Festy Ebosele

Wayne Rooney has made it clear that he is unhappy with Festy Ebosele's move to Serie A from Championship strugglers Derby County.

He really needs to keep his focus, his concentration, and keep learning to develop. It is always difficult for a young player to go abroad.” “If you are asking me do I think it is the right move for him, then no I don’t,” Rooney said.

Ireland U21 international Festy Ebosele has completed a move to Serie A and will join Udinese after he leaves Derby County in the summer.

I am not against Irish players going to Italy, so long as they play regularly.’ ‘I think he is an asset for any team and I would have been happy for him to stay at Derby and develop, personally. ‘It is interesting.

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Two success stories have already come this season in the form of Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori at Roma and AC Milan respectively. With him joining Udinese, there is a good chance that it might not be long before he makes his return to English football anyway. Many would have felt that the Ireland Under-21 international would have remained in England, but with the volume of reports linking him to Udinese, it got to a point where there was only going to be one destination for him.