Tevez: Now West Ham Say No …
Guardian: Carlos Tevez’s proposed move to Manchester United remains in limbo after West Ham rejected two written requests to cancel his playing contract.
The club and the Premier League rejected an appeal from Tevez himself, as well as a separate bid by his representatives, to have his registration cancelled. The latest developments mean the dispute is headed towards the FA and Fifa and possibly even into the law courts. Two letters, one from Tevez and the other from his management team, arrived at West Ham yesterday in an attempt to kick-start his transfer to Manchester United. The aim was to produce a similar deal to the one that took Javier Mascherano to Liverpool earlier this year.
For that to happen West Ham would have to agree to cancel his registration. Chairman Eggert Magnusson repeated his earlier quote that: “Carlos Tevez is a registered West Ham player, contracted to the club until June 2010. There is no agreement with West Ham for Carlos Tevez to leave the club.” West Ham are aware that if they do anything contrary to the Premier League’s instructions they could be left open to further disciplinary action over third-party agreements. Fifa say they may be prepared to step in to settle the transfer dispute - but they have yet to receive any official request to do so.
A Fifa spokesman said: “We have not received any official request from any of the parties involved so far. If we do receive a request we would then decide whether we have to look at it or if it is up to the FA to rule on it. The FA could also ask us for guidance and send us all the relevant information.”
Tevez’s move to United has stalled due to the Premier League’s insistence that West Ham must receive the bulk of the reported £30m fee. Tevez’s representative, Kia Joorabchian, says he owns the player’s economic rights.
Manchester United have agreed terms with Tevez and Joorabchian had hoped to have everything tied up last week - but the deal now looks to have reached an impasse.
