By , his sole client and source of his dedication was Wayne Rooney. Carlos Tevez had already made the move across Manchester and Rooney made it clear that he would play for the highest bidder. Alex Ferguson appeared a broken man in a press conference regarding Rooney in late He says he wants to leave. We have to deal the next part in terms of this request. Rooney would go on sign a mega-money new contract at Manchester United, but for many fans, things would simply never be the same.
Threatening to go to City is a line no player should cross and Wayne Rooney did it for the sake of money. Later that season Rooney scored an incredible acrobatic goal against City to win the Manchester derby — a goal that is still celebrated in TV ads. Against West Ham in April he starred, scoring a hattrick and again affect the title coming back to United.
He also put in an outstanding performance against Barcelona in the Champions League final. And that was almost it for Wayne Rooney and Manchester United. He would play for them for another six seasons but was essentially the last season in which Rooney justified his price tag and everything that came with him. By he was twenty-six and that raw power, energy and street footballer exuberance had faded. His legs were gone. Louis Van Gaal recently spoke of the Rooney he encountered in If you score goals from every position on the pitch your success will be guaranteed.
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He has accepted his responsibilities and confirmed his quality. He is a pure football; his love of the game shines through every performance. Rooney was such a player right from the start. When I first saw him I thought, 'Here is a lad who can do anything in the game. He knows the game, and where to be on the field, quite instinctively. He can be up there with all the great ones, people like Pele.
Rooney is a great player and can prove himself one of the greatest we have ever seen. When Cristiano Ronaldo was at United, Rooney was often asked to play in positions he might not have liked so much. Now he is coming into his own. Best of his English generation?
It's another no-brainer. There will only ever be one Pele regardless of colour. Wayne Rooney is as exciting to watch now as he was in Euro when he burst onto the scene. If we conducted a poll with Europe's top players, I'm confident they would regard him as world-class. So do I. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later?
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. He is an unusual bundle of attributes, and it feels as though no coach has ever quite worked out what to do with him. His greatness, ultimately, may lie in his ability to do many things well, if none of them quite to a level that would be great in themselves.
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