WAYNE ROONEY HAS arrived at Everton’s training ground to undergo his medical as he closes on a return to his first club.
The Manchester United star and the club’s all-time top scorer is set to rejoin the Toffees after 13 years away from Merseyside, where he first shone as a teenage prodigy.
Captain for club and country, the 31-year-old was reduced to a bit-part role under Jose Mourinho at United last season and also lost his place in Gareth Southgate’s England squad.
Rooney joined United from Everton for £27m on the back of stunning displays at Euro 2004 and went on to win five Premier League titles, four League Cups and the 2015-16 FA Cup on his way to a personal tally of 253 goals.
He starred as United won their third Champions League in 2007-08, before going on to claim glory in the FIFA Club World Cup. His last act as a United player is likely to be a substitute appearance as they defeated Ajax in last season’s Europa League final.
If talks proceed smoothly, Rooney will be Ronald Koeman’s sixth signing of a busy close season at Everton, following Michael Keane, Jordan Pickford, Davy Klassen, Sandro Ramirez and Henry Onyekuru to Goodison Park.
While he may have lost some of his potency, Rooney is fondly remembered at Goodison Park after bursting on the scene at the tender age of 16 during the 2002-3 season.
The young forward was thrust into the public spotlight five days short of his 17th birthday thanks to a superb strike against Arsenal, and became a first-team regular during that debut campaign for the Toffees.
In total Rooney appeared 77 times for his first club in all competitions before United swooped, scoring on 17 occasions.
Meanwhile, Everton striker Romelu Lukaku is set to move in the opposite direction for £75million after United saw off competition from Chelsea for the Belgium international.
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All I’m hoping for is a good quality match, with little to no malicious play or no play acting. And also for Engerland to lose like 3-0…
@Tomás O’Loughlin: great match… it your wish had gone..england are up…nice goal as well..
@Tomás O’Loughlin: 2 0 looks like football coming home
I’m supporting our neighbours, after all i tune in to UK football for the winter.
@RJ: are you interested in investing in property in Florida?
@Alan Carmody: 1200 a month profit sounds good
@bmul: just dm me your bank login details, I’ll take care of the rest: easy money!
@Alan Carmody: Alan, go stick on some porn for yourself lad, u seem board.
@RJ: cardboard?
C’mon Sweeden,
Ikea will pack England into a nice little box and send them home tonight
@ianglen: hope so!
If it wasn’t for the lunacy of the English media then I wouldn’t begrudge them a win at all
@Kian: what are you doing reading English media?
@Steve Monk: umm…reading English media…why?
@Steve Monk: what media do you ingest Steve. Any papers?
@Jonny Chip: a strict diet of TG4 and RTÉ radio 1 for him I’d say
@Jonny Chip: English because I’m English.
@Steve Monk: and of course Irish media because I live and have a family here. I would never though bemoan Irish media because of how much they go on, let’s say, about Irish rugby. I do of course understand a dislike of other nations teams and I’m still working hard on getting my son on supporting England but as he tells me, it ain’t gonna happen.
@Steve Monk: why are you consuming irish media by being on the journal then if you are english?? your logic not mine
@Generation Snowflake: no we complain about their absolute certainty of victory every 4 years.
Is it coming home?
@Niall O’Shea: no, brazil are out.
@Niall O’Shea: it moved to France a while back but doesn’t want to go back coz brexit :P
@Kian: ohhhhh topical! :) nice
@Niall O’Shea: looking like it, fair play to our neighbours
sweden wont trouble england
@Just Some Guy: @ianglen: England will be sick after this hurdy gurdy ride.
@Just Some Guy: sick with delight?
@Matt Connolly: joy pukes
Another penalty shootout?
Sweden make the way Ireland play football look attractive
@Turk Oneeighttwo: It wouldn’t be hard.
Some difference in standard between this game and yesterday‘s games.
By jaysus sweden are terrible. How did they get so far? Glad england scored just to open up the game.
Sterling seems to be Sweden’s best player, he has done everything to keep the score down.
Pity the England player’s. Every tournament the media and fan’s create an absolute frenzy. Ridiculous. Maybe if they had of won a decent group and knocked out a decent Colombia. Any way’s refreshing to see the way Southgate has them bonded as a group. Swedan on pens for me .
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: it’ll be a draw I’d say, hard to call after that but hopefully victory will be Swede.
@Alan Carmody: Difficult for sure. I couldn’t pick as i had no luck predictions wise this world cup. Asked my 11 year old son he said 2 nil Kane first goal. 14/1. 5 euro. Last if big spenders i know but a win is a win i suppose.
was wondering how Ireland would have looked in the tournament now I know after watching Sweden
Pity England persit with side wards backwards henderson other than that I really hope they win this one come on England
@Back pass: Actually having a good tournament. More pass accuracy than any other midfielder. Sidewards or backwards, once not going into stands it’s ok. He even has better stats than Pogba and he is playing in some squad. Now stat blew me away.
@Nucky: Intriguing input. Than you.
@Nucky: you don’t really like the truth or facts do you?
@PATO DUNNE: Ignore him. I reported his many intriguing inputs. 42 will respond. Allegedly.
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: You’d be lost without Pogba and Lukaku
@John Connolly: How, i suoport Liverpool. Hard luck.
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: You’ve talked about the pair of them enough last season
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: How come you haven’t made any comments since Liverpool lost the champions league final
@John Connolly: Whatever. Im still enjoying the comment’s regarding the 09 and 11 finals.
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: Ha ha ha,you can’t even support your team when they lose but I suppose you made a clown out of yourself leading up to the final you had to go into hiding
@A Right Pair Of King’s !: Are you not able to answer why you disappeared after Liverpool lost the final
0 – 0 90 minutes 7/1
Well done lads
Oh god if England win, we’ll have to listen to Frank Skinner sing again. Poxy voice.
@Ciaran O’Brien: sing what?
Nice set piece. It doesn’t say much about the level and f football being played but goes to show what a little preparation can do.
Jaysus Sweden are W@nk
All these bitter anti British idiots on here saying that the English media will be unbearable if the win the Cup.
Are they forgetting were gave our returning losers an open top bus through the city and a party in the park
Ah lads, Sweden. What the…??
Safe to say the eventual World Cup winners aren’t coming from this match.
The footballs coming home boyz…whether we like it or not
Hope all the naysayers care watching
Sweet divine how bad are Sweden
Mother of God how brutal are Swedan. Praying the Croatia game is decent. Thank God the GAA is on tomorrow. Jesus wept that was hard to watch.
Sterling is a cod Rashford would have had a hat trick by now with those chances
@Nucky: Of course he would. That’s why he starts every game for England and Man United. Dear God your knowledge of the game is on a par with a 6 year old.
Sweden v Switzerland game was brutal so England have an easy win me thinks.. France or Belgium could very possibly win this year..
Pickford is becoming very easy to dislike. 2 good saves in the 2nd & he gets up & is shouting his head off. Understandable if defenders are being lazy but both times attackers were under pressure…..You’re a keeper, your job is to make saves so shut up or the spotlight will be on him more when he makes a mistake.
@mmk: your a keeper you’re job is to organise your defence. Good keepers are generally shouting at their defenders
@ed w: so shouting is organising? Great way to communicate! The defenders were doing their jobs, shots are going to come in, but they were under pressure. If you’re just constantly shouting it just becomes noise, people tend to ignore noise.
The English fans with their fcuking brass band are insufferable! Jesus, the same thing over and over and over again!
@Generation Snowflake: Nope…pretty sure I’d hate it if it was Irish fans too!
Harry Wilson = baller
My God Sweden are useless.
@Martin McKenna: two poor teams.
Well done England…Sun Beer And Football…..oh wait im in the maternity
Oh god, nooooooooooo