“Once a Blue, always a Blue” - a saying that has been around for generations in the world of Everton, and very famously quoted by one of the Toffees’ greatest sons, Wayne Rooney.
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Now at the waning end of his glittering career, Everton have brought the player back home thirteen years on after selling him to Manchester United where he truly shone in the limelight and became one of England’s greatest footballers of all time.
Here is the timeline of all the events that have taken place in the build up to his return to Goodison Park.