The Upshot

Wayne Rooney: the gran, the myth, the legend

When Wayne Rooney burst onto the scene in 2002, there was only one nagging doubt.Would he have the sordid private life to match his undeniable footballing genius?It didn’t take long for him to deliver.From PVC grannies to spiking his teammates with Viagra, welcome to the wild world of Wazza…For more tales about sport’s most colourful characters, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: <a href="https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=poddescription">https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=poddescription</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.