There is no way his offered contract was changed that much in the 3 days since this all became public. his signing of a new deal simply happened too fast. Contracts take weeks even months to proof and then to counter. It's a long drawn out process.

I actually think this was all a masterstroke by Ferguson. By going public with his 'sincere' statement on Tuesday he called Rooney's bluff. I believe Rooney & Stretford were holdig out for a bumper pack and decided to leak stuff to the press as Gerrard's camp did a few years ago in order to set a bush fire going and get a bumper deal. I don't think for one moment they expected Sir Alex to go in TV and state that Rooney wanted to leave. Crucially he also stated 'the door is open if he wants to talk'.

According to Rooney's interview it was that statement that had him phone Stretford to set up a meet to talk to Gill and Sir Alex. The contract was signed and agreed in less than 24 hours. There is simply no way there was time for a re-negotiated contract.