Striker Breaks Club Contract Record. Earns 300k A Week

Manchester United has awarded Wayne Rooney the most expensive long-term contract in the club’s history after the striker agreed a new five-and-a-half-year contract worth up to £300,000 a week.

The 28-year-old England international has extend his current contract by four years, tying him to the club until June 2019.

His old deal, which would have expired next year, paid up to £250,000 a week.

Speaking at a United news conference on Friday, manager David Moyes said: “As soon as we have the information to give you, we will give you it.

“Everyone knows how important a player he is. He is a terrific football player and if we can get it done it will be great.”

Rooney had looked set to leave Old Trafford last summer after former United manager Alex Ferguson claimed ha had asked for a transfer-something the player denied.

Meanwhile, the England forward has expressed confident in the team’s remaining Premier League matches saying, good times are ahead for the reigning champions after signing the new contract, despite a somewhat stuttering start to life under new manager David Moyes.

The 28-year-old said he was thrilled to sign the.

He told his own website: “Yes I’m very happy to have signed a new long-term contract with Manchester United.

“This is one of the biggest clubs in the world and to know that I will be playing here for the majority of my career is something that I’m looking forward to.

“I’m happy that everything is now finalised and I can carry on concentrating on my football.”

The deal took a while to negotiate and Rooney joked: “If you believe everything you read in the papers that’s because I have been demanding to be captain and want an input into the club’s transfer policy, which is totally laughable and of course untrue.

“The talks have taken a while but that’s not unusual. It’s been a difficult time for the club and there has been a lot going on but the talks were positive from the start.

“Most importantly, the fans have always supported me since I joined the club, through the good times and the bad times. They continued this support whilst the talks have been going on and I can’t thank them enough.”Wayne Rooney