A legal feud between the wives of two of the Premier League's most famous strikers, between past and present, Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy: opponents on the pitch, now alongside their respective teammates who duel in a process already renamed "Wagatha Christie" for the presence - as opposing parties - of two Wags, an acronym that in the United Kingdom indicates the wives and girlfriends of the players.
The judicial proceeding, which opened last Monday, features former friends Coleen McLoughlin in Rooney, 36, and Rebekah Miranda, 40, wife of the Leicester center forward, just eliminated by Roma in the Conference League semifinal.
"The War of the Wags", another name chosen by the tabloids for this legal battle, began following a series of scoops by the tabloid Sun, in respect of which Ms Rooney suspected there was Mrs Vardy as a privileged source , having at the time a very close friendship.
Publicly accused of being a spy, Rebekah responded with a libel complaint, which has now come before the London High Court.
To the delight, as well as the law firms (fees are estimated to be around one million euros), especially the tabloid press, which is following the trial and the depositions of the two women with the usual morbid curiosity.
The first goal in the courtroom was scored by Coleeen's defense who forced Ms. Vardy to admit that she shared Coleen's private Instagram profile with her agent, from which the tabloids then drew.
But the derby between former friends is still long and open, to establish who the deep throat of this story actually is.