shubhchabra888
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Player: Wayne Rooney
Team managing: Manchester United
Team buying: Real Madrid
Offer: £40 million
Year: Summer 2012
Info: So over my first season, I've won 3 trophies (if the Community Shield counts), the Premiership title by more than 10pts and the Carling Cup. I also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup and lost to Barcelona in the final of the Champions League. I was hoping we would win all 5 but towards the end we ran out of steam a bit and got a few injuries.
Anyway, Rooney was a crucial part of our attacking line-up this season. He was given a free role as a deep-lying forward- support to collect the ball from deep, spread it wide to Valencia who topped the league assist charts, combine with Nani who was also given a creative role to cut in from the left or play in Hernandez who finished top goalscorer. He made the team tick basically.
If I sold him, I'm not sure who I would sign to replace him. Yaya Sanogo played okay for his first season when I signed him but is injured until October this season and is still very young. Federico Macheda would be decent backup but I'm not sure he has Rooney's quality in the short term.
So I'm thinking no deal, but £40 million is a lot of money considering our debt, he is on high wages and we can maybe use that money to sign a long-term replacement for Nemanja Vidic in defence. To sell him could spark a very long transitional period to find a replacement and I'm not sure that we could win the league in the next two years without him, but it would make an interesting challenge. Thoughts?
****, thats alot of info

Well, honestly. Rooney is the best player Manu has got. If it were upto me, i wouldnt sell him. He's a guarantee to play at the top for another 6 years. Minimum. So selling him would be unwise. On the other hand, if you want to make money, sell other players and build a very young team. I mean, you could buy a young player and sell him for a huge profit in a couple years. I think no deal. If you get 100 mil, then yes. Deal.