The problem with is there is a baddie who wont allow it to happen, the one and only Paul Streford who is his agent and trusted adviser. Stretford has been the target of death threats on Merseyside from Everton fans who blame him for persuading Rooney to leave the club he has supported since he was a child. Proactive said that they backed the decisions made by Stretford throughout the negotiations. "Wayne Rooney has been the subject of a great deal of speculation surrounding this transfer and much of it has been inaccurate and malicious in its content.
"Partly as a result, Paul Stretford and his family have received a number of threats from misguided individuals purporting to be football fans, details of which have been passed on to the police. We have to remember he is a money man and Manchester United paid football agent Paul Stretford up to £1.5m, the equivalent of over two years' wages for Wayne Rooney at Everton, for setting up the deal that saw the 18-year-old striker move to Old Trafford yesterday as the most expensive striker in English football. So he will be looking for a new payday for himself. We don't want this leech back at Finch Farm.