[punky]

Agents only have so much sway over a player. Yes they can encourage players to leave but they can't make a player go from loving a club to wanting to leave and screw them over in the first place.

And besides, even Wayne Rooney can work out for himself that if he left he could get more money elsewhere. You don't need to be a commercial genius to work that out.

At first I thought it was that Ferguson and Rooney had a falling out. Which wouldn't be the first time for Ferguson. His management style makes Pol Pot look positively friendly. However, I think there is a lot of merit in what Rooney was saying. Ronaldo has been sold and not really replaced. Players long since linked with like Benzema and Ribery haven't materialised into transfers. The golden generation (Giggs, Scholes, etc) are on their way out and really it doesn't look like the owners will dig deep to replace them. Suarez has been mentioned but only if Rooney leaves. Utd have always manage to keep the quality in the team with ~£30m transfers but they are few and far between for them these days.

Sherer knows his club better than I do. I can easily see his point.