Irish Sunday Mirror

Show us the love, Rooney

- BY SIMON MULLOCK

EVERTON want Wayne Rooney to put love before money when he decides his footballin­g future.

Blues boss Ronald Koeman is hoping the lure of an emotional return to Goodison Park may be too tempting for Rooney to reject.

Everton will only sanction a deal that would be worth less than half of the £300,000-a-week wages that the 31-year-old earns at Old Trafford. Rooney knows that there is a two-year contract worth £50million waiting for him in China as he weighs up his options after being told he is surplus to requiremen­ts at Manchester United.

Koeman will also seek assurances that a player who has won every club honour in 13 years at United is still hungry for success.

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