15-07-2009, 10:59 AM
WAYNE Rooney has confessed he counts his blessings at being a footballer — otherwise he might have joined the PRIESTHOOD.
The ex-school dunce said the only thing apart from soccer that interested him as a kid was religious studies.
England striker Roo, 23, said of his footie career: “I haven’t a clue what else I could have done. I wasn’t really the best in school.”
But pressed to pick another profession, he admitted: “I always enjoyed RE — so maybe a priest.”
Man United ace Rooney has since shown he was not exactly cut out for the priesthood — after visiting brothels, swearing at refs and getting sent off in the World Cup for going ape at Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
He was speaking at the launch of Coke Zero’s campaign to find the nation’s best young street footballer.
For the first time yesterday he showed off his injured left ear — which needed 45 stitches after he fell aboard a holiday yacht — as he drove to pre-season training.
The ex-school dunce said the only thing apart from soccer that interested him as a kid was religious studies.
England striker Roo, 23, said of his footie career: “I haven’t a clue what else I could have done. I wasn’t really the best in school.”
But pressed to pick another profession, he admitted: “I always enjoyed RE — so maybe a priest.”
Man United ace Rooney has since shown he was not exactly cut out for the priesthood — after visiting brothels, swearing at refs and getting sent off in the World Cup for going ape at Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.
He was speaking at the launch of Coke Zero’s campaign to find the nation’s best young street footballer.
For the first time yesterday he showed off his injured left ear — which needed 45 stitches after he fell aboard a holiday yacht — as he drove to pre-season training.