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Manchester United star Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen will face grilling in court
Couple to be quizzed as part of agent's legal battle...
31 Jan 2010 12:08:00
By Zack Wilson
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen are set to face intensive questioning regarding their lucrative earnings as part of a legal dispute involving the player's agent Paul Stretford.
According to a report from The Daily Telegraph, the couple are being sued by celebrity and sports agents, the James Grant Group, for £4 million in unpaid commissions resulting from when Mr Stretford left the firm in 2008.
The split was acrimonious, with Stretford setting up a new firm and taking Rooney and his wife with him as clients.
Rooney has apparently amassed a personal fortune of around £35 million from a clutch of high-profile endorsements, while Coleen has also earned large sums for her TV series, perfume, make-up contracts and magazine columns.
The James Grant Group claims it is owed the commissions from future contracts negotiated on the couple's behalf by Proactive Sports Management, the company which was founded 20-years ago by Mr Stretford.
That company now forms part of James Grant.
Both Rooney, 25, and his wife, 24, regard the legal action as "exploitative". They claim that the commissions, valued at around 20 per cent, were only ever payable against management services actually rendered.
"Both Wayne [Rooney] and Coleen [Rooney] regard the claims being made against them as exploitative and financially driven," said a spokesman on their behalf, according to The Telegraph.
"Neither would have chosen to see these matters aired in court.
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According to a report from The Daily Telegraph, the couple are being sued by celebrity and sports agents, the James Grant Group, for £4 million in unpaid commissions resulting from when Mr Stretford left the firm in 2008.
The split was acrimonious, with Stretford setting up a new firm and taking Rooney and his wife with him as clients.
Rooney has apparently amassed a personal fortune of around £35 million from a clutch of high-profile endorsements, while Coleen has also earned large sums for her TV series, perfume, make-up contracts and magazine columns.
The James Grant Group claims it is owed the commissions from future contracts negotiated on the couple's behalf by Proactive Sports Management, the company which was founded 20-years ago by Mr Stretford.
That company now forms part of James Grant.
Both Rooney, 25, and his wife, 24, regard the legal action as "exploitative". They claim that the commissions, valued at around 20 per cent, were only ever payable against management services actually rendered.
"Both Wayne [Rooney] and Coleen [Rooney] regard the claims being made against them as exploitative and financially driven," said a spokesman on their behalf, according to The Telegraph.
"Neither would have chosen to see these matters aired in court.
"However, the actions of those running James Grant/Proactive have left them with no choice but to defend what is for them a matter of principle."
A friend of Mr Stretford added: "Proactive/James Grant and its owners have played no part in the management or either Wayne or Coleen's business affairs from November 2008 when they last had contact with Proactive.
"It is inconceivable that they should expect payment for the period since November to now, never mind for the years ahead."
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