Wayne Rooney was so ‘fascinated’ with Wagatha Christie trial he considered shock career change

Wayne Rooney is days away from his first game as Birmingham manager, but it could have all been so different if he'd followed through with a career change.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know all about the Manchester United and England legend being wrapped up in his wife Coleen's legal battle with Rebekah Vardy.

Vardy, wife of Leicester and former England striker, Jamie, was accused by Colleen of leaking private stories about her to The Sun in 2019.

Coleen's iconic «It's ............Rebekah Vardy's account» statement on her X account, formally known as Twitter, took the world by storm, with a dramatisation on the saga even being released since.

Vardy strongly disputed the claims and took Rooney to court for libel, but lost the High Court battle last year after the judge found Rooney’s claims to be 'substantially true'.

But now, it turns out Wayne Rooney was just as obsessed as the rest of us with Coleen and his former teammate's wife's row, more commonly known as 'Wagatha Christie'.

Disney +'s 'Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story', which was released this Wednesday, reveals the former England captain considered signing up for law school after going through the libel trial with his wife.

He attended daily briefings with his wife's lawyers and even suggested legal arguments to use.

In the docuseries, Coleen recalled having to cut her husband off on one occasion to allow her lawyer's to give advice, saying: «Wayne shut up and let David or Paul speak.»

«He was then going to apply for law school and he had all these plans,» she added.

Lawyer Jamie Hurworth said: «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