Rooney €50 million????

tomED · 16-10-2003 7:43am #1

It said on the news this morning that Chelsea were launching a bid for Rooney. The price mentioned was €50 million

How true is this???? There's nothing on Sky sports, who are usually on the ball.

smuckers · 16-10-2003 8:09am

Well its in The Sun so it has to be true. :rolleyes: it may happen it may not happen.

tomED · 16-10-2003 8:13am

Originally posted by smuckers
Well its in The Sun so it has to be true. :rolleyes:

ha ha ha

daveg · 16-10-2003 8:21am

Heard it on the radio as well. £35M stg.

Sposs · 16-10-2003 8:39am

Typical English so Over-priced , Michael Owen Was a far better player at the same age IMO.

tomED · 16-10-2003 9:01am

Originally posted by Sposs
Typical English so Over-priced , Michael Owen Was a far better player at the same age IMO.

Oh i dont know about that - they're two different typoe of players though, rooney is more in shearer mould.

Big Chief · 16-10-2003 9:51am

Originally posted by daveg
Heard it on the radio as well. £35M stg.

yeh thats what i seen when i was watching the news this morning, 35M

growler · 16-10-2003 10:22am

exactly what Chelsea need another striker ! probably loan him back to everton the next day. Too ugly for chelsea anyway.

Doubt there is any truth at all in this.

p.pete · 16-10-2003 11:26am

This would go some way towards making the money paid by manu for Ronaldo seem decent.

I'm very dubious about clubs paying that much for teenagers. Rooney does seem a very strong lad for his age and has bags of potential but I would have my reservations.

The Muppet · 16-10-2003 11:58am

Rooney does seem a very strong lad for his age and has bags of potential

50M is a Lot to Pay for Potential. Rooney is very like Shearer but we have to see if he is going to be consistant. If Shearer was in his prime now I doubt you would get that money for him.

eirebhoy · 16-10-2003 12:35pm

Everton Deny Rumours

smiaras · 16-10-2003 12:39pm

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knobbles · 16-10-2003 3:25pm

Originally posted by smiaras
Don't see why Rooney will move as he'll hardly start for chelsea. Sure hes rested a lot for everton but he'd be mad to move. It'll be good to see whether he does or not considering all the grief he gave Jeffers about being a "true blue"

...jeffers was frowned upon by the whole club and fans and got a fair bit of stick when he came back to goodison:
"Greedy Bastard! There's only one greedy bastard, There's only....."
...all has been forgiven though.

Rooney won't go.
Everton won't let him go.

KdjaCL · 16-10-2003 3:32pm

On BBC as well, they should sell him 50m is 50m.
Wonder how true it is, why buy Crespo Mutu when last seasons front 2 werent half bad(when Chelsea played well) and then add a 5th striker to that.
Makes no sense you only need 4.

kdjac

eirebhoy · 16-10-2003 4:42pm

If there is or was a bid it would be foolish of Everton to reject it. Rooney at most would score 20 goals if he played every game of the season. Everton could buy Mutu and Duff for that price and they would be guaranteed a load of goals and great performances. I know that Rooney will be around for another 15 years or so but players like Mutu and Duff are going to be around for probably 10 years and them two alone would play a big part in getting Everton into the top 5.

Ronaldo7 · 16-10-2003 7:35pm

Everton could buy Mutu and Duff for that price and they would be guaranteed a load of goals and great performances. I know that Rooney will be around for another 15 years or so but players like Mutu and Duff are going to be around for probably 10 years and them two alone would play a big part in getting Everton into the top 5.

No they couldnt...and no they wouldnt.

Do you not know there ridiculously in debt right now?

eirebhoy · 17-10-2003 11:21am

Originally posted by Ronaldo7
No they couldnt...and no they wouldnt.

Do you not know there ridiculously in debt right now?

Yes they could and yes the would. If they don't sell Rooney they are still going to be in debt and if they do sell Rooney and buy a few players from the sales they would still be in the same amount of debt. They don't have to spend the money from selling Rooney all on clearing debts.

JohnnyBravo · 17-10-2003 11:43am

anyway there is no way mutu or duff would go to everton it would be a step down besides they couldnt afford the wages

eirebhoy · 17-10-2003 11:54am

Originally posted by JohnnyBravo
anyway there is no way mutu or duff would go to everton it would be a step down besides they couldnt afford the wages

They were just players off the top of my head that added up about £35mil. Its like saying, "jaysus, you'd buy 10 Kewells for that".

jesus_thats_gre · 17-10-2003 1:15pm

Is it a conincidence that Everton are in £35 million debt?

uberwolf · 17-10-2003 1:23pm

he's only a petulant little b@stard anyway

Ronaldo7 · 17-10-2003 1:47pm

No they wouldnt eireboy. End of.

jonno · 17-10-2003 1:56pm

Who honestly thinks Rooney is worth 50million. Maybe if he becomes a world class player in the same mould as Raul he would definately be worth that much but now I would be hesitant to pay 20million for him

eirebhoy · 17-10-2003 2:01pm

Originally posted by jonno
Who honestly thinks Rooney is worth 50million. Maybe if he becomes a world class player in the same mould as Raul he would definately be worth that much but now I would be hesitant to pay 20million for him

No player in the world is worth 50 million. If you pay 50 million for a player you should get at least that 50 million back in revenue from that player alone which could never happen.

p.pete · 17-10-2003 2:11pm

Originally posted by eireboy
No player in the world is worth 50 million. If you pay 50 million for a player you should get at least that 50 million back in revenue from that player alone which could never happen.

He certainly doesn't have the ideal marketable face. Funny that Beckham isn't taking on any more sponsorships - does that make him more valuable to the sponsorships that Real will use him for?

BKtje · 17-10-2003 4:34pm

No player in the world is worth 50 million.

When money is no object then you obviously wouldnt care and would put a bid in that ud think would get you the player that you want.

Kold · 17-10-2003 5:34pm

Players are always best when they're young, they get more reliable with age but would beckham ever try to chip the keeper from the halfway line these days? Rooney is young and hungry and his pace is devastating

Big Ears · 17-10-2003 6:40pm

he's pace is devastating ????. He's only average pace the reason he gets by players is not his pace but his strenght. The most i would pay for this way overrated player is 9m tops !!!

Nike_Dude · 17-10-2003 8:05pm

I know that chelsea are rolling in it, but that would be the biggest waste of 50 million ever!!!! What would the point in them buying a new striker be? Rooney at the moment isnt better than mutu, jimmy floyd, crespo or even eidur. Personally I think he is very overated. He has good strength, moderate pace and is pretty good at running at defenders, but he needs 4 or 5 seasons of scoring 15+ goals before chelsea should even think about him

Rooney €50 million????

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