Who can be an English football role model?

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So with allegations in the News Of The World about the private life of Wayne Rooney now speculating and allegations of cheating on his wife with a "hooker" while she was pregnant, who is left to be a role model for young football fanatics?

The fact of the matter is that young kids do idolise their favourite footballers, Rooney was probably the last of the big English stars with some kind of reputation left, that's IF this is all true.

He is on the covers of computer games, kids magazines etc, is he any longer the right person to promote football?

Though whether this is true or not I highly doubt it will get the press coverage John Terry did, despite Rooney arguably being the bigger world star.

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It's hardly like he hasn't done it before so imo it doesn't effect his image at all.

But he wasn't as big a "star" then. The amount of adverts, sponsorships and promotions he does now he's the biggest star of the English game, bar Beckham of course.

Everyone that ever speaks of Bullard says what a great chap he is but perhaps doesn't have the profile of Rooney.
 
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Scholes and Beckham? They seem to be the most recent top class english players that are of the same class off the pitch.

Beckham had an affair didn't he? If we're talking some kind of 1 strike and you're out that means becks is out??
 
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surely Lampard or Ferdinand?

Ferdinand has funded british movies and projects, dont know much about frank and how he may have helped others out.

both are experienced, whereas hart isnt.
 
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surely Lampard or Ferdinand?

Ferdinand has funded british movies and projects, dont know much about frank and how he may have helped others out.

both are experienced, whereas hart isnt.

There was that whole sex scandal with dyer and yelling at some american tourists post 9/11 in ayia napa (?!?)
 
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Surely Scholes is a bit of a role model.

Probably because he quit international football though :(

Much as I don't like him, I can see the argument for Ferdinand too - yes, he ballsed up that drug test (never failed it though to be fair), and has done an awful lot with his life outside of football as well.


What about Joey Barton?

:D
 
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