You have to remember Ferdinand at 30 mil and Rooney at 30 mil, at similar ages in a much less inflated market,
Also by that time both players had impressed in international tournaments with England – Ferdinand in the 2002 world cup, Rooney at Euro 2004
In complete contrast, Phil Jones is unable to hold down a place in Blackburn’s starting 11 – and let’s remember Blackburn is one of the weakest teams in the Premiership
As with Henderson, I’m not saying he’s rubbish – just he’s done nothing whatsoever to suggest he’s worth £22m and the fear is that given we’ve obviously got all this money to spend, the only reason we’re spending on players like Henderson and Jones is because our other higher calibre targets are knocking us back left, right and centre
Not only that but the player himself wants to go to Man utd - our most bitter rivals