Ah yes, back to the slog and grind.

I’m sure you enjoyed your holidays, but I’ll spare you the small talk, because there’ll be enough of that around the office.

Wayne Rooney also enjoyed his holidays, although he ended up being arrested for public intoxication, which can be a bit of a bummer.

According to Rooney’s spokesman, his intoxication was “a result of feeling “disorientated” after taking sleeping tablets on a flight while drinking”.

Sure, who hasn’t knocked back a sleeping tablet with a few whiskeys, right? To start, here’s that mugshot:

There’s a lot of pain behind those eyes.

Over to the BBC:

The former England and Manchester United captain was arrested on 16 December at Dulles International Airport in Virginia after returning from a one-day trip to Saudi Arabia.

Rooney, 33, was charged and paid a $25 fine and $91 costs on 4 January, according to court documents from Loudoun General District Court.

In a statement, his spokesman said: “During the flight Wayne took a prescribed amount of sleeping tablets mixed with some alcohol consumption and consequently was disorientated on arrival.

“He was approached by police who arrested him on a minor misdemeanour charge.

“He received a statutory automatic fine and was released shortly afterwards at the airport. The matter is now at an end.

“Wayne would like to put on record his appreciation for the manner he was treated by all involved.”

No harm done, although it doesn’t look that great when you remember that he is currently serving a two-year drunk driving ban in the UK, after being arrested in September 2017 in Cheshire.

His US club, DC United, issued a short statement:

 “We are aware of news reports indicating that Wayne Rooney was arrested in December.

“We understand the media’s interest in this matter but we believe this is a private matter for Wayne that DC United will handle internally. We have no further comment on this situation.”

At least he’s growing up, because he used to appear in the tabloids after being caught sleeping with prostitutes.

[source:bbc]