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Club ready to offer Manchester United star £700k-per-week deal

Wayne Rooney, the Manchester United skipper, will be offered a mouth-watering £700,000-per-week salary to leave the Premier League giants and head for China next summer.

Two Chinese clubs – Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Beijing Guoan – are both reportedly interested in signing Rooney, as they are looking to take Chinese football to the next level.

Rooney already on £300,000-a-week has two years left on his contract at United, but he could swap clubs in the summer.

Beijing Guoan held talks with Rooney’s agent, Paul Stretford, last summer, but the deal didn’t materialize as the England skipper wasn’t willing to leave Old Trafford.