Rooney denies slapping Coleen

Footballer Wayne Rooney's agents today admitted the star had a nightclub bust-up with fiancee Coleen McLoughlin - but denied claims he struck her in the face.

The £27 million England and Manchester United striker is alleged to have slapped his girlfriend during an argument at Brasingamens club in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Sunday night.

It is the second time in a month that the 19-year-old player has been embroiled in a row about a late-night confrontation, coming weeks after a student alleged the star hit him in a Manchester bar.

One witness told a newspaper that Rooney was seen being dragged away by team-mates following the bust-up with Coleen, also 19, who is said to have fled the venue in tears.

It is claimed the pair began a row after the forward arrived in the upmarket bar with team-mates Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown and Roy Carroll.

A spokesman for the player denied Rooney had slapped his fiancee, but admitted they had been involved in an argument at the venue.

He said: "They did have an argument in public at the nightclub and left together and spent the night together. Everything is fine between them."

Police last month probed claims that Rooney had punched a student in the head during a brawl in Manchester city centre.

Music student Patrick Hanrahan, 22, claimed the player hit him three times following a row in the Tiger Tiger club, but later withdrew the allegation.