LONDON (Reuters) - England football star Wayne Rooney is to be
quizzed by detectives in connection with an early morning fight
outside a nightclub in Manchester, police said on Monday.
Officers are to interview Rooney, 21, about a reported incident
that occurred outside the Panacea bar in Manchester city centre
last month.
"An appointment will be made for a 21-year-old man to attend a
Greater Manchester Police station to be questioned in connection
with an incident on Sunday, October 15," Greater Manchester Police
said in a statement.
The People newspaper said on Sunday that the incident occurred
after the Manchester United striker had been at a celebrity party
to celebrate boxer Joe Calzaghe retaining his WBO
super-middleweight title in a fight in the city.
It said Rooney had become involved in a confrontation with a
paparazzi photographer as he left the bar.
Police said the player had not been arrested and the man involved
did not require any medical treatment but had reported the
matter.
It is not the first time that Rooney has faced a police probe into
his behaviour.
In March, an investigation into claims the striker had assaulted a
student in a bar in Manchester were dropped after the man decided
not to press charges.
