Rooney becomes Man Utd highest ever paid player with new contract

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, has
committed his future to the club, by putting pen
to paper on a five-and-a-half deal, which will
make him the best-paid player in the club's
history. The England international will earn £300,000 a week
and would have spent 15 years at Old Trafford,
when the contract runs out in 2019. The new development brings to an end months of
speculation about Rooney's future, after former
coach Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that he had asked
to leave the club at the end of last season. These claims led to the striker being left out of the
squad for the last two games of Ferguson's reign. Rooney, 28, was also heavily linked with Chelsea,
Arsenal and PSG last summer, but has decided to
possibly end his career at United.