[Wayne Rooney] "If Manchester United hadn't come in, I would have gone to Newcastle. My agent's best mate was chairman at Newcastle at the time. In true Bobby Robson style, on the phone he called ...

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Original Title: [Wayne Rooney] “If Manchester United hadn’t come in, I would have gone to Newcastle. My agent’s best mate was chairman at Newcastle at the time. In true Bobby Robson style, on the phone he called me ‘Mark’. I thought he had either forgotten my name or he was a genius - because that’s my middle name”