<P> Rooney submitted a transfer request in August 2004 , despite Everton having made a new contract offer valued at £ 50,000 per week . Everton then rejected a bid of £ 20 million from Newcastle , and ultimately signed for Manchester United at the end of the month after a £ 25.6 million deal was reached . It was the highest fee ever paid for a player under 20 years old ; Rooney was still only 18 when he left Everton . Sir Alex Ferguson , then manager of United , said that `` There were plenty of eyebrows raised '' when he persuaded the club 's board of directors to sanction `` a multi-million pound '' move to try to sign Rooney from Everton . </P>
<P> Rooney submitted a transfer request in August 2004 , despite Everton having made a new contract offer valued at £ 50,000 per week . Everton then rejected a bid of £ 20 million from Newcastle , and ultimately signed for Manchester United at the end of the month after a £ 25.6 million deal was reached . It was the highest fee ever paid for a player under 20 years old ; Rooney was still only 18 when he left Everton . Sir Alex Ferguson , then manager of United , said that `` There were plenty of eyebrows raised '' when he persuaded the club 's board of directors to sanction `` a multi-million pound '' move to try to sign Rooney from Everton . </P>
when did wayne rooney sign for man utd
when did wayne rooney sign for man utd
August 2004
August 2004