Wayne Rooney

Authors:

By Wayne Rooney, Hunter Davies

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Paperback (Hardback)

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£6.99

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Football, Biography, Wayne Rooney, Manchester United FC, Everton FC, England

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Further Details

• Published: 4th Jun 2007
• ISBN: 0007242026
• Pages: 320
• Photos: 50
• Size: 178mm x 111mm

From the Publisher:

Wayne Rooney, the most talked about footballer in Britain, tells his own remarkable story, from his early years with his family growing up on the streets of Croxteth, about his relationship with Coleen McLoughlin, and about life in Manchester. It's all about a young man coming to terms with a career in the limelight - the good and the bad.

What is the true story behind the most gifted yet often misunderstood character in the British game? Were there signs of things to come in his upbringing in the backstreets of Liverpool? What were the early influences that shaped his character? And how has the meteoric rise to fame and fortune affected this seemingly shy yet prodigiously gifted youngster/

For the first time, Rooney open up about the defining years of his life as the son of a working-class family, brought up in a council house with his Everton-mad family. There followed his first tentative steps in football, the triumphs and knockbacks along the way, the accolades that began to follow his every move as a young teenager, and destiny fulfilled on his Premiership debut for Everton at the tender age of 16.

He describes how his life changed irrevocably when Alex Ferguson and Manchester United came calling in the summer of 2004, his dazzling efforts for England in the European Championships, a private life never far from the tabloid headlines, and the real story behind his relationship with partner Coleen McLoughlin.

He reveals the anguish of the foot injury that threatened his participation in World Cup 2006, and how his determination led to a remarkable recovery in time to play a part in the group stage of the tournament. And he describes how his delight at playing again for his country turned to despair after his controversial sending-off in the quarter final against Portugal and England's subsequent elimination in the penalty shoot-out.

This is the story in Rooney's own words. From the streets of Croxteth to the stadiums of Germany and beyond - a journey of a lifetime squeezed into a mere twenty-one years.