Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has revealed he is a fan of writing poetry in his spare time.
In footage released by the BBC, ahead of a new documentary on Rooney, he tells Gary Lineker how he wooed his now wife Colleen as a teenager by writing to her. The 29 year old added; "I used to love writing poems, even before I was with Coleen. I don’t know why, I used to like to write little stories too. So when I first got with Coleen I used to write her lots of poems. They have died down a bit of late.”
"Wayne Rooney - The Man Behind The Goals" also reveals that he would love to see his oldest son Kai follow in his footsteps of being a striker but he is not sure if that will go to plan. "He has just come back from footy saying he wants to be a goalie. I’ve told him ‘you need to be a striker’.”
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