Man Utd striker Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen has given birth to a baby boy.

The child, who the couple have named Kai Wayne Rooney, was born at 2.20pm on Monday 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."

Rooney, 24, was absent from training for Manchester United on Monday 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.

Relatives from both sides of the family passed in and out of the hospital on Monday afternoon.

Rooney's brother Graham arrived alongside his cousin Claire, a close friend of Coleen's, who carried a bunch of flowers for the couple.

His father and mother were among the well-wishers who left the hospital this afternoon.

Coleen's mother and brother Joe were also seen leaving the hospital.