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Manchester United star refusing to quit the club: He won't leave until this happens
WAYNE ROONEY will not leave Manchester United until he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton’s goalscoring record, according to reports.
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The England international is just four goals short of beating Charlton’s tally of 249 and is determined to write his name into the history books to become the club’s all-time record goalscorer.
Rooney has suffered a dip in form of late though, and has consequently found himself dropped from Jose Mourinho’s starting XI.
The 31-year-old has only netted once for the Red Devils this term after falling out of favour under the Portuguese boss.
Wayne Rooney is refusing to leave Manchester United until he becomes the club's record scorer
Sven-Goran Eriksson is thought to be keen to link up with Rooney in China
Reports emerged yesterday suggesting Mourinho has told Rooney that if he wants first-team football, he should leave Old Trafford.
But The Sun claim Rooney won’t be forced out of the club and he’ll stay until at least the record is broken.
Rooney is thought to have offers from China with former England boss Sven Goran-Eriksson keen to link up with him at Shanghai SIPG.
Sit Bobby Charlton is Manchester United's all-time record goalscorer
But United’s captain has so far rejected the chance to play abroad and earn a ludicrous salary.
Rooney could pocket around £500,000 a week, plus commercial bonuses, if he moved to the Far East.
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