Wayne Rooney: Boots of Gold

by John Sweeney

Overview

This book is not your usual whitewash. Irreverent, hilarious and surprising, Wayne Rooney: Boots of Gold is a tarts-and-all biography of England's most famous sportsman and an exposé of the iniquities of some of those who have sought their pound of flesh from his celebrity. Short-tempered and sweary he may be, but there's no doubting Rooney's passion for the beautiful game. But who is the real Wayne Rooney? On the one hand there was the disastrous World Cup in 2010, sex scandals and the unedifying spectacle of his grotesque contract negotiations with Manchester United; on the other, unprecedented success as the best British footballer of his time. On form, he's an unstoppable force, and the jewel in the crown of one of the most powerful club sides in history. But then there's the infamous entourage: a controversial agent, a crooked lawyer, tarts and gangsters, all attracted to the fabulous money Rooney gets for kicking a pig's bladder around a field. Wayne Rooney: Boots of Gold charts the rise and fall - and rise and fall again - of football's most intriguing star.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849543514
Publisher:	Biteback Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	04/30/2012
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John Sweeney is one of the BBC’s leading investigative journalists. He says: “This is a story about an angry potato by an exploding tomato.”

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Foreword Iain Dale xi

Introduction xvii

1 The truth about the Crocky Boy Wonder 1

2 A genius with a gob on him is born 26

3 Everton's puppy of war 40

4 Boy meets girl 60

5 'No tip or nothing. The cheek of them, these millionaires' 76

6 The Hairdryer, the dodgy agent, the gangster, his friend who kept his .45 Magnum underneath his mother's flowerpot, and the left leg in the lay-by 85

7 'He couldn't write properly and didn't seem all that bright' - call girl on Rooney 97

8 'You scheming little prick' 113

9 "You've ruined my daughter's night' 132

10 'He was a knobhead' 148

11 The myth of the Auld Slapper 160

12 "Die heavy mob came too 173

13 'There's no fucking problem with my fucking temper' 207

14 England's glory? 220

15 'With this bling I thee wed' 234

16 World cup at his feet 243

17 The wronged woman 250

Index 263