Wagatha Christie showdown is postponed! Jamie Vardy's Leicester take on Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City on Monday night - but here's why Coleen and Rebekah WON'T be going head-to-head

It was the clash that was not only set to be gloriously fascinating for football fans, but for anyone who had been following the enthralling Wagatha Christie trial. For the first time since Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney came face to face in the High Court where they were supporting their warring wives, the two football stars were due to meet as Birmingham City welcome Leicester City to their St Andrew's stadium tomorrow night. Wayne and Coleen, especially, feared the column inches would not only overshadow the game but also revisit Wagatha, something both of them say had a hugely detrimental effect on their lives — even their marriages. For the first time since Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney came face to face in the High Court where they were supporting their warring wives, the two football stars were due to meet as Birmingham City welcome Leicester City to their St Andrew's stadium tomorrow night Both Team Vardy and Team Rooney were even anticipating both lip reading and body language experts to be in full throttle, analysing every teeny aspect of the meeting Wayne and Coleen, especially, feared the column inches would not only overshadow the game but also revisit Wagatha, something both of them say had a hugely detrimental effect on their lives — even their marriages Those close to Coleen, 37, say that she was always intending to stay away. There were of course discussions over whether she would go' - pictured in the south of France back in 2008 Coleen and Rebekah pictured together in 2016 - The showdown would have come jut a little over four years after Coleen took to social media in October 2019 to accuse Rebekah of leaking stories about her private life to The Sun newspaper Rebekah sensationally lost the 'Wagatha Christie' libel case with Coleen in July 2022 While the High Court showdown last spring was very much about the WAGs, their husbands did find themselves being dragged into the row after Rooney took to the stand to tell judge Mrs Justice Karen Steyn about an 'awkward' moment former England manager Roy Hodgson asked him to have a word with team-mate Jamie Vardy at the Euro 2016 tournament to tell his wife to 'calm down.'