Rooney for Ibiza ?

This week’s Sunday Times reports that Toni Lima, the technical director of S. D. Eivissa F. C., discussed a possible move to Ibiza with Wayne Rooney during a meeting last year.

This was followed this summer by Wayne’s well publicised visit to the island to attend a stag party – much to the glee of the local paparazzi, who were to be defied when Wayne decided to ‘stay home at the villa’ on the actual stag night? Other important business to attend to perhaps? – millionaires are usually very busy people…

Rooney’s current contract runs until 2012, which ties in neatly with Sir Alex’s recently declared intention to retire from Manchester United to manage the proposed GB Olympic team in London. Could it be that Rooney is planning for the post-Sir Alex period by retiring to Ibiza with his millions?

Local estate agents report no contact from either Rooney or Sir Alex, but are renowned for their almost Olympian respect for the privacy of their client’s.

In the meantime we learn that Lima has another meeting planned this week with Rooney in nearby Barcelona, when the latter plays for England against Andorra. Lima, who is also the captain of the Andorra side, saw his Eivissa team lose this weekend 3-0 to Soledad.

With Rooney up front it could have been a different story…