I do not do weird if I can help it. However it is a fact he did not go to United for the money and that came from a very close source so we paid him well. Rooney did he really want to go? or was he helped along the way. Arteta did he really push for a move? We could have said no now and again. I despise the self styled Chairperson with a vengeance I really feel he has ruined Everton for his own vanity and it has proved fruitful beyond his wildest dreams. I kind of get your a fan of boys pen which is your choice but is now kind of weird in itself.
Yes Rooney wanted to leave, we offered him our biggest ever salary and he wanted to go, look at him and his life decisions, he has no sentiment. Arteta absolutely wanted to move, why wouldn't he? Players leave clubs all the time, even clubs bigger than us. He did say no to moves, Stones for example, Lescott at first, this is why we got large amounts of money for these players, once a player wants out then its pretty much a done deal, force the price up and see what happens, and that's at all clubs, not just ours again it's fantasy to think otherwise.
As for ruining Everton, get a grip! Finishing anywhere between 4th and 13th in the "best league in the world" is not being ruined. Do you realize how daft that sounds? Especially when you look at other clubs (Don't care about other clubs etc etc...).
How many times do I have to say it?, I am not a fan of him, nor do I hate him. He has been a distinctly average chairman. I am a realist, selling players is something every club on earth does, why are we special and think that it should not apply to us?