- Rune Hauge
Rune Hauge (born
April 23 1954 ) is a Norwegian football agent.In English football, Hauge is best known as the agent who represented
John Jensen andPål Lydersen during their transfers to Arsenal in the early 1990s. This would lead to Arsenal manager George Graham becoming embroiled in allegations that Hauge paid him a £425,000 "bung" to sign the players. Graham was later found guilty bythe Football Association after admitting receiving an "unsolicited gift" and was suspended for a year.Hauge was banned from operating as an agent for life by
FIFA in 1995 [http://www.fifa.com/fifa/pub/newsletter/fifanews.12_95.html#8.00] , but this was later reduced to two years' suspension of his licence [http://www.fifa.com/fifa/pub/newsletter/fifanews.3-96.html] . After he regained his licence, he went on to represent several Norwegian players includingOle Gunnar Solskjær ,Steffen Iversen andEirik Bakke . He was also involved in the transfer ofRio Ferdinand from West Ham United to Leeds United [http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/leeds/article111801.ece] .In 2005, he was involved in the transfer dispute between Manchester United and Chelsea over
John Obi Mikel , claiming (along with others) that he had the right to represent theNigeria n youth.Hauge's current clients include Blackburn's Norwegian midfielder
Morten Gamst Pedersen .External links
* [http://arsenal-mania.com/articles/341/Three-Cups-and-a-Brown-Paper-Bag.html Three Cups and a Brown Paper Bag] - account of the Graham scandal
* [http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/ranter/john-obi-mikel.html The Very Strange Transfer Saga of John Obi Mikel]
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