What a crazy time at Manchester United, not just for Wayne Rooney, but for Sir Alex Ferguson.
To say you want to leave the biggest club, not just in England, but in Europe, you must be nuts. The boy wonder, who came on to the scene as a baby faced 16 year old, scoring the winner vs Arsenal, now 24, has declared his desire to leave Old Trafford. It was supposed he told Sir Alex way back in August. What a bombshell!
Rooney has been involved not just in the back pages, but also in the front. His alleged romps with prostitutes behind wife Colleen's back has been an obvious trouble for the England striker, but he's also been struggling for form for Manchester United. Sir Alex claims that Rooney isn't fit, still struggling from an ankle injury, but Rooney himself believes he isn't struggling, and he showed that vs Montenegro last week, where he lasted the full 90 minutes, despite not having the best of games.
What does Sir Alex do now? Sit down with the lad, talk him out of this, or move on? Dilemma. Fergie has shown over the years that he doesn't mess around if his players have caused a stir (Ronaldo most recently and Jaap Staam most notably). Fergie won't hesitate to get rid, no matter what their star status suggests. Life goes on at United, but this week, publicly, Ferguson seems to have found himself in a situation where he doesn't know what to do.
In the last 24 hours, major clubs such as Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid and Harry Redknapp's Spurs' (long shot) have declared an interest, but both bosses think Rooney will change his mind and stay at the 'Theatre of Dreams'. We can pretty certain he won't be joining major rivals Liverpool to help out of their mess, Chelsea may be out of the question as they are one of the title contenders and it could be possble, a transfer over Mancini's City, but highly unlikely as Fergie probably doesn't want to enhance their chances of going for the Barclays Premier League.
These next few months could get very interesting regarding the former Everton striker. January could seem pivotal, whether Roo goes or not, Fergie must find a way out of this trouble.
