Wayne Rooney has revealed that he was being paid the equivalent of just $100 (at today’s rate) each week when he scored the famous goal against Arsenal that announced him to the world in 2002.
Rooney was aged 16 years and 360 days at the time, making him the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history. That record was broken by James Milner for Leeds United only two months later before another Everton youngster, James Vaughan, lowering it again in 2005.
