
Manchester. When he got out smiling on Tuesday the team coach of Manchester United, Wayne Rooney knew nothing of the humiliation that awaited him. In fact, hardly anyone was inaugurated: Sir Alex Ferguson had immediately prior to the upcoming game against Real Madrid is set only a few experienced players of his planned installation thereof. That Rooney was not going to speak for themselves.
Rooney will go
The striker, a superstar and symbol of his club for almost a decade, was sawed off in favor of a young, inexperienced attacker, an unreliable winger and a 39-year-old legend.
So great was the surprise: Rooney's transfer to the bank is merely a continuation of the process that undermines the relationship between the English national team and veteran coach Sir Alex Ferguson for three years.
A rupture is imminent. Ferguson wants to get rid of Rooney. The striker has no hurry, and go somewhere. Here the 27-year-old is at an advantage: Once the transfer window is closed during the summer, will break its value. Is he on 1 September is still under contract with Manchester, is on the penultimate year of his contract. Transfer with a free transfer in sight.