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I dont have a whole lot of time for the Daily Mail, but am reminded of this blast from the past after seeing the thread.
Owen and Rooney at war over £700,000 debtEXCLUSIVE By MATT LAWTON, Daily Mail
Last updated at 14:53 10 April 2006England’s World Cup plans have been thrown into turmoil by a £700,000 gambling debt that has caused a major rift between Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen.
Rooney is said to be furious with his international strike partner after introducing him to a bookmaker who is also Owen’s business partner.
Last night, a source close to Rooney said: "Michael Owen should be someone who puts his arm around Wayne’s shoulder. Wayne is pretty p****d off with Michael for introducing him to these people."
Owen introduced Rooney and a number of other England players to Steve Smith at the start of the season after becoming tired of running the team gambling school.
Until then Owen handled the bets, but the sums of money involved became too large and he instead recruited Smith to take care of matters.
Smith set up a private bookmakers called Goldchip Ltd, but it was only last Thursday that he obtained a gambling licence.
Before that, he is said to have been acting as a betting agent on behalf of Rooney, Owen and a number of other players ? believed to include John Terry, Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand.
Between September and February Rooney ran up gambling debts of around £700,000 and, when he was informed of just how much he owed to Smith, he turned to his management company, Proactive, for help.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba … z1hgUgjW5f
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