Wayne Rooney reveals he plans to end career at Manchester United and will go into coaching after retirement  

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Wayne Rooney has revealed he wants to end his career at Manchester United.

The England captain remains as important as ever at Old Trafford, where manager Jose Mourinho has given him a new lease of life by deploying him in a creative No 10 role.

Rooney has constantly been linked with moves to Major League Soccer, China and even a return to his boyhood club Everton, where he made his senior debut as a 17-year-old in 2002 before moving to United two years later.

Wayne Rooney has reiterated his desire to end his career at Manchester United

Rooney joined Manchester United from Everton for £27million back in 2004

The Manchester United and England captain will bow out of international football in 2018

But Rooney, who revealed he has started his coaching badges in preparation for a managerial career, says his heart is set on seeing out his playing days in Manchester.

The 30-year-old said: ‘I will have a year left at United then (in 2018, when he intends to retire from international football).

‘I’ve said to United I want to stay there, finish my career there, so it’s a case of sitting down with United when the time’s right.

‘I’ve still got three years left. When I speak to them I’ll have a better idea.’

On a career in management he added: ‘I’d like to, of course. I’ve spent my whole life playing football and I think it would be a shame to walk away from it completely.

‘I feel I’ve got a lot of experience behind me and when I do finish playing I would like to stay in the game at some level.

‘I’m doing my badges — it’s a long time. But I’m doing it and I’m enjoying it.’

Meanwhile, Rooney has revealed that a number of his international team-mates were infuriated by Wales’ ecstatic celebrations following England’s humiliating exit from this summer’s European Championship at the hands of Iceland in Nice.

Chris Coleman’s men posted an online video of their wild celebrations following England’s last-16 defeat, which resulted in coach Roy Hodgson’s departure.

The video is likely to cause particular awkwardness between the two sets of players during the domestic season, given that a number of them play for the same clubs.

Jack Wilshere is unlikely to have taken kindly to Aaron Ramsey’s role in the video, and the Tottenham quintet of Kane, Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker will not have enjoyed the gleeful contribution of club colleague Ben Davies.  

Wales celebrated an Iceland goal during England's embarrassing 2-1 defeat by the minnows

Aaron Ramsey and his Wales team-mates jumped for joy during England's last Euro 2016 match

Rooney said: ‘We weren’t taken aback, I think, but a bit disappointed, because some of the England players are club-mates with some of the Wales players. Personally I’m not, so I wasn’t really too fussed.

‘I said before the Euros that during the tournament I wasn’t fussed what Wales or Ireland did. If they did well, good luck to them. If they didn’t, I’m not really too bothered what they do.

‘But for some of the lads who have club team-mates jumping around to celebrate their team-mates’ failure, that was a bit disappointing.’