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M.E.N : MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill has claimed the champions’ bid to sign Carlos Tevez is “over-complicated”.
After finishing on the losing side in last night’s Copa America final as Brazil hammered Argentina 3-0, Tevez is now preparing to fly into Manchester for a medical which, under normal circumstances, would mark the end game in a £30m move from West Ham.
However, with the Premier League insisting any deal must be done directly between United and the Hammers rather than Kia Joorabchian, who owns Tevez’s economic rights, the saga is some way from conclusion.
The Reds’ legal expert Maurice Watkins has remained in England as efforts to resolve the dispute intensify.
And, after landing in Tokyo with the United party at the start of the club’s four-match Far East tour, Gill confirmed United’s intention to make Tevez their player.
“We are working on it,” he said.
“In my opinion, it has become over-complicated. Effectively, we are trying to work with four parties - the player, West Ham, the company who own Carlos’ economic rights and the Premier League in order to sort it out.
“The process is ongoing. The player will have a medical at some point this week, then we will take it from there.
“We still have to sort out the paperwork but we are confident that can be achieved in the course of the next week or so.”
Solution
A West Ham spokesman added: “There is a desire to find a solution. For this to happen in the near future it has to involve a formal agreement between United and West Ham which is approved by the Premier League.”
Tevez’s arrival could coincide with the departure from Old Trafford of his Argentina teammate Gabriel Heinze.
Sir Alex Ferguson seems resigned to losing the popular full-back, but it is unlikely that he will be allowed to move to Liverpool, who are said to be ready to pay £6.8m for him.
“Gaby’s agent has advised us that he wants to move on,” said the United manager.
“I am not too sure about that and we do not have a concrete offer from any particular club.
“But there is some momentum regarding the player’s next move in terms of through his agent, even if nothing is close at this moment in time.”
