The point is obvious. The obscene amount of cash heaped upon the greedy, underperforming Rooney inevitably sets a bar of aspiration for all the other snouts in the trough. Including those of the once-Premier League Stephen Ward and his agent. And we fans are the mugs. We are all being ripped off...
It's time to make a stand. I don't want to see this club - nor indeed any other - bankrupted by players' ludicrous wage demands. £13,000 a WEEK, for an Ireland international (and where did they feature in the World Cup?) who in any other walk of life would be absolutely delighted to get a 10th...