LESS than 24 hours after rejecting Everton's final contract offer, Tomasz Radzinski has stunned the club by urging Wayne Rooney to leave Goodison.
The 30-year-old Canadian (right) is on a collision course with manager David Moyes following an explosive interview with a national paper in which he claims:
* Wayne Rooney should leave Everton.
* Marcus Bent is not the man to save the Blues from a relegation battle next season.
* Indecisive management from Moyes has affected his form.
* He wants to leave Goodison.
He said: "I don't think it is a good place to be at the moment because next season we will be fighting another relegation battle when good players want to be testing and improving themselves by playing in Europe.
"It is not the best situation for Wayne or myself to be in right now. I want to be playing in a club in Europe or challenging for a European place while Wayne should be playing at a top club in the Champions League.
"Wayne has shown in Euro 2004 that he can play at the top level and I think he needs to move on to further and better himself.
"My feeling is that Wayne will definitely move on and I hope he will go somewhere where he can improve and grow as a player, and sadly I don't think that is Everton.
"Without building up your team it will be a struggle.
"We have lost a lot of players this season and yet we have only brought one in and I am afraid I don't think Marcus Bent will be able to stop us from struggling again next season."
Radzinski believes Rooney's performances for England in Euro 2004 are proof that the teenager from Croxteth must leave the Blues.
He adds: "He scored four great goals and was brilliant in Portugal so he showed he was ready and I think he will go on to greater things.
"He gives Everton an extra sparkle and I think he showed last month that he has got the ability to be a star at the top level."
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