This has been all over my newsfeeds today. . . not so sure what to think really. Is Van Baal really willing to let him go? Would he fit?

http://www.squawka.com/news/chelsea-set-to-make-shock-40m-move-for-manchester-united-striker-wayne-rooney/125986

£300,000 a week says that we won't touch him with a barge pole.

This has the potential to be an entertaining thread

Well I thought it was worth discussing since it appears to be a hot topic today. Personally I don't think we should. Many more attractive options available. I'd sooner have Ballotelli or Mandzukic...

If it was same wages I'd take Rooney over Balotelli. People won't like it or agree but he is a nutter.

Only after we tie down Fernando to another 6 year deal and bring back Kalou to create the ultimate striking team.

I know Balotteli is a nutter. But I'd sooner have a goalscoring nutter than Rooney, who I reckon is past it. Though he is a natural centre forward by position which would have fit our system last season. Whether we keep that same shape remains to be seen.

Burn this thread

Why? Its current and there seems to be some kind of validity in it. Just because the player or subject doesn't meet your satisfaction doesn't mean it shouldn't be discussed...

Squaka.com or whatever doesn't strike me as solid.

Rooney is not a target and there's no chance we would pay his wages...

We don't need a thread like this tbh

Move on, nothing to see here

ah but he's been doing extra training..

Well, I've seen it on more than just this one page, so I think its worth discussing, but there ya go...

Is it even worth having this section of the forum if most threads get shot down like this?

Is it even worth having this section of the forum if most threads get shot down like this?

Most threads don't get shot down like this. This thread is getting shot down because 99.9% of people with a brain have realised the rooney thing has long gone! Nothing to discuss anymore!

 

Don't be that 0.1% blueone please!

Im struggling to understand why you believe this story.

Fair dues. Just seen a few topics with similar shoot downs and it kinda irritated me. I know Rooney is a sore subject but this is literally all I've heard about on twitter, Facebook and various news sources I read today so was mostly just seeing what's going on is all, and then I get nothing but negative unconstructiv sh*t remarks.

300000 POUNDS a week. Thr bloke is immovable. Zero chance we are even considering this .......next.

In the unreal world of outrageous football earnings, Rooney is not even worth signing for £100k per week and seeing him in a blue shirt would be utterly repulsive.

How do they make up this sh*t? Apart from Real Madrid or PSG who the f**k would pay those wages for a player with a hair transplant...

Ok if Rooney is still a target, surely we need Gerrard too, takes a piss

As I've said in another thread, Costa is coming so I don't see why we'd be in for players like Rooney who would cost us a huge amount for what to play out I position or sit on the bench? Not gonna happen!

By giving him a £300k a week contract United are effectively stuck with him now.

 

Even if Van Gaal doesn't rate him, on those wages he's going to have to be given game time. 

 

And for whoever was crying about this thread getting "shot down".

 

Rooney's been discussed at length (over 3000 posts http://www.theshedend.com/topic/23140-is-rooney-worth-a-punt/) already so maybe that's why this has been met with rolled eyes. 

Not only have United made a mistake by giving him that contract because now how can they not play him but he has also made it practicly impossible to move clubs because i dont think there is another team in the world who would play him 300k a week. He just isnt that good. Messi or Ronaldo yes i could see them getting that else where but not Rooney.

The fact he's coming up on 29 on hsi next birthday and he has the body type of a player who has no chance of improving beyond this age is also a reason no one will go for him on those wages.

Scholes was correct, his best days are behind him IMO. He nows himself RVP will be the main man under the new manager and rightly so based on what I have seen in the past few weeks.

Rooney won't care though, £300k a week softens the blow of not being the golden boy.