Wayne Rooney completed a high-profile move to Manchester United on this day in 2004. He would leave Goodison Park for Old Trafford, with the Red Devils forking out £27million to make the then 18-year-old the most expensive teenager in world football. Rooney won the Champions League in 2008 after Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties. Any questions would be answered on Rooney’s debut – delayed due to injury – as he made a memorable first appearance for United, hitting a hat-trick against Fenerbache in a Champions League game on September 28, 2004. He would go on to become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, ending his 13-year stint at Old Trafford having scored 253 goals in 559 appearances.

Source: Express August 31, 2020 04:52 UTC