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Published 18:48 15 Jun 2016 BST
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"Some blokes don’t mind their hair receding and they’re fine with it. But I’ll admit I used to stare at myself in the morning and think ‘Bloody hell, you’re going bald and you’re only a young lad’ "It’s a transplant, bits of hair taken from the back of my head and surgically stuck to the front. Despite the comments in a few magazines and the jokes from mates, I think it looks alright."
It is perhaps hyperbole to suggest that Rooney is a pioneer in male beautification, but he is surely the most well-known British man to undertake such a corrective course of action. Perhaps he even inspired a few blokes out there to get proactive and do likewise.
But now, many think they've spotted another artificial enhancement to the 3o-year-old's distinctive features. Mirroring his general play of late, there seems to be less movement in parts of Rooney's face. His forehead in particular looks to have less lines than The Revenant.
Has Manchester United's Red Devil gone all Real Housewives of Orange County? Is he pumping his fod full of more botox than your average Kardashian? Or perhaps he is just a lot less stressed these days, what with Louis van Gaal vacating the Old Trafford hot seat.
Whatever the truth, Wayne's expressionless face has certainly wrinkled a few brains...
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