Wayne Rooney’s strange back tattoo harks back to a teenage in-joke about drinking, and his old pal has matching ink on his back too- ‘It’s the greatest tattoo of all time’
Ex-Three Lions star Wayne Rooney has a bizarre tattoo on his back which just reads “Then”, TV pundit Gary Neville revealed.
It was done as part of an in-joke with a pal. Neville said: “He’s got one on his back with ‘Then’ on it – that always makes me laugh.” Rooney’s wife Coleen said it was from when was a teenager boozing with his mate.
She said: “They used to get a drink and they used to go ‘Ok then’. Neville added: “His mate’s got ‘Ok’ on his back, and Wayne’s got ‘Then’. It’s the greatest tattoo of all time.”
Coleen tied the knot with the former England star in 2008 after they had been together since their teenage years.
She has previously told how he got a tattoo of her name… but when he had it done he had to ask how to spell her name.
Wayne’s cousin, who was at the tattooist with him, phoned Coleen to ask her if she spelled her name with one L or two.
In another sentimental moment, the football legend got all emotional after Coleen emerged from the jungle, as runner up in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
The couple were apart for a month, and it’s clear the former United striker had missed his wife while she was Down Under. Ex-Pymouth Argyll manager Wayne had been unable to make it over to Australia to welcome her back to civilisation due to conflicting schedules, but he told her how proud he was of her jungle stint over the phone.
Coleen said: “He just said how much he missed me, how proud he was, and he said the support back home has been unbelievable.
“He just can’t wait to see me, and I can’t wait to see him as well.”