The game can be found via Rooney’s official page and also United’s, making it available to a global audience of 1.7 billion.
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For TV viewers in the United Kingdom, the game will also be shown on BT Sport 1, and kicks off at 8 p.m. BST (3 p.m. ET).
Wayne Rooney, the club captain believes that the player’s failure to nail down a first team spot in his earlier stint at Manchester United would be a major reason why he would like to join the club and assert his status as one of the best midfielders in the world.
“It will be the first time this will have happened and will hopefully raise awareness of the Foundation and increase donations”.
Jose Mourinho will also get his first taste of a game at Old Trafford as United manager following the Portuguese’s appointment at the 20-time English champions earlier this summer following Louis van Gaal’s sacking.
“Wayne Rooney is a lovely man, a family man”, says Ferguson in the game’s matchday programme.
“Wayne came in as a first-team player right away, even though he was only 18, and he’s gone on to play for Manchester United for 12 years, which is very hard in the present day”.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Scholes, in Rooney’s opinion, are the greatest players he’s featured with at United.
The England forward, 30, faces former club Everton for his testimonial on Wednesday, but he is targeting a trophy-laden future in the game, rather than considering retirement.
“I always think that great players can play in any era; Bobby Charlton would have been a great player today and Wayne Rooney would have been a great player back then”, Ferguson said.
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Wayne Rooney had the chance to play with his childhood hero Duncan Ferguson at Everton.
