Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I notice the Rags sent a letter apologising to Kenworthy for the tapping up of Moyes. The question is, did they go for Moyes because he was their preferred option or did they do it early because they knew there wouldn't be a payment clause.
For me it was the latter and something I said back when he kept putting off his contract talks. Leads you to believe that their pockets are bare.
I said last season, when they signed Van Persie, that the Glazers would want to balance that out this season. They probably have one decent sized transfer in them but may finance it with Rooney.
Local hack at the Mirror recons he's been told by a contact at the club that Rooney will put in an official transfer request very soon. If true, that would be exactly what the rags have been planning for imo.
I recon they are fucked if he goes. But Chelsea become title favourites if he signs for them. Rags in danger from Arse & Spurs if that happens imo.
And derbies get much easier for us.
It's quite obvious that the Rags have been pushing Rooney out and was probably finalised when Moyes agreed to take over. That's why Taggart started leaving him out, the books from RvP had to be balanced. I still believe that's what happened to Berbatov, Shrek gets his payrise so BBT doesn't get game time, his bonuses were paying Rooney's excess wages.
United aren't as rich as we think, there's a real issue back there and balancing the books is a real struggle. The 80 mil for Tranny disappeared into the Black Hole and by forcing poor Wayne into putting a transfer request in they'll save a few million again, as well as his wages.
Getting knocked out at the Gp stages of the CL and then just making 1 rd further last season really hurts their balance, a balance that is regularly syphoned away to cover the debts and the Glazer's personal
issues.
Remember that money they made from the shares float, also remembering how they changed the payment status to themselves? I do wonder what happened to that 70 mil that just seemed to disappear in the Caymens, or was it Delaware?