Wayne Rooney’s wife, Coleen has come out to say that her family were targeted by vandals when he left Everton in 2004. She recently had her say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to her, their home got spray painted everywhere and there were smashed windows in their cars all because Everton fans were angry Rooney left the club for Manchester United.
Coleen added that even if Everton was a club Wayne loved, he just could not turn MUFC down.
Her words, “Our house got spray painted everywhere and there were smashed windows in cars.
We literally took ourselves and moved because Sir Alex Ferguson said that he wanted us out of Liverpool. But it was our families that got the backlash then and that wasn’t fair.
Wayne never went into Liverpool for a while after that, to get food or go shopping because people would just shout stuff.
I don’t think it was an issue moving to Manchester.
For him, Everton is his club, and he loved it, still does, but Manchester United is a massive club. All he wanted to do was win trophies.
He saw players in the past stay with their childhood clubs and not go on to win anything. For him, it was hard, but he stood his ground and wanted to leave.
It was tough, but it was worth it for him because he went on to win and seize the lead goalscorer. We had some fantastic times there.”
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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.
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