Wayne Rooney has opened up on his struggles with alcohol, saying that if it wasn’t for wife Coleen that he “would be dead”.
Appearing on Rio Ferdinand Presents on Wednesday (24 September), the former footballer said that he was “massively struggling” with drinking during his playing career.
He said that he initially thought that he couldn’t “put that burden” on Coleen, who he married in 2008, but said she was a great aid in helping him “control that feeling”.
“I've made mistakes in the past which are well documented and whatever but I'm a little bit different at times and she keeps me on that path and she's done it for 20-odd years.”
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