FINANCIAL POWER PLAY

Last updated : 24 March 2005 By editor

…does anyone seriously think that Old Trafford would have been burnt down if we didn’t sign Rooney? Maybe if Joel takes over…

Fergie, "Last summer Wayne Rooney became available and I had to go to David Gill and say 'We've got to sign this boy, come on, it's only £20 million, it's nothing'. David knew we had to do it. Can you imagine if Rooney had gone to Chelsea or Arsenal? The fans would have burned the place down."