i hear what you're saying but all the big clubs have had issues when the time has come for their top players to sign new contracts
liverpool inparticular with gerrard, chelsea not so long ago with terry, and arsenal seem to be in a constant battle to keep fabregas, and henry before him
the 'amibition' line was very cheeky, and a lot of united fans aren't happy about that, but it's obvious that his agent had a lot to do with it