Wayne Rooney Won't Repeat Boxing Celebration After Son Copies It at School
Wayne Rooney made headlines after a video recently emerged of him apparently knocked outโand then responded with a goal celebration spoofing that KO. But the England and Manchester United captain says he won't be celebrating like that again after his son was doing the same celebration at school.
Kai Rooney is now five years oldโjust the sort of age at which we're often told that children imitate footballers. And in this case, that footballer is his dad.
Rooney, as quoted by Dave Kiddย andย Liam Prenderville ofย theย Daily Mirror, has denied that incident was as serious as the video made it appear and added that he has no intention of celebrating that way again:
"For me, it wasnโt a big issue. I was in a house with some friends.
Obviously I was caught on the wrong end of a punch, but I wasnโt knocked out like it was reported. Unfortunately the video stopped there...
There has been stick around the place, at United and England training, but youโd expect that. Theyโre a group of lads.
Iโve always loved boxing. Unfortunately, sometimes, it didnโt go too well for me!
Itโs funny, my wife went to pick up my lad from school and saw him doing that (celebration) in the classroom. Iโm sure you wonโt be seeing that again.
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He adds, however, that there'll be no apologies for the clip, as he felt that he had done nothing wrong.
Rooney is back in action for his country against Lithuania on Friday and will join up with his club next week.
