Rooney off.........but where?

As I'm sure the majority of you are aware (UK anyway), Wayne Rooney has shockingly announced that he wishes to leave Manchester United. This came as a huge surprise to me especially, as I thought despite the media attention it would all blow over and he would commit to the club. Obviously I was very wrong, and although I was shocked, when you look at the Man U squad now, you can't blame him for wanting out.

Although still pretty strong, the squad is becoming increasingly average every season and other teams are catching up with them. This is mainly down to the lack of quality replacements for the golden era players (Scholes, Giggs, Neville, etc) and of course Ronaldo. The majority of teams in the Premiership now no longer fear Man U and go out to win games, typically shown with West Brom last weekend, who drew 2-2 but could have won the game late on.

I personally think Man U should capitalise on this whilst they can, and ship him to Madrid. Real have quality players seemingly surplus to requirements, and with Man United's lack of spending power they could benefit from a deal that is rumoured to involve Lassana Diarra and Karim Benzema plus cash.

It is going to be a very interesting January transfer window, and I shall be following this story very carefully!!