Wayne Rooney is still ashamed about reports of his visits to brothels.

The Manchester United star admits that his past behaviour still affects his relationship with fiancée Coleen McLoughlin.

"Yes I had been to a brothel, a massage parlour, call it anything you like, when I was 16," Rooney writes in his new autobiography. "It was not long after I met Coleen. We weren't engaged or anything and anyway, I didn't know if it would lead anywhere. I felt so ashamed that I'd let her down so much. I've always loved her and always will, so why had I done such a shameful thing?

"When I confessed, that made it even worse as she had believed the best of me. She was devastated. It's my biggest single regret in life. I can never sufficiently make it up to Coleen - but I have tried and am trying."

Rooney's book will hit the shelves on July 27.