Everton striker Wayne Rooney is on the brink of signing for DC United.

The Liverpool Echo says Rooney could be confirmed as a DC United player as early as Monday claim reports.

And it is also believed that the former England captain has insisted on a clause which would allow him to return to Goodison Park at a later date to take up a coaching role.

Rooney, set to leave the Blues for a second time just 12 months after returning, has previously spoken of his desire to coach in the Everton academy when his playing career draws to a close.

It is a path his schoolboy idol Duncan Ferguson followed and earlier this year Rooney said: ''The main thing I want to have a go at is management, I would love to stay at Everton in a coaching role or hopefully manager one day."

The player still has to apply for a US visa to be able to play in the MLS, with a targeted debut at home on July 15th against the Vancouver Whitecaps.