Oddball
Player Valuation: £20m
we got shafted for The Boy, he was worth twice what we got for him. i think he was manipulated and everything possible should`ve been done to keep him here. Moyes was ultimately responsible for Rooney leaving.
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Remember-the-name
Player Valuation: £5m
Gomes and Delph out.
Barkley and Gana IN.
Barkley and Gana IN.
Kenwright turned down a £40m bid by Chelsea. Then when someone with some brains pointed out that we needed to sell him to pay off debts he had to accept a bid of £27m of which we ended up with £24m of.
AndyRJ
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Rooney flat out refused to go to Chelsea. Only club he wanted to sign for was United so it wouldn't matter what anyone else had bid. He and United ultimately had us over a barrel.
Pretty sure Moyes said he was gonna make him captain and give him £50k a week at 18 years old. Moyes was absolutely right as well in pulling Wayne up on his eating habits and his general lifestyle.
Stubbs had more have an impact on him leaving……because he told him to!
Oddball
Player Valuation: £20m
never heard of that one
…I’d be confused & disappointed if we sign him because he’s not effective on the pitch and a liability off it.
Lampard likes his players to press and play with discipline when the opposition are in possession, Barkley plays with no responsibility and is easier to run past than my 93 year old mother-in-law.
Lampard likes his players to press and play with discipline when the opposition are in possession, Barkley plays with no responsibility and is easier to run past than my 93 year old mother-in-law.
Yeah I think some of the players advised him to move to Utd to win trophies.
No Ross Barkley there.
Looks like the Sky nonsense where they get the players to walk towards the cameras in their line up montage drivel. They will never be bettered by Jimmy Bullard who gave them the pure contempt they deserved;
dholliday
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Stubbs and funnily enough Steven bluddy Gerrard (mates, apparently...even back then).
I suppose Wayne's Man U & England record justify his move...but Fergie deffo shaved off some of that raw tricky magic that the boy had, and replaced it with consistent discipline (yawn).
Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
That’s because it never happened, the only advice Alan Stubbs gave Rooney was when Wayne made it absolutely clear he wanted to move and Alan then gave him some sensible suggestions to help him, no way did Stubbs give him any advice that would lead Rooney to leave the club, that came from elsewhere and it was obvious to a lot of fans that Everton were in a desperate financial state and Wayne would be sold.
…not sure why the debate lingers over Rooney leaving Everton. His leaving was inevitable, he left because he wanted to go.
Moving to United was a fantastic move for him & allowed him to fulfil a magnificent playing career.
Rooney is an Evertonian but there is no romance when it comes to a footballer doing what’s best for his career.
Oddball
Player Valuation: £20m
from what i remember Moyes barely played Rooney.
dholliday
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Matt le Tissier would disagree.
As would a bunch of Evertonians. Neville Southall, for one.
I do agree it's become a rare breed for a talented footballer to love his club more than his ambition, but not unheard of.
dholliday
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nah he played a lot in his 2nd-season, considering his age. lad was near-knackered.
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