Wayne Rooney transfer "agreed in principle"

[Big Fat Sam]

We won't be getting 12.5m in way of a transfer fee surely. That has to be part of a package and including his wages for the remainder of his contract.

Did he sign for a 2 or 3 year deal anybody?

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[Neiler]

We won't be getting 12.5m in way of a transfer fee surely. That has to be part of a package and including his wages for the remainder of his contract.

Did he sign for a 2 or 3 year deal anybody?

Not sure on the specifics of the deal to be fair, ive seen different stuff reported 12.5 fee but us subsiding his wages, at best it has to be worth our while financially otherwise why bother.

 

[blue61]

Good move for Wayne this. The middle aged grannies over there have been stretched that much, they look 32, it's a win win.

 

[davek]

And Bolasie most of all!!

Schneiderlin before him...but, yeah, you could hire a large skip and fill it with the players we need getting rid of.

 

[technojoe]

I'm gutted! he could have got one more season here under his belt like..........

 

[LinekersLegs]

His signing worked out better than I thought it would, at least at the start, but still think we would have been better spending that wage on someone else who would have been able to stay for several seasons and didn’t compete with other big money recruits.

Probably best for all concerned that he moves to the US this summer as think the relationship would get progressively sourer if he stayed, personally find it hard to excuse the drink driving offense.

 

[Thomasc]

I'm gutted! he could have got one more season here under his belt like..........

Don't think he was a priority to offload personally.

About another 10 I would have done first.

 

[davek]

Aye. He’s come back to try and push us on but it’s not quite worked out. He’s played in Europe for us, scored again and bagged a good hat trick. Plus no one genuinely hates him anymore.

Thanks for having a go Wayne, good luck, come back as a fan.

This.

No hard feelings. We move on.

If the new manager (if that is what this represents) is insisting on such advance decision making then he needs to get cracking and getting rid of far worse players than Rooney. Hopefully we see that dressing room clique further depleted in the coming weeks.

 

[McBain]

HOMEPAGE UPDATE

ROONEY ROLLS OVER IN BED AND DOES A POP OFF

By Tom Ferguson with podcast by that Adam guy and later dissected by Baz and Ped and LCAB on the tube and talked about on the podcast with those other fellas.

 

[MikeH72]

I'm concerned this means Fat Sam stays. That's how it looks to me anyway.

Let's hope we replace this season's top goalscorer better than we managed last season.

I somehow don’t think we’ll miss his 10 goals in the first half of the season as much as Lukaku’s 25 across the entire season.

 

[Thomasc]

This.

No hard feelings. We move on.

If the new manager (if that is what this represents) is insisting on such advance decision making then he needs to get cracking and getting rid of far worse players than Rooney. Hopefully we see that dressing room clique further depleted in the coming weeks.

wow, there is a clique in the dressing room? tell us more of your inside knowledge bro, I presume this is 100% legit info?

 

[stretford blue]

Rooney needs to be playing games he wouldn't be a guaranteed starter next season for whoever is in charge

 

[gianthogweed]

12 million plus 150k off the wage bill not bad get a good young player in with a career ahead of him instead of one over the hill

 

[jolteon101]

Will miss him if he does go, essentially bullied Walcott into signing for us and would probably do something similar this Summer with other players.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I somehow don’t think we’ll miss his 10 goals in the first half of the season as much as Lukaku’s 25 across the entire season.

Of course not. But the point still stands. It should be dead easy to replace Wayne in his current state. But nothing surprises me with Mr Stephen Walsh.