Baby boy joy for Coleen Rooney

Coleen Rooney has given birth to a baby boy.

The TV presenter and footballer husband Wayne named their first child Kai Wayne Rooney. He was born on Monday at 2.20pm at Liverpool Women's Hospital, their spokesman said.

The spokesman added: "Mother and baby are both absolutely fine. Wayne and Coleen are thrilled with the wonderful addition to their family life."

Wayne, 24, was absent from training for his club Manchester United this morning amid growing speculation that his wife was set to give birth to the couple's first child.

He will now almost certainly be excused from playing for his side in their next fixture against CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

News that Coleen, 23, was pregnant emerged earlier this year although rumours had regularly circulated since the couple's spectacular wedding on the Italian Riviera last summer.

Coleen is the eldest of four children to bricklayer dad Tony and nursery nurse mum Colette. Wayne is the eldest of three. Both have large extended families.

Rooney's parents Jeanette and Wayne senior have two other sons, John and Graham.

The couple have been together since they were 14, and the England star reportedly proposed on a petrol station forecourt in Liverpool.

Shortly before they announced that they were expecting their first child, Coleen said to Reveal magazine that she would like to be a full-time mother. She said: "I would like to have a family - maybe three or four children - and I would be happy to be a full-time mum. I do enjoy my work but I'd be happy when we do have children to just get on with that."