FA charges Rooney agent Stretford

Agent Paul Stretford has been charged by the Football Association over his acquisition of Manchester United and England striker Rooney_79586.shtml'>Wayne Rooney.
The charges relate to an alleged breach of the Fifa players' agents regulations and FA rules.

Stretford was representing Rooney in September 2002, but this allegedly overlapped an agreement the player had with his former agent Peter McIntosh.

Stretford has until 1 July to respond to the four charges levelled at him.

Stretford was accused of misleading a court in October 2004 after charges were dropped against three men accused of blackmailing him.

He said the three men, John Hyland and brothers Christopher and Anthony Bacon tried to make him sign a contract splitting his Rooney profits 50-50 at a meeting in a Warrington hotel in June 2003.

But the prosecution said information showed that Stretford misled the court by making false statements while giving his evidence.

They showed that Stretford secured the services of Rooney in September 2002 and not December as he had told the court.

Stretford is alleged to have breached FA and Fifa rules by failing to:


i) protect the interests of his client
ii) respect the rights of his negotiating partners and third parties and

iii) refrain from any action that could entice clients away from other parties

Rooney later joined Manchester United in a deal which could eventually be worth £27m in August 2004.


SOME OF STRETFORD'S CLIENTS
Andy Cole (Fulham)
Sean Davis (Tottenham)
Mikael Forssell (Birmingham
Thomas Gravesen (R Madrid)
Francis Jeffers (Charlton)
John O'Shea (Man Utd)
Claudio Reyna (Man City)

Agents annoy me, they get payed too much.

I dont really know what will happen ehre, he should have just told the truth in court and his punishment would be much less.