Jack Pitt-Brooke

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1,018 appearances 19 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5d ago

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If... Wayne Rooney joined Manchester City in 2010? · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

Shalker in the semi-final first leg, but also probably more importantly against Chelsea in the quarterfinal first leg in April 2011. matched

I don't know if they would have done that. matched

Obviously, the Premier League title that season, uh, United won very comfortably. matched

There wasn't really a lot of competition. matched

They beat Chelsea by by nine points. matched

Would they still have won the league? matched

Probably. matched

Um so I think in the short term they would have been okay. matched

The big question really is. matched

what might United have had to do to react if they had sold Rooney. matched

Um, clearly they would have needed to go into the market and buy a big name player from s from somewhere else, someone who could really not just provide goals and assist, but also be a bit of a figurehead, be a bit of a frontman for the whole thing. matched

I don't know exactly who that would have been. matched

Um I suppose you could make a case for Sergio Aguero. matched

I mean we'll come back on, I suppose, to the question of whether Aguero would have gone from Atletico to Manchester City in the summer of twenty eleven, had City bought bought him. matched

You could maybe look at someone who did eventually end up at Manchester United, Edison Edison Cavani, who was at that point just starting to make a big name for himself at Napoli. matched

I suppose the really interesting one. matched

Would be um and I don't know whether you n it would be if United had been forced into the transfer market in January twenty eleven, who was the best player to be transferred in the January twenty eleven window into the Premier League from Europe? matched

Luis Suarez of Ajax, who Liverpool signed that January. matched

And I just wa I just wonder, I mean, this is pu this is pure hypo hy hypothetical, but if United had been desperate for a big name. matched

player, someone who could come and make an impact, come and be a bit of a leader on the pitch for them. matched

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