Wayne Rooney’s agent Paul Stretford has lost an appeal
against an 18-month ban and £300,000 fine for a breach of FA
regulations.
The agent was found to have breached regulations when he signed
up the England striker. The charges related to how Stretford
acquired the right to represent Rooney and making false and/or
misleading statements to police and in court.
Stretford appealed against a regulatory commission’s sanctions
imposed in July after seven of nine charges of breaching Fifa and
FA regulations were proven.
An independent appeal board have upheld the original punishment.
Stretford can now take this case to an arbitration panel to contest
the findings and his ban will be suspended until he has made that
decision.
“The board dismissed Mr Stretford’s appeal in its entirety and
the decisions of an independent regulatory commission in July 2008
were confirmed,” a statement on The FA’s website read.