EXCLUSIVE: Wayne Rooney to be handed the No.23 shirt at Chelsea. WAYNE ROONEY is set to wear the iconic No.23 shirt if he joins Chelsea. Wayne Rooney continues to be linked with a £25m move to Chelsea With Juan Mata sporting No.10, which Rooney wears for Manchester United and England, the available number with most commercial appeal is 23. It was made famous by US basketball star Michael Jordan. But it shot to prominence in football in 2003 when David Beckham chose it at Real Madrid after missing out on the No.7 he wore at Manchester United. The No.23 became available at Stamford Bridge in January when striker Daniel Sturridge was sold to Liverpool. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is playing a waiting game over Rooney as he remains confident the striker will be his player before the transfer window closes. Mourinho has not made a follow-up offer to the £20m bid rejected by United 10 days ago. Chelsea finished the Far East leg oftheir pre- season tour with an 8-1 win “We have made that bid, which was public and official, and after that nothing else,” Mourinho said in Jakarta yesterday. “But we are calm because we are happy with what we have.” Chelsea finished the Far East leg oftheir pre- season tour with an 8-1 thumping of the BNI Indonesia All Stars team. Eden Hazard, with a penalty, Ramires, Demba Ba and John Terry made it four before the break. Soon after the restart Bertrand Traore scored his second goal of the tour to show why Mourinho isso keen to retain the services of the 17-year-old Burkina Faso trialist. Romelu Lukaku netted either side of Ramires’ second, taking his tour tally to four.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:26:47 +0000
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