Manchsester United star Wayne Rooney has reportedly knocked a simply jaw dropping nine-figure deal to play in the Chinese Super League, to instead extend his career in the Premier League.
The Daily Mail has reported that Rooney rejected an offer to join former England boss Sven-Goran Erikkson at Shanghai SIPG.
TV pundit and football fan Piers Morgan recounted a conversation to the Daily Mail he had with Rooney about the offer.
“We talked about reports in the papers this week that he's been offered ridiculous sums of money to go and play in China for Shanghai, a team managed by Sven-Goran Eriksson,” Morgan said.
“'It's true,' he said.
“'How big a salary are we talking?'
“He then revealed a figure, based on a three-year deal, so stupendously, stratospherically gigantic that it did indeed make me feel instantly nauseous. (Without giving too much away, let's just say it included eight noughts ...) I literally gasped in horror, prompting him to add a final killer blow: ‘After tax!'”
