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Man Utd: Ferguson demanded pay rise to match Rooney
Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson demanded that his salary was doubled in the aftermath of Wayne Rooney's big pay increase in 2010.
Rooney was set to leave United before signing a deal worth £250,000 a week.
"I told them I did not think it fair that Rooney should earn twice what I made," Ferguson says in a new book.
"[United co-chairman] Joel Glazer said: 'I totally agree but what should we do?' It was simple. We just agreed no player should be paid more than me."
good day for the theory. old as **** hard leftie former shop steward with nothing to spend it on demands pay is doubled to quarter of a million a week.
often its not about having more cash, its that no one in any walk of life wants to be paid less than they think they are worth, doesn't matter how many 0s are on the end of the contract
imagine being pool-era sterling turning up to england training camp and having to look at ashley young's stupid face knowing he's on 4x your money