When trying to decipher what exactly was wrong with Wayne Rooney a few weeks ago I came to the conclusion that he was still suffering the ill effects of the ankle injury he picked up in Munich last season.
He had been rushed back and I assumed that the fact he had not been given a long enough period to rest and recuperate meant he was suffering a hangover from the initial injury but that was just an opinion so yesterday when in an interview Rooney himself stated that he was fine and that he wasn’t suffering any ill effect from the injury, it raised a few eyebrows.
Henry Winter correctly surmised in a single tweet:
#Rooney ankle saga in full: damaged v Bayern, tweaked, recovered. Now needs games. Head, not ankle, the problem. Form temp, class permanent
But this morning I woke up to the shocking news that Wayne was on his way out of the club and that Sir Alex Ferguson was furious with him. The story goes that having said that Wayne was injured to pull him out of the firing line, Sir Alex was furious that Wayne then turned around and sad he hasn’t been injured and effectively called Sir Alex a liar and thrown what was meant to be a good deed back in his face.
Understandably Sir Alex would be angry, especially at the insinuation that he is a liar but to put 2 and 2 together and get 6 by stating this could see Rooney on his way out of the club is laughable. Add to this the supposed problems Wayne is having agreeing a new contract and there you go, you have a (non)story.
I have seen the case of Van Nistelrooy, Beckham and Stam mentioned and although Rooney may have undermined Sir Alex with his comments, I personally think the whole issue has been blown out of proportion for the sake of a headline, in all reality it is very unlikely that Wayne will leave the club, at the risk of Cristiano Ronaldo being thrown in my face (it was different circumstances) it wouldn’t benefit us to sell our best player.
Rooney was silly to come out and say something that was in direct opposition to what the gaffer said but it is not illegal to have a different opinion to Sir Alex. So as bad as it is now, I think it can be resolved and in time will be forgotten.
This is a non story – it must be a slow newsweek. Fergie has said on many occasions that Wayne would want to play and say he was fit if he was on his deathbed. me thinks it is the usual Wayne thinking he is ok and wanting to play and fergie deciding for a cautious approach to the matter. i can imagine that the same scenario has played out many times since Wayne went to OT. Strange how it all comes to a frenzy when AS report that Real madrid are thinking of making a bid … now I wonder if there might be a connection?!!!
Reading all the stories over the web I am starting to think that I was the only person to see Rooney twisting his ankle and later taken off from the Bolton game and being seen with an ice-pack on his ankle moments later … ah yes SAF must have seen it too !!
in my honest opinion, i think rooney is in denial..his ankle might not be as bad as the gaffer described but it still has not fully recovered yet..he knew this but he’s also frustrated that he has not been given enough playing time..rooney is the type of person who likes to be in charge of thing(like last season,he leads us hence the great form) so when he’s being put aside like now, i can understand his frustration..
Too right. Perfectly put in this article here i think no?
http://threeandin.com/2010/10/14/wayne-rooney-proves-fergusons-point/?
wayne needs a sabbatical, 3 months away from the game!
there was too much pressure on him during the world cup, then this debacle with his private life has fucked everything up!
Stupid move by Rooney, but he’s frustrated and to have both professional and personal life off the rails is probably the source of this. He probably just wants to be playing well again which would deflect a lot of his negative circumstances, but unfortunately denial won’t heal his ankle.
For the good of everyone, let’s hope he starts scoring.
Michael Owen reacted similarly when pundits were accusing him of lacking match fitness.
I guess when a place in the starting eleven is up for grabs it must be quite difficult to show weakness. In Wayne’s case it’s rather unnecessary because if he is rested until the ‘niggling’ injury clears he’ll still be first-pick when he comes back.
I blame Rooney’s agent for all this ‘transfer’ saga. We all now that Rooney is not the brightest of lads and now looks like he is very easy to manipulate with. If some reports are true, Shitty seems to have been some meddling with Rooney, probably via his agent, even before the World Cup and has turned his head.
The scandal with hookers and apparent injury now seems just a good excuse for Rooney to burn all bridges with Fergie and United.
It is ashamed that there is no loyalty in football anymore. Would not mind if he moved abroad, but if he does at the end go to Shitty, I genuinely wish that he never kicks a ball again!!!