Coleen Rooney has asked Wayne to request time off from his football club just weeks into the new season so they can work on their marriage problems after his drink-driving arrest.
The Everton striker, 31, faces a court appearance after he was caught behind the wheel of Laura Simpson’s Volkswagen near Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Miss Simpson, 29, said that she planned to have sex with the Everton and England star if they had not been stopped by police.
Coleen Rooney has asked Wayne (pictured with their children Kit, Klay and Kai) to request time off from his football club so they can work on their marriage problems
Rooney playing for Everton against Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-0 defeat, his first game since the scandal broke
Speculation was rife that their marriage could be over after Coleen, who is pregnant with their fourth child, was seen without her wedding ring for the first time this week.
But it appears she may give Wayne one more chance and hopes that ‘sympathy leave’ with their three children – Kai, Klay and Kit – could save their relationship.
His manager Ronald Koeman is unlikely to be impressed with Rooney missing any vital fixtures and it is far more likely that such a getaway would happen during the Premier League’s next international break at the start of October.
But, according to a source the scandal is affecting his performances on the pitch and getting away to sort his relationship could be a blessing on two fronts.
A friend told the Sun: ‘In the midst of it all they haven’t been able to do that [go on holiday] and, to work through their problems, she feels they need to get away.
They added: ‘He’s in the wrong headspace to play and the pressure is showing.
Laura Simpson, 29, said that she planned to have sex with the Everton and England star if they had not been stopped by police
Everton manager Ronald Koeman (pictured) is likely to be unimpressed with Rooney missing any vital fixtures
‘If Wayne wants to save his marriage, it’s time to put the football in second place.’
Koeman already said that he is ‘very disappointed’ with the situation and that the club would deal with the matter internally.
Rooney is expected to get a fine of more than £300,000 but, in his first press conference since Rooney’s tawdry antics came to light, an exasperated-looking Koeman refused to discuss any disciplinary action the club may take against him.
Koeman confirmed Rooney had met him and chairman Bill Kenwright on Tuesday. Rooney is due to appear before magistrates in Stockport on September 18.
It had been claimed Wayne has asked Coleen to reduce the number of holidays in the sun she takes each year as a condition for him to cut his boozing, but the suggestion of such a deal between the Rooneys was denied
Coleen has already been on 10 trips this year, including jaunts to Madrid, Majorca, Ibiza, Las Vegas, Barbados and Portugal. Despite Wayne’s reported pleas, she is reportedly planning another getaway to Dubai next month.
Coleen Rooney was seen without her wedding ring as she headed to gym amid the storm over her husband’s drive-drive arrest
The 31-year-old drove her Range Rover to the gym in Alderley Edge but was not sporting the wedding ring on her left hand
Mrs Rooney had moved to her parents after walking out on her husband, who had been in the spare room after his boozy evening with Ms Simpson.
Miss Simpson reportedly planned to ‘s***’ the former England star before the police pulled him over. She reportedly said: ‘I was up for it and so was he until he got arrested for drink driving. It spoiled the night.’
His wife Coleen, who has stood by him before, then flew back from Spain with their three children and reportedly screamed at him: ‘The world is laughing at me because of you. How could you do this to me while I’m pregnant? How could you be so stupid?’
Coleen was spotted without her ring at the gym on Friday, but it is unclear whether she had simply taken off the ring for her exercise session or whether the move is indicative of a growing gulf between the famous couple.