Wayne Rooney’s return to Goodison Park has caught a lot of media attention. He has gone back to his boyhood club after the Toffees sold Romelu Lukaku on to Manchester United. While Rooney’s return to Goodison Park will delight the player, there is going to be pressure on him to perform and after only netting five league goals for Manchester United last season, Rooney will have to work hard to rediscover his scoring touch.
It may very well be that Rooney ends up being second fiddle up front to whoever the Toffees go out and spend money on to replace Lukaku. Bet365 have quoted 6/4 on Rooney to score a goal against Manchester United next season in the Premier League bit he is an odds on price of 8/11 with the bookmaker to score less than nine league goals this season. He is 11/10 to over that mark. As a teenager with Everton, he scored only 17 goals in 77 appearances for them in the league so wasn’t prolific for the club.
Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud has been touted as a potential replacement for Lukaku and it could end up being the case that much like last season, Rooney finds himself on the bench a lot. Giroud is as short as 5/4 to join the Toffees in the summer with the Gunners making a bid for Alexandre Lacazette. But going back to Rooney, he brings precious experience and leadership to the Toffees who have been on a bit of a spending spree this season.
Rooney could make his debut in Everton’s home match against Stoke on the opening weekend of the 2017/18 Premier League season and he’s a price of 7/4 to net in the game. The other question is, will the move boost Rooney’s chance of getting back to the international scene? Certainly more games would help him out and he is 3/1 to be with England at the World Cup 2018 next summer in Russia. Bet365 have him at 100/1 to be the Premier League top scorer next season.
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