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Wayne Rooney voted the greatest transfer deadline day signing of all-time

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Updated 12:38 1 Sep 2022 GMT+1Published 11:22 1 Sep 2022 GMT+1

Wayne Rooney voted the greatest transfer deadline day signing of all-time

Wayne Rooney has been voted the greatest signing in the history of transfer deadline day.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Wayne Rooney has been voted the greatest transfer deadline day of all time in an online poll.

SPORTbible asked the question on social media to mark the final day of the transfer window, with a total of four options to choose from.

And Rooney's £26 million switch from Everton to Manchester United in 2004 was the winner by a comfortable margin.

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Image: Alamy

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The deal picked up 50.9% of the votes, beating Luis Suarez from Ajax to Liverpool - which garnered 27.4% of the votes cast.

In third place was the controversial double deal that saw Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano head to West Ham on the final day of the window in August 2006.

Completing the quartet was Chelsea's shrewd £16.8 million capture of Claude Makelele from Real Madrid, which accrued 5.2% of votes.

But fans were adamant that Rooney had to be the winner. He was just 18 at the time but already on his way to becoming a superstar after shining from England at Euro 2004.

Rooney went on to become United's record goalscorer with 253 goals in 559 appearances and also lifted 16 trophies during his tenure at Old Trafford, as well as captaining the side.

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United fended off the likes of Chelsea and Newcastle to secure Rooney's services and manager Sir Alex Ferguson admitted, "there were plenty of eyebrows raised" when he tried to convince the board to pay the highest ever fee for a player under 20.

It proved to be a masterstroke though and Rooney was an absolute revelation at United.

What do you think is the best transfer deadline day signing in history? Let us know in the comments section on our Facebook page.

Featured Image Credit: Image: Alamy

Topics: Wayne Rooney, Premier League, Luis Suarez, Carlos Tevez

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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