Rooney Rejects Retroactive Medal
Wayne Rooney Rejects 2012 Premier League Medal If Manchester City Are Stripped
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Wayne Rooney says he would not accept a 2011-12 Premier League winners’ medal if Manchester City are stripped of the title over financial-rule breaches. He argued Manchester United squandered an eight-point lead and did not deserve to be awarded the championship, and said City’s players may have been unaware of wrongdoing by club leadership and would be devastated to lose their achievement. Former United teammates Rio Ferdinand and David de Gea have suggested they should receive medals. Manchester City’s potential sanctions remain undecided, and the club is expected to appeal.
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Rooney said United had let their lead slip after a poor run-in, citing defeats to Wigan and Manchester City and a 4-4 draw with Everton as key results.
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Rooney said he had heard Rio Ferdinand’s call for another medal and noted that, if City’s players did not know about any alleged wrongdoing by club officials, losing the title would leave them “absolutely devastated.”
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Rooney said he was content with the five Premier League titles he had already won and did not want the 2011-12 medal, even if City’s title were stripped.
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The three City titles potentially affected by the case were won during the period under investigation, 2009–2018; City’s first was the 2011-12 championship, secured on goal difference.
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