| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? 10:57 - Jul 17 with 7044 views | qpr85 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23342660
Manchester United rejected Chelsea's opening offer for Wayne Rooney on Tuesday night and remain insistent the England striker is not for sale.
Chelsea are understood to have offered £10m in cash plus a player, thought to be either Juan Mata or David Luiz, in part exchange for the 27-year-old.
United immediately rejected the offer and left Chelsea in no doubt as to their position on the matter.
But Rooney has reiterated his desire to leave the club this summer.
He has been left angered by recent messages coming out of Old Trafford, most noticeably new manager David Moyes's suggestion Robin van Persie is his main striker.
The Scot said last week: "Overall, my thought on Wayne is that if for any reason we had an injury to Robin van Persie we are going to need him - I want as many options as possible."
Rooney has expressed his disappointment to senior figures at the club and insisted he will not accept a squad role behind Dutch striker Van Persie.
Rooney - who has two years left on his contract - has also been linked with a move to Arsenal.
New manager Jose Mourinho confirmed his admiration for Rooney in a BBC interview on Tuesday.
More to follow.
Thats crazy I would have bitten their hand off for Mata. He's worth £30m on his own plus only on £100K a week.
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 10:59 - Jul 17 with 5716 views | daveB |
United should take the money and Luiz, bargain |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 10:59 - Jul 17 with 5716 views | Rangersw12 |
Madness
Rooney is clearly on the decline and they should cash in now
Mata is world class and would improve United teams 10 fold | | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:00 - Jul 17 with 5705 views | RblockPrior |
United shld take that all day long, 10M and Mata although 10M and Luiz is just as good a deal |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:01 - Jul 17 with 5698 views | QPunkR |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 10:59 - Jul 17 by Rangersw12 |
Madness
Rooney is clearly on the decline and they should cash in now
Mata is world class and would improve United teams 10 fold |
This. Can't believe this would actually be anywhere near true.
Mata is world class and is worth more than Shrek alone.
Davy Lewis is a clown and an awful defender. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:02 - Jul 17 with 5689 views | Juzzie |
SSN were w@nking themselves silly last night at how Rooney was 'angry and dissapointed' and 'emotinally drained' (PMSL!).
I just had the Inbetweeners "fwends" voice in my head and hearing "angwy, I'm so angwy" when they kept mentioning it.
The Manager is the boss, respect that or fk off to another club.
Rooney is the king of manipulation and he's trying to do it again.
More fool them if they cave in again.
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:11 - Jul 17 with 5653 views | Northernr |
£10m and Mata? Get in the car Wayne. |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:19 - Jul 17 with 5625 views | barbicanranger |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:11 - Jul 17 by Northernr |
£10m and Mata? Get in the car Wayne. |
Mata would go down a dream at OT, he is so much more a Man United type player than a Chelsea one, far to classier player for Chelsea, specially under the way Mourinho likes his teams to play...maybe this is why he's in the offering. |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:21 - Jul 17 with 5613 views | qpr85 |
Mata is a worldie and is worth his weight in gold especially as they are in desperate need of a player of this calibre. It stupid that they have rejected this Rooney is an egotistical gobsh!te that is well overrated.
It says he’s in the prime of his career but still does not know what his best position is. He is perfect for that sh1t fown the road. | | | |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:31 - Jul 17 with 5573 views | simmo |
I would have Mata over Rooney every single day of the week. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:39 - Jul 17 with 5540 views | daveB |
Mata is quality but Luiz could be a world class holding midfielder, clubs like Barcelona will be looking at this and making a move for him if he's avaliable | | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:43 - Jul 17 with 5519 views | Phildo |
Agreed - if true either a blinding deal. Think united might be waiting for Wazza to submit a request to save themselves some sort of major bonus.
I am a bit surprised as i thought the special one was just trying to mindf@ck Moyes as a 27 year old chain smoking nutjob is unlikely to improve let loose in London. |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:43 - Jul 17 with 5518 views | BlackCrowe |
The thick chav is so suited for Chelsea. It must happen. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:50 - Jul 17 with 5495 views | rsonist |
The most bonkers transfer offer ever I should think. Take a massively overpaid carthorse off their hands, give them the missing piece of their jigsaw (Mata) and a £10m cherry on top? It's like what you do when you cheat at Football Manager.
The only thing more bonkers is rejecting it, of course... |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:52 - Jul 17 with 5486 views | exiled_dictator |
I actually believe that when the transfer window closes, Rooney will no longer be a Man Utd player, and will probably go to Chelsea.
They will pay him at least what he earns now, and give him the lone striker role that he so craves.
Their fans will be creaming themselves, till they see him play badly or have a purple patch, then the taunts will start.
You can just believe that the guy queuing in the Scum kit is now on his way to get a No10 Rooney shirt as we speak.
Mata in Man Utd midfield would murder all-comers, and guarantee them another title. He really is a very classy player that is well suited to the Premiership. Could get into any club team in the world, and be on the team sheet every game, including Barca. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:52 - Jul 17 with 5481 views | 00calben |
Why the h3ll have they rejected that?!?!
Rooney straight swap for Mata would be a great deal for United. Mata is (unfortunately given he's at the sc.um) an unbelievable player - by far the best in that Chelscum team. Carried them through certain games last season |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 11:53 - Jul 17 with 5477 views | ballbag |
Never going to happen.
Mourinho isn't that stupid. |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 12:04 - Jul 17 with 5439 views | Ranger78 |
This is madness, I would be very surprised if its completely true.
For me Mata was the best player in the Premier League last year, certainaly the most consistent. He's a class act and the only good thing about Chelsea. It would be nuts to let him go |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 12:10 - Jul 17 with 5411 views | JonDoeman |
@LeeClayton_ 2h
A month ago I was told Mourinho didn't fancy Mata from good source but didn't believe it. So did nothing about it. Seems it may be true. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 13:11 - Jul 17 with 5267 views | daveB |
turns out story was made up and they didn't offer Mata or Luiz, cue the media blaming man utd for the story rather than themselves for making it up | | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 17:44 - Jul 17 with 5115 views | TacticalR |
The fact that Rooney got out of Everton at the first opportunity, and that Moyes successfully sued Rooney over his autobiography can't have helped matters. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 17:48 - Jul 17 with 5106 views | Northernr |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 17:44 - Jul 17 by TacticalR |
The fact that Rooney got out of Everton at the first opportunity, and that Moyes successfully sued Rooney over his autobiography can't have helped matters. |
Rooney is a gobshte. He's rapidly declining as a player because of his lifestyle choices and he's been replaced at United by Robin Van Persie - both of which are his own fault because a) said lifestyle choices and b) decided to play games with Ferguson a few years ago in order to force a new contract out of them. If he'd looked after himself and not been a gobshte he'd still be the main man there, he'd still be one of the best players in the country and Robin Van Persie would probably be somewhere else. | | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 17:48 - Jul 17 with 5105 views | essextaxiboy |
United chief exec has come home early from Oz on transfer business ... Rooney is on his way I reckon . |  | | |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 19:24 - Jul 17 with 5042 views | FredManRave |
Even £10m plus that fat numpty Chelski fan dressed as Ruiz is still a good deal for Utd.
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 21:39 - Jul 17 with 4976 views | derbyhoop |
United won't be prepared to sell Rooney to one of their major rivals but, if the deal is right for them, they would do. If Mata + £10m was opening bid, I could see it happening. But might need to be Luiz and Mata and £10m. |  |
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| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 08:12 - Jul 18 with 4928 views | JonDoeman |
| Man Itd Turn down £10m Plus Mata or Luiz??? on 21:39 - Jul 17 by derbyhoop |
United won't be prepared to sell Rooney to one of their major rivals but, if the deal is right for them, they would do. If Mata + £10m was opening bid, I could see it happening. But might need to be Luiz and Mata and £10m. |
Would never of happened with Fergie in charge, be interesting to see if a deal happens in this new era! | |
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