Rooney’s looking at a fortune
that the move has been approved byy boss Jose Mourinho and the United hierarchy.rchy.
While the European transfer windowow closes on Tuesday, China’s mega-richh clubs can keep recruiting until Februaryary 28. For the next four weeks an auction on will develop to tempt 31-year-old Rooney y before the next Chinese Premier League seasonason starts in March.
The marketing value of buying the e current captain of United and England is massive ssive in the Far East. Rooney’s former United teammate Tevez overtook both Lionel Messissi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the superstar payay stakes when he recently signed for Shanghai Shenhua, managed by Guss Poyet.
There has been a growing feeling inside Old Trafford that the parting of the ways with Rooney was imminent, even though ough he has 18 months remaining on his currentrent £300,000-a-week contract.
That means United will save more than £20m on wages alone as they look to o put together a package to tempt Atletico o Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann in a worldorldrecord £100m deal next summer.
Senior United officials accepted recentlyecently that they would review Rooney’s futureure once he had broken Sir Bobby Charlton’son’s goal-scoring record.
With that record in the bag, Rooneyey is now ready to review his options. The move will cast doubts on his England future. e.
Rooney has won 119 caps – more than any outfield player – and has also taken ken the goals record off Sir Bobby with 53 strikes.rikes.
He has already announced his intentionention to quit international football after thee 2018 World Cup in Russia.
But Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate dropped Rooney from his team for the qualifier against Slovenia in October.