Wayne Rooney: The Manchester United sensation

The Hassle

Wayne Rooney the Chutzpah of England and Manchester United had two nomadic phases in his prolonged star studded time at Old Trafford.

In October 2010

The reasons presumed by media and others were the loss of his starry image in the dressing room or fallout with Sir Alex. The manager stated Rooney’s desire to leave Old Trafford which was later disguised by Rooney claiming injury was the reason to be on the bench.

May be he wanted a hike in his next contract to match the status of the highest paid footballers like Messi and Ronaldo. Stars and idols like him sometimes become fogged by the run of time when they are surging ahead at an alarming speed. These are the phases when individuals start thinking of themselves as bigger than the Club or Country. That’s where the manager’s skills come forrad.

‘Wazza’ always likes to be the center of attention (for good things of course) the pivotal point of any team he belongs to. He likes to be treated as special and the one and only.

Not starting the matches he wanted to and being substituted at the peak moments of the game were not at all the moves he seemed to appreciate of the manager. The accumulation of these unavoidable points had made Rooney unsettled and gasping for a switch elsewhere.

In July 2013

With Manchester United going into its most feared phase of transition without Sir Alex after 26 years David Moyes, the chosen one had a lot of hidden traces to unearth. The immediate one being Wayne Rooney’s stay at Old Trafford.

Robin van Persie was the first choice striker for David Moyes coming from a 36 goal season. Moyes did his grafty best to convince Rooney to remain at United and dismiss the flurry of offers from European giants. Chelsea were the front runners in the chase of the Manchester United Talisman with rolling offers till the very last day of the window.

Rooney had sealed his lips through the speculations and decided to reveal his intentions by working on his fitness and coming like Tigger on speed again in the most anticipated and hyped match between Manchester United and Chelsea. Since that day he has never looked back and neither have the fans.

Unconditional Love

Despite Rooney’s petulant behavior on the field, reckless challenges, the frustrated movements, suspensions and the muddied transfer sagas the Manchester United fanatics have retained their love for their star forward since his arrival at Old Trafford in 2004.

He soon made a lot of followers in and outside Manchester for his aura and magical impact on the game. People stood by him through his lean patches, the transfer speculations, the betting allegations, personal issues and many other matters.

During the recent stiff between the management and Wayne Rooney regarding the transfer to Chelsea the fans stood by him and bestowed on him a standing ovation for his performance against Chelsea and Bayern Leverkusen contrary to the run of affairs resulting in Wayne Rooney’s return of gratitude in the form of remarkable display of football in the following games scoring a couple of delightful free-kicks in his tally of 6 goals this season.

People ought to love a footballer who believes “If playing football is like being underwater, then scoring a goal feels like coming up for air”.

The red half of Manchester along with the media and others in the world will always acknowledge these words of Sir Alex Ferguson on Rooney: “Wayne Rooney was born to play football and it was plain to see from the outset that his future as a major figure in the game was assured”.