Wayne Rooney's four sons are each taking their own sporting paths, with two in Manchester United's academy, one turning to darts, and the youngest recently released by Everton.
Kai and Klay in United's youth setup
Kai, the eldest, previously spent time in Manchester City's academy and played in the United States while his father was at DC United. He returned to United aged 11 and registered 56 goals and 28 assists in the 2021/22 season. He made his Old Trafford debut in January when the U18s beat Derby 2-1 in an FA Youth Cup fixture and signed a scholarship this summer.
Speaking on the Disney+ docuseries The Real Rooneys, Wayne said: "Kai wants his own legacy, and I'll be there to support him. What I don't want is him to get a scholarship or get a contract because of me. I want it to be because of him in his own right. It's something he's wanted for a long time, so [I'll] be proud, really proud of him to get a scholarship."
Second-eldest Klay is also in United's youth setup. In 2025, Wayne watched the 13-year-old represent United's U12s at a tournament in Spain, where his team faced UE Quart at the MICFootball competition in Girona. Klay has reportedly been travelling abroad for tournaments with United since age eight.
Kit's darts switch and Cass's release
Kit, 10, has shifted his focus to darts after "retiring" from football. Coleen told The Sun: "The third one... this is the darts one - he wants to become a darts player at the minute." He met his hero Luke Littler at Alexandra Palace in January 2025 following Littler's maiden World Championship triumph.
Cass, eight, had been playing for Everton's academy until recently. On the Therapy Crouch podcast, Coleen discussed telling him he had been released: "The youngest one, he got let go. That was the hardest thing. Because the older two had been there and stayed there at United, Cass was at Everton."
"It was only Under-7s and he is a massive Evertonian, so he's got a season ticket and he loves Everton. So, the fact that he was there was everything to him. We knew, because it was a big squad, and obviously, then going into the Under-9s, you get signed then. We knew he wasn't going to stay because he wasn't one of the stronger ones there and the day came when we got the phone call."
"I was like, 'Cass, I've had a call and you're not going to be going into the next [year at Everton]' and he threw his head into his hands and he just burst out crying. But an hour later? He forgot about it. He was fine. He still plays for his grassroots team and he was on the phone straight away to my mum and dad saying, 'Everton have released me.'"
