Thursday, July 10, 2008
Rooney's agent banned
Paul Stretford, Wayne Rooney's agent, has been fined £300,000 and banned from working as a football agent for 18 months.
The punishment follows a disciplinary commission's investigation into Football Association charges relating to how he acquired the right to represent the Manchester United forward - then with Everton - in 2002.
The independent commission found Stretford, the founder of the Proactive Sports Management agency, guilty of seven of the nine charges made against him, including those relating to improper conduct in the "making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police and giving false and/or misleading testimony to Warrington Crown Court" during a court case examining the circumstances in which Rooney joined Proactive.
The punishment follows a disciplinary commission's investigation into Football Association charges relating to how he acquired the right to represent the Manchester United forward - then with Everton - in 2002.
The independent commission found Stretford, the founder of the Proactive Sports Management agency, guilty of seven of the nine charges made against him, including those relating to improper conduct in the "making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police and giving false and/or misleading testimony to Warrington Crown Court" during a court case examining the circumstances in which Rooney joined Proactive.
