EDIT: LOOK AT THE DATE THIS WAS FIRST POSTED. IT IS NOT A NEW STORY.
Well, after the fiasco this week – all the things Wayne Rooney allegedly said about Man Utd, and the fact he wanted to leave – he has re-signed for them.
The problem as I see it now, is this.
Wayne Rooney is not as good as he thinks he is. He is not as good as a lot of others think he is (just because you are English and from Liverpool doesn’t mean you are the best in the world). He has a short fuse and – like Paul Gascoigne before him (remarkably like Paul Gascoigne before him, as it happens), he can snap if things don’t go his way.
He hasn’t been playing well. His antics off the field have been shameful, to say the least (and he was not playing well before any of that broke).
He has upset ALL Man Utd fans with his comments and actions over the last week (and they began back in January, from what Alex Ferguson appears to have said).
OK. That’s all the bad stuff. The good thing is: he is now a heck of a lot richer.
So, in order to win back the fans and avoid looking a complete prat, Mr Rooney is going to have to perform
- better than he has been doing
- better than he ever has done
- better than anyone ever gave him credit for
Only time will tell if this is possible or, if it is, if it is enough.
Still, at least it kept Arsenal’s outstanding performance (and Chelsea’s more mediocre efforts) in Europe in the week off the back pages.