‘I’d be dead without Coleen’ – Rooney

Wayne Rooney claims that he could have passed away if his wife Coleen had not assisted him with alcohol problems.

The 39-year-old former England and Manchester United captain claims that during his playing career, he was “struggling massively” with his drinking.

Rooney has been married to Coleen since 2008 and has a record 253 goals for United. He retired from playing in 2021.

He declared on the podcast Rio Ferdinand Presents, “I sincerely believe that if she weren’t there, I would be dead.”

She keeps me on that path for the next 20 years because I’ve made mistakes in the past that are well documented and whatever.

I wanted to go out with my friends, have a drink, and have a good time. There was a point where I went too far in my life when I was having a lot of trouble drinking.

“I didn’t believe I could approach anyone,” he said. I didn’t really want to because I didn’t want to burden anyone with that.

I only drank for two days straight. I trained, and over the weekend, I would score two goals, and then I would go back and drink for two days straight.

Rooney said: “There could have been times when Coleen could have left,” when he discussed the importance of his relationship with Coleen with BBC Breakfast three years ago. However, we are in love.

Never an alcoholic, I said. I used to binge drink more frequently than I did, so I would literally drink two days off before putting myself to bed for work and then have to run around a pitch and train. At times, I wasn’t portraying myself in the best way possible.

I’ve spoken to some people. It was helpful. You express your emotions. I held them in and then built up, which I didn’t do.