Was this a ruse to
push the price up? My God, it was funny. Did the boy have one leg? Was I being lured into a gigantic
sting?
Reading this i was thinking 2 things....
1. What a clown!!
2. he really is a fanatic Evertonian. I don't doubt that this guys only consideration when making decisions is the good of the club, unlike most other Chairmen. Only problem is that he has no money and can't seem to attract investment.
IT was August 2004 and we had just played Everton. Bill Kenwright was crying. Sitting in my office,
crying. Present were David Moyes, David Gill, Bill and me. As we studied the Everton chairman in his
sorrow, he announced that he would like to make a call. Through his tears, Bill said: ‘I’ll need to
phone my mother.’
‘They’re stealing our boy, they’re stealing our boy,’ he said down the line. Then he passed the
phone to me. ‘Don’t you dare think you’re getting that boy for nothing. That boy’s worth fifty million
pounds,’ said a female voice. Wonderful. ‘This is a trick, this,’ I laughed. ‘Is this a game?’ But it was
real. You had only to mention Everton to Bill to turn his taps on. He was a very likeable guy and
unapologetically emotional.
David Moyes was giving me the eyes. For a minute I thought it was a get-up, a performance. Bill’s
background was in theatre, after all. It occurred to me while all this was going on that I ought to check
Wayne’s medical records. Was there something physically wrong we had missed? Was this a ruse to
push the price up? My God, it was funny. Did the boy have one leg? Was I being lured into a gigantic
sting?
Reading this i was thinking 2 things....
1. What a clown!!
2. he really is a fanatic Evertonian. I don't doubt that this guys only consideration when making decisions is the good of the club, unlike most other Chairmen. Only problem is that he has no money and can't seem to attract investment.
