As rumours swirl that Wayne Rooney could be taking a job in Saudi Arabia, insiders say Coleen Rooney is keen to flee the latest WAG scandal
Now that the drama surrounding the Wagatha Christie scandal has finally died down, a triumphant Coleen Rooney has been seemingly taking pleasure in a slower pace of life.
Following the news that her husband, ex-England footballer Wayne Rooney, had been sacked from his managerial role at Birmingham City after just 83 days in charge, the couple jetted off to Dubai for a romantic break.
The sun-soaked trip to the Middle East coincided not only with reports that unemployed Wayne is “eyeing up” a return to management in Saudi Araba, but also the ongoing WAG war between her friend Annie Kilner and Lauryn Goodman.
And despite Coleen, 37, thriving post-Wagatha, insiders say the recent WAG cheating scandal has dredged up bad memories of her own marriage woes.
A source says, “With everything that’s going on with Kyle [Walker] and Annie, Coleen can’t help but go back to the time Wayne hurt her. Coleen is friends with Annie and has offered her support, but Wayne is friends with Kyle, so it makes it difficult.
Their boys are also friends.
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“The whole thing has just made her feel anxious – their part of Cheshire is small and can feel claustrophobic and toxic. So with potential job offers from the Middle East for Wayne, Coleen has been thinking it wouldn’t be such a bad idea.”
Wayne, 38, has been embroiled in several cheating scandals over the years, including sleeping with sex workers – one of whom was grandmother Patricia Tiernan – having a threesome when Coleen was pregnant with their first child, and being stopped for drink-driving while with party girl Laura Simpson.
Coleen revealed in her memoir that Wayne can control his drinking “in a normal situation” but added, ‘There are times, though, when things have gone awry, and he can’t control his drinking, and it’s generally when something is going on in life that he can’t deal with.”
But the couple have overcome the tough times, putting on a united front during Coleen’s Wagatha trial and in their respective documentaries.
And now a source says that Coleen is considering relocating to Saudi in a bid to get away from the toxic drama of the football world.
The source says, “When Wayne came back from America and took over at Bi
