Wayne Rooney Everton

The Croxteth-born star, now 37, and head coach of Major League Soccer outfit DC United in the USA, offered his damning verdict in a candid interview with Toffee ...

I left and took a lot of stick over leaving but I don't think the club were too innocent either.” I remember speaking with my agent and telling him that if they're going to sell me, I should have a say in where I go. “I don't want to go to Chelsea. When the [2003/04] season finished, the club had tried to do a deal with Chelsea for me, without me knowing. [Rooney](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/wayne-rooney) said: “It's mad how quick it changed. “I injured my foot at the Euros and went on holiday afterwards. But Rooney said: “From my point of view, ideally, I would have liked to have stayed for another year and see where we went from there. [Everton](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc).” [Bill Kenwright’s](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/bill-kenwright) mother coming on to the line, warning the Scot: “Don’t you dare steal my boy!”. For me to go in with [Duncan](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/duncan-ferguson) (Ferguson), Stubbsy (Alan Stubbs), all of them who have I grew up watching, to then go and play with them, train with them every day and play with them, and then so quickly, I remember thinking: ‘These are c***!’ [Football’s 'Mr Sleazebuster' who was a key ally of David Moyes' Everton team](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/footballs-mr-sleazebuster-who-key-25632740) [Toffee TV](https://toffeetvefc.com/).