yh I agree with you red but this could turn into something good for United and the fans. I heard that the reason for this ´soap´ was because Rooney didn´t feel United were going to be signing any big players. BUT now that he has signed a new contract I take it that Sir Alex and David Gill have promised to make at least one big transfer in january, otherwise it wouldn´t make any sense for the sudden change of heart from Rooney.
Just my thoughts ...
As for the agents, I think it would be very hard to remove them from the footballing world. I mean, imagine you as a younster getting signed by a big club you wouldn´t know what salary you would ask and clubs would probably take advantage of that. And I take it that if you´re going to earn money somewhere you want to get the best you can out of the deal.