Leaving or Staying, Dude?

Leaving or Staying, dude?
by Senior Editor Wong Yang
and Assitant Editor Wong Kang
    Leaving?
    Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney had decided to leave the club he played for for 7 years after leaving Everton FC. He claimed that Man United could no longer compete for top-level talent and that he did not think the squad was able to win major trophies. Alex Ferguson admitted that Rooney was unhappy at United and that he is disappointed with "Roo". Real   Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea and Barcelona are clubs he might move to.
    Rooney's United teammates and fans have turned against him, with captain Nemanja Vidic commenting, "Rooney is going around and talking about United playing badly.. it is not good for the team," and Patrice Evra saying. "If one player does not trust the other players, that player should not play. I don't like excuses about what is going on around the club. Everyone needs to focus on themselves." Fans labelled him a "whore" at Wednesday's 1-0 win over Bursapor.
     Staying?
     Despite accusing United of lacking ambition, Rooney has renewed his contract with the club. A banner at Old Trafford on Wednesday said, "Coleen forgave you, we won't." Yesterday, Rooney announced that he does want to be a United player and he signed a five-year deal. The striker apologised and said that Alex Ferguson's genius talked him round and he wants to stay and win all the trophies with United. We can now finally confirm that Rooney will stay at United. Man United fans, you can now sleep easily, unless you still find Rooney is a betrayer or traitor!

Sir Alex Ferguson interview on Wayne Rooney leaving United

(before he signed a new contract, of course)

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