Wayne Rooney is days away from his first sport as Birmingham supervisor, however it may have all been so totally different if he’d adopted via with a profession change.
Except you have been dwelling beneath a rock, you will know all concerning the Manchester United and England legend being wrapped up in his spouse Coleen’s authorized battle with Rebekah Vardy.
Vardy, spouse of Leicester and former England striker, Jamie, was accused by Colleen of leaking non-public tales about her to The Solar in 2019.
Coleen’s iconic “It is …………Rebekah Vardy’s account” assertion on her X account, formally often called Twitter, took the world by storm, with a dramatisation on the saga even being launched since.
Vardy strongly disputed the claims and took Rooney to court docket for libel, however misplaced the Excessive Court docket battle final 12 months after the choose discovered Rooney’s claims to be ‘considerably true’.
However now, it seems Wayne Rooney was simply as obsessed as the remainder of us with Coleen and his former teammate’s spouse’s row, extra generally often called ‘Wagatha Christie’.
Disney +’s ‘Coleen Rooney: The Actual Wagatha Story’, which was launched this Wednesday, reveals the previous England captain thought of signing up for legislation faculty after going via the libel trial together with his spouse.
He attended day by day briefings together with his spouse’s attorneys and even prompt authorized arguments to make use of.
Within the docuseries, Coleen recalled having to chop her husband off on one event to permit her lawyer’s to offer recommendation, saying: “Wayne shut up and let David or Paul converse.”
“He was then going to use for legislation faculty and he had all these plans,” she added.
Lawyer Jamie Hurworth mentioned: “As soon as the day was completed we might have just a little debrief with Wayne and Coleen. I had not handled Wayne that a lot earlier than the trial. However he was simply fascinated by the entire thing.
“Wayne began suggesting, like, authorized arguments that we must always begin working.”
Rooney’s different lawyer, Paul Lunt, agreed his shopper’s husband was totally invested in the entire trial.
“I am not saying he’s a modern-day Columbo,” he mentioned. “However definitely had we now have given him a robe and a wig he was bang up for asking just a few questions.”
Rooney himself additionally admitted he was accomplished fascinated by the entire ordeal.
“Yeah, it was fascinating as a result of I do like crime documentaries and particularly the totally different strategies the 2 barristers used,” he mentioned.
Had he ditched soccer administration for legislation, who is aware of who would’ve been within the away dug out at Middlesbrough this weekend!