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Rooney reveals the real reason he quit Everton for DC United

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Rooney has spoken about his move to the MLS [Photo: Courtesy]

Wayne Rooney has revealed he left Everton for America because he didn’t want to be a “dead weight”.

Rooney has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with DC United in the MLS after accepting he had no future on Merseyside at his boyhood club.

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