Man Utd ace Rooney attracts 500,000 Facebook friends in half-hour

Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney attracted 500,000 new Facebook friends in less than a half-hour with his relaunch on Friday.

Rooney, who first set up his page two weeks ago, sparked interest when he posted a short video welcome message, and then later a photograph of himself sitting on the couch with video game controller in hand, accompanied by the caption, "Just got home from training, now about to relax and play some FIFA. Looking forward to the game on Sunday!"

The rapid membership drive equated to 278 fans per second on Friday.

Roon is already on his way to hitting 600,000 friends today. He has more than 2.5m followers on Twitter.

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