The wacky world of Wayne Rooney

By now, almost everyone is aware of Wayne Rooney's famous u-turn this week when he decided to pledge his future to Man Utd 24 hours after declaring he was leaving the Devils due to fears the club's future was looking bleak. Some irony.

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One wonders what Sir Alex, David Gill and the Glazers managed to tell Rooney to change his mind and remain in United. $omehow, they managed to ease his fears and convince him that despite debts of GBP700 million, no adequate replacements for Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez and an aging squad, his future remained at Old Trafford.

Some reports suggest Rooney decided to stay after being assured by the Glazers that GBP100 million will be available to Sir Alex to acquire new signings. If that's all it took, wouldn't it have been easier to have just given Sir Alex a call instead of announcing he wanted to leave the club? Something certainly doesn't add up with that theory.

And while most Man Utd fans seem to be ecstatic with his decision to stay at the club, they seem to be missing the point that Rooney became the first player under Sir Alex Ferguson's reign to hold the club to ransom. The Sir Alex of old would never have tolerated such disloyalty from any player. I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

But Rooney's actions have set a dangerous precedence. Now, every prima donna footballer out there is going to hold his club to ransom just to get a raise. What's even more impressive on Rooney's part is that he managed to get the contract he wanted despite being one of the worst performers in a United shirt this season.