Wayne Rooney Becomes 1st Premier League Star with 10M Twitter Followers

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Wayne Rooney reached a Twitter landmark when he became the first sportsman from the UK—and the first from the Premier League—to reach 10 million followers.

The Manchester United and England captain has been a presence on the social media network since April 2011, and now, he has enough followers to fill Old Trafford 132 times over:

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Wayne Rooney reaches 10m Twitter followers, enough to fill Old Trafford 132 times #mufc http://t.co/OdFW1bQD4k pic.twitter.com/lGq7PL9pl4

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) October 6, 2014"

1. @Cristiano (Cristiano Ronaldo)	30.3m
2. @Kaka (Ricardo Kaka)	21m
3. @KingJames (LeBron James)	15.2m
4. @NeymarJR (Neymar Junior)	14.6m
5. @10Ronaldinho (Ronaldinho Gaúcho)	10.8m
6. @WayneRooney (Wayne Rooney)	10m
7. @andresiniesta8 (Andrés Iniesta)	9.66m
8. @3gerardpique (Gerard Pique)	9.53m
9. @KDTrey5 (Kevin Durant)	8.25m
10. @XabiAlonso (Xabi Alonso)	8.23m

Rooney also belongs in the UK top-10 list despite Twitter adding that 76 per cent of his followers are actually from abroad.

1. @Harry_Styles (Harry Styles)	22.1m
2. @OfficialAdele (Adele)	21m
3. @Real_Liam_Payne (Liam Payne)	18m
4. @Louis_Tomlinson (Louis Tomlinson)	17.5m
5. @EmWatson (Emma Watson)	14.8m
6. @zaynmalik (Zayn Malik)	13.3m
7. @edsheeran (Ed Sheeran)	10.6m
8. @SimonCowell (Simon Cowell)	10.5m
9. @WayneRooney (Wayne Rooney)	10m
10. @rustyrockets (Russell Brand)	8.3m