Wayne Rooney is staying at Manchester United. He has signed a five year contract and apologised to Sir Alex Ferguson and according to Sir Alex intends to apologise to the fans.
Wayne Rooney is staying at Manchester United. He has signed a five year contract and apologised to Sir Alex Ferguson and according to Sir Alex intends to apologise to the fans.
One of the influences that encouraged him to stay on was conversations with the Glazer family. One conspiracy theory is that Glazer and Sir Alex cooked the whole crisis up to exert pressure on the Glazers and extract concessions from them. However, this does not fit in with the genuine shock Sir Alex expressed at the original news.
Rooney’s new contract includes a basic wage of at least £150,000 a week, plus bonuses and image rights, and contains provisions for an increase to £200,000 a week over the course of the deal. Up to now Rio Ferdinand was the only player to receive the six figure weekly sums that are common at Manchester City.
The events this week have left a bad taste in the mouth of many fans, but Sir Alex Ferguson has once again come out on top and shown that he is the master of the mind game.