Matt Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Rooney's '£700,000 gambling debts'England boss Sven Goran Eriksson will talk to star striker Wayne Rooney over allegations that he has racked up £700,000 of gambling debts, the FA has said. Rooney, who earns an estimated £50,000 a week on the pitch and millions more a year from sponsorship deals, is one of a number of England players said to be involved in betting on sports other than their own, according to the Sunday Mirror. It is not the first time England players have been linked to the pursuit of gambling. Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson - who owns his own racehorse - and former England boss Kevin Keegan have reputations for enjoying a bit of a flutter. Michael Owen, who owns four racehorses, is well known for his love of gambling and in 2003 he admitted to being an "occasional" gambler who had run up £30,000-£40,000 losses from his bets. At the time he said: "This publicity will not stop my love for horses. They are my main hobby outside of football." He went on: "I fully accept that high-profile sports people like me are a role model for youngsters and I would never encourage anyone to gamble." A spokesman for Rooney, 20, refused to discuss the newspaper's claims saying: "We have got absolutely no comment to make at all." The Football Association said although Eriksson would not launch an inquiry into the claims he would speak to the players allegedly involved to establish exactly what the situation is. The players are due to take up their World Cup bid in Germany in less than two months' time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durnerz Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Ah well, he'll break even within a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 What has this got to with football, just leave him to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burger Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 He's such an easy target for this kind of thing. Just because he is a bit working class. 2 months to the world cup, what are the tabloids (I'm assuming this has something to do with them) playing at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lass Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Think of all the grannies he could've had for that money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 All Wayne Rooney has to do to get back in the black is just sit tight for a little while and just keep collecting the ridiculous amounts of money he usually does. He'll be debt-free in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Oh my god, just let him get on playing football, what he does in his own time is up to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Oh my god, just let him get on playing football, what he does in his own time is up to him. Not if this is true. If gambling is the issue, there's always a chance that a player could place a bet on a game in his league after getting information that one or more players can or will "throw" a game. Hell, there's a chance that he himself could try to miss a few chances or even help throw a match to win a bet. ...and if his debt is so bad, could you rule out the possibility of one of his creditors telling him that he'd clear a portion or perhaps the whole of his debt if he threw a match? If the pressures of debt are getting to him, it could be a tempting offer. (Mind you, it certainly didn't look like anything of the sort was going on today with Rooney ) That's why it's important that Sven and the PFA keep tabs on what's going on... though yeah, it could be another stupid English tabloid witch hunt/sabotage campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Not if this is true. If gambling is the issue, there's always a chance that a player could place a bet on a game in his league after getting information that one or more players can or will "throw" a game. Hell, there's a chance that he himself could try to miss a few chances or even help throw a match to win a bet. ...and if his debt is so bad, could you rule out the possibility of one of his creditors telling him that he'd clear a portion or perhaps the whole of his debt if he threw a match? If the pressures of debt are getting to him, it could be a tempting offer. (Mind you, it certainly didn't look like anything of the sort was going on today with Rooney ) That's why it's important that Sven and the PFA keep tabs on what's going on... though yeah, it could be another stupid English tabloid witch hunt/sabotage campaign. There's some very good points there JoBeck, but Whose to say this is true? and if it is, it really isn't anyone else's business, but himself and his immediate family, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sven Goran-Erikkson and his agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 700,000 grand ! wait till he has lost what ive lost , then he has problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 Coleen will need to curb her spending then. What a waste of money, oh well if they insist on paying young lads obscene amounts of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 9 April 2006 Share Posted 9 April 2006 He's probably blown it all on scratchies, the big chav. Everyday after training, he'll go down the newsagents for a couple of Freddo's, a Panda Pops and a grand's worth of cards. On a serious note, someone needs to have a word if it's true. Fergie would be the obvious choice, being a racing man himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-man Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 Now he's supposed to have fallen out with Owen. Will the tabloids fock off and leave the England team alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC UK Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 Now he's supposed to have fallen out with Owen. Will the tabloids fock off and leave the England team alone Amazing how they come up with these stories just before a major tournament, regardless if they are true or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 Everybody should just boycott the mirror for attempting to sabotage our world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 Now he's supposed to have fallen out with Owen. Will the tabloids fock off and leave the England team alone Amazing how they come up with these stories just before a major tournament, regardless if they are true or not. Everybody should just boycott the mirror for attempting to sabotage our world cup. The fecking media are always doing this before tournements then they can have someone to slate when we fock up. They've pissed off Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole already, I wonder whos next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC UK Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 The fecking media are always doing this before tournements then they can have someone to slate when we fock up. They've pissed off Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole already, I wonder whos next Next will be the new England manager, who ever that will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairy Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 Why do they do this now? Cant stand the press. A fool and his money are easily parted but we all know that. Its not news its sh#t stirring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 The fecking media are always doing this before tournements then they can have someone to slate when we fock up. They've pissed off Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole already, I wonder whos next Yeah well if you take a look who actually owns these news papers and their nationality its not so suprising FOOKING C U N T S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted 10 April 2006 Share Posted 10 April 2006 Yeah well if you take a look who actually owns these news papers and their nationality its not so suprising FOOKING C U N T S Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 10 April 2006 Author Share Posted 10 April 2006 Everybody should just boycott the mirror for attempting to sabotage our world cup. I buy The Sun everyday, but always have hated The Mirror, Don't know what it is about the paper but I really dislike The Mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 11 April 2006 Share Posted 11 April 2006 I buy The Sun everyday, but always have hated The Mirror, Don't know what it is about the paper but I really dislike The Mirror. The Sun. . . . . . . . . . . Sister paper News of the World . . . . . . . . . . Sven And the Arab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 11 April 2006 Share Posted 11 April 2006 Oooh no what a huge amount of money. Typical Tabloid toss. If we estimate (conservatively) that Rooney earn £50k a week, this is the equivalent of 14 weeks salary. This would equate to someone who earns £20k a year owing £5,385. Not exactly a looming disaster is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 11 April 2006 Share Posted 11 April 2006 Oooh no what a huge amount of money. Typical Tabloid toss. If we estimate (conservatively) that Rooney earn £50k a week, this is the equivalent of 14 weeks salary. This would equate to someone who earns £20k a year owing £5,385. Not exactly a looming disaster is it? I bet he earnt that doing that advert recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 11 April 2006 Author Share Posted 11 April 2006 The Sun. . . . . . . . . . . Sister paper News of the World . . . . . . . . . . Sven And the Arab Oh well Faie enough the point made was to boycott the papers because of all the scandals they throw up, however i'm not a massive fan of Sven anyway. Also, The Sun supported LCFC due La Manga if I remember rightly...The Mirror and the bitch Carole Malone who I e-mailed several times about slagging off LCFC, I e-mailed Carole Malone when the LCFC players we're proved innocent, she ignored me, I e-mailed her again asking for a public applogy, she ignored me and so on..until she obviously got pissed off and then threaten me she would get police involed due to harrasment or something like that! Feckin' Bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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