Kai Rooney has been told his family name “will only get him so far”, with mum Coleen ensuring that he does not repeat the mistakes of father Wayne.
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Teenager starring in Red Devils' academyFather made mistakes in his younger yearsSchool work as important as sporting effortsFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Having seen ex-England captain Wayne become the club’s all-time leading goal-scorer, Manchester United have high hopes for another Rooney on their books. Kai, at 15 years of age, continues to catch the eye in the Red Devils’ academy system.
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He has been collecting trophies at youth level, while displaying the same eye for goal that made his dad a global icon, but has found it difficult at times to handle the attention that being a Rooney brings.
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With that in mind, his mother Coleen is doing all she can to keep Kai on the straight and narrow. Wayne slipped off those tracks in his younger years, but the Rooneys have taken important lessons from those experiences.
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A source has told of how Coleen is handling her son’s blossoming football career: “Kai is already being touted as one to watch and played a big part in Man United winning the Under 15s league. He’s being tipped to become a first team player within the next couple of years.
“But Coleen is making sure that he doesn’t rely on it and has told him he has to do his GCSEs next year and still work hard at school as nobody knows what’s going to happen. She’s playing a big part in his career though and is making sure he’s well protected and isn’t thrust into the limelight like Wayne was at such a young age.”