Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says he will put the impending birth of his first child ahead of the club.
Rooney’s wife Coleen is due in late October, just when the Red Devils are set to tackle Liverpool at Anfield but said he would be prepared to miss that match as well as the Champions League fixture in Moscow four days earlier.
"The baby's due the day we play Liverpool," said Rooney. "If Coleen goes in to have it before then, then I won't go to Moscow because I want to be there at the birth.
"If anything happens around that time then I'm sure I'll stay back. But if everything goes to plan then I'll be playing because that's my job and what I'm paid to do.
"I haven't spoken to the manager about it yet, but I want to be there for the birth of my child."
such a caring dad
