Pre-season Friendly
- Gor Mahia (Kenya) Vs Everton (England) – National Stadium, Dar es Salaam @ 5pm
Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has urged Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan to support Everton ahead of their friendly match against local club Gor Mahia on Thursday.
Rooney, who has rejoined Everton after 13 years at Manchester United was replying the Vice Presidents remarks on how the English captain made him support his former club till now.
Everton have been given a royal treatment since arrival in Tanzania, from being welcomed by excited fans donning branded T Shirts to a Maasai welcome in Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania’s Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan told BBC;
“Wayne Rooney made me support Manchester United and now I don’t know what to do because he has gone back to Everton.”
Rooney replied: “Being here, it has been a new experience for me and I hope the vice-president will now be able to support Everton. It’s great to be back at Everton and I hope for more success.”
Uganda Cranes International Godfrey Walusimbi is in the Gor Mahia squad to face Rooney and company.
The Everton Squad in Tanzania
Maarten Stekelenburg, Mateusz Hewelt, Chris Renshaw, Tom Davies, Phil Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Callum Connolly, Jonjoe Kenny, Michael Keane, Muhamed Besic, Leighton Baines, Morgan Schneiderlin, James McCarthy, Davy Klaassen, Gareth Barry, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Joe Williams, Kieran Dowell, Kevin Mirallas, Wayne Rooney, Aaron Lennon, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ademola Lookman, Matthew Pennington and Yannick Bolasie .
