The private lives of professional athletes have absolutely nothing to do with their profession, but this story has been making shock waves in the media over the past weekend. Newspaper reports in England is that Wayne Rooney had been cheating on his wife Coleen with a prostitute during the time that she was pregnant with their son. We have read similar such stories with John Terry, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch and even Tiger Woods this year.
This story has come out at the worst possible time for Wayne as he was just re-gaining his best form after having a mediocre World Cup in South Africa. He is set to play in the European Championship qualifier against Switzerland on Tuesday and England coach Fabio Capello is confident that he is in the right frame of mind to represent England. It will be interesting to see Sir Alex Ferguson's approach to the whole situation, but one wouldn't expect Fergie to handle the situation any different than how Capello has.
I for one am not overly concerned about footballer's lifestyles off the pitch. As long as Rooney continues to perform well for England and Manchester United, then that's all that will matter to the true football fan.
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