The good people at Sports Pro Media have scooped a rare and exclusive interview with Wayne Rooney’s agent Paul Stretford.



Stretford negotiated Rooney’s four-year contract extension worth a reported £300,000 a week with Manchester United back in February.

Stretford explains:

Tier three is basically an agreement between Manchester United FC’s sponsorship arm and Wayne Rooney’s own corporate vehicle – Stoneygate – where a joint venture has been formed between the two parties to allow Manchester United to sell all of Wayne’s individual sponsorship rights as well.

For such agreement, they have made a forward guarantee of payments. The exciting part of that is that they are recognised as one of the best sponsorship sales teams in the world.

Sports Pro Media then explain just what massive earning potential Rooney has from the ‘third tier’ of his contract.

Rooney’s new deal means that, every time [Man United] pitches the likes of Aeroflot, Chevrolet, Epson, DHL, or Aon for a team deal, it can dangle a personal endorsement opportunity with Rooney alongside it.

If Manchester United sell beyond the forward payments they have made to Rooney for the rights, there is upside for both club and player. Rooney could well end up earning a lot more than UK£300,000 a week over the next five years.

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