Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen is believed to be three months pregnant with her first child according to close friends.
The 23-year-old striker, who scored twice for England against Slovakia, is said to be 'absolutely thrilled, delighted and really excited' that Coleen is due to have their first baby at the end of September.
The childhood sweethearts married in a lavish £3million ceremony on the Italian Riviera last summer.
Friends said last night that the couple, who are worth an estimated ã35million, have been talking about starting a family since Christmas.
Coleen is said to have been lying low for the last few weeks, saying she has a cold.
In recent weeks she has left a series of tantalising clues as to her condition.
In her February diary for a magazine she gave advice to a women who was three months pregnant.
She wrote:"Make the most of being small now as you're only going to get bigger."
And twice this month she praised TV presenters Holly Willoughby and Tess Daly's maternity wear, saying:"It must be so hard to find stylish dresses every week."
Pictures of Coleen at a Lionel Richie gig in Manchester nine days ago show her wearing a loose satin top.
Since then she was snapped emerging from a restaurant in Liverpool covering her tummy with a black pashmina and handbag.
After finishing filming on her TV show Coleen's Real Women in January she has been out of the public eye.
She immediately flew to Barbados with her family for a holiday, complaining how much she missed Wayne, 23, who was being treated for an injury.
And her usually-hectic diary has increasingly consisted of 'lazy weeks' in front of the sofa.
The new arrival will want for nothing. Baby Rooney will have a specially-converted nursery in the couple's £3.5million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, which has a cinema, gym and £30,000 of security.
Coleen is the eldest of four children to brickie dad Tony and nursery nurse mum Colette. Wayne is the eldest of three.
The first picture of their new baby could sell for £1million a UK record, even eclipsing that paid for photos of Posh and Becks' baby Brooklyn.
Wayne and Coleen's spokesman said last night: 'These pregnancy rumours have been too numerous to comment on and we gave up doing so a long time ago.'
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