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Sep 13
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What If... Wayne Rooney joined Mancheste...

THE ATHLETIC
About this episode

Ahead of the Manchester derby, this week on What If... we're talking about Wayne Rooney and the hypothetical around whether he could have possibly made the switch across Manchester from United to City back in 2010.


Emma Paton is joined by The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke and Dan Kilpatrick, as well as Andy Mitten from Talk of the Devils to delve into Rooney's at times strained relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson


Our alternative timeline ponders whether the move to City could have taken place, as well as whether Rooney could have moved to Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in 2013 as well as the impact any move could possibly have had on his own - or Sir Alex Ferguson's - Manchester United legacy.


Host: Emma Paton

With: Jack Pitt-Brooke, Dan Kilpatrick and Andy Mitten


Executive Producer: Guy Clarke

Producers: Mike Stavrou, Grayson Moody


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