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Originally Posted by Julian Denny
But that was the price we had to pay for him then - take it or leave it. We wanted Rooney and because of who we are we had to pay for him - over the odds no doubt. Same with Rio. Looking at it today, it was an obscene amount of money. Nevertheless, I'm glad we got him because he is absolutely central to United's success - certainly on a par with Ronnie despite the latter's better goalscoring record.
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Exactly. Put it this way, who could we have signed at the same time, for the same money, who would be a more valuable player to us now and a better foil for Cristiano Ronaldo? Nobody, that's who.