On Saturday against Reading, Wayne Rooney scored his 249th goal for Manchester United. He kneed Juan Mata's cross into the net, whereupon immediately focused on Sir Bobby Charlton, whose record the current club captain now shares. (This is, of course, if we don't count -- as United do not -- the two goals Charlton scored against Verona in the Anglo-Italian Cup; the record really stands at 251 goals.)
Regardless, the reaction to Rooney's goal was mixed. There are many United fans, who believe that records are there to be broken, that the 31-year-old has spent the best years of his career at the club and has been hugely important to the success enjoyed during his time there.