Probably The Biggest Story In The World

LONDON -- Wayne Rooney's desire to walk out on Manchester United has left the Premier League club facing the loss of a third world-class attacker in two years. Manager Alex Ferguson said Tuesday he was "dumbfounded" at Rooney's decision not to enter into negotiations about extending his contract beyond the summer of 2012. "We just don't know what's changed the boy's mind... I was shocked," Ferguson said. "I had a meeting with the boy and he reiterated what his agent had said. He wanted to go."  Rooney has become most marketable asset at United since the acquisition of Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for $125 million in June 2009. The same summer, Carlos Tevez left the 18-time champions to join cross-town rival Manchester City, one of the few clubs that would be able to afford the wages the 24-year-old Rooney will demand.

If I'm Wayne Rooney and there was even a chance that I'd change my mind and stay in Man U, it's out the window after reading this. Did Alex Ferguson really call him a boy? Like a child? Or a fucking slave? I don't care if you're the greatest manager in premier league history. When your star player is thinking about leaving then you start referring to him as master and order him up some more hookers. You don't treat him like an immature asshole that everybody already perceives him to be. And you know Rooney isn't going to the spanish or Italian leagues because that's not his game. He's good but he doesn't have a pretty game that involves flopping. Manchester City would be crazy. Think Kobe Bryant telling the Lakers to trade him to their ugly step-sister in the Clippers or Derek Jeter signing with the Mets and then multiply it by 10. That's how big of a deal this is everywhere but here.