And Rooney's potential departure did not appear to affect his team-mates as a youthful line-up just about did enough to deserve victory over their Turkish visitors.
During World Series games Tim was seen cheer-leading his mates inning after inning, not sulking as Cabrera and Fielder were caught doing every time TV cameras zoomed into their dugout.
Women who rated their matesas more sexually attractive, meanwhile, did not exhibit these changes and instead reported being more satisfied with their relationship at high fertility than at low fertility.
Although Rees does not have the international experience of his Wales team-mates, he is confident that will not be a drawback on Saturday as the Ireland players are so well known to him.
In fact, since men are not particularly attracted to powerful mates, high-status women do not profit from their rank, at least not in so far as it affects their access to men.