Swales, who wears extravagant mutton chop whiskers and is known as an "old-school" representative, has enjoyed a quiet life with the deal-phobic Scholes but wouldn't want it any other way.

The other would stop retail brokers from casting votes, almost always in favour of management, on behalf of investors who have not given instructions on how to vote.

Only the players’ agent himself is entitled to represent and promote theinterests of players and/or clubs in connection with other players and/orclubs.