BR - When it was revealed that Robin van Persie would be signing for Manchester United this season, the biggest winner out of the deal was supposed to be Wayne Rooney.
The England international would finally have the second star striker to complement him, and with talented wingers in Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young and Nani as well as an explosive new midfielder named Shinji Kagawa, Rooney was supposed to spearhead one of the most dominant attacks in the entire English Premier League.
If not the entire continent.
