Partying curbed to impress old man in designer spectacles

A Spoiler sneak has learned from an ex- England footballer the reason for Rio Ferdinand’s lack of attendance at Wayne Rooney’s summer wedding. Apparently, Fabio Capello implied that the Manchester Utd star would only be made permanent captain of his national side if he cut out his wild partying ways.

By missing his good chum’s knees-up, he felt it sent a message to the Italian that his that his black eye-wielding, doomed-Christmas-party-organising days are over.

Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Sounds like a reasonable excuse to miss the wedding, but surely the ‘merking’ one can’t go long before he does something stupid