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But while the former footie ace’s wife Coleen faced off with fellow Wag Rebekah Vardy, Wayne appears to be gearing up for a rather public war of words with his old England teammate Andy Carroll.
In his new autobiography, Owning It, Andy alleged Wayne would invite fellow players into his room for a beer and a cigarette while they were on Three Lions duties around 2010 and 2011. He wrote of Wayne: “He’d be surrounded by cartons of fags, crates of lager and bottles of wine (which he got the hotel manager to deliver to his room), and soon his room would be full of players.
“No one got smashed, it was just Wazza’s way of breaking the monotony with a couple of drinks.”But Wayne was not impressed and issued a pretty punchy statement, saying: “I don’t normally comment on falsehoods written about me — but I will address this one.
“Andy knows that he and I never really socialised. I bumped into him once, coincidentally, while on a holiday — but that’s about it.
“As for this ‘tale’ about me drinking on England duty, it’s a fabrication. I don’t know where the story comes from. It’s disappointing.”
But now Andy has hit back and has told pals he is puzzled that Wayne has claimed the story is made up.
A friend told me: “Andy is beyond baffled by the suggestion that he invented a story.
“He has no reason to make something like this up and stands by every word of his account. “This is how Andy remembers the night and he won’t be bullied into changing his version simply because someone else now disputes it.“It is his honest recollection of the events as he experienced them. He is so proud of this book.”
They added: “The manuscript was carefully assessed ahead of publishing, with the appropriate checks undertaken in line with standard publishing practice.
“The book went through all the usual editorial and legal checks before being printed.”—Sun
