Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will demand €14 million per season from his next employers should he, as expected, seal a move away from Old Trafford this summer, reports from Spain suggest.

Marca comments that the England international is seeking to become the highest-paid footballer in the world, and edge ahead of former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo in the salary table.

Rooney confirmed in a statement this week his intention to leave the English Premier League side, putting a number of high-profile European clubs on red alert, including Manchester City, Chelsea and Ronaldo’s Real Madrid.

Florentino Perez has made no secret in the past of his admiration for the 24-year-old, and discussed the possibility of bringing him to the Spanish capital during his first stint as los Blancos’ president.

However, Rooney’s exorbitant wage demands cloud the issue of whether Real Madrid would be willing to cause friction between the former colleagues by offering the former Everton attacker a superior salary to that of CR7.

Big-spending Manchester City remain the bookies’ favourites to land Rooney next summer should he fail to resolve his differences with the Red Devils and coach Sir Alex Ferguson.

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