Wayne Rooney has told how he still regularly speaks to his gran Mavis to "help him" through tough periods in his life - even though she died in 2002.
The footballer was incredibly close to his nan when she passed away shortly before he made his Premier League debut for Everton as a 16-year-old.
And he still looks for support from her now when he needs help most.
Wayne, 36, tells the new Amazon documentary: "My nan's buried right next to Goodison.
"She would have loved to see me play. She would have been the proudest woman ever if she had seen me play.
"It is probably more moments when I am a bit low I think of my nan. Still, to this day, I still speak to her.
"It's more like a prayer really, I don't know, it is just something I always feel I have that protection with my nan, so certainly when I am more vulnerable and a bit low, she is the one who seems to still help me."
Sounding emotional he adds: "It's a release for me in terms of I know when I am speaking to her, I know things will be okay. It's just helped me get through some bad moments."
Mavis was the person that would buy a young Rooney football kits and he was virtually living with her at one point growing up as she lived on the same street in Croxteth in Liverpool and his parents had their hands full with three noisy kids including his brothers Graham and John.
Looking back Wayne says: "I spent a lot of time at my nan's house. She was the boss of the family. Very strong minded lady and someone who is sadly missed still to this day.
"I remember still about 9 o'clock, she used to have an electric blanket, so I would go up and turn that on for her. And then we would sit up watching TV, like Prisoner Cell Block H or the Carry On movies and stuff.
"My nan used to have a caravan outside the house, she sold drinks, crisps, the whole area used to go there. I used to then get cans of coke and Fanta and crisps and sell them in school and make a bit of money."
Mavis, the mother of Wayne's dad Thomas, appears in the documentary briefly in some home videos recorded on a camcorder. She has a cheeky grin similar to Wayne's and waves at the camera at one point whilst sat in her armchair at home.
At the weekend in an interview Rooney said: 'She died just before I made my debut for Everton in 2002. I was really close to her. I was devastated when she died. She was a big character. When she died, it was a big loss to all the family."
Rooney launches on Amazon Prime Video on Friday(Feb 11).
