Ex-Wolves star lifts the lid on seedy soccer sex scandals

Sep 12 2010 by Ben Goldby, Sunday Mercury

A FORMER Midland football star has lifted the lid on soccer’s seedy underbelly – and revealed why so many top stars cheat.

Speaking after England hero Wayne Rooney was linked to a sex scandal with two hookers, ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers player Rohan Ricketts said he was not surprised by the allegations.

The midfielder, 27, claims easy sex is available on tap – and that cheating is a way of life for many footballers.

“In the wake of the Wayne Rooney sex allegation scandal, many will be mystified as to why a young man at the top of his trade, and who seems to have a happy relationship with his childhood sweetheart, could allow himself to ruin it all by purchasing sex from a high-class prostitute.

“Well, I’m sorry to say that it’s not that simple when you are a professional footballer.”

Ricketts, currently playing his club football in the former Soviet state of Moldova, made 44 appearances for Wolves between 2005 and 2007 after first finding fame at Spurs.