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‘I think he’d be a good signing, but is he at his very best now?’

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Wayne RooneyFormer Gunner Stewart Robson believes Wayne Rooney would be a good signing for Arsenal, but thinks he will cost the north London club too much.

Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed last week that the 27-year-old has asked to leave Manchester United and has been linked with a move to The Gunners this summer.

While many would like to see Rooney at Arsenal next season, Robson reckons Arsene Wenger could run the risk of upsetting other players at the club if he were to sign the England international:

‘I think he obviously doesn’t want to be at Manchester United.

‘But Arsenal don’t really want to be buying a player that could be on the wane.

‘The problem is everyone at Arsenal wants to play in the hole behind the striker and they’ve done that for years.

‘They buy players that play behind the main striker and then they play them out in wide areas and the players get unhappy because they’re not playing in the position they want to play. If Wayne Rooney plays there then it will upset other players.’

Robson went on to say that although Rooney would be a good signing for Arsenal, he questions whether the United forward is at his very best now and if his former club would pay a fortune for him:

I think he’d be a good signing, but is he at his very best now? That’s the question.

‘And will Arsenal have to pay an absolute fortune? You know Arsenal don’t pay fortunes for players.’

Some good points raised by Robson. We could easily afford to buy Rooney as Wenger will have a lot of cash to spend this summer. However, the stumbling block in this potential deal happening is the player’s wages.

Its not a matter of can Arsenal give him what he wants, it’s will they.

The Gunners are in a superb financial position to give their stars or potential arrivals what they want but they are unwilling to break or even tweak the wage structure at the club.

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  • ivorstephens says:

    In these cash conscious times rooney doesnt represent any value for money anyway we have too many of his type of player as it goes.The immediate requirement is for a goal scoring centre forward as the rest of our attackers will all chip ib with between ten and twenty goals a season so a man wholl get twenty five or thirty will make all the difference(see van persie at utd this season)ps all that praise for rottenham and its looking like the worst arsenal team since 1996 will finish above them so whos done the better job_ again_ this year?

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