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07 Sep 2004, 03:35 PM
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Sep 7 2004
EXCLUSIVE
By Brian Roberts
WAYNE Rooney has been given 24-hour security after getting threats over his £25million move to Manchester United.
Worried bosses at Old Trafford hired an SAS-style personal minder for the 18-year-old striker when police told them he and his family were targets for attacks - including one plot to petrol bomb his car.
And detectives have given Rooney Category 1 status, meaning units will be dispatched immediately if he or his bodyguard call with a problem.
As well as threats from bitter fans angry at his move to rivals United, Liverpool gangsters are also reported to want revenge on the star after losing around £750,000 bets in the Far East that he would stay at Everton.
A police source said: "All the information was assessed and believed to be credible.
"Intelligence has been received that shows a hard core of Everton supporters have become involved in plans to attack Rooney and possibly members of his immediate family who live in the Merseyside and Cheshire areas.
"Manchester United and Rooney's people have been advised that he should at all times be accompanied by a minder.
"Rooney will have to come to terms with the fact that he could be the victim of some kind of attack in the short term, but with the services of a good security professional this threat can be minimised.
"However he will still have to be very careful over the next few years."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14612252%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=safe%2dstriker%2d%2d%2dmaximum%2dsecu%2droo%2dty-name_page.html
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EDIT: Please do not copy the whole article, please provide a link and an excerpt. Thank you! - Motterman
Sep 7 2004
EXCLUSIVE
By Brian Roberts
WAYNE Rooney has been given 24-hour security after getting threats over his £25million move to Manchester United.
Worried bosses at Old Trafford hired an SAS-style personal minder for the 18-year-old striker when police told them he and his family were targets for attacks - including one plot to petrol bomb his car.
And detectives have given Rooney Category 1 status, meaning units will be dispatched immediately if he or his bodyguard call with a problem.
As well as threats from bitter fans angry at his move to rivals United, Liverpool gangsters are also reported to want revenge on the star after losing around £750,000 bets in the Far East that he would stay at Everton.
A police source said: "All the information was assessed and believed to be credible.
"Intelligence has been received that shows a hard core of Everton supporters have become involved in plans to attack Rooney and possibly members of his immediate family who live in the Merseyside and Cheshire areas.
"Manchester United and Rooney's people have been advised that he should at all times be accompanied by a minder.
"Rooney will have to come to terms with the fact that he could be the victim of some kind of attack in the short term, but with the services of a good security professional this threat can be minimised.
"However he will still have to be very careful over the next few years."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14612252%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=safe%2dstriker%2d%2d%2dmaximum%2dsecu%2droo%2dty-name_page.html
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EDIT: Please do not copy the whole article, please provide a link and an excerpt. Thank you! - Motterman