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Rooney talks about falling out with Everton boss

July 24, 2006 By red devil

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Wayne Rooney has revealed he fell out with Everton manager David Moyes before he left the Toffees to join Manchester United in a deal worth £27m in 2004.

The 20-year-old England striker said the row meant he considered an offer from Newcastle before moving to United.

“I would have gone almost anywhere just to get away from David Moyes,” Rooney said in his autobiography, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail.

“To me, he appeared overbearing; just wanting to control people.”

He added: “I suppose being young and confident and playing for England at 17, I wasn’t bothered about upsetting him or answering back.”

Rooney claims he had already decided to leave Goodison Park when he had a training ground confrontation with Moyes and told him: “I don’t want to play for you ever again.”

The striker became the youngest Premiership goalscorer when he scored a blistering last-minute strike to secure a 2-1 win against Arsenal in October 2002, five days before his 17th birthday.

He went on to score 17 goals in 77 appearances for the Toffees before securing his move to United in August 2004.

Newcastle made the first offer for Rooney but he says he was only interested in a move to Old Trafford once it became apparent United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wanted to sign him.

Ferguson has been prolific in getting some of the best football talents especially with his recent acquisitions of Asian talents like Ji-Sung Park and Dong Fanzhou. Park has already shown that he is a great addition to the team.

Filed Under: Nostalgia, Pre-Season, Premiership

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