Wayne left Everton to further his football career. He is a brilliant footballer and the talent was thought to be wasted at Everton.
He is now a world class internation footballer with 2 Premier League Winners Medals, 1 Champions League winners medal and a Carling Cup Winners Medal.
And because he look like shrek .
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Wayne Rooney left Everton for Manchester United in the summer transfer market of 2004 for a reported fee of 25.6 million pounds, beating Newcastle's reported 20 million pound bid. This was also the highest ever sum payed for a player under 20 as he was 18 years old at the time.
Gary Speed played his final game for Everton on January 18, 1998. He was quoted by the Liverpool Echo as saying: "You know why I'm leaving, but I can't explain myself publicly because it would damage the good name of Everton Football Club and I'm not prepared to do that."