Blackpool’s Holloway blasts ‘bully’ Rooney for treating Man U with contempt
By ANIFriday, October 22, 2010
LONDON - Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has labeled Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney a ‘bully’ and said that player power is killing the game.
“I can’t believe it’s got to the stage where a player can dictate to such a famous club, with a blatant disregard for all that club and especially the manager’s done for him. What is happening at Old Trafford is so wrong it frightens the life out of me,” the Sun quoted Holloway, as saying.
“If a manager of the stature of Alex Ferguson can be bullied by a player and his agent, how sad a state is the game in? Don’t talk to me about player power.”
“The game has gone crazy, it has got totally out of control when a magnificent manager can be treated with such contempt,” he added.
Holloway further said that managers must lead a fight to overturn the Bosman ruling, which lets out-of-contract players walk away as free agents.
“It all comes back to Bosman, which is a stupid ruling in terms of football players. We had it right when I was a player. If a club offered you the same money you were on or a little bit more, you could not go anywhere without their permission, regardless of whether you were out of contract,” Holloway said.
“If they wanted to sell you, they got the going rate. Otherwise they could just let you rot in the reserves until you saw sense. When you are paying all these millions for players, in transfer fees and wages, that is how it should be.”
“I think we should all go to UEFA and FIFA and say ‘Face it, you’ve got it wrong’. And when something is wrong in life, you change it,” he added. (ANI)
