Sure you don't want to keep this one, Wayne? Rooney appears to offer shirt swap after Manchester United beat Reading... but why did George Evans turn him down?
- Wayne Rooney became Manchester United's joint all-time top goalscorer after scoring his 249th goal for the club in the FA Cup third round win over Reading
- Cameras caught footage of Rooney offering his shirt to George Evans at full-time
- The Reading midfielder appears to ignore Rooney's offer before walking away
- But Evans later swapped shirts with the Manchester United captain in the tunnel
Wayne Rooney wrote his name into more history books on Saturday afternoon by scoring his 249th goal for Manchester United, thus equalling the all-time record held by Sir Bobby Charlton.
His goal against Reading may have been scrappy — it went in off his knee — but it is surely one the Manchester United and England captain will remember for years to come.
And it goes without saying the shirt he wore when he matched the record would be a treasured relic. Try telling that to Reading midfielder George Evans, who appeared to reject the chance to own an item any Manchester United fan would love to own.
Wayne Rooney goes to remove his shirt after shaking hands with Reading's George Evans
The former Manchester City player turns and gives Rooney a blank look in response
Evans, who had just been part of a 4-0 humbling in front of a capacity crowd at Old Trafford, shook hands with Rooney, who then appeared to start removing his shirt to swap.
The former Manchester City player then turns, gives Rooney what appears to be a funny look, and walks on. Snubbed.
Or was he? Evans later tweeted that he had in fact agreed to swap shirts with Rooney, but wanted to wait until they were in the confines of the Old Trafford tunnel to do it out of respect for Reading's disappointed fans.
He wrote: 'To clear up I asked to exchange shirts in the tunnel due to a disappointing day!! Congratulations on your record @WayneRooney.'
Then again, Rooney may yet ask for it back. After all, it is not every day that you become the joint top scorer for one of the biggest football clubs in the world.
Evans turns away with Rooney's offer to swap his record-equalling shirt seemingly ignored
Rooney walks on with his Manchester United shirt still very much on his back
Evans later tweeted photographic evidence that he had in fact accepted Rooney's shirt
On breaking the record, Rooney told BT Sport: 'It's a proud moment to do so at such a massive club like.
'I'm hugely honoured to be able to play for this football club but to be up there in terms of goals with Sir Bobby, it's a really proud moment for me and hopefully I'll be out there on my own soon. But I'll enjoy today because it's a real honour.'
It goes without saying that Rooney will eventually vault over the club legend and, when he does, perhaps there is a space on his wall reserved for the shirt he is wearing on that fateful day.
Rooney scored his 249th goal for Manchester United during the 4-0 FA Cup win over Reading
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