I won't.   He doesn't.  It's obscene.  He's a troll.   Ferguson is an idiot.   People who pay to go watch this are mad.   I hope he gets sunburn having his wee break in Dubai... poor wee soul must need it -   he's had a hard week.    ..... and breathe....

Not worth being paid that much, but the same can be said for actors and actresses that get millions and millions for starring in a film.

he's a complete and utter knobcheese........so out of touch with reality like most high earning players..........he had the gall to slate england fans for booing the team off in the w/c.......well sorry wayne you wankstain........but those ppl probably saved hard to go/got loans/used credit cards/had 4-5 jobs to afford watching you half heartedly kick a ball about.......and you have the audacity to criticise THEM......

And here is me thinking we are in a recession ..silly me

The thing that annoys me most is that Rooney asked and he was immediately given.  The people to blame are Man U owners for agreeing to his demands.  Surely no one man is worth more than the club?????

Personally I would have thought that Man U should have told him where to go.  I doubt there would be many clubs willing to pay those exorbitant wages (except Man City) and would they have paid them for long before off loading??

Given that Man U is dripping in debt I don't see how the Glazers can sustain this  which might be both good and bad for the club 

I just picked up the paper when tidying up and saw his scrotum face again and have got all enraged It's not a jealousy thing either, I don't begrudge people making money if they work hard and deserve it. But with him, all he's done is create headlines for the wrong reasons, thrown his toys out the pram and has everyone dancing to his tune and wrapped around his little shrek fingers. He's a spoilt brat. You're right, Pengy, more fool Man U for pandering to his tantrums.

i was siktting with a roomful of friends watching  the hooha on the news, the commenst from around were as follows..

me - 'feckin twat'

katie-'tosser'

jo - worra plank'

ak -'he get 250k  a week ! a week!but he is a stupid man,why he get that?'' 

(ak is not fully immersed in brit sporting culture as yet..)

JB x

The spud-faced nipper isn't as daft as  you all thought.
A fine reflection on today's market economy if I may say so. Karlo said this sort of thing would happen if you all followed the dark side.

I do like a good laugh at the DM webby with my lunchtime sarnie......    



Have to hand it to these Stoke City fans.   I particularly like the middle banner.

I don't know who is worse though - the footballers for taking it, the clubs for paying it ORRR the fans for supporting the teams..

It is obscene - no one needs or warrants that sort of money. But Rooney is a thick ignorant little man whose ego is now probably beyond recall.

I would disagree,

The majority of good actors and actresses have worked hard over a number of years at their craft. Yes there are the odd exceptions but they tend to get paid per film.
Rooney is paid 1 million a month - that is 12 million a year plus all the perks.

Are any actors paid that much for a film?

Market arguments like that are a minefield Isadora. In effect Rooney takes part in a "New film" at least once a week, and watching a premiership game is more entertaining than 90% of films.

Now Jo - don't make sweeping generalisations like that!

Not everyone likes footy and I would far rather watch a good Leonardo De Caprio film

(I would rather stick pins in my eyes than watch a di Caprio film.)


Alas! I'm jumping onto my old hobby horse and  coming out with the same old patter.
The voters have constantly elected governments of a laissez-faire persuasion because apparently we don't want any of that nanny state government interference here, and Mrs Thatcher said you can't buck the market............ and all the other spurious bolleaux  that Tories come out with.

Yet as soon as we arrive at the logical conclusion of such ridiculous ideas eg. Simon Cowell worth 100million, The Ant n Dec being paid 20 million for a load of dingoes kidneys, and various tasteless footballers earning lots, everyone is up in arms.

Highest paid player in the world...







And I remember Baconface waffling on about our kamikaze spending

Emmmmm............yes? 

" Here is a list of the Top 5 biggest payouts:

Harrison Ford (£38m) Indiana Jones 4

Tom Hanks (£29m) Angels and Demons

Cameron Diaz (£28.5m) What Happens in Vegas

Jim Carrey (£23m) Cable Guy

Will Smith (£18m) Hancock "

 

Estimates of Johnny Depp's take home for Pirates 4 range from $50million to $75million.  I fail to see how an actor works any harder than a footballer.  And plenty of shite actors get mega bucks. 

Can't see it myself.  Not doubting many (most) actors work hard.  Harder than a footballer?  Not seeing it.....

I echo what Spongey says about Shrek but...........


This is the result of market forces etc. Rooney (whether he is worth it or not in any ones opinion) can go to Man City who would easily pay him that - and more besides. Man U have paid it to him for a variety of reasons not least of which is the message it would send about them if he were to leave. He is a marquee player, generates a huge amount of income for the club especially in the Asian market and after losing Ronaldo last season they simply cannot afford to lose Shrek especially to one of their rivals.


Globalisation is the driving force behind the ridiculous salaries we see in all sorts of industries, many of them far more morally suspect than football. It's just that football has a higher profile and far more public face than say pharmaceuticals or oil

Pah!
That told me..I absolutely have NO comeback there.

I bloody have. I find it odd that some people can't see actors can work harder than a footballer.

i do think he should've travelled with the team to stoke yesterday... and sat in the stands and watched/supported his team who have done so much to secure his signature instead of swanning off to dubai with his missus.............of course if we believe what we read his team mates aren't good enough to play alongside him anyway..so perhaps that's why he didn't bother.....i'm surprised fergie allowed him to go tbh..............but then maybe rooney is calling the shots now at o/t....not ferguson.....

Apparantly Fergusson told him to go and forego his planned birthday party in favour of some peace and quiet with his wife to try and mend some of the carp he created.

I agree with you re the work - but I suppose it is different sort of work - hello btw xx

good on him, if I could ask and get that much I most certainly would.

Fair enough if you think that, but do you think it's piss easy to just become a professional footballer never mind a top world class professional footballer? It's bloody hard and takes hard work. Plenty have had the talent, but failed due to being unwilling to put in the work.
Like i said though, not worth that kind of money but neither are actors and actresses.

Aah but they do2/3 months work for their megabucks and then can have the same amount of tiem off...or do 3/4 films a year....

As for honing theur craft over years what do you think footballers (or any other professional sportspersons) have been doing usually since early childhood.

This thread's made me chuckle

Crusty, I do agree with your point re actors, but if an actor behaves like an arsehole and gets caught out (on more than one occasion may I add), or throws strops on set, chances are their credibility would suffer and people would probably be reluctant to consider them for future projects. This hasn't happened with Rooney. He's the one who threatened to walk out and as a result they've given him a ridiculous pay rise. A million quid, let alone 8 million, would be a hell of a lot of money to some people, especially nurses and paramedics who really have to work for their money, put up with a lot of grief from patients, save lives, risk their own etc.

It's not the pay rise as such, it's the amount. It's just farcical that these days, a pay rise that would satisfy most people (for example an extra 20k a year) - wouldn't DARE be offered to the likes of Rooney. Yet as far as I'm concerned, yes he is extremely talented and a very important figurehead in the world of football, but IF the football was what he really cared about in the first place (as he likes to proclaim), then 8 million extra a year on top of what he already earns wouldn't be needed to pacify him.

Russell Crowe??

I remember all the fuss when it got out that Roy Keane was getting £50,000 a week.

Of the two I'd rather have keane in my team.

Is he the highest paid actor around at the mo though? I would love to know how the directors make their selection process and if they take the behaviours of actors into consideration when thinking of hiring them.

Also, I forgot to add, Rooney is an inspiration to hundreds and thousands of kids who want to get into football. How can he now say that his heart is with the game when it seems to be with his wallet?

Top be honest i think he's an idiot who was probably badly advised by his agent....

I still think he'll leave Man United in the summer. I think the new contract is a kind of stunt agreed mutually to increase his valuation come the summer. A player contracted for 5 years is worth a hell of a lot more than a player contracted for 1 year in terms of transfer fees that could be demanded. I think he's burned his bridges at MU. He's basically said that he thinks his team mates are crap, and he wanted to move because he wasn't happy with the standard of players MU are bringing in. Now if I was Rooneys team mate, apology or no apology, payrise or no payrise, I wouldn't be happy - a total lack of respect for his team/work mates..

Top bloke, met him last year in Australia He owns South Sydney Rabbitoes so spoke to him there.

I read something in the paper the other day about something similar to that... that he may still be able to leave depending on the terms agreed.

Bet Valencia felt sh*t when Rooney had a dig at the lack of world-class players coming in

Exactly, and Chicharito and various others over the past couple of years.

Judging by the conversational skills and intellectual prowess of most of the premier league I would say it certainly doesn't take much brain or personality.

The actor analogy doesn't really work. They are picked based on their talent, given a script and they do exactly what a director tells them to do. You might think that's similar in a lot of ways to how footballers operate, it isn't. Rooney has been absolutely rank for ages and gets the same wages every week no matter how awful he is. Same goes for all footballers.

Gerrard and Lampard often have difficulty executing such complicated procedures as passing the ball to someone in the same shirt as them or taking a shot that doesn't land outside the stadium. They're both paid about 500000 times more than they're actually worth. Torres has been woeful and it affects him not. It seems being able to perform the very basics of football is not a requirement for top earning footballers. 

Wayne Bridge at City (a defender) can't defend. Sean Wright Phillips at City (a winger) can't  cross a ball to save his life and loses possession every time he gets the ball. For Joe Cole at Liverpool see SWP. It's not particular footballers you want to throw your ire at, it's all of them. They are paid insane amounts of money when in most cases they have no more talent than players you'll see kicking a ball about in the park on Sunday afternoon (for free).

Football culture stinks from top to bottom. Picking out one overpaid over-rated pleb i.e. Wayne 'ambitious' Rooney is just ignoring the real problem.

Yeah footballers misplace a pass now and then, but how often will an actor fluff their lines during filming? Yeah you don't see it, but if football was rehearsed, filmed and all the f*** ups cut out, it'd be the same, all rehearsed and perfect. If every player did everything perfectly all the time it'd be a boring sport.

Footballers dont deserve the mega wages, but neither do actors.