Coral’s five contract rebels in light of Sterling reports

Robert Lewandowski

Just one season after future World Cup-winning star forward Mario Gotze moved from Borussia Dortmund to Bundesliga arch-rivals Bayern Munich, prolific Poland striker Robert Lewandowski followed suit, however controversially on a free transfer.

Dortmund still held hope right up until the final six months of his deal, but it was announced that the German giants had agreed a deal to sign Lewandowski at the end of the season, which further fractured relations between the two clubs.

Steve McManaman

Ex-Liverpool icon McManaman was one of the first high-profile footballers, certainly in England, to benefit from the Bosman ruling, when he decided to sign for Real Madrid for free in 1999.

The Reds were desperate not to lose their academy graduate and one of their key players for nothing, but eventually did as the tricky winger was offered a huge deal by Los Blancos.

Wayne Rooney

Rooney has been involved with not one but two contract sagas, both at Manchester United, in 2010 and then 2013. The talented forward seemingly had itchy feet and was not satisfied with the club’s ambitions and goals.

However, both tense situations were watered down with a ridiculously high contract offer, which Rooney snapped up. Despite the England skipper playing United around twice, he is now on a reported £300k deal and is the club captain. If you don’t ask, you don’t get…