Wayne Rooney's greatest goals, trophies and career highlights following his return to Everton from Manchester United

Scroll down for a look back at his best goals, highlights, trophies and statistics

The 'Once a Blue, always a Blue' T-shirt turned out not to be just a statement but a prophecy.

When Wayne Rooney hoisted up his Everton kit to reveal the message underneath, having scored in an FA Youth Cup tie against Aston Villa, it was viewed as a moment of teenage bravado.

No one realistically expected the academy graduate with such prodigious talent to have a long-term future at the club and when Manchester United and their millions came calling there was only ever going to be one outcome.

The T-shirt that Evertonians had so enjoyed became a stick to beat Rooney with and the love which he had once felt turned to anger and derision.

They are sentiments that even after 13 years will not dissipate easily as the return of the prodigal son - armed with England and Manchester United's all-time goalscoring records - has not been greeted with the resounding fanfare expected for such a homecoming.

A critical element of the fanbase argue that signing a player who turns 32 in October is a retrograde step as manager Ronald Koeman has spent the early part of the summer injecting his squad with younger, fresher blood to liven up an ageing squad.

The romantics, whose dreams started to grow two summers ago when Rooney briefly donned an Everton shirt again for Duncan Ferguson's testimonial at Goodison Park, see it as one last hurrah, the final piece in the jigsaw of cracking the top four.

What is clear is that Rooney - with a reported salary which is double that of any other player on the books - will not survive on sentimentality and he will have to deliver to a demanding audience.

Unwanted at United and with his international career on the wane (no pun intended) the striker can at least concentrate his efforts on boosting his boyhood club, using his vast experience to bring the best out of Koeman's young charges.

He returns, however, as a man expected to lead and inspire. Similar, but at the time unrealistic, expectations were placed on the 16-year-old shortly after he announced himself to the world in October 2002 with a superb late strike to help beat Arsenal 2-1.

Those continued following his £30million move to Old Trafford just two years later when Rooney marked his debut with a Champions League hat-trick against Fenerbahce.

He went on to back that up with 250 more goals in 559 United appearances, winning five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, three League Cups, the Europa League and the 2007-08 Champions League.

Trophies were harder to come by at international level but goals were not as he passed Sir Bobby Charlton's record on his way to 53 in 119 caps.

But his time at Old Trafford was not all plain sailing with a 2010 contract dispute, during which the unpalatable spectre of a move to Manchester City was threatened, may also have done lasting damage to his reputation among the club's fans.

Earlier this year Rooney felt it necessary to publicly express his commitment to the club amid speculation he would be tempted by the riches of the Chinese Super League as he spent more and more time on the sidelines.

He opted against a move to the Far East and instead has taken a considerably shorter trip west to a place he once called home.

Rooney's career trophies

Premier League (five): 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13

FA Cup: 2015-16

League Cup (three): 2005-06, 2009-10, 2016-17

Champions League: 2007-08

Europa League: 2016-17

Rooney's Greatest Goals for Manchester United

MANCHESTER UNITED 6 FENERBAHCE 2 (Champions League, September 28, 2004)

Rooney enjoyed a startling start to life at Old Trafford, launching himself into the footballing stratosphere with a debut hat-trick. Two fine first-half efforts were followed by a superb David Beckham-esque free-kick seven minutes after the break.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 NEWCASTLE 1 (Premier League, April 24, 2005)

Having fallen behind to a Darren Ambrose strike, Rooney inspired a comeback with an exceptional second-half volley. Meeting a headed clearance by Peter Ramage, the forward hit the sweetest of strikes beyond the helpless Shay Given.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 ARSENAL 0 (Premier League, April 9, 2006)

A goal that epitomised Rooney's touch, composure and striking ability. Taking down a superb left-wing cross from Mikael Silvestre with aplomb, he then showed his cutting edge to rifle home magnificently.

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Premier League, February 12, 2011)

A goal that will live long in the memory and go down as one of the finest strikes to light up the Manchester derby. Watching Nani's floated 77th-minute cross, Rooney leapt to send a sensational overhead kick past rooted City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

WEST HAM 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2 (Premier League, March 22, 2014)

In a goal similar in audacity and skill to Beckham's wonder strike at Wimbledon in 1996, Rooney fired home a breathtaking goal from 58 yards having out-muscled James Tomkins to turn and hit a half-volley over Adrian.

STOKE 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 (Premier League, January 21, 2017)

The history-making free-kick which made Rooney United's all-time record goalscorer. Deep into added time the captain whipped in an angled free-kick from just outside the penalty area with the ball arcing over a crowded penalty area and beating goalkeeper Lee Grant in his top left-hand corner.

Rooney's career highs and lows

HIGH - Becomes the most expensive British teenager by joining United in 2004 in a deal that eventually rises to £27million.

HIGH - Marks his United debut in September by scoring a hat-trick against Fenerbahce in the Champions League.

HIGH - Scores his first Premier League goal for United on his 19th birthday to help end Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten streak in the division.

HIGH - Goes on to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award for the first time.

LOW - Despite finishing as the team's top scorer, Rooney's debut campaign ends trophyless as his team finish third in the league and lose the FA Cup final on penalties.

LOW - Sent off in a Champions League draw at Villarreal after sarcastically clapping in the referee's face during a group stage United failed to get out of.

HIGH - Scores twice in the League Cup final victory over Wigan to claim his first winners' medal.

HIGH - Is once again chosen as the PFA Young Player of the Year by his peers.

LOW - Shoves United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and appears to stamp on Portugal's Ricardo Carvalho to be dismissed for England at the 2006 World Cup.

HIGH - Captains United for the first time in a Champions League encounter with FC Copenhagen.

HIGH - Wins his first league title in 2007, with a goal at Everton which Rooney celebrated by kissing the badge.

HIGH - Ends the 2007-08 campaign as both a Premier League and Champions League winner as United defeat Chelsea in Moscow.

LOW - Is substituted by boss Sir Alex Ferguson moments after kissing the United badge at Goodison Park following another round of heckling.

HIGH - Scores the only goal in the final as United win the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

HIGH - Helps United win a third straight Premier League title that sees them equal Liverpool's record of 18 championships.

HIGH - Reaches 100 goals for United five years after joining with a header against Wigan.

HIGH - Grabs 19 goals in the first three months of 2010, including four in one game against Hull and the winner in the League Cup final.

HIGH - Is named the PFA Players' Player of the Year for the first time having scored 34 times in the 2009-10 season.

LOW - Shortly after newspaper allegations into his private life are printed, Ferguson leaves Rooney out of a trip to Goodison Park.

LOW - Issues a statement confirming he will not sign a new deal at United and says he wants to leave the club in October 2010.

HIGH - Makes a U-turn just two days later and pens a new five-year extension with United.

HIGH - Scores arguably his best ever United goal in February 2011, an overhead kick in the Manchester derby to give United a 2-1 victory.

LOW - Misses United's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City, which they go on to lose, due to a Football Association ban meted out after he swore into a camera after scoring against West Ham.

HIGH - Wins his fourth Premier League title, and a record-breaking 19th for United, by scoring a penalty at Blackburn.

LOW - Two years after losing a Champions League final to Barcelona, United are defeated by the Spaniards again at that stage, despite Rooney scoring at Wembley.

HIGH - Scores back-to-back hat-tricks at the start of the 2011-12 season and goes beyond 150 goals for United in the process, during a season where he plunders 34 in total.

HIGH - Claims a fifth Premier League title winners' medal in 2012-13, which proves to be Ferguson's final one at the helm.

LOW - Rooney is left out of the squad for Ferguson's final fixture and the Scot confirms he has handed in a transfer request.

HIGH - Stays on at United under old Everton boss David Moyes and scores his 200th goal for the club in September 2013.

HIGH - Pens another contract extension, tying him to Old Trafford until the summer of 2019, though the club end the season without a trophy and Moyes pays the price.

HIGH - Moyes' replacement Louis van Gaal names Rooney as his new club captain.

LOW - Goes nine games without scoring before converting a contentiously won penalty in the FA Cup at Preston.

LOW - Another long goalless spell, this one lasting 10 games, is ended in style with a hat-trick against Club Brugge in the Champions League in August 2015.

HIGH - Skippers United to an FA Cup triumph, his first as a player, over Crystal Palace at Wembley in May 2016.

HIGH - Surpasses Sir Bobby Charlton as United's all-time record scorer by coming off the bench to net against Stoke in January 2017.

LOW - Ends the 2016-17 season having scored just eight times, his lowest ever return for United.

Rooney's career in numbers

559 - Number of appearances across all competitions Rooney made in a United shirt across his 13 seasons with the club.

253 - Number of times he scored for the Red Devils, making him the club's all-time leading goalscorer.

119 - Appearances for England, making him the Three Lions' most capped outfield player of all time.

71 - Number of league and cup games Rooney played for the Toffees prior to his move to Old Trafford, in which time he managed to score 15 goals.

53 - International goals, making him the top-scoring England player of all time.

27 - The highest tally of goals scored by Rooney in a single Premier League season (2011-12) and also the number of penalties he converted for the Manchester giants.

16 - Rooney was 16 years and 360 days old when he netted his first Premier League goal in October 2002 to help Everton beat Arsenal, making him the youngest Premier League goalscorer at the time.

12 - Number of major honours he won with the Red Devils (five Premier League titles, three League Cups, one FA Cup, one Champions League title, one Europa League win and one FIFA Club World Cup)

9 - Number of spot-kicks Rooney failed to convert for United. Despite those misses, his side went onto win all nine of those games.

8 - Number of hat-tricks Rooney recorded for United.

5 - The lowest number of Premier League goals Rooney netted in a single league campaign (2016-17).