3. Salary burden- Let us be very blatant about this. Only a player like Ronaldo and Messi deserve a salary of £300k and with all due respect to the stature of Rooney, this is just too high a wage for him. With that kind of a wage United should look forward to much more services from the striker, which clearly has not been the case. With so many new players coming in, the wage bill of the club is set to shoot high and it is not unwise for them to free themselves from the burden of the wage that they have to carry for Rooney.
