Tevez: D-Day Approaches …
BBC: Fifa are expected to decide on Tuesday as to whether the world governing body can help resolve the Carlos Tevez saga, BBC Sport understands.
Manchester United and West Ham have asked Fifa to settle a dispute over who owns the 23-year-old Argentine striker.
Fifa held a meeting with the Football Association on Monday but are yet to make a decision whether they can help.
Earlier, Fifa’s Andreas Herren told BBC Sport: “We will have to find out if we can rule on the matter.”
The Tevez dispute revolves around his ownership, with suitors Manchester United unsure who to pay a reported £30m fee.
Tevez is registered as a West Ham player, but businessman Kia Joorabchian claims he owns the striker’s economic rights and is therefore entitled to any transfer fee.
However, the Hammers ripped up an agreement they had with Joorabchian - which broke Premier League rules - and they now claim any deal with United can only go ahead with their say-so.
The Premier League is also insisting that any fee must go to West Ham.
However, Herren said that Fifa does not have such a strict ruling on third-party ownership in contrast to the Premier League.
“I know third-party ownership is not favoured in England, but national legislation varies from one country to another and we do not specifically look after the interests of one country’s football organisation,” added Herren.
“According to our lawyers, Fifa does not carry such an explicit prohibition of third-party ownership as in England.”
If Fifa opts to take on the case then the organisation’s Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) will come into play.
“The DRC will only be employed once the Fifa administration has analysed the case and the documentation has been submitted by all parties,” said Herren.
“It is made up of the player’s and the club’s representatives in order to ensure all parties are represented.”
…
Sky: West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson has conceded he expects Carlos Tevez to leave Upton Park.
Manchester United have lined up a deal to sign the Argentine international, but the move has been held up over a wrangle over Tevez’s ownership.
West Ham and Tevez’s representatives are at loggerheads over the player’s contract with United waiting to see if the forward can make the move to Old Trafford before the start of the season.
Fifa, the FA and the Premier League are due to meet to discuss Tevez’s contract situation with West Ham and the player’s representatives are keen for the issue to be resolved one way or the other.
West Ham have been resolute in their bid to keep Tevez, but Magnusson has now admitted the Argentine international looks set to move on.
“At the moment, he’s our player but he wants to play in the Champions League,” Magnusson told Swedish daily Aftonbladet.
“I think he will be leaving soon.”
