Wayne Rooney to China: Manchester United captain offered £700,000-a-week to follow others to Chinese Super League
WAYNE ROONEY will become one of the highest-paid players in the world – if he accepts an offer to move to the Chinese Super League.
Two clubs are reported to be chasing the Manchester United and England captain on a deal worth an incredible £700,000-a-week.
Oscar left Chelsea for Shangai SIPG in a record £60million deal on Thursday and despite being paid £500,000-a-week, he doesn’t even make the top five richest players in world football.
According to the Daily Mirror, China’s richest club Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Beijing Guoan have made signing Rooney a top priority.
Beijing made a move for the striker – no longer a regular starter for club or country – in the summer but were rebuffed by agent Paul Stretford.
But since then, Rooney has fallen down Jose Mourinho’s pecking order, while a drinking row while on England duty leaves his international future unclear.
The report states that Rooney, who has a contract until 2019, would cost the Chinese club around £10m.
The striker remains just two goals away from Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time club goalscoring record – but he hasn’t scored in a month and his last Premier League goal came on the opening weekend.
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