THATCH OF THE DAY –
HOW WAYNE ROONEY’S
HAIR TRANSPLANT TRANSFORMED
HIM FROM A LOSER TO A WINNER
A report by FRANK WORRALL. IT cost him the best part of 30,000 quid – but his hair transplant is turning out to be the best investment ever for Wayne Rooney, Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson and England and Fabio Capello. At the same time, it has proved a real blow to Roman Abramovich’s dreams of seeing his Chelsea team once again overhaul United at the top of the Premier League as Rooney scores for fun.
The United striker underwent the procedure in June after going prematurely bald on top. Many pundits guffawed with laughter at the news that the most famous footballer in Britain had resorted to such tactics – with some claiming it was indicative of the continued downward lifestyle spiral of the man who had been a shadow of his former brilliant footballing self the previous season.
Dogged by injuries, poor form and unpleasant revelations about his private life, Rooney the footballer had indeed nosedived. Indeed, it appeared that one of the most prodigious talents EVER had lost it for good. So the news that he had gone for a hair transplant merely confirmed that view for many critics of the former boy wonder: yes, his head had gone and with it any chance of ever recapturing his wondrous God-given gifts.
It was confirmation that he was more interested in his life away from the football pitch than on it: that he was no longer obsessed by the game itself. That he was now obsessed only by the celebrity lifestyle and the peripheral financial offspins that he and wife Coleen appeared to embrace with relish.
But now it emerges it wasn’t about that at all. That Rooney’s ‘Thatch of the Day’ was actually a move by an insecure lad – that he did it to improve his confidence ON the pitch. That he had the transplant to help him regain the devastating form that had so deserted him the previous campaign.
Put simply: he was going bald at 25 and didn’t like it. It was not good for his self-esteem so he did something about it. And what a change for the better it has brought!
Like a footballing version of Samson, Rooney had lost his power and strength when he lost his hair.
Just look at the stats for proof. In the 2010-11 campaign he scored just 11 goals all season. But since the transplant, he has netted 11 in NINE matches – nine for United and two for England!
Rooney explained that ‘stress’ had been the reason behind the transplant, saying, “I’m sure some of you who are going bald know it’s a bit stressful … So I made a decision to get it done. I thought ‘why not?’”
And a United source close to Rooney told Yahoo Sports, “At first the lads were teasing him about playing better and looking more lively now he has got a head of hair again. But now it really does seem like there is a new confidence about him and a spring in his step. Frankly, everyone is pretty excited about it.”
So there you have it…the reason Man United are on fire this season, the reason why they are getting so far ahead (of Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal) is that Rooney got a head (of hair)… | |
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