So Rooney wants to leave United.

I'm sorry, but this label's him as a sellout. I bet Rooney looked at a mediocre player like Yaya Toure and seen his 220k a week wages and said, 'I'm one of the best players in this league, if he deserves it, so do I'. This leads me to my point. Money is destroying this game at club level. Any players with a lust for money throw any loyalty with a club out the window when they sense a higher wage-bill is around the corner. The blame can only be half left on the player as you can bet its agent will be feeding him the positives of a mega-money deal into it's clients ear.

It's exactly for this reason I'm feeling sorry for Fergie today. He has made it clear that he has had no argument with Rooney and he is very disapointed with him leaving. For this, I can see every reason why United fans will be outraged for his decision to go. In Ronaldos case, when he left everyone still respected him and his legacy at the club. He made it clear of his intentions and that he always wanted to join Real. Rooney hasn't given one detail about wanting to leave United, only other than to say he wants a 'fresh challenge'. He can't use excuses like 'I want to win trophies', or 'I always supported club X as a boy'. It annoys me because of what he said about United in the past just to suddenly change his decision. He often said he wanted to stay at United for life, and that signing for us was the best thing he'd ever done. Unless you are stupid its easy to see he's off on an earner, because its the only plausible explanation as to why he'd do a U-turn (and don't say it was because he was being dropped recently).

It's a display of a complete lack of respect for everything associated with United. Fergie, the fans, his team-mates, all he has won, everything. Although I am upset about it all I'm adament about where I stand on this debate. Off with him, because Man United certainly doesn't need a sellout among its ranks.