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Originally Posted by Russ
My money is this all being a work from day 1. Rooney wanting to leave as far back as August would have been picked up by the press. I reckon this is all a ploy by SAF to manipulate the media and divert attention away from Rooney's extra-matrimonial hat-tricks. SAF is the master of mind games and working the media is part of that. I'm convinced there was never any intentions of him leaving. He's got the deal everyone expected him to sign and suddenly people are concentrating on his performances on the pitch instead of in some brothel.
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Great mind game, to completely turn the press against some one when their personal life is already front page news, making the press look like fools isn't going to divert their attention away from Rooney for a long, long time. Master of mind games my arse, if anyone is manipulating the situation it was Rooneys agent, that's without even going into the impact this'll have on his team mates and fans.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
I think Utd have played a blinder as they have now secured a prized asset for a further 5 years, meaning that if he wanted to move again, say in Summer, he will now command a much higher transfer fee.
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Yes but what did Rooney get out of it, pay rise? Well if he'd waited till January he'd have been able to name his own wages all but and secure a massive signing on fee.