This week’s episode of the Wayne Rooney show is all wrapped up, with the mighty pumpkin resolving his differences with coach and teammates, and scratching his X onto a new contract that keeps him at Old Trafford until 2015. There’s no doubt that he acted poorly over the last few weeks, though you have to put some blame on his greedy bastard of an agent. From the Guardian:
Rooney has become the best-paid player in the history of the club by agreeing a deal thought to be worth as much as £180,000 a week in a move that will inevitably invite allegations that he and his agent,
Paul Stretford, have been guilty of cynical greed to get
the best deal possible.
He won’t be thrown right back into the fray though, as he’ll be out for the next three weeks nursing an injury to that ankle he assured the press wasn’t actually injured a week or so back.
Lest we forget, Rooney first suggested he didn’t want to stay at United because the management wasn’t adding world class players at the top of the salary scale. Must we point again and again to Lyon, consistent French champions who develop young players on the cheap before selling them at immense profit all while winning and winning and winning? Anyway, here’s Wayne’s “apology”:
“I’m delighted to sign another deal at United. In the last couple of days, I’ve talked to the manager and the owners and they’ve convinced me this is where I belong. I said on Wednesday the manager’s a genius and it’s his belief and support that have convinced me to stay. I’m signing a new deal in the absolute belief that the management, coaching staff, board and owners are totally committed to making sure United maintains its proud winning history – which is the reason I joined the club in the first place.”
Lots of action happening today in Europe’s second most awesome club tournament. I’m sure you can find the rules that deposit teams into this tournament instead of its big brother, the Champions League, but here’s a very general overview:
