El comunicado de Ferguson sobre Rooney
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(Chief executive) David Gill had a preliminary talk with his agent at the end of last season and it was to be continued after the World Cup. He told me he was on his way over from Carrington and said ‘I have some bad news for you.’
His agent has intimated that he wouldn’t be signing a contract and wanted away. It was a shock.
I couldn’t believe it, as in earlier discussions, as early as March, he intimated he wanted to stay and sign a long contract, he was happy at the best club in the world and I was very terribly disappointed as we couldn’t quite understand it.
I had a meeting with him and he intimated to me in his own way that he wanted to leave.
By then, we had a discussion about the whole situation and I said: ‘The one thing I want from you Wayne is to honour and respect the club’s position and its traditions and behave like a proper professional and we’ll try and see it through.’
Although I did say, and David Gill has intimated, there is an offer there if he is prepared to accept it. It’s an offer we’ve never gone into any financial discussion, i.e., money wise.
But, I know David was prepared to offer him a contract that would be difficult to better elsewhere.
That’s what we do with top players, we’ve no problem with that. We’ve been facing these problems for quite a while now.
Contract issues in the last 10 years, as probably every one knows in this room, have accelerated to become quite phenomenal.
However, the area which has created a lot of the mystery about it is this issue with his injury.
First of all I must tell you I’ve never had an argument with Wayne at any time. He got an ankle injury in the Rangers game, he was seen clearly hobbling about before half-time.
He actually confirmed it himself in an interview with Sky. I spoke to him before the --> -->Sunderland --> --> game and my planning was, based on fact he wasn’t playing that well, was to leave him out of the Sunderland game, make sure his ankle is properly prepared for the next game and give him a 10-day recovery so he could play for England.
My hope was that with planning for England at Wembley he could recapture his form and we could kick on.
His entry into the mixed zone at Wembley has created that next stage we have had to deal with � i.e. he said he wasn’t injured.
That was disappointing as we know full well he was carrying an injury. We sent him for a scan and that showed a minor defect in terms of the ankle injury, nothing serious, but needed treatment and he has had treatment. As we know that, no argument.
We’ve got to a stage now where I feel that we still have to keep the door open to him as he is such a good player.
We’ve done nothing but help him since he came to the club and that is another mystery. We’ve helped him with his private life and other matters.
He’s not the only one that gets that privilege as we do that with all players, no matter who it is. It is part of our job here that we look after our players which creates a tremendous loyalty that has always been the foundation of our club.
So, we’re as bemused as anyone can be as we can’t quite understand why he would want to leave a club that no-one can deny is one of the most successful in British football.
We’ve won more than 40 trophies, reached countless cup finals, have a fantastic history, great stadium, great training arrangements, incredible romance and we don’t understand it.
I can’t answer any question about why is he doing it. You can speculate and have opinions and it won’t matter a dickey bird simply because the player is adamant he wants to leave.
We have to deal with the next part of that which we will do as best we can in relation to his request. I can do no more than we have said at the moment because, in my mind, we still have the door open and who knows
SIR ALEX FERGUSON
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El escenario más bizarro y morboso será que el City se lleve el gato al agua…
No sería el primer intercambio ManU-ManCity. El monstruo sagrado del United, Sir Matt Busby, fue jugador del City desde 1928 hasta 1936 y otra de las leyendas de Old Trafford, Dennis Law, acabó en el eterno rival y además tuvo la desgracia de certificar el descenso de los devils en 1974.
Pero lo de Rooney sería el colmo. Desde hace dos temporadas que el Manchester United solo hace que debilitarse. ¿Con quien se quedará? ¿Con Chicharito? ¿Con la pareja rígida de centrales Vidic-Ferdinand? ¿Con Scholes y Giggs? ¿Con Rafael? Madre mía, que futuro.
Se me olvidaba. Para Rodrigo, Raúl o a quien corresponda: ¿se piensa en recuperar el foro de brit-corner o su desaparición es tan irreversible como una suegra? Gracias.
Vamos a rezar para que el City no se descuelgue,porque si no creo que la liga se ha acabado.Una noticia para el United catastrófica.No pierde a su mejor hombre,sino el que estaba llamado a ser su seña de identidad durante muchos años.No se dónde acabará,aunque reforzar a un rival de premier sería el mal mayor.Pero lo que manda es el dinero,y si Chelsea o City son los que más pagan a saber qué hacen.En cualquier caso es la peor noticia en mucho tiempo para el United.
al final habra que ver si no convencen al “angelito” para quedarse en los red devils, yo no le veo futuro fuera de la premier, es un grandisimo jugador, de los mejores, pero no le veo actitud para estar en españa/alemania o italia, la prensa y entrenador no le iban a tolerar muchos de sus compartimientos.
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por el tema del foro yo tambien he preguntado varias veces, y no he hallado respuesta XD. espero que se recupere, leiamos muy buenos articulos, y podiamos debatir sobre los equipos.
Pues yo leido lo que suelta por esa boquita Sir Alex, creo que lleva desde el verano intentando convencerle sin lograr nada. Creo que aunque el quiera irse de la Premir su destino sera otro equipo TOP de la premier(City o Chelsea); ya que como bien decis sus desaires de vez en cuando y estilo de vida alli al que esta habituado no creo que le apoyen para venir a España.
Segun dicen ciertos rumores ya lo tiene casi hecho para el proximo año con el City, lo cual seria un bombazo en toda regla, y mas viendo como este año si parece que formara en el TOP FOUR; lo que no se yo es que hara Tevez entonces, seguira alli? Ya veremos pero se avecinan unos meses interesante entre los rumores sobre que lo quieren el Madrid o el Barça, que si se va al City o al Chelsea, que si el Inter, que si se queda en el United,etc,etc…Y todo ello relacionado con los jugadores que sonara como sus sustitutos y los posibles destinos donde vaya de donde saldra algun jugador hipoteticamente.
En fin que hay carne fresca para la prensa amarillista para meses y meses y meses salvo que se cierre algo pronto
Lo único que parece quedar claro es que esta liga se definirá entre el Chelsea, Arsenal y… ¡el City! Quién lo hubiera creído. Hace poco no eran nadie…
Me cuesta imaginar a “the Roonster” con una camiseta diferente a la de los Red Devils, pero parece que ese es el destino… Lo cierto es que el actual presente del United no pinta nada bien, con o sin Rooney. Hay buenos jugadores, pero el mediocampo actualmente no se compara con otros gigantes europeos… Ni hablar de la línea defensiva…
¿Realmente es solamente la codicia la que mueve a Rooney? Un ganador como él siempre estará hambriento de grandes títulos. Y seamos francos, este Manchester, con pegar cuatro ladridos en Inglaterra, la mayoría de los equipos se quedan calladitos, pero en Europa es un cantar tan distinto… Con el equipo como está, sin grandes centrocampistas, una defensa frágil y Rooney muchas veces haciendo la guerra por su cuenta, pues yo tampoco me quedaría si veo que no hay voluntad de remozar al equipo con excelentes jugadores que merezcan vestir ese histórico escudo…
Que el club no puede estar gastando, por su situación financiera…Bueno! Los expertos sabrán… Pero me gustaría saber en qué medida la falta de inversión en fichajes de calidad está influyendo en la decisión del delantero… Que es un crack se clase mundial y el Manchester lo necesita como el comer…