Rooney to tie knot in €6.3m bash

Final preparations were under way for the marriage of Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin today in one of the most eagerly anticipated footballer’s weddings of the decade.

The pair were childhood sweethearts and McLoughlin was said to have brushed off the England footballer’s pleas for a date for a couple of years before caving in.

Official details of the wedding’s locations and even the exact date have been kept under wraps — but the couple are expected to exchange vows today.