足球俱乐部的怀抱。当今社会中，运动员追求
物质回报是被大众接受的。毕竟，贝克汉姆在
海外踢球的时间比在曼联长，但他的名誉却没
有因此受损。对于鲁尼，他尽管做了正确的决
定，但不幸的是，却一头撞上截然不同的公众
反应 。在本世纪初公众对以雄厚财力主宰联
赛的四大豪门开始出现反感情绪时，这个18岁
少年承担了这种怨恨的很大一部分。
在球场上，鲁尼没用多久就在老特拉福德
球场证明了自己的实力。纵观世界足坛，代表
曼联征战英超的压力几乎难有匹敌，一个糟糕
的赛季，你在俱乐部的命运就该画上句号了。
鲁尼有过多次受伤、事故甚至短暂的进球荒，
但长远来看他仍能不断将球踢进网内。
对这个前锋来说，道路并不平坦。他不
断在球场外与急切寻找一个指责对象的英国媒
体较量。与鲁尼之前的很多曼联球星一样，他
也曾与弗格森有过公开争执。2010年10月这位
曼联主帅说鲁尼想要离开球队；然后鲁尼跳出
来，公开宣称很不高兴。这些奇怪的评论引出
了众多暇想。就在几天之后鲁尼与俱乐部签了
一个全新的五年之约。评论家提示鲁尼导演了
这出好戏来加大合约的价值。不管从什么角度
来看，曼联都下了决心在2015年之前让鲁尼为
红魔效力。
David Beckham was the quintessential
English football pin up boy. He looked just as
comfortableposing inapairofCalvinKleinboxer
shorts as hedid leadinghis belovedUnitedout
onto thesacred turfofOldTrafford.Hischiselled
face, three-day growth and his Spice Girl wife
complemented his ability tomake the ball dip
andswervefromoutsidethepenaltybox.TheEPL
hadbecometheworld leagueand‘Becks’wasthe
perfect face to lead theproduct.
Earlyontheheir-apparenttothatthronewas
touted asWayne Rooney but something didn’t
quitefit. Thesedays amodernday football star,
just likeour politicians, needs toooze charisma
inorder towarm theheartsof the fansandmore
importantlythepress.Rooneywasadumpy,pale
Catholic boy from Liverpool who simply loved
playing football. He played his junior football
for Evertonandonhisfirstoutinghe scored the
match-winninggoalagainstLeagueChampions,
Arsenal.Thismadehim theyoungestscorerever
in the EPL. No17-year-oldhad ever shown that
levelofmentalorphysicalmaturityandthefuture
for theyoung superstar lookedmore than rosy.
The first problemwas that Everton could
notholdon to theirprodigy.ManchesterUnited
flexed their muscles in a staggering bidding
war which saw the young Rooney head up the
highway to the biggest football club on the
planet. Inmodern day sport athletes chase the
bigdollarsand this iscommonlyaccepted.After
all, Beckham spent more time playing football
overseas thanhedid for United andhe still has
his reputation intact. Unfortunately for Rooney,
he ran headlong into quite a different public
reaction despitemaking the right decision. In
the early 2000’s when public sentiment turned
against the big four clubs who dominated the
League with their cheque books, somehow
the 18-year-old shouldered a gooddeal of that
resentment.
On the field it didn’t take Rooney long to
make his mark at Old Trafford. The weight of
expectation inplaying forManchesterUnited in
theEPL is unmatched inworld footballwhere a
poor season can see you quickly traded away.
Rooneyhashadhis fairshareof injuries, incidents
andgoaldroughtsbuthekeepsputting theball
in thebackof thenet.
It isn’t all smooth sailing for the striker
thoughasheconstantlybattlesofffieldwith the
Britishpresswhoarehungry forawhippingboy.
LikemanyUnitedsuperstarsbeforehimRooney
has hadhis shareof public run-inswith Sir Alex
Ferguson. The Manchester manager stated
in October 2010 that Rooney wished to leave
the club. Rooney then came out and publicly
stated that he was unhappy. There was much
speculationabout thesestrangecommentsand
onlya fewdays later Rooney signedanewfive-
year deal with the club. Critics suggested that
Rooney orchestrated the stunt to increase the
size of the deal. Whichever way you look at it
Unitedwere determined to see Rooney remain
aRedDevil until 2015.
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