I'm Forever Blowing 30 Million Quid

The end of the saga involving Manchester United's Carlos Tevez saga could finally be in sight after Sheffield United won a High Court battle with West Ham. Mr. Justice Teare granted a temporary order preventing the Hammers appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over a ruling they had breached Premier League rules when they played the Argentinean. Sheffield United now have the green light to pursue their arbitration claim for damages over the Premier League relegation in 2007 and could be in line for a £30million pay out.

The full court battle over whether West Ham can appeal the arbitration tribunal's findings will be heard in the High Court next year, where the Yorkshire club will seek a permanent injunction. An independent panel ruled that Tevez was ineligible to play for West Ham during the 06/07 season - a campaign in which he was deemed to have played a crucial part in their survival.

Sheffield United were relegated at West Ham's expense and their claim for damages will be assessed at a future arbitration tribunal meeting in private.....Back To Home Page...

Sign Tevez Or Sell Him, But Get On With It !!

Manchester United really need to get their arses in gear now if they have any REAL intentions of signing Carlos Tevez long term. Ruud Van Nistelrooy has crocked himself long term and is out for the rest of the season so guess who will come knock knock knocking on United's door again - yes Real Madrid !! I've had about all I can stomach of their nonsense in the press so I can't be bothered going through all that again. Either sign him or get rid of him. I personally think £30m for a 4th striker is silly money so I'd sell him but there we go, the final choice is Fergies.

United paid between £6 million and £10 million to sign Tevez on a two-year loan deal, which expires next summer, and those costs are expected to be included in the final fee, which could total as much as £30 million. That would leave United with about £20 million left to pay to Joorabchian, who owns the economic rights to the player......Back To Home Page

Carlos tevez On His Way ?

Carlos Tevez has clearly been relegated to 4th choice at Manchester United so
is it really worth Manchester United spending £30 million on making his move
permanent ? After starting just one of the last six Premier League games he is
clearly fourth in the striking pecking order behind Wayne Rooney, Cristiano
Ronaldo and Dimitar Berbatov.

The deal to turn his loan into a £30million permanent move was supposed to have been
completed by now but so far all we have heard is excuses after excuse from Fergie about how
the cash is available but the deal will be done in December, January, February etc etc. If they
reached the summer and said "No thanks" it would not be a big surprise to any of us really.

While his penalty finally ended QPR’s resistance, his all-round play hardly suggested he was
grasping this opportunity with both hands. His finishing was awful, which is why United needed a
late penalty to sink the Championship outfit and make it to the Carling Cup quarter-finals. (The
Sun)

Alex Ferguson has spent big, big money to get his team back to the top - £29 million on Wayne
Rooney, £32 million Dimitar Berbatov, £19 million on Anderson, £29 million on Rio Ferdinand,
the list goes on. With all these expensive signings some might argue what is one more ? But with
the credit crunch biting even Chelsea, Manchester United will need to make cutbacks. Can they
really justify spending £30 million on a 4th choice striker ? That puts them in the leagues of
Chelsea in terms of profligacy – so will the fans appreciate the success as much when it has
clearly been bought ? .....Back To Home Page

The Fat Argy Visits Manchester United

That big fat Argentinian bloke has paid a visit to Manchester
United's training ground as part of a whistle-stop tour of the
north-west as he takes the first steps in his role as national
team coach. Maradona was the shocking recent appointment
as Argentina boss but has already identified United striker
Carlos Tevez and Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano as
key men in his revolution. Hardly rocket science is it so he is
doing well so far ! His mission begins with a friendly against
Scotland at Hampden Park on November 19.

It is expected Maradona, who has never been forgiven in
England for his 'Hand of God' goal en route to Argentina's
1986 World Cup triumph, will meet both players, plus their
respective managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez,
having already visited Real Madrid's Argentinian stars this
week.

Warm welcome: Sir Alex Ferguson greets Maradona at United's
training ground

The arrival of Maradona in Manchester will no doubt delight
Ferguson, who spoke warmly of his talents last week. However,
the United manager's biggest concern ahead of tomorrow's
meeting with Arsenal will be to reassure Tevez of his Old
Trafford future.

Maradona meets the rest of Manchester United's line-up

The former West Ham player has been consigned to a bit-part
role in United's season so far and looked distinctly unimpressed
when he was replaced by Wayne Rooney in the Champions
League draw at Celtic on Wednesday.

Maradona meets the Roon

Tevez keen to impress new boss

Maradona wants to speak with Tevez about his
role at the club, although a contract is yet to be
confirmed with the striker......Back To Home Page

The "Cheat" Is Coming To Watch Carlos Tevez

Now that Argentina have chosen a big fat bloke who cheats and takes drugs as their new manager we can all make up the standard jokes that will no doubt follow. One out of every ten people in Argentina are happy about this appointment so he isn't a too popular chpoice at all it seems.

Personally I can't stomach the guy !!! He is no advert to kids on how to behave. His most famous, crowning moment was when he used "The Hand Of God" nonsense to cheat England out of a World Cup Final !!

Now he is coming to England to check out Tevez and Mascherano, and will no doubt be given free tickets and treated like royalty.

“I am going to the country against whom I scored two goals [a 2-1 victory in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final] and also to Scotland,” Maradona, who has no top-level coaching experience, said yesterday. “I am travelling to England to watch Tévez and Mascherano play. And in Scotland I am going to make my coaching debut.” Good riddance to bad rubbish I say !! .....Back To Home Page

Kia Gettimg Impatient With The Tevez Deal

Manchester United, apparently, must move quickly to tie up a permanent deal for Carlos Tevez according our beloved Sun newspaper. They claim Kia Joorabchian is a bit unimpressed with the United board as he was promised a deal would be done pretty quickly and now United say it will be the summer. I was under the impression the cash was in place to sort this out but who knows !!

Joorabchian, who owns the striker’s rights, is not prepared to wait until the summer before sounding out other options with interest from both Real Madrid and Inter Milan — and no doubt across the road at Al-City.

He fears Tevez’s price is being driven down by his lack of first-team starts. There are also question marks over whether the money is there for the deal right now with the club £600m in debt in the middle of a credit crunch.

Tevez, 24, has started only one of the last seven games since the arrival of £30.75m Dimitar Berbatov. He was also upset at Louis Saha’s No9 shirt being saved for the Bulgarian......Back To Home Page

Why The Delay Over The Tevez Transfer ?

Carlos Tevez is now into the second year of his two year loan deal at Manchester United and none of us have heard any word of him being signed permanently, have we ? No, I didn't think so. So what is going on ? Surely we're not going to kick our hells, talk, talk and then talk some more only to suddenly realise Manchester City of Chelsea have nipped in through the back door, done a nice deal with Kia Joorabchian and our star man is off to play for somebody else.

Manchester United have denied there is any delay to their plans to sign Argentina frontman Carlos Tevez on a permanent deal. Tevez has expressed a desire to commit himself to the Old Trafford club, with his advisor Kia Joorabchian recently rejecting any interest in overtures from Manchester City but we all know things can change very quickly !

Sir Alex Ferguson also wants the deal done, believing Tevez to be part of his long-term plans for United. However, with no conclusion in sight, reports have emerged that Tevez is getting frustrated by the situation and is wondering why United are taking so long, it can't be a nice situation for him.

The Glazers have already said the cash for this deal, which should be around £30m is not a problem, despite the rather bleak financial outlook in the States.

Apparently United have denied there is any delay and that the original plan was to conclude the deal this year. A spokesman said: "The Chief executive David Gill told the papers in South Africa in July that we would hope to conclude a deal with Carlos before the new year. That is still our aim. The clocks haven't even gone back yet, so to talk of delays is nonsense. Both the club and Carlos are relaxed about the situation."

Well, let's hope they're right !!