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When Wags Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardey go to war, there are no winners

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Rebekah Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice during high-profile trial against Coleen Rooney who is being sued for libel by Rebekah after Coleen publicly accused her of leaking private stories to the press. 
(Picture: Gallo Images/ Getty Images)
Rebekah Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice during high-profile trial against Coleen Rooney who is being sued for libel by Rebekah after Coleen publicly accused her of leaking private stories to the press. (Picture: Gallo Images/ Getty Images)

The trial had it all: fabulously wealthy women from the ranks of the football elite, a sting operation a mystery novelist would be proud of and a friendship fallout so spectacular it had tongues wagging like never before.

Welcome to Wagatha Christie, a deliciously gripping drama featuring Coleen Rooney as the intrepid sleuth and Rebekah Vardy as the scorned ex-pal.

For days the case played out in the High Court in London, with both women supported by their husbands – former Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney in Coleen’s corner, Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy in Rebekah’s.

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