Rooney stunned restaurant staff with a HALF-PRICE VOUCHER
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They're worth £35m, but they still love a bargain
MULTI-millionaire soccer star Wayne Rooney stunned staff at a local restaurant by paying using a HALF-PRICE VOUCHER. He and wife Coleen got their £27.80 food bill slashed to just £13.90.
A source told the News of the World: “Everybody loves a special offer. Wayne and Coleen are no different. “They come from working class roots and if they had the voucher then why not use it?
“Wayne’s boss at Manchester United Alex Ferguson told his players they shouldn’t be flash with their cash during the credit crunch and Wayne has obviously taken his words to heart.
“They could have afforded this meal millions of times over but they try to save the cash where they can.”
Sweet
Wayne, 23, took Coleen to the Gusto restaurant in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, not far from their home last week. Our source added: “They are regulars there. It’s very near their home and they often go there for dinner. Gusto had a promotion for half-price food.
“They came into the restaurant with one of the vouchers and when Wayne came to pay he handed it over. The waitress thought it was really sweet. They may be mega rich but it shows that, in many ways, they are just a normal down-to-earth couple.”
For their discount meal Wayne ate a £5.95 chicken starter followed by a £8.95 spaghetti bolognese. Health conscious Coleen, who is on a fitness drive after putting on half a stone since her wedding to Wayne last year, ate soup at £3.95 followed by a low fat grilled chicken salad costing £8.95.
The half-price offer covered food only, so the couple received no discount on their £2.55 drinks bills for an orange juice and a bottle of still water.
Wayne did however leave a very generous tip of £5—around 30 per cent of the total bill.
Despite their £35million fortune, Coleen has always claimed the couple will never forget their roots in Croxteth, one of the toughest areas of Liverpool. And although they now share a £3million mansion in Cheshire it is clear the couple still love a bargain.
The star pockets £90,000 a week from Manchester United plus £1.5million a year from image rights. He also banks £1million a year from Nike and almost £250,000 a year from computer games giant EA. Wayne has also made £3.5million so far from a 12-year, five-book deal.
His 22-year-old missus isn’t short of a few bob either. Coleen rakes in £560,000 a year for two magazine columns plus £130,000 for each ten-episode run of her ITV2 show Coleen’s Real Women.
She has also earned £283,334 for an eight-book deal. Our source says: “This actually proves Coleen is true to her roots. She may have the money to buy lavish clothes and eat at fancy restaurants but at heart she and Wayne are just a young couple from Liverpool and want to grab a bargain just like everybody else.”
Deeper
Recently Coleen said: “We’re lucky to live in a nice house and to be able to afford nice holidays, but our day-to-day life is still just very normal. “On a typical day we’ll get up, Wayne will go to training and I’ll do whatever work I’ve got to do, or visit my mum and dad.
“Then we’ll come home, have our dinner together, watch TV and go to bed. Pretty boring really.” Gusto might well get another visit from the Rooneys on Valentine’s Day.
Coleen has said: “Usually we go for a meal, just somewhere local.” Looks like the couple will have to dig a little deeper the next time they pop into their favourite restaurant, though—the half-price offer has ended.
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why can't they?
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nothing what?
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Originally posted by Daisuke-kun:
why can't they?
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Originally posted by Daisuke-kun:
why can't they?
x3
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best.
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they mean millionaires aren't entitled to the promotion ah?
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What in hell, these kind of thing want to report as well......... Bo liao
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economy is bad mah..
so every savings goes a long way..
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knn our LKY does that too what...he will even use his senior citizen concession card if he ever take a bus lor..
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recession.
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Why in a crisis time like this, the soccer player's pay not being cut? Team are still paying ridiculous prices for some player. If they are then Rooney has a point to argue mah.
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if he wants face he wouldnt have used it. he should have given it to someone who needs the discount more.
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
knn our LKY does that too what...he will even use his senior citizen concession card if he ever take a bus lor..
i think he dun even need to pay lor. -
lolx WAD the hell? 50% off give mi la
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uhmm tats gd..
start saving frm young..
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Originally posted by Scania N113CRB l0v3r:
lolx WAD the hell? 50% off give mi la
ya.. and you'll get to fly all the way to England to ejoy a 20-30pound discount.. wow... good deal!!! hahahaha