DON'T PANIC! EURO 2004.FEAR not folks -- our exclusive front page picture isn't really England sensation Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who currently plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. downing a lager hours before tonight's game. It's actually Coventry student Michael Benson who's fooling everyone by pretending to be wonderboy Wayne. Michael, a graphic design student at Henley College, gets mistaken for Rooney in the street and has been asked for his autograph autograph Any manuscript handwritten by its author; in common usage, a handwritten signature. Aside from its value as a collector's item, an early or corrected draft of a work may show its stages of composition or “correct” final version. at parties. The 19-year-old, of Sommerville Road, Wyken, has now signed up to copycat agency A-List Lookalikes and Entertainment Ltd, in Bradford. He said: "It all started about 14 months ago when Rooney really rose to prominence and everyone started recognising him." A midfielder
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"When Rooney started regularly getting in Everton's team and scoring more goals I found an increasing number of people commenting that I looked like him." But he said it's been Rooney's goal-scoring exploits at Euro 2004 in Portugal, where he's the tournament's top scorer with four goals, that have brought him more attention. A general assistant at Tesco, in Dorchester Way, Walsgrave, Michael said his parents, Lesley and Steven Benson, both 41, are keen for him to exploit his likeness to Rooney. "My mum is really keen on it and she was the one who was keen I sign up to a lookalikes agency." Michael's girlfriend Stephanie Mooney, 19, of Brandon, said friends at her leaving party from Caludon Castle sixth form last year were asking Michael for autographs. "All my friends were saying he looks like Wayne Rooney, it was superb and really amusing, and let's just hope Rooney keeps scoring the goals," she said. WAYNE ROONEY AGE: 18 CLUB: Everton HEIGHT: 5ft 10in WEIGHT: 12 stone 1lb EARNINGS: pounds 15,000 a week at Everton ESTIMATED WORTH: Anything up to pounds 100 million if he keeps scoring ENDORSEMENTS: Coca-Cola, Nike, Pringles, Ford MICHAEL BENSON AGE: 19 CLUB: Binley Woods men's team HEIGHT: 6ft 1in WEIGHT: 10 stone 7lb EARNINGS: pounds 5.35 an hour at Tesco ESTIMATED WORTH: Unknown ENDORSEMENTS: None, but has just signed up to A-List Lookalikes & Entertainments Ltd CAPTION(S): D20897_8 STRIKING RESEMBLANCE: Graphic design student Michael Benson, 19, gets mistaken for wonderboy Wayne Rooney (inset). Main picture: JAMES BALFOUR James Balfour may refer to:
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