LONDON (AFP) - Wayne Rooney says he chose the "pressure" of returning to boyhood club Everton over a massive payday in China when he left Manchester United. Rooney, 32, told the BBC's Football Focus programme he decided against seeing out his career "earning a lot of money" overseas. "I knew that coming back to Everton was more pressure - that's what I wanted. Last month manager Sam Allardyce suggested he could not play Rooney and £45 million (S$82 million) summer signing Gylfi Sigurdsson in the same side. He said he has followed the example of former United team-mate Ryan Giggs, who retired from playing at 40.

Source: BBC February 22, 2018 16:29 UTC