What is Wayne Rooney leaving behind? Why does he desire so strongly to leave Manchester United, and why are Manchester City and Chelsea linked with him?
Rooney's stance, that he will not sign on at Man United and will look to leave, comes with too many questions attatched. All we can do is speculate as to who or what exactly has triggered this new-found desire to flee the Red Devils.
The off-field baggage Rooney is carrying seems to be a combination of a failure to recover mentally from his pathetic World Cup efforts, and a complete failure to deal with the controversy, true or manufactured, surrounding his marriage.
What this has to do with Manchester United I have no idea. There is no connection between the club and any of Rooney's problems. Unless there has been a fundamental failure by Sir Alex Ferguson and the club's negotiators to support and empathise with Rooney, then there are no grounds which can properly justify his stance of seeking to move.
Of course he has a choice, but he also chose to express his love for United and to swear that he would stay for life. He has heaped praise on Ferguson and has never voiced any complaints about mistreatment, by Ferguson or otherwise.
Does he think that by leaving United his problems will be left behind at Old Trafford? Is he really so deluded that he cannot see the inevitable escalation of criticism and media intervention that a move to any other English club would bring? Or does he really think that moving himself to Madrid or Milan will help; he can't speak the language, he struggles outside of his Northern comfort zone, will he be able to bring his wife and child or any family with him?
It seems that whoever is there to safeguard his career and his mental wellbeing is failing grossly at their task. Either Rooney is following his own snap decision to try and run from his problems like a child, in which case that advisor should be telling him to reconsider, or else said advisor is the one pushing the idea on the player, in which case they are clearly an narrow-minded imbecile.
Sir Alex spoke on the BBC website (calm down, not directly TO the BBC, simply to MUFCTV and subsequently posted by the BBC) on the issue, where he revealed that he has had face to face talks with Wayne, in which he reiterated his desire to leave. Ferguson, understandably, seems genuinely upset by the prospect of Rooney leaving, and I believe that this is due to the fact that he knows that Wayne will only go downhill if he leaves, and that Ferguson and the Man U organisation are best placed to help the clearly tormented star.
Manchester United have a reputation for developing and maintaining strong relationships between players and the manager, and seem to be very involved when to comes to sorting out problems. For example, they long have had a policy whereby they aid new arrivals in finding suitable homes to buy close to like minded teammates, and otherwise help them integrate.
Ferguson we assume, as there has been no evidence to indicate otherwise, has the longest, closest and best working relationship with Rooney. Why on earth Wayne wishes to forsake all this support for the lonely road is a mystery.
GM
Rooney's stance, that he will not sign on at Man United and will look to leave, comes with too many questions attatched. All we can do is speculate as to who or what exactly has triggered this new-found desire to flee the Red Devils.
The off-field baggage Rooney is carrying seems to be a combination of a failure to recover mentally from his pathetic World Cup efforts, and a complete failure to deal with the controversy, true or manufactured, surrounding his marriage.
What this has to do with Manchester United I have no idea. There is no connection between the club and any of Rooney's problems. Unless there has been a fundamental failure by Sir Alex Ferguson and the club's negotiators to support and empathise with Rooney, then there are no grounds which can properly justify his stance of seeking to move.
Of course he has a choice, but he also chose to express his love for United and to swear that he would stay for life. He has heaped praise on Ferguson and has never voiced any complaints about mistreatment, by Ferguson or otherwise.
Does he think that by leaving United his problems will be left behind at Old Trafford? Is he really so deluded that he cannot see the inevitable escalation of criticism and media intervention that a move to any other English club would bring? Or does he really think that moving himself to Madrid or Milan will help; he can't speak the language, he struggles outside of his Northern comfort zone, will he be able to bring his wife and child or any family with him?
It seems that whoever is there to safeguard his career and his mental wellbeing is failing grossly at their task. Either Rooney is following his own snap decision to try and run from his problems like a child, in which case that advisor should be telling him to reconsider, or else said advisor is the one pushing the idea on the player, in which case they are clearly an narrow-minded imbecile.
Sir Alex spoke on the BBC website (calm down, not directly TO the BBC, simply to MUFCTV and subsequently posted by the BBC) on the issue, where he revealed that he has had face to face talks with Wayne, in which he reiterated his desire to leave. Ferguson, understandably, seems genuinely upset by the prospect of Rooney leaving, and I believe that this is due to the fact that he knows that Wayne will only go downhill if he leaves, and that Ferguson and the Man U organisation are best placed to help the clearly tormented star.
Manchester United have a reputation for developing and maintaining strong relationships between players and the manager, and seem to be very involved when to comes to sorting out problems. For example, they long have had a policy whereby they aid new arrivals in finding suitable homes to buy close to like minded teammates, and otherwise help them integrate.
Ferguson we assume, as there has been no evidence to indicate otherwise, has the longest, closest and best working relationship with Rooney. Why on earth Wayne wishes to forsake all this support for the lonely road is a mystery.
GM
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