As I see it the faceless owners of Tevez had West Ham over a barrel from the moment the Premier League confirmed that the club have to receive the transfer fee. United can try to deal direct with this Kia guy, but in the end the monies have go to the Hammers. Should they then be virtually forced to retain their ill gotten gains by the Premier League, the true owners will have no alternative but to go to litigation for breach of (the original) contract if they want compensation (and they will want more than ?20m).The lone deal looks what it is, a spurious scam to put off the fateful day when Tevez is released from his present ?arrangement? by being sold outright to a club prepared to pay the correct price for the player. Anything less than a straight sale leaves all those involved open to the accusation that this is no more than a face saving cover-up designed to see off Sheff U in the short term and keep the true owners of Tevez reasonably sweet until the heat dies down. Trouble is, now they won?t even get a ?6m sweetener to keep them going until the big money rolls in.
I wonder if the High Court has jurisdiction to look at events after the Premier League ruling, or does it merely rule on the decision given at that time. If it does, I am sure any High Court Judge worth his wig will see the easiest way to resolve all issues - Tevez sold, West Ham get transfer fee and then we shall see whether the true owners end up suing the Hammers, closely followed by Sheff U suing the PL if the owners win their case. TT - what are the odds on all that happening?
So bascialy what you saying is some one needs to rip up those papers that lay claim to tevez... he beggins at west ham and any one wanting his services will have to pay the going rate?? just checking
What I?m saying, Barak, is that any sane individual can see that the only way to resolve the matter is to end the arrangement under which Tevez currently plays in the Premier League and this can only be done by selling him to a club who then treat him just like every other player in the EPL. The indecent haste United used to get him to Old Trafford has been exposed for what it is - an attempt to take advantage of Tevez?s current circumstances, to get him on the cheap for two years, and encourage him to stay for longer. No matter how much Sky go on about Fergie sagely finding a way to resolve an awkward situation it doesn?t hide the fact that he didn?t want to resolve anything, but merely wished to take advantage of the murky nature of the existing circumstances, which I see as follows:-
Kia Joorabchian has not got the authority to sanction any deal without West Ham?s say so and by picking up a cool ?1.5m for Mascherano he has already shown himself to be more of an agent than an owner of so-called economic rights. No wonder the Premier League were worried by an arrangement that would have seen United hand over ?6m directly to him, if for no other reason than it?s the MIS firm (not one individual) that own these rights and West Ham had supposedly terminated their agreement with Joorabchian (which included rights over the player) in line with FA Premier League rule U18.
Jimboola69?s point about Mascherano is valid, but not correct, because the Hammers (allegedly) tore up this player?s registration and gave up the economic rights to facilitate the transfer. They can?t to that with the rights to Tevez, following the April verdict by the independent commission, so it is these ?rights? that still exist, MIS think they give them standing in the matter and, as far as Joorabchian is concerned, he therefore believes he has the right to negotiate a deal with United. The Premier League simply can?t allow that to happen (Sheff U will take them to the cleaners) and I?m guessing it will all boil down to an arms length sale of Tevez being the only solution in the end.
Incidentally, despite Sky Sports News gleeful reporting of developments, I believe United have acted like grubby chancers throughout and should be censured if they have ignored West Ham in making their approach. From West Ham?s point of view, the only saving grace is that they have stayed in the Premiership - the rest looks like a major accident waiting to happen, if they don?t sell Tevez outright to the highest bidder and seek the Premier League?s guidance over who gets the transfer fee.
