The Independent is reporting today that Wayne Rooney’s agent, Paul Stretford, has been fined £300,000 and banned from working as an agent for 18 months after a FA disciplinary commission questioned how he went about acquiring Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney, as a client for his Proactive Sports Management group in 2002.
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Money, Greed and WAGs. If there was ever a motto that most EPL players live by today, this would no doubt be the one.

In a world where players constantly jockey for more money in a business built on who’s making more per week, the EPL summer transfer window has turned into a free-for-all where even the most dedicated stalwart has a price. [Read the rest of this entry »]

The season hasn’t even started yet, and already Liverpool and Manchester United are preparing to do battle against the other in a fight to sign a very crafty Spanish midfielder. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was hoping to get in a round of golf at a charity event yesterday without having to discuss the Ronaldo to Madrid saga. So when the big Scot came off the course, chances were pretty good that the media standing in front of him were going to get stonewalled on the only question that seems to matter in Manchester these days. Boy were they in for a shock… [Read the rest of this entry »]

Just weeks Pablo Aimar after looked ready to put pen to paper on a deal three-year deal to join Quique Sánchez Flores at Benfica, the former Real Zaragoza midfielder appears to be getting cold feet. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Yes I know, the question is a boring one. It sure as hell isn’t as good as some of the fantastic questions we pose to you on a daily basis here at Caughtoffside.com (*ducks as chair is thrown in my direction*),
but it has to be asked. [Read the rest of this entry »]

You have to give the silly season credit; just when you think things can’t get any more confusing, the Daily Mirror and other various sources pop up with new rumours that make you shake your head and wonder what’s really going on. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Many might not know it, but the U.S. soccer system is growing a pretty rapid rate. From Clint Dempsey, to Jozy Altidore and Freddy Adu, the American soccer system continues to produce some of the top talent in the world. But aside from the talent currently playing on the big stage, the U.S. system has been desperate for a global football link that could really make the youth academies something special.

On Wednesday that wish became a reality. [Read the rest of this entry »]