ROCKET'S REBOOT

Ronnie set to ship out

- by SHANE MacDERMOTT

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN has revealed he is relocating amid a “fresh start” after his World Championship semi-final nightmare.

The Rocket split with actress fiancee Laila Rouass (below) last year with their luxurious Essex home up for sale and O'Sullivan is set to quit the UK to go and live in the Middle East.

O'Sullivan's bid for a history-making eighth Crucible crown came to a crushing end as he was demolished 17-7 with a session to spare by brilliant Chinese hotshot Zhao Xintong on Friday.

The game's greatest ever potter has a snooker academy in Saudi Arabia and looks destined to start afresh.

"There's going to be a few changes in my life, so I'll see how that goes," admitted O'Sullivan, who turns 50 at the end of the year.

"I think I'm going to be moving out of the UK as well this year.