The Wayne Rooney Show – Wayne’s shocking Christmas dinner and players being out of work

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It’s a festive special on the Wayne Rooney Show as Sam Allardyce and Dion Dublin join Wayne, Keeley Somers and Chai Coord in a Christmas celebration. Wayne reveals his stunning Christmas dinner choices and what the big day really looks like in the Rooney family, while the panel reveals how the footballers actually spend Christmas. Big Sam recalls the moment he discovered a West Ham player had gone home for Christmas and not returned for the next game, and shares stories from an era when playing on Christmas Day – and drinking afterwards – was part of the job. Dion explains why some players deliberately stay out of their manager’s way over the festive period, how he ended up releasing a Christmas album, and why he recently appeared on EastEnders. There are also tales of expensive bottles of wine being destroyed by Wayne’s father-in-law, the entire Liverpool squad landing in hospital, a sunny mid-season break in Dubai (including one that Wayne missed), and a debate over whether having only one Premier League match on Boxing Day has ruined football’s great tradition. You can watch The Wayne Rooney Show on the BBC Sport YouTube channel and iPlayer, as well as listen to the BBC Sounds channel.

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