Reports suggest that Rooney and new wife Coleen were upset at the absence of Rio Ferdinand at their wedding.

The defender is noticeably absent from photographs of the lavish occasion on the Italian Riviera, the rights of which were sold to OK! magazine for £2.5 million.

Rooney and his new bride were reportedly "upset and mystified" that both Ferdinand and his fiancee Rebecca Ellison failed to make it, despite the groom having laid on a private jet to take them to the event.

Guests who did make it included a host of footballers together with their wives, including Manchester United stars John O'Shea, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown, and Rooney's former Everton team-mate Duncan Ferguson.

Ferdinand was spotted holidaying on a beach in Israel with friends a few days later.

Rooney and McLoughlin, both 22, tied the knot in two ceremonies in Italy.