Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney handed in a transfer request in 2010 (Picture: Getty)Wayne Rooney admits he was ‘ready’ to leave Manchester United in 2010 and has revealed the three clubs he was close to joining. Jose Mourinho famously hoped to bring the Man United hero to Chelsea but Rooney says he could have also joined Spanish giants Barcelona or Real Madrid. ‘There was Real Madrid, Barcelona and the Man City thing keeps cropping up, but there was never the option for me to go there. ‘Ideally, I would have liked to have gone to Barcelona, but it was looking more likely to be Real Madrid than Barcelona. Rooney with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson (Picture: Getty)‘I was thinking I could have slotted in perfectly.

Source: Metro November 23, 2020 17:45 UTC