An intriguing upcoming date in the football calendar is the media tribute evening in honour of Wayne Rooney to be held at London’s Savoy Hotel on January 22.
The prestigious event is organised by the Football Writers’ Association, with Rooney the unanimous choice to be lauded by newspaper journalists, accused by the Manchester United and England captain of writing his football obituary too soon.
This follows the furore over his marathon boozing session at the Grove Hotel while many of his England team-mates were either in London nightclubs or a Bournemouth strip club.
There must be a question mark over whether Rooney will want to be honoured in such a way in the light of what happened during international week, although nine weeks is a long time in the mercurial life of England’s and soon to be United’s record goalscorer.