
10 Most Expensive Teenagers Since Manchester United Broke Record On Wayne Rooney
By Our Reporter
It
is 14 years to the day since Wayne Rooney completed his record-breaking move
from Everton to Manchester United.
The
then-18-year-old moved for £26m, making him the most expensive teenager in
history, having just starred for England at Euro 2004.
Sir
Alex Ferguson admitted that he had to persuade the club to sanction such a move
for Rooney but he was immediately rewarded as his signing smashed in a
brilliant hattrick on his debut.
Gabriel Jesus
That
season ended with Rooney winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award - but
it was hardly the last silverware he'd get his hands on in a United shirt.
By
the time he left Old Trafford in 2017, Rooney had won five Premier League
titles, three League Cups, an FA Cup, a Europa League title, and the Champions
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