In the papers

"Buckling under the strain, Rooney needed friends but the United players turned their backs. They would not forgive their colleague's insult in suggesting their side had slipped into mediocrity. More money from the Glazers and a failure of nerve at Rooney's end produced the sweetness-and-light statement confirming his signature on a new five-year deal at Old Trafford. But the resentments felt by workmates and supporters will not be easily erased by the most spectacular U-turn in the history of modern transfer sagas."

Great article from Paul Hayward in The Guardian on the Wayne Rooney saga.

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