WAYNE ROONEY has confirmed Derby hotshot Festy Ebosele will join Serie A side Udinese on a free transfer this summer.<\/p>\n
The cash-strapped Championship side have seen their squad ransacked in recent months.<\/p>\n
And a clearly frustrated Rooney has revealed the Rams are set to lose another top talent this summer.<\/p>\n
Ebosele, 19, has played 31 times for Derby in all competitions this season, scoring twice.<\/p>\n
Rooney has revealed the Irish right-back will join a 'team in Italy', with transfer guru Gianluca Di Marzio confirming Udinese are the club in question.<\/p>\n
Rooney said: "Festy Ebosele within the next week will sign for a team in Italy.<\/p>\n
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"I think there will be some announcement next week.<\/p>\n
"It is purely out of my control. I would have liked him to stay.<\/p>\n
"I spoke to him. I know he would have liked to have stayed.<\/p>\n
"But where we are at, I can't offer him anything, the club can't offer him anything."<\/p>\n