The case for Wayne Rooney

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I voted yes - but wish there was a "Yes - With a big pay-cut" option.

Talk of him wanting to stay on 250k a week actually puts me back on the fence! At his age - and if he is truly making the the move for the right reasons .... 175k absolute max!

That would show he is doing it for Reasons of integrity rather than looking for anyone who will stretch his big pay-day a bit longer now the chinese aren't able to do it so easily (which I guarantee was his Plan A till a few weeks back!)
 
zandvoort blue said:
I'll be brutally honest - 2 solid years of Rooney as our playmaker, we'll achieve more than with Ross in that slot
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Exactly. If Ross doesn't want to be here, then off you go my son...and we will have got more money from Rooney when he went to Utd than from Ross to West Ham or Bournemouth or wherever.......
 
seer said:
I voted yes - but wish there was a "Yes - With a big pay-cut" option.

Talk of him wanting to stay on 250k a week actually puts me back on the fence! At his age - and if he is truly making the the move for the right reasons .... 175k absolute max!

That would show he is doing it for Reasons of integrity rather than looking for anyone who will stretch his big pay-day a bit longer now the chinese aren't able to do it so easily (which I guarantee was his Plan A till a few weeks back!)
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If and I don't know for sure, there is no transfer fee involved then what does it matter. People seem quite comfortable with an outlay of 20mill for Giroud plus wages or in excess of 35 mill for Siggurdson plus wages and neither of them are exactly world beaters, nor ever been in Rooney class in my opinion
 
TommyDavo said:
If and I don't know for sure, there is no transfer fee involved then what does it matter. People seem quite comfortable with an outlay of 20mill for Giroud plus wages or in excess of 35 mill for Siggurdson plus wages and neither of them are exactly world beaters, nor ever been in Rooney class in my opinion
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True enough - and IF united wave a fee then its essentially 12 million a year - on some kind of 1 year rolling contract I guess I would slide slowly back onto the "Oh OK then" side of the fence
 
TommyDavo said:
Barkley's new contract has been on the table a lot longer than a month and he has thus far refused to sign. Maybe if he has achieved as much as Rooney over the next 8 years he will be worthy of top dollar. As it is I don't see any of the real high wage clubs beating a path to our door to secure his services. Think Ross is a delight to watch but don't blame Rooney for his situation
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The thing is this stinks of BK he did it with DF who came back crocked from newcastle as an expensive talisman its deja vue happening again - if you heard an hasbeen was signing on in your position and maybe on more wages would you sign your contract???????
 
Joey66 said:
The thing is this stinks of BK he did it with DF who came back crocked from newcastle as an expensive talisman its deja vue happening again - if you heard an hasbeen was signing on in your position and maybe on more wages would you sign your contract???????
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As I said the contract has been on the table for months. The lad seems to have confidence that either a club will come in for him, or he is simply being mercenary and running his contract down in the hope of a massive signing on fee, leaving the club he supports with nothing for their investment. At least with Rooney we were able to finance a bit of spending to improve us. Rooney signing will increase global awareness of Everton in the short term. A gamble, maybe, but not a massive one. I hope Ross signs btw.
 
ExpatinBangkok said:
Article painting a rosy and glossed over picture. Will teams 'sit up' with Rooney in a blue shirt? I think the more likely reaction will be laughter/pity that last season they faced lukaku and thus season we present them with Rooney. And China has that massive tax now on new players so I don't think there was real damand there now and the MLS will see him taking a massive pay cut.

I think its OK to bring him back as a squad rotation player but if we pay anything more than 75k a week out of our own pockets- or anywhere near the 125k it looks like we will pay, then we can't complain too much at being laughed at /pitied by other fans/teams.
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I don't give a monkeys about how much he gets paid. For years we've had no money always scraping the barrel for last minute deals. Now we're flush with cash people moaning about how much wages we pay. Just enjoy the moment. The rs aren't
 
The most important word I associate with Rooney is vision. We need a playmaker.. a player that sees others and a pass no one else sees and can execute it to perfection. No one has been better than Rooney at this in england over the last 15 years taking it as a whole.

I am so for this move I couldn't give a toss about Siggy or any other number 10.

If we get Rooney I would tell Lukaku to lump it and tell his friends he's around another year. The 2 of them could be unplayable. Rooneys touch with Roms finishing and power.
 
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