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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

Wayne Rooney opens up on struggles with alcohol abuse: ‘Without Coleen I’d be dead’

Former Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has opened up on his struggles with alcohol and said he believes his wife Coleen Rooney saved his life by helping him through dark times.

Rooney, 39, told former team-mate Rio Ferdinand that his drinking would often go “too far” and revealed he once turned up to training at United after binging for “two days straight”.

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