A mock-up was reportedly made of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, showing him as having a thunder-bolt scar on his forehead like Harry Potter.
According to the Daily Star, the mock-up was created by employees of one of UK's largest bookmakers William Hill, and they reckoned that the United ace will be left with a lightning-shaped scar like the famous fictional boy wizard.
Rooney had reportedly hit out at critics who had slammed him for withdrawing from the England squad with a facial injury by revealing two images of injury on his Facebook page.
Rooney was accidentally hit in the face by Phil Jones while training and was deemed unfit to play for England after medical attention.
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