#15 Rooney returns to Goodison Park (July 9, 2017)
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With it becoming apparent that he was not in the first team plans of Jose Mourinho anymore, Wayne Rooney and his representatives were looking at options elsewhere with a move to China being touted as a distinct possibility.
He settled his short-term future by stating that he wished to remain at United and be a part of what he described as an exciting period for the club. However, there were very few who were actually buying that story as an Old Trafford exit beckoned for the now 31-year-old.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's stellar goal-scoring campaign meant Rooney was not the preferred option for Mourinho in the 2016/17 campaign and even after the Swedish international was sidelined with a horrific injury, it was evident that Rooney was not a part of the Portuguese’s plans for the future.
The big-money move for Romelu Lukaku confirmed that fact and after being initially linked with Stoke City and West Ham United, Rooney chose to return to his boyhood club Everton, bringing his 13-year association with United to an end.
