WAYNE ROONEY will have his testimonial streamed live on Facebook tonight.
The Old Trafford clash with Everton is the first all-Premier League meeting to be broadcast via the social media site.
And that means up to 1.7BILLION people can watch it from 7.30pm.
Wayne Rooney and Manchester United’s Facebook pages have almost 100million likes combined.
Proceeds will go to the Wayne Rooney Foundation.
Rooney, 30, said: “I am delighted that through this agreement with Facebook my testimonial game will be streamed globally.
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“It will hopefully raise awareness of the Foundation and increase donations.”
Boss Jose Mourinho described his skipper’s 12-year United stint as “simply incredible”.
He added: “Wayne has provided many memorable goals and performances in his time here and I am sure he will provide many more for United in the coming years.”
Meanwhile, Bastian Schweinsteiger could be thrown a lifeline back at Bayern Munich.
The midfielder has been told to train with the reserves and is one of nine players Mourinho has said can go out on loan.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: “Should he speak at some point about a desire to return, then we will discuss it with him.”
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