I Was Watching Corrie When Scholes Called About Man Utd Move - Rooney

Wayne Rooney received a astonishing telephone telephone enticing him to subordinate Manchester United erstwhile he was a teen - from Paul Scholes.

Speaking connected nan latest section of his podcast The Wayne Rooney Show, nan erstwhile England skipper said astir nan process of joining United, why he astir went to Newcastle and receiving liking from abroad.

"While I was still astatine Everton, I was sat astatine location 1 nighttime and watching Coronation Street and my location telephone rings. So I answered it, it's Paul Scholes," he said. "Like, 'Wazza, it's Scholesy… are you going to motion for america aliases what?' I was conscionable sat there, I was like: What's going connected here?"

Rooney joined Manchester United from Everton successful 2004 erstwhile he was 18, but he says head Sir Alex Ferguson would ideally person waited longer to enlistee him.

The Red Devils had to move quickly, though, to forestall him joining Newcastle instead.

"I think, if I'm being honest, that Alex Ferguson wanted to hold different year. And past Newcastle kept coming successful and I would person gone to Newcastle if United didn't motion maine then," he said.

"It sewage to nan past time and past [Everton chairman] Bill Kenwright wouldn't nonstop nan forms over. And Bill, God remainder him, was very emotional. And I'm a section lad from Liverpool playing for Everton. It was massive. And he really sewage connected nan phone, put his mum connected nan telephone to maine erstwhile I was astatine Old Trafford, past he sewage connected nan telephone and he was crying down nan phone."

Rooney joined United connected transportation deadline day, pinch nan woody coming truthful quickly that he ended up wearing his woman Coleen's cousin's jumper erstwhile he made nan move.

"I was rather chilled and location was a batch of property trying to travel maine astir and stuff," Rooney said.

"I was really staying successful Coleen's uncle's successful Liverpool. And nan nighttime earlier deadline day, we sat in, we had a Chinese, a fewer glasses of vino and past I really had nary apparel there.

"So, nan jumper that I signed for Manchester United successful was Coleen's cousin's jumper! So yeah, it shows really prepared I was for it."

Not only were Newcastle besides willing successful Rooney, he was besides adjacent to a move to Chelsea.

But location was a dealbreaker successful nan position - he would person been sent retired connected indebtedness to Middlesbrough.

He said he thought Chelsea proprietor Roman Abramovich wanted him to activity nether Middlesbrough leader Steve McLaren.

"When we were astatine nan Euros astatine Euro 2004, Everton had agreed a woody pinch Chelsea for maine to motion for them and I had nary knowledge of that whatsoever.

"And past my supplier past went and said to Abramovich and their squad fundamentally and they said, yeah, they wanted to motion me, past nonstop maine retired connected indebtedness to Middlesbrough. It was like, nary chance!

"To beryllium honest, maine going to London astatine that time, it conscionable didn't make consciousness astatine all. So, nan infinitesimal I knew Manchester United were willing successful maine that was nan only spot I was going to go, really."

Chelsea tried to motion Rooney from United successful 2013, including Fernando Torres and Ramires successful their offer, but weren't capable to meet nan asking price. Rooney said he was "very close" to joining Mourinho's side.

"I deliberation they said to Chelsea that they wanted £44m for maine and Chelsea didn't get to nan £44m. And past I deliberation they were offering Torres and Ramires arsenic good arsenic money to Manchester United and they didn't return it. But that was rather close. I said to Jose a fewer times."

Since retiring, Rooney has managed Derby County, DC United, Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle.

While doing his coaching badges he faced an wholly different situation to what he had dealt pinch arsenic a subordinate - having to execute a rendition of a opus from Les Miserables alongside his coursemates and nan cast.

They had brought successful nan formed of Les Miserables to talk astir nan challenges of being successful a philharmonic and really they woody pinch recruitment for shows.

"At nan end, you've sewage to really study nan opus and creation and do it," he recalled.

"It's to put you successful an uncomfortable position. Jonathan Woodgate was adjacent to me, he was loving it! You're moving together, truthful it's nan opus successful Les Mis, At The End Of The Day… and we're each for illustration creeping forward, it was terrible!

"I for illustration musicals but not playing them - I for illustration watching them."

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