Everton have agreed terms with DC United over the transfer of Wayne Rooney and the move is dependent on the player striking a deal with the MLS club.

With Everton planning for life after Rooney, it was telling that at their official unveiling yesterday, neither the new manager Marco Silva, nor the director of football Marcel Brands, made a play of trying to retain the 32-year-old.

Rather than mapping out a role for Rooney in a reshaped Everton squad, they spoke about him returning to the club in a coaching or ambassadorial role in the future. Rooney — who returned to his boyhood club last summer on a two-year contract — was unhappy to discover that Everton had made contact with DC United several weeks