Stars’ spouses in a Twitter war
– A row between the wives of two top English footballers has gone viral after one accused the other of leaking stories about her to a tabloid newspaper.
Coleen Rooney, wife of England and Manchester United’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney, said she turned sleuth to solve the mystery of who was sharing her personal information with The Sun.
In a Twitter post that made plenty of headlines of its own on Wednesday, Rooney pointed the finger of guilt at Rebekah Vardy, whose husband Jamie Vardy used to play for England with Wayne Rooney. Rebekah Vardy quickly de
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nied she was to blame.
In a Twitter post, Rooney wrote that she had suspected a follower of her personal Instagram account had been consistently informing The Sun of her private posts and stories.
Rooney, who has 1.3 million followers on Twitter, said she blocked everyone from viewing her Instagram stories except one person. She then posted a series of false stories to see whether they leaked out, which she said they had.
She wrote that only one person had viewed the false stories, and added: “It’s... Rebekah Vardy’s account.”
Denying any responsibility for the leaks to The Sun,
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Thomas Mueller confirmed this week that he is unhappy being left on the bench at Bayern Munich amid reports he wants to leave in the January transfer window.
Mueller, who turned 30 last month, hasn’t started Bayern’s last five games, “a trend that doesn’t make me happy,” he told magazine Kicker.
“I’ve just turned 30, I’m in great shape and I’m hungry for success, both with the club and personally.
“I am firmly convinced that with my qualities, I can continue to help the team.
“If the coaching team only sees me as a substitute in the future, I have to think things over. I’m just too ambitious for that.”
Bayern head coach Niko Kovac has preferred Philippe Coutinho Vardy suggested others had accessed her account.
“I never speak to anyone about you (Rooney) as various journalists who have asked me to over the years can vouch for,” Vardy wrote on Twitter.
Rooney’s post was retweeted tens of thousands of times with more than 177 000 likes.
The Sun said each of the stories provided to the newspaper was put to Rooney’s representatives before publication, and on each occasion they declined to comment.
“Like all reputable media organisations, we don’t comment on sources,” The Sun said. – Reuters as an attacking midfielder behind Robert Lewandowski, presenting Mueller with few chances so far.
Mueller played just the last 30 minutes of Bayern’s shock 2-1 defeat at home to Hoffenheim on Saturday which led to them losing top spot in the Bundesliga table.
According to Germany’s top-selling daily Bild, Mueller is considering leaving the club he joined as a schoolboy in 2000.
Over the last decade he has scored 186 goals, setting up 171 more, in nearly 500 games for Bayern, but the last six months have not been kind.
In March, he was told, along with fellow 2014 World Cup winners Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels, that his Germany career was over by head coach Joachim Loew.
This season he has played an average of 45 minutes in each of Bayern’s 10 games in all competitions, managing one goal and four assists.
Born and bred in Bavaria, Mueller has won the Bundesliga title eight times, lifted the German Cup five times and the Champions League trophy in 2013.
Famously mistaken as a ballboy by Diego Maradona following his Germany debut in 2010, Mueller was reportedly the target of a €100 million bid by Manchester United in 2015. –