Wayne Rooney was captain of England and a Manchester United legend. But when he hung up his boots, he gave himself all the indulgences he had denied himself for years.
Junk food, unlimited beer, and parties that never stopped. His body noticed it quickly. He gained so much weight that Patrice Evra, his former United teammate, said: “Rooney is so fat he doesn’t fit on television, I need a cinema to watch him”.
But Rooney didn’t stop there. He found a second wind, started taking care of himself again, and now sports a slim physique that even makes him look younger than in his glory years.
The satisfied smile in his current photos says everything Evra’s words couldn’t.