Super-Gob To Face The Music

Last updated : 21 April 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor

Whatever ... Rooney is back on the front pages of the newspapers yet again for spouting of his gob.

Yes, not a kid to keep his feelings to himself. And now he is being sued by his former manager David Moyes over comments made in his autobiography.

The book, entitled My Story So Far, accuses the Everton manager of being overbearing, controlling and ultimately responsible for Rooney's £27million transfer to Manchester United in 2004.

Moyes is reportedly claiming more than £300,000 in libel damages from his former player.

In the book Rooney claims he told Moyes he wanted to leave Everton FC after a newspaper revealed he had visited prostitutes.

The footballer goes on to suggest Moyes leaked details of the conversation to the Liverpool Echo newspaper, which led Rooney to controversially quit the club he had supported from childhood.

In the writ issued at the High Court in London, Moyes claimed the allegation had "injured his professional and personal reputation and caused serious embarrassment and distress".

Moyes has also issued libel proceedings against the book's author Hunter Davies and publishers Harper Collins.