Manchester United Miss The Carlos Tevez Deadline So Where Do We Go From Here?

I was reading this article today in the Daily Mail and it amazes me
that Manchester United have let this issue go on for so long. Either
they want Carlos Tevez or they don't. Get a deal done or let him
go.

Carlos Tevez's Old Trafford future is in doubt after Kia Joorabchian
revealed the deadline for Manchester United to secure a permanent
deal for the Argentine ace has passed.

The former West Ham striker's two-year loan expires at the end of
the season and United have yet to agree a long-term deal for the
25-year-old.

United's first option on Tevez ran out at the end of January, although
he has revealed his desire to stay with the reigning Barclays Premier
League leaders.

Waiting game: Carlos Tevez wants a new deal at Manchester United

Real Madrid and Inter Milan have been linked with £30million-rated
forward, and his advisor Joorabchian confirmed the player's third-
party owners are weighing up interest from other clubs.

'Carlos is in the market now that United have not made any move for
him," said Joorabchian in the Daily Star.

'We are now studying other options and interested parties. There is
no option left with United any longer.'

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Tevez To Stay With Manchester United For £30 Million(ish)

When Dimitar Berbatov joined Manchester United in the summer, and Wayne Rooney was riding on the crest of a goal scoring wave, things didn't look too rosy for Carlos Tevez. In fact things got quite hard for him as he was left on the bench game after game after game.

At this point he could have given up faced with a seemingly impossible task to get into the first team. But not Carlos Tevez. He rolled his sleeves up and got stuck in. As I write this, I would say it is impossible for Fergie to choose which of the three options he has up front.

Well, such dedication and commitment has paid off for him as United are now keen to offer him a new deal. Kia Joorabchian, Tevez's agent has been in negotiations (eventually) with United and a deal has reportedly been sorted out.

It is believed that the deal will be worth £30 million, but how that breaks down with the complicated issue of Tevez's 'third-party' registration is impossible to say at this stage.

The player himself, already reputed to be on £75,000 a week, will be offered a contract that will see him take home £11.7m during the three year duration of the deal. Perhaps a good job then that United also announced pre-tax profits of £59.6m this week.

Jose Mourinho was continually harping on about how he would be signing Tevez this summer - wrong again Mourinho, wrong again.....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

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

Slim Hope For West Ham In The Carlos Tevez Affair

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has offered hope to West Ham's appeal against a tribunal decision ordering compensation to Sheffield United. Sheffield United were relegated in 2006/07 and a tribunal ruled West Ham broke Premier League rules to sign Carlos Tevez, now with Manchester United who had a key role in keeping them up.

It all stemmed around the fact that Kia Joorabchiamclaimed to 'own' Tevez and West Ham were 'renting' him, a system the FA don't want any part of and have decided it was unlawful for this to have happened. Now the CAS is to hold a preliminary hearing today, 10th Oct 2008 to decide if there is any case to be heard at all.

West Ham have already appointed an arbitrator and submitted a 12-page legal document to CAS which argues that they haven't had the chance of appeal. West Ham are desperate to avoid such a large payout as they face now, believed to be around £30m given the current financial climate and the fact their Icelandic owners are on the point of bankruptcy anyway.

West Ham are saying they are not affected by the Icelandic bank situation and are dressing matters up as business as normal, despite admitting players must be sold before they can buy, they are saying manager Gianfranco Zola always intended to trim the squad.

These are difficult times for football clubs in general and West Ham certainly don't want to have pay out what could be up to £30m for something that happened two years ago....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 !!