Wayne Rooney ‘agrees 50 per cent wage cut on £300,000-a-week wages to join Everton from Manchester United’
Club's all-time leading goalscorer set to take massive hit financially to return to his boyhood club
WAYNE ROONEY has agreed a 50 per cent pay cut to join Everton from Manchester United, according to reports.
Rooney earns around £300,000 a week at United so is in line to pocket roughly £150,000 a week if he joins Ronald Koeman's side.
The Daily Mail report that Toffees bosses were willing to fork out a similar amount on Romelu Lukaku before his £75million fee with United was agreed.
But paying up the final season of the former England skipper's contract could cost United upwards of £15m.
On top of that there is a loyalty bonus.
When Robin van Persie left for Fenerbahce two years ago he pocketed £8.4m as a result of such a scheme.
Rooney's agent Paul Stretford was said to be at Goodison yesterday thrashing out the terms of his move.
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And the attacker himself believes joining Everton will help him win back his England spot.
Rooney recently posed for an awkward McDonald's drive-thru selfie with son Kai.