26-07-2017, 11:28 AM
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Jose Mourinho claims he got “emotional” when Wayne Rooney ended his 13-year stay at Manchester United to re-join his boyhood club Everton.
The 31-year-old left United earlier this month as part of the deal that saw Romelu Lukaku move in the opposite direction.
Rooney was limited to just five goals in 25 Premier League appearances (15 starts) in Mourinho's first season in charge and assumed an increasingly peripheral role as the season progressed.
The United manager accepts it was in Rooney's best interests to move on in search of more regular playing time but insists the club were happy for him to stay.
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