Imagine going to the stadium to see your favorite team, suggest them a signing wih a sign… and the team ACTUALLY LISTENS to you
In 2004, a boy named Joe Ruane turned up at Old Trafford with a sign calling for the signing of some guy called Wayne Rooney, a 19-year-old English striker who had scored 9 goals in 30 appearances for Everton last season.
TV focused on the little guy and his sign. Sir Alex Ferguson then saw the request, analyzed the player and decided to SIGN HIM in for £25.6 million. To thank Joe for the recommendation, Sir Alex invited him to Rooney’s presentation and together they took a photo that went down in history.Rooney would go on to become one of Manchester United’s top idols and one of the best signings in Premier League history.
THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. 
Joe Ruane’s small part in a transfer that shaped Manchester United for more than a decade may only have involved some permanent marker and a scrap of cardboard but he is still entitled to say, with a gentle laugh, “I used to always think, if it wasn’t for me, Wayne wouldn’t have signed…”
We can permit Ruane the first-name terms. He was among those present at Old Trafford 16 years ago to personally welcome the world’s most expensive teenager, a player who would go on to become United’s record goalscorer, win 11 major trophies, and personify Sir Alex Ferguson’s final stanza as manager.