EVERTON’S new director of football and manager spoke to the media Monday and Wayne Rooney was at the center of the questions.

Director of football Marcel Brands and manager Marco Silva both confirmed that Rooney, 32, is in talks with D.C. United about moving to Major League Soccer (MLS).

“There’s a possibility he will leave. He is talking with D.C., that is not a secret,” Brands confirmed. “We will talk with him and if this is a move he wants to make in the next step of his career, like a lot of big, big players do and did in the past, to go to MLS, then I hope he will return when he’s finished there because he is still a legend in this club.”(SD-Agencies)