Coleen and Wayne 'divided'

A source tells new the Rooneys are at loggerheads over the best way to manage son Kai's blossoming football career

- Mitya Underwood

With Coleen and Wayne Rooney’s teenage son already lifting football trophies, the couple are allegedly at odds over the talented youngster’s next steps. Kai Rooney, 14, the eldest of the couple’s four boys, has been tipped to follow in his father’s legendary footsteps after scoring his own “wonder goal” against Millwall last week, securing his Manchester United U14 team the Albert Phelan Cup.

According to our source, while Coleen, 38, and Wayne – who made his professional debut at the age of 16 – are both thrilled for their son, they’re on different pages when it comes to the next important decisions about his flourishing career.

“Everyone is saying how [Kai] is going to be football’s next big thing and could even emulate his dad,” the source claimed. “Wayne is happy for him to start playing at 16 professionally like he did but Coleen is a lot more protective and thinks that a lot of Wayne’s issues come from being a star so early.”

Former England and Manchester United whizz Wayne, also 38, turned professional for Everton as a baby-faced 16-year-old back in summer 2002 after joining the youth team of his favourite club seven years earlier. In October of that year, he scored the winning goal against Arsenal and cemented himself as one of the most talented footballers to play in the English Premier League.