Lester totally and utterley agree with you. If tevez can click in that team lets forget about the title for a good few years. Some how we have to block this deal. Big nose has been out of action in the transfer market but when given the opportunity he's gone big style.
King Kenny in regards to 'somehow blocking the deal'....we might not have to do anything at all if this article I found has any truth in it:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=466968&in_page_id=1771&ICO=SPORT&ICL=TOPARTManchester United's bid to sign Carlos Tevez from West Ham is in danger of collapsing under the weight of legal action surrounding the controversial deal.
Premier League chiefs Richard Scudamore and Sir Dave Richards face having to defend the League's rules in court if they try to prevent Anglo-Iranian businessman Kia Joorabchian claiming a huge pay-out from Tevez's proposed move to Old Trafford.
Sheffield United are watching developments closely to see if the row could assist their bid to be compensated for relegation from the Premiership, or even give new impetus to their apparently failed bid to be restored to the top flight.
The whole messy saga could drag on for months as Joorabchian contests West Ham's right to tear up the notorious agreement which gave his companies, Media Sports Investments and Just Sport Inc, the power to transfer Tevez at a time of their choosing with only £100,000 going to the club.
The Premier League insist that West Ham must keep the market rate of any loan or transfer fee or they will be guilty of breaching the same rule on thirdparty interference which resulted in their record £5.5 million fine. But that hardline stance also puts the League in the legal firing line.
The alternative to court action would be an embarrassing U-turn which would again call into question whether Tevez should have been allowed to play in the final three games of West Ham's season. This would give Sheffield United fresh hope of overturning their relegation or at least being well compensated for it.
Whatever happens, Tevez will not be able to join Manchester United without the Premier League approving every aspect of the deal and a League spokesman said last night: "We support West Ham in asserting their rights over the player."
Tevez's contract with West Ham runs until 2010 and as owners of his registration, it is with the east London club, not Joorabchian, that Manchester United must negotiate.
Joorabchian, however, maintains that his "economic rights" over Tevez, as detailed in the third-party agreement, must be respected. He believes West Ham are under undue pressure from the Premier League to oppose him for fear of receiving the points deduction many observers thought they deserved for the original offence.
If the affair does reach court, as some expect, it remains to be seen whether Manchester United will maintain their interest in Tevez.
A United spokesman said last night: "We are satisfied we have the authority to speak to the player and are pleased to have concluded an agreement on personal terms. We wait to see how the matter is resolved by other parties."
United want to strike a deal for Tevez similar to the one in which his fellow Argentinian Javier Mascherano left Upton Park for Liverpool in January.
Liverpool agreed an 18-month, £1.5m per- year loan deal direct with the Joorabchian-controlled companies after West Ham agreed to release Mascherano's registration.
It was that move which uncovered the rule breaches which led to the £5.5m fine and which now make it impossible for West Ham to do the same sort of deal with Tevez.
The Premier League gave West Ham three choices if they wanted Tevez to continue playing for them after they were found guilty of breaching Rule U18 and deceiving the League: renegotiate with Joorabchian; release Tevez's registration as they had Mascherano's; terminate the thirdparty agreement.
It is because West Ham chose the latter, and agreed that the Premier League had the right to scrutinise all aspects of any future Tevez transfer before sanctioning a deal, that they now find themselves in such a difficult position. In theory, they could agree a loan or transfer fee with United and then make a separate deal with Joorabchian to split the proceeds. But this would have to meet the League's demands that they keep the sort of sum a club might expect for a player of Tevez's reputation, who wants to move on only one year into a four-year deal.
But Joorabchian invested millions in taking Tevez from Boca Juniors to Brazilian club Corinthians, then to Europe, so is highly unlikely to accept anything less than a handsome return.
The Premier League insist FIFA are wrong to allow individuals or companies other than clubs to own all or part of players.
The League believe their Rule 18 is unique in world football and demonstrates their determination to make it as difficult as possible for impresarios such as Joorabchian to make such investments pay. Some, however, believe Rule 18 should be interpreted as banning third-party influence only in relation to team selection, not to player ownership and transfers.
