In an alternative timeline we really would have loved to see, Wayne Rooney was reportedly considering training to become a lawyer after becoming ‘obsessed’ with the Wagatha Christie trial, which involved wife Colleen and fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy selling stories to the press about her.
The Man United legend is said to have been so fascinated with the trial preparation that he would join in the meetings and suggest legal arguments to Colleen’s lawyers (bet they loved that).
Wayne regularly attended the daily briefings with Coleen and her lawyers, Paul Lunt and David Sherborne, and there’s even a scene in the documentary ‘Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story’, where Colleen tells him to “shut up and let David or Paul speak.” Colleen later confirms: “[Wayne] was going to apply for law school and he had all these plans.”
Lawyer Jamie Hurworth confirmed Wayne’s fascination with the trial: “Once the day was finished we would have a little debrief with Wayne and Coleen. I had not dealt with Wayne that much before the trial. But he was just fascinated by the whole thing. Wayne started suggesting, like, legal argument that we should start running.”
Lunt added Wayne was ‘bang up’ for asking questions: “I’m not saying he is a modern day Columbo but certainly had we have given him a gown and a wig he was bang up for asking a few questions.”
Wayne admits he has love for crime documentaries, confessing his interest in Coleen’s two lawyers’ different approaches: “Yeah, it was interesting because I do like crime documentaries and in particular the different techniques the two barristers used.”
Listen, Wayne Rooney has lifted the Champion’s League trophy, so really if you think about it he’s probably capable of anything. Then again… maybe not. Can’t we at least make it into a TV show if it has no chance of happening in reality?
For the time Wayne had to tell Jamie Vardy off about his wife at the 2016 Euros, click HERE.
