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Posted by Mark Payne on 09/07/2010

So, surprise surprise, Wayne Rooney can add his name to the list of men that have cheated on their wives. I have absolutely no doubt that this is none of my business. Yet this story is being waved in my face as if it is conclusive proof of this existence of God.

In no way can I condone the actions of Mr. Rooney etc., but this really is not of grand importance in terms of what happens at our football club. What is crucial to Manchester United isn't it the papers this week.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Wayne Rooney!
Wife Cheat!
Whisper, whisper, keep it quiet.
News of the World – Blight on society.

We live in a deeply flawed world if the newspaper responsible for the illegal phone-tapping of members of parliament and the royal family is allowed to blackmail the country’s best footballer in the year of a World Cup.

We’ll have a look at some facts about the Rooney story that are being skirted over. Firstly, whilst the alleged affair was taking place he was playing like a demon for the team. He has been in a dip of form for 6 months now, including an atrocious World Cup, and that period of time dovetails precisely with the period the News of the World were threatening to publish the story.

That’s right kids, the newspaper which is now subject to a parliamentary inquiry about phone taps was threatening the national side’s best player in World Cup year. Once again, I cannot defend the actions of Mr. Rooney. However, I suspect that if your marriage was under threat from hysterical national scrutiny through the media, you had just had your first young child and the nation had pinned his hopes upon your shoulders - you could be forgiven for having a tough day at the office.

Prior to the 2006 World Cup Sven Goran Eriksson was tricked and filmed into giving some fairly honest opinions on his squad by an English newspaper. Want to guess which one it was? Eriksson was booted firmly and politely out of the door.

It has emerged quietly this week that Murdoch newspapers have a worrying level of influence over Her Majesty’s Metropolitan Police. It has been reported that a Home Office inquiry into the police’s investigation would have ‘offended the Met’.
What? The Police would have been upset if the country’s newspapers were open to honest investigation of illegal activity?

The UK's most wanted Criminals?

That doesn’t sound right to me at all. Instead, the whole world is lining up to condemn Rooney, Terry et al for being terrible human beings. With no disrespect to the readers of this column I highly doubt any of you are free from sin. The difference is that our lives our not splashed across the newspapers adding to the totals of emotional misery in this imperfect world.

Who is being brought to account here? Andy Coulson’s career is in severe jeopardy, and he will soon join the annals of well-known scapegoats. Fabio Capello, a man with an impeccable management record is now being portrayed as a clown and Rooney a lecherous working-class beast. Rupert Murdoch reclines somewhere on a chaise-lounge and sips another cognac.

Meanwhile in Manchester, millions of pounds of fan’s money is being used to subsidise the debts of American businessmen. Meanwhile in Africa, people are starving to death by the minute.
Wayne Rooney! Wife Cheat!
Do me a bloody favour.

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Comments

Posted by Henry Nicks Kizito on 09/07/2010

Most of us make mistakes in our marriages. Some times we are never caught, and other times we are just forgiven and life continues. Wayne is still a young man, he's a human being, though a married man. He's bound to make a few mistakes here and there. It's very absurd that we're so quick to castigate him, even without understanding the real circumstances under which it happened. besides, they're still allegations. Give chance to the Rooneys to sort themselves out.

Posted by Kirk on 09/07/2010

Well said Mark.
While I do not condone what Rooney has done if proven correct, it is sad to see what the English Press does in order to sell papers.
I am not from England but has been following English Football since 1962 and quite honestly am very disappointed with the whole aspect of English Media Coverage. I am hoping that if any laws were broken in order to get this story, that the guilty persons are dealt with appropiately. My opinion of these stories, Rooney, Cole and Terry, is that it is personal, and should not have any bearing on whether they should or shouldn't be included in any Football Team, for Country or Club. What matters really is their performance on the pitch and as long as a player is performing, he should be included.
It is sad to see how the media and fans (WC Booing) treat their players. When supporting your Team,(especially when loosing)that is the time that the Team needs to be encouraged. No player likes to or tries to play poorly.
Manu 4 ever

Posted by jocca on 09/07/2010

What Z FUCK is this

Posted by Ecks on 09/07/2010

That is one righteous rant. Journalists with a sense of perspective are not mythical creatures, this post is proof..

Posted by Oniyangi lukman on 09/07/2010

Let dis guy call rooney 2b..nobody is a saint..we all make mistake @something...and that's it own dark side.we can nt crusify him all in d name of sleeping wit a prostitute...all d news papers ar all out 2make money.i can't believe english press ar doing dis 2there finest player...it's a pity....shame on englis media.

Posted by Raizzen on 09/07/2010

Am just scared for Rooney. He's slowly finding his feet again in the game and now this shit has hit the fan. I'm afraid that he'll never turn into what promising player he is. A player that would never reach his true potential.

All thanx to English media. First, you over-hype the guy which isn't very good at all, because regardless of who he is, he's still a young man. Then when he didn't perform, you castrate him as soon as you get the chance.

You might have just killed off one of your best talent for a long time to come.

Posted by aussiered on 09/07/2010

For as long as dogs sleep in kennels piss on the floorthen there will be a need for gutter journos,
Strange thing is though how come no one has ever exposed the lives of the newspaper editors and puss weeping excuses that dig up the stories. Im sure that they dont live their lives in the manner they expect everyone else too. I couldnt give a hoot what Rooney gets up to he is just a bloke with a talent that i dont possess. And that is all I want to know. Maybe we should do a newspaper burn and send the ash back to the editors.

Posted by Jude Okeke on 09/07/2010

Mr. Rooney's mistakes or what so ever does not concern his football business.

Posted by Bhavadasan Unni on 09/07/2010

Rooney is a terriffic footballer. As for his other hobbies,it is none of any one's business.

Posted by Byron on 09/07/2010

Well, I think we can take all the stories with a pinch of salt.

Know where I go to for actual truth now? FHM!
The UK newspapers reported Terry's infidelity as FACT. Yet, this month, FHM have an interview with Vanessa Peroncel (who's name I wouldn't know otherwise) an in a PROPER INTERVIEW, she states quite clearly that nothing happened.

As a United fan, I can't stand John Terry, but that's a footballing thing. If he didn't do anything, then he shouldn't have been stripped of the England captaincy because the newspapers lost their heads.

Now it's happening all over again - to the best talent British football has seen since Keegan - somebody save us!!!

Posted by mogogoma m on 09/07/2010

i dnt knw wht to say,but normally whr thr's smoke thr's fire.ppl we shld knw the differenc btwn wrng & rite b4 we cn start critisizing the media.think abt hw a poor wife z feeling after being promisd so mch by her husband!izt fair?or mayb thr s more to marriage thn jz luv.dnt protect rooney as a footbalr bt do that as a husband & father.iz rily sad to see hw sportsmen r living their private lives.woods,cole et al,u shld knw the meaning of tru love.whts goin on with the world.this papers r duin a gr8 job.cheating yr wife z no joke.its painfl.

Posted by Nobody on 09/07/2010

wAZZA face the music. You were caught with your hand in the cooking jar.

Posted by Bishop on 09/07/2010

well,i think Jesus came to redeemed us all from sin and if this is happening then they still have another chance.What happen if Jesus said he will not die for our sins.There is no one who has never sin but what will fail to understand is that a sin is a sin and the mistake most of us do is trying to categorise sin.He has cheated on his wife let's read 1 cor.10:13.IF the wife can still forgive him then we should not pass judgement and vengence belongs to GOd.Thanks Man U fan.

Posted by John French on 09/07/2010

Mark, I recall comments such as "I am not going to argue that United’s players go home every night to polish their halos, but if Chelsea’s title campaign is distracted by the shenanigans of Cole and co. there will not be great mourning in the religious community methinks." Now it seems like you are getting your knickers in a twist because the same thing is happening to Saint Rooney. I am a Chelsea fan but do not think a whole lot of JT, Rooney or Gerrard nor a long list of other players who are clearly reprehensible characters of the highest order. The funny thing is I would cite Rooney as the worst of them all. At least the others pay lip service to their fans. Rooney showed at the WC exactly what he thinks of the people who made him filthly rich. I hope the away fans give him what Ashley Cole endures week in week out (I suspect simply because he's flash and black) and see how he copes. Not well I suspect but he is stuck here as no foreign club in their right mind would go near him.

Posted by Ibrahim S Kamara on 09/08/2010

Every man is a sinner and Wyne is not perfect so no reason to castigate him for this .Stay focused guy and score more goals for country and club.Respct yah!

Posted by Sriram on 09/08/2010

Well, protest against damn newspapers. Burn stores that sell these shitty papers. At least stop buying for if you dont right now, in 5 years time no one will want to play football in England because football would be moved to hollywood and would be telecasted as monday night drama.

Posted by rich on 09/08/2010

So Wayne can't go for a ride on the village bicycle and still be adored by the world as a footballing saint? Sounds about right to me. Granny shagger.

Posted by jimmy floyd on 09/08/2010

rooney vs. coleen, dragging on and on for at least this season
giggs retiring to manage wales
bebe is a 7.5 millions dud

NICE!

Posted by Ibrahim S Kamara on 09/08/2010

Every man is a sinner and Wyne is not perfect so no reason to castigate him for this .Stay focused guy and score more goals for country and club.Respct yah!

Posted by TheJepit on 09/08/2010

Whatever Rooney does on the side, its okay as long as he scores on the pitch as well.
I am not bothered.

Posted by KAI on 09/08/2010

I dont give a shit if Rooney screws turtle as long as Man Utd is winning. It happens all the time anyway.

Posted by Mikey on 09/08/2010

I'm waiting to see what Sir Alex does about all of this. Considering he wants all of his players to live like Scholes... Funny tho, Scholes is a far better footballer than all of these Tabloid Trotters, but the muddiest headlines he ever generated were for his tackles.. what's going on?

Posted by Gentlejoe on 09/08/2010

Please do not post comments here if you know you re not yet married. if you re,you are only qualified to post a comment here if you have not cheated on your wife in one way or the other.Lets be frank,we all have,Ronney should be left alone..........

Posted by KAI on 09/08/2010

Its in a man's nature to stray. No man would say no to a beautiful seductress throwing herself at them. Cant blame Wayne since Colleen is no where near as hot as Jenny.. The only prob with Wayne is he's a famous person and there no one he can blame for not being careful about it... For starters, I'd use a disguise if i were him... or maybe a body double..

Posted by KAI on 09/08/2010

By the way, Rooney is a exception within his team. Like some sort of a bad egg coz most of the Man Utd players like Ryan, Paul, Edwin, Ji-Sung, Antonio, Dimitar, etc are definitely decent, nice, healthy, just neighbourly people im sure..

Posted by Cassanova on 09/08/2010

I dont understand whats the big deal of this damn story about men visiting prostitutes.

You spend a night with them do your thing, and next day you go separate ways and forget about them. Its not like its anything serious going on.. You dont have to know their name.. Its just like buying a pint at the bar. You pay, you enjoy the drink and you leave.

The great love story of men and their many lover has been retold over and over again over centuries but women still marry us. There you go! Theres no changing of our ways, thats just how we men are.

Posted by mural on 09/08/2010

john terry is a whore, hes a fccking animal. bloody faggot

Posted by Aaron Hunt on 09/08/2010

Colleen should forgive him and let him back otherwise UK divorce rates will shoot up, since Colleen is such a role model for aspiring WAGS wannabes...

Posted by Jeremy on 09/08/2010

If this were the Middle Ages, the big mouth would already have her throat slit open and left to die by the streets by now...

Posted by John M on 09/08/2010

So far its all comments made by men here... "oh its a mistake", äll men are sinners"", "wayne's not perfect", "we all make mistakes", "...cast the first stone", etc...

i bet seeing all that, the ladies would have something to say how about some comments from the ladies please...

Posted by Yombo on 09/08/2010

Cast your mind back and ask yourself
"If I was earning £150k per week @ the age of 23/24, would I be as white as snow?"
I doubt it!
"Let he that has no sin cast the first stone"

Posted by sunkanmi on 09/08/2010

good job mark,but i think there is need 4 us to hear from his wife n is high time the english press realize they are destroying homes a young home 4 that matter.wish rooney all the best

Posted by dubbs on 09/08/2010

The real story here:

Whatever happened to professionalism? A 1200 quid a pop whore sellimg "her" story. Did she really moralize about poor Colleen? I'm shocked at her lack of decorum! Dirty, dirty money. I for one, shall never use her services again!!!

Posted by Adam J.S on 09/08/2010

Those from English Press are very bad for how they usually act. We only concern about Rooney's football. We should leave his private life alone. One's private life is none of the fucking business of English Media. Stupid!!!!!

Posted by M P Rai on 09/08/2010

ermm whats happening?

Posted by Baraka Kwazilula on 09/08/2010

Isn't it so interesting we condone the bad behaviour of our players, even when it brings the club to disrepute.

We all demonstrate empathy to such behaviour by stating after all the players are only human, they don't have any other source to spend their high salaries etc.

What a load of BULL! Players should know that they are role models to many, and as such should be held to an even higher standard. It is outrageous that players like Ashley Cole, John Terry and now Rooney get away with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

If I were Alex Ferguson or Capello, Rooney et all, would not be playing for at least 3 months! Yeah, I know you will probably mutter - thank God you aren't the coach, but discpline off the field is as important as on it.

This unruly behaviour is as close to bing drinking, as it mentally affects the performance of a player on the pitch. Before this week, Rooney didn't score on the pitch, while he was scoring off it!

An absolute utter disgrace!

Posted by Gabriel Makokha on 09/08/2010

Congats!Rooney.We love u and keep on scoring for us.I personally I am not bothered with what they gossip and hop u too.For English Press,plse don't play a role of spoilling the names of English players plse,plse....!!

Posted by Duncannopants on 09/08/2010

In all honesty, it's nobody's business what goes on behind other peoples' closed doors.

So Wayne got about a bit -- he's not the first, won't be the last.

For all the people reading and commenting here I have a few questions:

1. Have you any idea what the Rooneys' marriage was like? Really, when it comes down to it, was it good, bad...you can say it must have been good -- who couldn't be happy on 150k a week. But that's the thing about money...there's always more of it out there to make you unhappy.
2. People don't only stray for sex. Prostitutes NEVER get paid for sex. Sure, they do that, but they get paid for discretion and silence.
3. Why should a footballer be held to a higher moral standard than a factory worker? Everyone is a role model to someone.
4. Like Mark says -- let's consider the source: a disreputable newspaper and a woman who has been paid multiple times by different publications for her story. No incentive to embellish there...

Posted by charles 007 on 09/08/2010

well who are we to judge other man i think we need clip the wings of the newspapers who go all out to disreagrd the consequences in the name of making money and new gossip , i wonder if the reporter has never visirted the whoe house and see if we can make the same headlines about the reputation they leave the pple alone and write about the good of the gamer rather then breaking an early marrige with all this rubbish go Rooney well done for your contribution to good of the game

Posted by Unacceptable on 09/08/2010

Article, good. Comments, disgraceful.

I can't believe the justification that all men stray, or who could resist all that temptation? When you marry somebody, you make the commitment and anything short of that makes you less of a man. Plain and simple. If you've strayed on your wife, you don't respect yourself or your wife. It's preposterous to justify something that you took an oath and promise not to do. It is not human nature to stray; it's a dog thing to do and you should live with the shame.

A mistake is when I type a word wrong on the keyboard. It is not knowingly being with another woman while your wife is at home. Some of you guys need some perspective.

Posted by Goldenobasi on 09/08/2010

Rooney must get punished for his sins. I don't care whether he is prolific or not. ''No sin shall go unpunished''.My kids watch him play and idolize him.That's my concern.

Posted by puna danjuma on 09/08/2010

if at all rooney cheated, den its too bad considering d fact that his wife is expectin.imagine the trauma d poor woman must be passin thru just 4 a rough tumble in the sheets with the wrong woman and a foolish moment of wrong judgement.men will still be the boys that they are with no common sense. but who says common sense is common anyway?

Posted by Duncannopants on 09/08/2010

To all the people who are concerned that Rooney's behavior sets a bad example for their kids...

...what on earth makes you think that your kids will put 2 and 2 together and get an answer that makes it okay for football players to behave however they want -- as a parent you have to be teaching your kids that there are consequences.

And to all those "holier than thou" people who wouldn't have strayed -- nobody's perfect, nobody here is inside that house when Colleen and Wayne close the doors. Men don't usually stray for sex, they stray for attention and because they lack self esteem. So it's not a case of keeping it in your pants, it's a case of keeping it in your brain.

The only people Wayne has let down are himself and his wife. After that, everyone else can just shut up.

Posted by UDELE FROM INDIA on 09/08/2010

Posted by gpw on 09/09/2010

Prostitution is the 'oldest profession'...pre-dates football. So it's been a part of society since Man started chronicling human behaviour. As to righteous indignation of the female poster....it's YOUR gender that sells itself for sex, but hat seems to be okay?

Posted by Vakhil on 09/09/2010

Absolute garbage. Rooney is by no means the exception to the rule when it comes to the appalling behaviour of modern professional footballers. The game needs a wake up call. It is only when fans start staying away from games and stop paying outlandish prices for merchandising that they will start behaving more like the mere mortals that the rest of us are. Let's stop throwing our hard earned money at them.

Posted by ANTHONY OMONDI OGANGO on 09/09/2010

i think i like it

Posted by Craig on 09/09/2010

What a joke blog, Man Utd fans are pathetic. You can't even accept that Rooney is the master of his own demise.

He has acted selfishly and his actions directly affected how we performed in the world cup, if he had kept it in his pants we might have had the 'real' Rooney in South Africa.

You idiotic fans of a club shrouded in scandal at present can't see that your players court the papers as much as possible in order to raise their profile. If you go looking for interest in the 'Red Tops' don't expect it not to come back and bite you on the backside.

Rooney's selfishness let down a whole nation don't you forget that, also, any moron that encourages their children to look at footballers as role models should have their children taken away from them, footballers are (in the majority) selfish, greedy individuals who look out for number 1 and to be honest there is nothing wrong with that, if it's role models your after then look at Ghandi, Churchill or Mandela.

Posted by scott on 09/09/2010

The grammatical errors in this "our" instead of "are" and stupid shit like that make me wonder how old you have to be. Jesus, that was awfully hard to read.

In response, Rooney doesn't deserve it and half of us with a brain know it. We all know that if our lives were put under the microscope, we wouldnt all be shown in the most beautiful of light. In signing a deal at a club like Man U, one has to believe he is getting himself into a job that requires more than just a great skill on the ball. The media are every part of his successes and failures on and off the pitch whether we like it or not. He chose to show off his talent and is now in the spot light. i don't like it and i hate the media...but what can we do??

Posted by mugane on 09/09/2010

Nice article, until the last bit about we africans starving to death by the minute. Stick to writing about football if you don't know anything about africa you moron!

Posted by Don C on 09/09/2010

No Prem Football last weekend so what else, get a scandal going. Definitely not in the category of boinking a teamie's wife, but still...come one this is pathetic. Rooney's an active lad and if the missus didn't want to know about it while she was preggers, then he went somehwere else. How many men have done that? Hmmm. Let it alone folks, not anyone's business but Wayne and Colleen's.

Posted by Chux on 09/09/2010

I think Rooney is a good player. He ought to be left alone and it is high time the England press look for other sources of hot stuff. They should learn to leave superstars alone. It paints England black. It is not just fair. Someone who has contributed so much for English football is humiliated with this kind of story. That's not fair at all. He should sue the paper blind for invasion of privacy.

Posted by Arsh on 09/09/2010

Wow the level of hypocricy here is mind baffling! When it was John Terry you couldn't write an article like this, and am almost sure you were happy reading and smearing him. Now it's rooney, one of your own, who does even worse things than JT and you have the f#ckin balls to try to defend him? F#ck you. He was having threesomes while his wife was pregnant, he even called prostitutes after his kid is born, and you are here trying to say the story shouldn't come out, simply because he is one of you? F##k him and f##k you. Rooney is the lowest it gets when it comes to the scum of the earth.

Posted by Wole, Nigeria on 09/09/2010

Rooney's cheating on his wife.

So what!! Ain't we all guilty or this, especially the like of Terry (big brother), Ashley cole (another rascal, and many more yet to be revealed.

Afterall, Rooney gave 'em a goal against Switzerland. Consolation.

Posted by Patrick Runge on 09/09/2010

It's more than just football. Rooney cashed quite a few checks from sponsors who had him pitching products because people liked him, not just because he's a great player. The more people like him, the more his value as a pitchman is worth. Once he cashes those checks, his personal life is fair game. If he (or any other celebrity) doesn't want the scrutiny of his personal life, he should find a line of work outside of the public view. If he's an accountant, the News of the World could care less about his trysts.

Celebrities (footballers included) can't have it both ways. You can't get the glory and reap the financial rewards when people want to read about you and know more about you, then have the audacity to be offended when someone finds out something negative.

Posted by Dave on 09/09/2010

Hey Mark - while there's kids starving in Africa maybe you and your ManU compatriots should use your takeover money for aid instead of paying to see a bunch of scumbags. You won't will you? Hypocrite.

Posted by AYENI OLUAYODE JOHN on 09/09/2010

A woman was caught in the Bible fornicating and she's about to be stoned but Jesus response was that who ever have not sin should be the first to stone her but eventually,nobody did because we are all not perfect.Wayne is wrong considering the fact that he's a role model to alot of young lads and he's not leaving a good legacy but considering the fact we are all human, he may be pardoned but have to apologize for his misdeed.He's a real professional player and don't think his game will be affected in anyway even when he's in the act,he's on top of his game.let's put the past behind us and let's bring out the best in him but not crucifying him.

Posted by Vamuyan Sheriff on 09/09/2010

Rooney's wife: this entire episo is about u and
u're family, p/l my dear be a wise person like Kobe Bryant's and Bill Clinton wives these people are the most smartest people in this crazy world.
All we need from u right now miss is p/l,p/l,p/l
go out there and protect u're family.
There is nothing like strong man and beautiful family and u have it ,don't like IT get away. REGARDS AND RESPECTS

Posted by ohioma on 09/09/2010

Everybody criticizing rooney is a fool cos he is just like every normal English man.
If ur boss at work slept with a prostitute would you resign?
If u slept with a prostitute would you want your whole neighborhood to know?
If ur answers to this questions are no then u shuldnt disturb rooney, what he does behind closed doors is his business not ours, our business is what he does on the field.
shame on d English press for being so unprofessional.
news shuld be about what affect d lives of men not bout how a bloody rich footballer decides to shag.
thumbs up to rooney for being the bigger man and helping d ungrateful English win their qualifying game.
I wish Nigeria had a player like dat we wuldnt care if he even decided to shag a horse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by nnamdi on 09/09/2010

i think wen all this crap will stop i wen we stop celebrating the women involved in situations like this. i mean if nobody gives a flying rats ass about the whores and focus on the players something like this wont make the tabloids and lets cut this holier than thou attitude

Posted by OLADIMEJI OSHADARE on 09/10/2010

what is ur problem with this guy rooney..huh? every man has a dark side...remember former US president allegation..sleeping with his secretary..so why nailing rooney ? he is just like any other human who can make mistake every day..PLEASE COLEEN FORGIVE HIM ROONEY

Posted by Aiah Quiwa on 09/10/2010

I totally agree with Mark, the Newspapers in England are destroying the beauty of football, for their own selfish end to make money by scandolously portraying these fine footballers to the public.

My question is why is this same publicity is not happening in other countries where footballers have frivolous lives. Cheating is really part of human life, without cheating there will be no proper relationship. Newspapers jibes always deter the progress of football, the spirit of fine players are downsized in such a way that, their willingness on the pitch is not there again. You see the problem on the face of Rooney, Terry, Ashley et all when they are playing and this makes the game not interesting. When you destroy their careers what will it benefit them? There should be measures to stop this king of newspapers in football. We in Africa don't believe in such life, it sound indescent in the eyes of humanity.

England stop this menace, we want to see good football.

Posted by kyle on 09/10/2010

YES i think its wrong for the media to profit from players personal life but....players like rooney are role models and should know better then to cheat on they wifes..i mean rooney is on 24 when i was 24 i was like a dog on heat so i dont understand why he got married when he is clearly not ready

Posted by mahlonga on 09/10/2010

It was Clinton @ House of Commons, Then come Becs and unfortunately Tiger Woods, Clinton is still with wife Hillary, Becs is still with wife Vic.

This said and done. When Becs was in Spain, it was said becs slept with a loose woman, Vic reacted by saying that she will not let her man go off her.

Rooney, being a human being is just but mortal, even Jesus once said that regarding the prostitute ,that whoever thinks that s/he is clean should be the first to stone the woman,What happened.

Rooney and Wife should sort out this unfortunate issue. It happened before to becs and Bill. they sorted out there mess amicable and are happily married to this day. Rooney's wife should not let emotions ruin her, Stick to your Mr man.

When Yu said in troubles, happines, sickness,tii death do us part, this is just a testing moment to wat u said during the wedding day.

Rise above the occasion and Shame the detractors bent on destroying yo marriage.

Posted by will on 09/10/2010

And you wonder why it's so hard for English players to succeed and thrive nowadays. They are ripped apart by their own media and fans and exposed to the extreme pressure and scrutiny that nobody else in the world has to deal with. Take a bow, you're destroying your own players' careers all to sell a few tabloids. Only trashy people read that shit anyways...

Posted by chiratidzo on 09/10/2010

i think Wazza shuld know that he made a mistake and learn from it...no need for the overzelous media to rush to the mountain top to blow the trampet about it.noone in the newsroom ever thought about Mrs CW Rooney! you may have destroyed a young marriage by your love for money!!! shame on you! my only problem is that no-one can prove whether its true or not!!! But wht is genuenly the truth is Wayne is one of Engalnd's top footballer. i respect him for tht and never mind his personal life

Posted by Manu4Life on 09/10/2010

I'm Manu fan and i like Ronney Whether he is scoring goals or not and you dont expect him to always score anyway.The fact is that he is a good world class player.His private lfe hs nothing to do with his ability to perform on the pitch.We all have sinned afterall and fallen short of the glory of God.4give the lad so you can also be 4given.

Posted by John French on 09/10/2010

Mark, upon re-reading this and many of the comments I must say it smacks of dishing it out and not being able to take it. Time and time again in this column you have trashed Terry and whilst I am not attempting to defend him he certainly did no worse than Rooney so I don't see what your problem is. He is rich and famous and is believed to have transgressed and hence must suffer the consequences just like Terry or the next one to fall (whoever that is). Chelsea suffered from Terry's antics and now hopefully (from my perspective at least) its Utd's turn to suffer. Blink and it'll be another player at another club. I would remove your post if I were you as it appears that you want Rooney to get privileged treatment because he is a Utd player and I had expected you to be much fairer and better able to see the big picture than this article would indicate. It's the real world and there are consequences for ones actions espcially if you are in the public eye - plain and simple.

Mark's response:

Hi John,

My real issue is with the News of the World. They have a long and sordid history with kiss and tell stories and were actively blackmailing Rooney during the World Cup.
John Terry's infidelity is different in the way that it caused Wayne Bridge to stop playing for the national side and is therefore in the public interest.
They're both bad boys, I defend neither of them.

Posted by Vamuyan Sheriff on 09/10/2010

Mrs. Coleen Rooney
p/l go out and tell the medias to ((back off))
from u're family. It's nobody business, but u
and u're family and u strong enough to handle
it. U don't need them to destroy it

Peace

Posted by porcster on 09/10/2010

Wow, there are some numbskulls posting on here. "Starving Africans = hypocrites!", religious freaks galore... , United bashing keyboard warriors as well I see. There's only one piece of advice I have, don't buy the newspapers until they actually start reporting on some real news. I don't think I've bought one for about 5 years now so wouldn't know how many pages they wasted on Rooney and Colleen this week (I couldn't care less about his infidelity). Their days are numbered (thanks to the web), and all you peeps who buy one are merely prolonging the tripe that they serve up

Posted by Ficroe on 09/10/2010

How come this blog did not write tihs article when John Terry and Ashley Cole were being terrorized by newspapers???!! Please, spare me. What is good for the goose is good for the gander....I say let Rooney pay his dues and suffer the consequences of his actions - long may it continue.

Posted by Cressy469 on 09/11/2010

I totally agree with the journalist...let the affair go aside for now, let him focus on the most important game in the world, and win the bloody thing! I have never read a journalist's opinion who actually has something worth while to say until now...toast to you my man...

Posted by Manu4Life on 09/11/2010

After all is said and done,it will be interesting to see how Sir Alex will select his first team to face Everton . I personally expect that Ronney should start today so that he can silence the critics with some good performance and shame the so many self proclaimed 'saints'who feel he deserves earthly punishment.And to Coleen, please 4give yr hubby and move on because you don't know the motives behined some of those critisizing him.

Posted by KAI on 09/11/2010

Is it wrong to visit prostitutes?

Posted by Dan on 09/11/2010

Thank you very very very much for putting it all into perspective. It's really funny how those unimportant news stories break just when the heat is on for certain individuals and suddenly all is forgotten about the phone tapping scandal.

Posted by Ayobami on 09/12/2010

Rooney erred(allegedly) and somehow sadly for him-has to face the consequences of his indiscretions; but what is appalling are the comments ere attempting to draw direct comparisons between d backlash of Wayne Rooney's actions as against John Terry's;while not trying to justify infidelity of any sorts,but hey, sleeping with a "Prostitute" while your wife is pregnant is way different from humping your best friend's/teammate's fiancee 3 times in a week,getn her pregnant & paying for her to abort it. Apart from Rooney's immediate family,i doubt if anyone else is directly affected by Rooney's action but Terry's?...I'll Summarize with Tevez words.."If these happened around the streets where i grew up,someone would have lost is life or both legs at least!"...aint we glad for him Mr JT was raised in England!?..& We cant say we have the same fears for Mr Rooney can we?lol

Posted by Tim on 09/13/2010

Yet again the real culprits are left totally untouched. The finger as usual is pointed at the unfortunate victim of the gutter press. It is, sometimes, pointed at the gutter press itself. The real culprits, those who should hang their heads in shame at their utterly shallow, pointless lives that they lead are the people who go out and by the friggin' newspapers, magazines in the first place. If no one bought this stuff, if no one took an interest, if people didn't persist in their 'holier than thou' attitude to life, then newspapers such as TNOTW would not exist, full stop.

Posted by Maverick on 09/13/2010

Mark, As far as I am concern, Mr. Rooney can do what he wants. It's none of anyone business. Parents should be role models for their kids, teaching the right values. Mr. Rooney is in charge of his own family and he needs to address this problem of his with his wife. No one eles should be intruding. All he needs to do as a United player is to get on with his game and perform. I am singing the same tune for JT,Cole and last and not least Tiger Woods. What they do besides their professional lives is none of any one concern. Period
That my 2 cents worth.

Posted by TheJepit on 09/15/2010

@Maverick- I agree 100%,..None of our business anyway.

Posted by Obaidullah on 09/21/2010

Well this is very interesting! After Mark accused Chelski players of "moral bankruptcy and evil doing", in one of his previous postings I thought MANU 'saints' were real role models. Now I guess News of the World has joined your list of the morally bankrupt

Posted by Paulsen on 10/12/2010

Why does people make it their business that which is not their business, he cheated on his wife so what are you guys business with cheating on his wife, seperate his soccer talent from his personal life. Love him for his talent in soccer and stop poking your nose in his business. This goes to to the Press, if someone cheats it's none of your businesses and I hate the way the MAKE IT SUCH A BIG DEAL, A MAN WOULD ALWAYS BE A MAN, they have propensities to cheat just like TIGER WOODS.

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