Why Coleen wasn’t part of Wayne Rooney’s documentary ‘circus’ at Plymouth – with plans for Netlfix show scrapped after Man Utd legend’s sacking

After bringing ex-England captain Rooney on board, the Pilgrims were eager to make use of the added attention that he brought to Home Park. The plan was to line up a series that lifted the lid on the Manchester United legend’s return to management.

Rooney was happy to let cameras into his world, having witnessed the success that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have enjoyed with ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, but said project – which had streaming giants Netflix on board - never really got off the ground.

That is because Rooney was relieved of his duties in Devon after just 25 games. Plymouth are adamant that his appointment was never a PR exercise, with the Pilgrims doing everything in their power to ensure that a sporting “circus” was avoided.

Plymouth CEO Andrew Parkinson has told the Business of Sport: “Some of it is a bit ridiculous, because you could have things like lifestyle programmes. In fairness, he didn't want to do any of that. He just wanted to concentrate on football, and actually so did we really. Otherwise, it becomes a bit of a circus.”

Parkinson added on the proposed documentary: “We did look at doing a show. But, that was all around football and wasn't around, say, like a Wayne and Coleen show or something like that. It had to be about football.”

Write a single paragraph reflectThat kind of show is now being put in place, with the Rooneys said to have a £10 million ($13m) deal agreed with Disney+ for an ‘At Home With’ production. Wayne will be free to star in that alongside his wife as the 39-year-old has returned to punditry duty, rather than heading back into the dugout.