Rooney arrived when Gascoigne was posing for pictures with former team-mates David Unsworth and Duncan Ferguson, and the two laughed as the ex-England skipper handed Gazza the £40 he owed from 18 years ago.
When @Paul_Gascoigne8 meets @WayneRooney to collect his £40 thanks to @PJags06 for having some pull 😂 pic.twitter.com/8jzjXfW9FC
— Shane Whitfield (@Shanewh1tfield) March 2, 2018
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By the time Roney debuted at Merseyside at just 16 years old, the 50-year-old Gascoigne had already left for Burnley, but several years earlier, he had given the youngster some beer money.
🔵 | A special guest at USM Finch Farm today…@Paul_Gascoigne8 back at #EFC and catching up with @WayneRooney, who would make his debut just months after Gazza left.
— Everton (@Everton) March 2, 2018
Interview 👉🏼 https://t.co/Uvk6d07IRh pic.twitter.com/FCOzBi9mmt
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It's not clear how satisfied Gascoigne was with the arrangement, because in a 2015 interview, while praising Wayne's talent he did say: "He's never given the £40 back so the interest is about £1.2 billion now!"