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'You get taught you have to fight to survive': Wayne Rooney admits he enjoyed punch-ups as a teenager - after revealing he still seeks 'help' from his grandmother Mavis

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Wayne Rooney has revealed he used to enjoy getting into fights as a teenager, a and would even expect them while attending music gigs.

Speaking in his Amazing Prime documentary, the footballer, 36, confesses that he 'wasn't the nicest kid' after being taught he had to 'fight to survive' while growing up on a council estate.

Wayne, who admits he got his jaw broken during a fight in Manchester when he was just 13, also makes the candid confession that he still seeks 'help' from his late nan Mavis, after she passed away in 2002 shortly before his Premier League debut.