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Man Utd eye £50m Rooney as Real Madrid close in on Lukaku

Mourinho watches discretely from stands as Toffees ace scores at Man City.

Wayne Rooney playing for Manchester United
This is what Rooney would look like in a Man Utd shirt (Image: Pagina Web)

Manchester United are set to table a £50m offer for Everton’s Wayne Rooney as a replacement for the Real Madrid bound Romelu Lukaku.

Rooney continued his recent fine form with a goal against Manchester City last night as José Mourinho looked on discretely from the stands.

Meanwhile, Lukaku’s strike in the 4-0 win at Swansea took him over the performance threshold at which Real automatically bid for you.

With England star Rooney emerging as hot favourite to replace him, Everton boss Ronald Koeman is also on the lookout for fresh fire power.

Football Burp understands that the Dutchman has cast his eye over Francis Jeffers and one or two other players redolent of satire.

Elsewhere, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Everton are battling it out for Everton starlet Dominic Calvert-Lewin.