Eg stolar meir på klubben, enn ein agent med dårleg historie.
"In July 2002, while Rooney was with Everton, agent Paul Stretford encouraged Rooney and his parents to enter the player into an eight-year contract with Proactive Sports Management. However, Rooney was already with another representation firm at the time, while Stretford's transaction went unreported to the FA, and he was thus charged with improper conduct. Stretford alleged in his October 2004 trial that he had secretly recorded boxing promoter John Hyland (an associate of Rooney's first agent) and two other men threatening and attempting to blackmail him for an undisclosed percentage of Rooney's earnings.
In court following these allegations, Stretford's case collapsed due to evidence that conflicted with his insistence that he had not signed Rooney, and on 9 July 2008, he was found guilty of "making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police, and giving false and/or misleading testimony." In addition, the contract to which Stretford had signed Rooney was two years longer than the limit allowed by the FA. Stretford was fined £300,000 and banned from working as a football agent for eighteen months"
Har vært mye tull med agenter lenge så det er nok mange som driver nå som ikke har helt rent mel i posen. Selv om han har gjort ting som ikke er lovelig før betyr ikke det at vi skal stemple han som helt upålitelig.
Denne saken er nok sammensatt som de fleste andre. Se f.eks. hva som står i shiels gazette;
Taylor distraught at transfer-listing
Published Date: 26 August 2010
By Miles Starforth
STEVEN Taylor has been left distraught by his transfer-listing at Newcastle United.
But the defender ? and manager Chris Hughton ? are hopeful his future still lies at St James's Park.
Taylor was yesterday placed on the transfer list at the club, ahead of the closing of the transfer window on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old's agent,
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Paul Stretford, had been in protracted talks with United's hierarchy over a new deal, with the player having just a year left on his present contract.
Newcastle abruptly ended negotiations and transfer listed him yesterday, with leaked figures suggesting Taylor had been demanding a basic wage of between £60,000 and £69,000, though his camp have indicated he is more than happy to sign a deal for substantially less than that if it has incremental performance-based rises built into its four-year term.
Taylor, sidelined with a shoulder injury, was at a Prince's Trust event when he heard of the move through the media.
"Steven's very disappointed at the manner he learned of the fact he had been placed on the transfer list," Stretford told the Gazette.
"He's equally disappointed the club has seemingly chosen to draw a line under the contract negotiations that had been taking place.
"Only a few days ago I made it clear to the club that we wished to continue negotiations, and that we were willing to take on board their comments from our last meeting.
"This is the last thing Steven wanted ? he's been at the club man and boy, and he doesn't want to be involved in a public dispute with the club he loves.
"He's quite happy to accept people at the club will earn more than him ? that's football.
"He's not been given a chance to complete that process before being placed on the transfer list, but equally he wants to be rewarded for playing a part in that success, just as he is happy to accept adjustment to his contract for failure.
"Steven had the opportunity to leave when the club went down, but he was the first player to come out and say he wanted to stay and help the club back where it belongs.
"He doesn't want to see a job half done. It's a club Steven loves, and he wants to be part of a successful Newcastle United side.
"The club have their job to do, and while we don't agree with their position, or the manner in which they have made this matter public, we respect the position of the people at the club."
The Gazette understands the disparity between the two parties centres on incremental increases in the terms of the proposed four-year contract, based on the success of the club and the player.
Taylor's happy to agree a new deal which would still see him earn considerably less than the highest-paid defender, though his agent is keen for it to rise over the length of the deal should United stay in the Premier League.
And Stretford vigorously disputes the leaked £60,000 figure, saying: "The figures put out to sections of the media are misleading. They're a headline number that isn't consistent with our position.
"They've been used in an effort to create a division between Steven and the fans, and certainly neither Steven nor I were given the opportunity to discuss their validity prior to broadcast."
Meanwhile, Hughton is still confident middle ground can be found, and last night insisted he was desperate for Taylor to stay at the club after Newcastle's Carling Cup win over Accrington Stanley.
"Most are aware of what went out, and that would be because of a breakdown in the contract talks between the two parties, but we're very hopeful it can be resolved," Hughton told the Gazette.
"Steven Taylor's a player we would very much like to keep at the football club, and we'd like to think it could be resolved."
