Roo: I quit for Coleen's sake
The Sunday Mirror|June 26, 2022
Football legend's goal is family time
PHIL CARDY
Roo: I quit for Coleen's sake

WAYNE Rooney's shock football walkout came so he could spend more time with his shattered wife Coleen and their four kids.

Sources close to the England legend say he quit his £90,000-a-week post as Derby manager to support his family.

It came after the couple faced intense scrutiny during Coleen's Wagatha Christie court battle with Rebekah Vardy.

Now Wayne, 36, will take his first full summer break in 20 years.

And insiders say the time will be used by him and Coleen to dote on sons Kai, 12, Klay, nine, Kit, six, and Cass, four.

A well-placed insider told the Sunday Mirror: "Wayne's always had pre-season tours, World Cups, Euros... he's not had a summer off since he was a kid himself.

"He wants to spend the holidays with his boys. He wants to spend a lot more time with them and Coleen.

This story is from the June 26, 2022 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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