Wayne Rooney has signed a five year deal with Manchester United worth 65 million pounds at 250,000 pounds per week. That is a shocking Rs. 20 million a week. Is he really worth that much money? It is not that he is incredibly ugly, which he is, but that he is not that good a player as he showed during the World Cup. Some may trot out the excuse that he was under mental pressure for having dropped his pants with a couple of whores but he did not perform that well in Germany either. He is talented, strong, has good stamina and on his day can score with either foot but he is not as good as Messi, Ronaldo or Fabregas and will never be within touching distance of what Maradonna and Pele used to be. Besides football players are very prone to severe injuries which can put them out for entire seasons. The reason is that a player stretches out his leg to gather the ball and if someone falls on the outstretched leg it causes fractures or severe ligament damage to the knee which can take months to heal. Also a player can easily break a bone due to a malicious tackle as happened to Eduardo at Arsenal. Besides once a man has been unfaithful to his wife he is likely to do so again. So much money, God like adulation from fans, travelling far away from home to play matches and excessive amounts of alcohol may loosen inhibitions again. But why are United taking such a risk when they already have so much debt? The Glazers who own the club are American business men and certainly no fools and neither is the manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. Have they decided to sell Rooney and are playing games to increase his price tag? Time will tell.