Wayne Rooney and I’m A Celeb star wife Coleen go head-to-head in TV ratings battle as he faces former Man Utd team-mate

WAYNE ROONEY and woman Coleen spell head-to-head connected TV contiguous successful a bid to conquer their jungles.

While Coleen stars on ITV’s I’m a Celeb successful the Aussie outback, 10,000 miles distant Rooney tin borderline Plymouth distant from the Championship driblet portion by beating Watford unrecorded connected Sky Sports. 

The legendary Manchester United striker, 39,  is besides facing a fig of hazards himself arsenic Pilgrims boss.

Argyle are geographically an outpost, person 1 of the league’s smallest budgets  and their main ambition this play is simply to survive.

Yet Rooney is winning over hearts and minds successful the city with his down-to-earth, man-of-the-people approach.

Whether it is singing karaoke with fans, eating retired successful the city, oregon visiting boozers for a fewer pints, helium has immersed himself successful Devon life.

A nine root told SunSport: “Wayne has truly bought into Plymouth.

“He’s not travel down to beryllium a brag who hides distant successful his flat — but wants to  consciousness wholly connected to the fans and everything going on.”

Due to Plymouth’s distant determination successful the south-west of England, Rooney has introduced starting immoderate distant journeys 2 days earlier matches.

He likes to halt disconnected halfway to games connected Thursday to bid earlier continuing the travel connected Friday up of a Saturday fixture.

This has not led to a triumph connected the roadworthy yet but Home Park is becoming a mini fortress with conscionable 1 league defeat.

The ex-England prima inactive takes portion successful grooming himself — and has left   players open-mouthed with his skills.

Rooney often likes talking to his stars and unit astir movies, holidays, household life, nutrient and is ever sharing small anecdotes distant from the game.

While we get to spot Coleen up adjacent successful the jungle, Roo is present making  a behind-the-scenes  documentary astir managing Plymouth.

It has not yet been decided which level it volition beryllium screened on.

But the Argyle gaffer said: “It’s going to beryllium large for the club. We person cameras everyplace from a nine constituent of presumption anyway, truthful it’s not thing new.

“They won’t beryllium present each azygous time and minute. It volition springiness bully penetration for the fans.”

Rooney‘s ex-United team-mate and champion pal Tom Cleverley — with whom helium won the Premier League successful 2013 — is Watford boss.

He serves a touchline prohibition contiguous but deed retired astatine critics who reckon Rooney underachieved arsenic gaffer astatine Derby, DC United and Birmingham.

Cleverley, 35, said: “We’ll drawback up earlier and aft arsenic friends. He was 1 of the champion players I’ve seen  and I’m blessed to spot america some trying to enactment our magic arsenic coaches.

“It’s harsh to accidental he underachieved.”