Tevez "refused" more time to think about United offer...

Carlos Tevez will not be wearing the red shirt of Manchester United next season; instead he will more than likely be playing for rivals Manchester City or Chelsea.

Speaking live on Sky Sports News Kia Joorabchian confirmed that talks between United and the player's advisors' ended on Friday night after it emerged that the Argentine wanted more time to think about his future and United's offer of a five year contract.

Kia Joorabchian said that in the end the two parties agreed not further talks and that the deal collapsed by mutual consent. Joorabchian also hinted that Tevez may well feel aggrieved at his treatment given the club has had two years to secure the player's long term future.

Clearly United are in a hurry to sort out the squad for next season but fans will want to know why the club couldn't have made their offer to the player earlier. United are now looking to sign not one but two world-class strikers, which is going to be very expensive indeed.

Questions should be asked of David Gill regarding his future if United do not fill the void left by Ronaldo and Tevez. The fans accept losing Ronaldo was unavoidable but there's no excuse concerning the Argentine.

Tevez rescues United again while Ronaldo gives cause for concern...

Manchester United very nearly paid a high price for some poor finishing at Wigan last night after Rodallega had given Steve Bruce's side a first-half lead. Referee Rob Styles and his linesmen were also guilty of some poor decision making because between they denied United a penalty, they also gave the home team the benefit of doubt on offside decisions when Ronaldo and second-half hero Carlos Tevez were clean through on goal.

Contrary to the views of Sky's Andy Gray and Martin Tyler, Styles did not have a great game, because not only did the referee and his assistants get some big decisions wrong, the man-in-the-middle was also guilty of continually allowing Rodallega to use his arms in a bid to hold down Vidic in aerial duels for most of the game, which in part led to the home to taking a first-half lead. The neutrals (sic) and millions of on-looking Liverpool fans would no doubt concur it made for a good contest and as things turned it did, that was until Fergie did what he should have done from the very start, that is he sent Carlos Tevez into battle.

The ineffective Paul Scholes made way for Tevez, but in truth the Argentine could have replaced just about anyone in the red shirt including Rooney, Berbatov or Ronaldo. Tevez brought United level just three minutes after entering the action with a brilliant back-heel; it was an improvised piece of skill executed in the blink of the eye.

While there was much to admire about the equalising goal it isn't stretching the facts to state that United's play improved following the introduction of the Argentine. The catalyst for United's increased tempo was once again the little man from Buenos Aires. United's travelling army of fans predictably implored Ferguson to sign Tevez on, quite right too.

Michael Carrick secured the points with a cool finish after great work by John O'Shea, who must take great credit for his raid into the Wigan penalty area and then supplying the pass which led to a sweet finish from the England midfield star.

In his post-match interview Ferguson appeared to hint that Tevez has been offered good terms by the club for next season. The United manager also said that the club were trying to negotiate with the player's owners but nothing was concrete at this stage.

It beggars belief that even after saving United against Wigan and Spurs recently, some United supporters cannot appreciate the worth of Tevez, because sadly and quite unbelievably that still appears to be the case judging by national phone-ins, if indeed that is any kind of reliable indicator.

One worrying aspect of this game was the link-up play between Berbatov and Ronaldo, it was good at times, but on other occasions the Portuguese star didn't appear to want to run for the Bulgarian's return pass and more than once it led to both players holding their arms aloft at each other by way of making a protest.

In the wake of recent and continued criticism directed towards the Bulgarian, United have been trying to take the heat off Berbatov following his pathetic penalty miss against Everton in the FA Cup semi-final. We the fans have been told that the players "like to play alongside Berbatov", well as far as Ronaldo was concerned that did not look to be the case at times against Wigan.

Ronaldo recently came out strongly and said Manchester United need to keep their best players and Carlos Tevez is one of them. You wonder if Ronaldo's relationship with Berbatov is becoming strained and if so, are we starting to see evidence of this on the pitch? Fergie cannot allow players to throw their proverbial teddy-bears out of the pram on the field of play. United look set to retain the title providing we can take at least a point from the games with Arsenal and Hull City then we face Barcelona in Rome.

If United are going to become the first club to retain the Champions League trophy they will need to play like a team for the whole game and we cannot afford to have players openly arguing with each other while the final is in progress, anything less than 100% effort will lead to defeat.

United's betrayal of Carlos Tevez...

United supporters will awake to the news that the Premier League's biggest diver has collected a prestigious award. As if that isn't enough to turn your stomach there's even worse news because according to reports Carlos Tevez could join the comedy club aka Manchester City or worse still Liverpool this summer.

The latest speculation suggests that the Argentine could be tempted with a move to Eastlands on the promise of leading City in pursuit of Premier League glory next season - the later is a fairy tale that Hans Christian Anderson would be proud of and one would assume Tevez isn't stupid enough to believe the increasingly desperate hype that surrounds the laughingly known self-styled "biggest club in the world". It's unlikely that City will be playing in Europe next season and surely any top player with serious ambitions would not join a tin-pot club just for money, especially when the said player is hot-property.

Talk of Tevez moving to Liverpool is a serious option, what's more Fergie would be powerless to stop it from happening. Last month the United manager went on record stating that he has told the player repeatedly that there's not much more he can do. We the fans are left to assume that for whatever reason United's money men have been unable to sanction this move.

In fairness to the club David Gill has backed the manager in the transfer market and by default we the fans have to accept begrudgingly that so have the club's owners even if it's not with their own money, but that was until now, because you do wonder if this is the first concrete signs of the credit-crunch having a direct effect on the Glazer family and Manchester United. Even before the credit-crunch gripped the nation, United and the Glazers' were already in debt to the tune of some £650m+. If Fergie's hands haven't been tied with regard to spending, then why is the club appearing to dither and back-track over promises to the player?

Interestingly, in response to yet more questions about the future of Tevez the United manager said he has no replacements in mind, he has also hinted there will be no big signings this summer when saying "We have a big squad and I can honestly say there's no one we've identified we want to bring here at the moment". You can never tell if Fergie is playing a game of bluff, but if he's being true to his word and if Tevez leaves then United will be short of a world-class forward.

As things stand the club looks as though they are guilty of breaking promises, many supporters are unhappy about the handling of the Tevez deal and want to see the player sign on the dotted line before Liverpool make their move, if the latter happens United will look like a bunch of incompetent shylocks.

The prospect of seeing Tevez playing in the red shirt of Liverpool against United is one which will fill the fans and probably the manager too with dread and it must not be allowed to happen.

Some fans are so unhappy they have started a petition to sign the player.
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United's broken promises to Tevez will cost them dearly...

So then, what are we to believe regarding the future of Carlos Tevez? One minute he says he wants to stay at United, the next day he is quoted in the media saying he's open to the idea of moving to Real Madrid. Incidentally, I don't have a problem with players' being honest about wanting to join a club like Real Madrid, if indeed those quotes are accurate, because at least Tevez is being honest, unlike a former United hero who worked his ticket out of Old Trafford and then tried to blame it all on United.

The Argentinean striker has also spoken of his love for the United fans and he says that they deserve to know the truth. According to Tevez, the truth is that United haven't so far backed up their numerous promises about cementing his future at the club.

Forgetting the fact that we the fans do not know the whole truth behind this sorry saga and if worst case Tevez is allowed to join Real Madrid in the current transfer window, it could be potentially disastrous for United's ambitions of securing yet more silverware this season.

United currently have just three strikers to choose from, we can forget Welbeck and Manucho, they are not ready for the first-team. So if Tevez leaves will be down to the bare bones and if that happens frankly it will be unacceptable for a club the size of Manchester United. At this point in time, there has been no suggestion that Tevez will be allowed to leave in January, more likely it will happen this coming summer when his short-term contract expires.

If however, Tevez is allowed to leave in January the club will have to replace him and there's no obvious readily available targets and even if there was anyone available, going off previous form United would end up paying a lot more than the said player's true worth as was the case with Berbatov, Nani, Carrick and many others down the years.

I'm beginning to wonder if United actually have the money to complete the Tevez deal. We have to remember that Manchester City forced the club into paying between £5m and £10m over the odds for Berbatov when they revealed their interest on transfer deadline day, into the bargain Spurs had United's collective trousers down (again) when demanding Campbell be part of the deal.

Whatever the financial situation at United at this juncture, if Tevez leaves those broken promises will cost the club dearly, because who else with the Champions buy? Even if the Reds' wait until next summer there's very few top quality potential targets and so wouldn't it be better to keep a player like Tevez who has fitted in extremely well? I'm hoping that United can agree a deal with Tevez and his agent, because for me he is the best available option and so allowing him to leave would be complete and utter madness.

Fergie mulling over Tevez future

Manchester United seem reluctant to tie up the permanent transfer of Carlos Tevez, but is it the credit crunch or has Fergie set his sights on someone else in the summer?
The Argentinian frontman has been linked with a switch to Real Madrid this week, but with the La Liga giants closing in on Klaas Jan Huntelaar that rumour can be put to bed, but still Tevez's future in Manchester looks far from assured.
The 24-year-old has only made six starts for United in the Premier League this term, scoring once and he is firmly behind Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov in the pecking order.
Tevez, who reportedly is growing more frustrated at his lack of first-team outings, will have cost United around £7million when his loan deal expires next summer, but Fergie will have to fork out another £20million-plus if he wants to secure Tevez's long-term future.
It's uncertain whether Fergie is stalling on the deal until the summer to see whoe else might become available or whether the purse strings have been tightened until the close season.
You can guarantee whether United win any silverware this season or not there will be a host of big names linked with a move to Old Trafford at the end of the campaign and former Red Giuseppe Rossi is already on Fergie's radar.
Ahead of the recent date with his current outfit Villarreal Sir Alex heaped praise on the striker who was sold in 2007 for around £6million and a return for the Italy international would not be out of the question with United having first refusal on the 21-year-old.
Tevez though at least will get another run-out, in what will be a virtual reserve side, in the Carling Cup on Wednesday.
Still, the football odds compilers have United chalked up as the tournament favourites and you can expect Tevez to be going full tilt to shoot down Blackburn and add to his other Carling Cup goal, which came from the penalty spot in the 1-0 win over QPR in the previous round.

By Phil Tomlinson

Reds cruise to Celtic win, but concerns grow over Ronaldo and Tevez..

Manchester United took a giant step forward towards the next phase of the Champions League at Old Trafford last night when cruising to a deserved three-nil win over Scottish champions Celtic.

The visitors played some good football at times and had the best scoring chances early on in what turned out to be a decent match, but Celtic were badly inhibited by the loss of key players. However, it was United who dominated possession and the Reds pressure was eventually rewarded with two disputed tap-in goals from new striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Wayne Rooney delivered the coup de grâce with another nice finish on 76 minutes to make it nine goals from ten seven games, but for a poor second-half decision by the linesman it would have been ten, but Rooney was adjudged to be offside, in point of fact it was the worst decision of the game by the officials.

It may seem a bit odd to be even suggesting this, given that United cruised to victory over Celtic and are starting to look like a real force again, but all does not look well when you scratch below the surface of selection issues and in particular concerning the future of two big stars names. I refer to Ronaldo and Tevez.

Going into the Celtic match Fergie had announced to the press that Ronaldo would likely be rested. Somewhat bizarrely the United manager reasoned that his former assistant Carlos Queiroz held the view that Ronaldo is not up to playing two games in a week. In his post-match interview Fergie revealed that Ronaldo had read about the decision to rest him in the newspapers, the Portuguese winger immediately asked his manager what he was talking about and demanded that he should play.

Fergie's revelation over this issue raises many questions. Clearly Fergie had not told Ronaldo of his decision to rest him before announcing the news to the media and why exactly did he use his former assistant as an excuse? Surely United's backroom staff know a lot more about Ronaldo's ability to play two games a week rather than the Portuguese who only see him every few weeks?

One cannot but help feel that Ferguson has revealed his not often seen soft-under belly over this Ronaldo selection issue. WE the fans and media hold the view that Ferguson is one tough son of a bitch, he is when the need arises, but he's human too and he finds it very hard to leave out star players, because Fergie's revelation effectively meant that Ronaldo had selected himself to play against Celtic.

We should be applauding the fact that Ronaldo wanted to play, that is if you believe the claptrap about Quieroz, I do not. Here's why.

Fergie has a massive problem to solve; that is how to accommodate all his big star names including Tevez, who isn't getting many games right now. The situation is very unfair on the Argentine, you cannot help but feel that this is partly down to he who shouts at Fergie the loudest as was the case with Ronaldo and presumably Rooney too who was dropped against Bolton recently. No one likes to be left out.

In theory all should be well at United right now, but you would not think so judging by the faces of Ronaldo and Tevez. We all know that Ronaldo will leave United; it's a matter of when and not if. At the same time, United fans will be delighted if we go on to win more silverware and then he is eventually sold, as long as it's not to City and for the right money.

The situation with Carlos Tevez is much more complicated. He has not signed yet and until that happens there must be a chance that a rival will do the right thing by acquiring a truly world class-second striker. Judging by the look on the face of Tevez when he came on against Celtic, he is starting to lose patience with his manager and you can totally understand that.

There is an argument that Tevez should have played more games for United recently, especially if we are going off form, but the team hasn't been selected purely on form of late because if it was Berbatov, despite his tap-ins, wouldn't be in the side.

The downside to Fergie's pecking order is that top players can become disillusioned as could be the case with Tevez.

United fans know and accept that we will eventually lose Ronaldo to Real Madrid, but losing Tevez too would be completely and totally unacceptable given the player really does want to stay if at all possible, at least that is the impression he has conveyed while on the pitch, face like a smacked backside apart.

There is an upside to the current situation as it could be argued that dropping Rooney recently gave him the kick up the derriere that in part led to this sudden goal-rush. Competition for places is no bad thing, as long as it's a fair contest...

Fergie, Fergie sort it out.

Apache strike unravels one dimensional Liverpool as the Reds end rival's title challenge....

The champions went briefly back to the top of the Premier League table courtesy of the only goal of the game scored on the stroke of half-time when a clever first-half Ryan Giggs corner in front of the Anfield Kop found the feet of Wayne Rooney, who was left totally unmarked on the edge of the Liverpool penalty area, the United striker's first time low drive was converted by Carlos Tevez who cleverly flicked the ball passed Pepe Reina who had no time to react.

Sky Sports expert pundits said that they thought United had planned the short corner routine after studying the way the Liverpool back-four marked opposing players inside the box. If indeed that was the case it was top marks for Fergie and his backroom team.

However, as so often has been the case down the years, as a spectacle it wasn't a great game to watch, with neither side controlling the first half. Ironically in that opening period Liverpool's best chances came after Edwin Van Der Sar made two major errors of judgement when going for cross balls which should have been left to the United defence to deal with. Thankfully, the little Brazilian Anderson was on hand to save the Dutch stopper when he cleared off the line, on the second occasion Fernando Torres blazed wide to the relief of the 3,000 strong travelling Red Army.

In the second half Liverpool had the lions share of the possession and referee Mark Halsey gave nearly every 50/50 decision to the home side, but despite penning United in their own half the home team could not find a way through the Reds rear guard.

As for United on too many second half occasions they fell into the trap of hitting the ball long in the style of Liverpool who throughout the game had reverted to lumping it down the park. From a technical point of view this game was not one to remember for the purist. The second-half only produced one really clear-cut goal scoring opportunity for the visitors when Ronaldo - who had a very poor game - found Rooney free on the edge of the Liverpool six yard box with only Reina to beat, but sadly the United striker pulled his shot wide of the target, the move was worthy of a goal and deserved a better finish.

Ryan Babel came on for Liverpool late on in the second-half and his introduction gave the Reds one major scare when he beat his man cut inside and fired just wide of the far post, but it wasn't to be as United hung on for that vital win which widens the gap between United and Liverpool to nine points. The result means that for Rafa Benitez the title race is all but over and perhaps Liverpool may well reflect on how much of their game centres of hitting the ball long, at times it was like watching England.

Ferguson was in reflective mood after the game saying that it was difficult for the referee Mark Halsey, but time and time again the man in the middle gave the big decisions to Liverpool but luckily for United and Fergie it was the Reds day, despite the best efforts of another very poor referee.

The London derby later in the afternoon finished up with Arsenal going back to the top of the league table courtesy of a first half headed goal by former Chelsea defender William Gallas and the news for Chelsea fans just got a whole lot worse with the news that John Terry has suffered a suspected fracture.

Sky Sports TV had billed the day as Grand Slam Sunday - an epic day - in truth it was anything but that, with both of the day's games leaving a lot to be desired. However, for United supporters the taste of victory is always sweet when it comes at the expense of Liverpool because there is no such thing as a bad win at Anfield.

Shell shocked Wigan blown away 4-0 as the Reds finally get into the groove...

The Red Devils went into this league fixture on the back of many in the media asking questions about the lack of goals so far this season. Ferguson had an overnight central midfield selection headache due to injuries to Hargreaves and Carrick, as if to compound matters Saha then picked up an injury prior to kick-off in the warm-up so he missed the game.

In the end Ferguson opted to start with John O'Shea in midfield. However early in the first half Vidic sustained a head injury after colliding with Paul Scharner who later had another similar clash of heads with Patrice Evra. After much discussion the United manager eventually took off Vidic and replaced him with O'Shea, with Anderson coming on to shore up the midfield alongside Scholes.

Not long after the reshuffle O'Shea picked up an injury and he too was taken off and replaced by Danny Simpson, with Gerard Pique who'd started at rightback moving to the centre of the defence with Rio Ferdinand.

The net result of the re-shuffle and all of the changes was that United who'd started the game brightly enough became a bit disjointed and with Wigan parking their proverbial pie stall on the edge of their penalty area in a bid not to get beaten heavily the first half ended without too much goal action, though the recalled and on the day much improved Ryan Giggs created one great chance for Tevez to score only for the Argentine's effort to be blocked.

The Reds also had a decent shout for a penalty turned down when Brown made no attempt to play the ball when bundling over Ronaldo early in the game but ref Mike Riley seemed to be giving the visitors a little too much benefit of the doubt on the decisions.

As an attacking force Wigan did not offer that much, but the visitors nearly had a great chance to score when Paul Scharner was found lurking beyond Evra at the far post from a raking crossfield ball, but the Frenchman atoned for his positional error by making an unbelievable last-ditch chest-high recovery tackle clearance.

The second period started much like the first with United starting to pass the ball about with plenty of control. Giggs hit the crossbar with a good effort after being found at the far post. New boy Anderson at last started to show us the fans exactly why Fergie had paid a kings ransom to acquire him.

The little Brazilian looked much more at home than in any of his previous, albeit limited appearances so far, his passing was quick and incisive and he hit both long and short accurate passes. When the former Porto star lost the ball, which wasn't often, he was quick to try and win it back and he was nearly always there when the Reds needed him when defending.

When the breakthrough finally came it was a goal of the highest quality. Rooney received the ball just over the halfway line and his quick pass inside found the on rushing Anderson who dissected the Wigan back four with a lovely ball down United's right which found the feet of Tevez who raced in behind a defender, the Argentine held off the attentions of two defenders before he rounded keeper Chris Kirkland, only then could he fire home into the corner. It really was a fabulous opening goal.

It wasn't long before Ronaldo made it two-nil, Ryan Giggs crossed the ball from a short corner only for Wigan defender to deflect a header goalwards, Kirkland saved it initially but Ronaldo pounced to score with relative ease at the far post.

The Reds were starting to look rampant and Anderson, Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo all scented blood as they upped the tempo in a bid to end any further questions about the Reds ability to score goals. Wigan for their part didn't have a lot to offer, apart from when substitute Valencia brought out the very best in stand-in keeper Tomas Kuszczak when he made a great one handed save diving low to his right and then pushing the ball to relative safety.

United kept the visitors on the rack and deservedly scored another well worked goal, this time defender Gerard Pique played a lovely ball down United's left flank for Rooney to run onto and in turn his cutback found Ronaldo who hammered home his shot giving the keeper no chance to make it three-nil.

Rooney who'd worked hard all game long finally got the goal that he deserved when fullback Danny Simpson's beautifully weighed cross found the England striker unmarked inside the box and the former Everton man's powerful bullet headed finish did not disappoint the adoring Stretford End.

Ferguson will be especially delighted with Anderson and Tevez who worked like Trojans and really started to look at home at the club. There was other big plus points, Pique and Simpson did very well too. The fans and the media will talk about the goals, but importantly now Fergie knows he has plenty of genuine options regarding his squad, because much has been made about the lack of quality strength in depth at United. The revisionists are going to be busy says I in the weeks that lie ahead.

Reds beat Roma, but Moscow final looks like a forlorn hope..

Manchester United came nowhere near producing the kind of football that destroyed Roma when they thrashed the Italians 7-1 in the Champions League last season, that was a one-off as we have been rightly told umpteen times going into last night's game.

Wayne Rooney won it for the Reds with a late second half pile-driver after Nani had found the England striker lurking on the edge of the Roma box, that was the most memorable moment in a game that didn't live up to expecations and one which was short of highlights and goal-mouth action as far as United were concerned.

United didn't seriously test the visitors keeper enough. Rooney had the Reds only other really meaningful effort on goal in first half when once again Nani was the provider, but Rooney's effort was high wide and not so handsome. The Portuguese winger also hit the crossbar with a second-half cross and Tevez hit a fizzing long-range low-rising drive from outside the box.

However, it had taken United 27 minutes to register a shot on goal, in a game that from the start looked like both teams would have settled for a draw. United had started the game well enough with a passage of crisp passing in the opening moments, but as the first half wore on the Reds became ragged with Scholes, Nani and Carrick all giving the ball away cheaply to Roma or else putting it directly out of play.

Scholes isn't looking anything like the player that we know he can be and he's playing too deep, often just a few yards in front of the back four. Carrick looks as though his confidence has been shaken by the arrival of Hargreaves and his subsequent benching, because his passing has been poor too.

Fergie had rung the changes going into the game, Giggs who has been awful in his last two outings was dropped in preference to Nani and Tevez was rested as Saha started.

Nani for his part did some things very well, but on other occasions he was sloppy when losing the ball in dangerours areas. Saha was starved of decent service and he also looked a bit rusty at times too.

Ronaldo was well marshalled by the Roma defence and so as an attacking force United did not function individually or collectively, apart Nani who managed to create two good openings for Rooney.

The visitors looked nothing special really, Totti spurned a decent second-half chance to score, but thankfully his lobbed effort sailed over the crossbar. Alberto Aquilani and Mauro Esposito had chances to score, the latter should have equalised late on but instead he blazed wide of Kuszczak's far post.

United had to hang on for the victory as Roma piled on the pressure, but in the end they just about deserved another 1-0 win. Going off recent performances United need to improve massively if they have any serious ambitions of reaching the final in Moscow next May.

Fergie doesn't seem to know what is best team is at present, too many players are playing well below their capabilities and this is not helping the manager one bit. The latest injury to Hargreaves who could be out for up to a month is a big blow because United desperately need him fit and firing in that engine room which is not functioning at present.

In perspective though, it would be wrong to ignore the positives which are that United are currently second in the league table, they are top of their Champions League group and they are not conceding goals and are winning - if not in the United way in terms of style. It would be all right for just about any other club to be getting 1-0 wins, but not United, such are expectations.

The Red Army would love to be making plans for Moscow, let us hope that doesn't turn out to be a forlorn hope.

Premier League paper shufflers holding up Tevez deal..

News reaches United blog Towers that the Premier League are holding up the transfer of Carlos Tevez to Manchester United. Given the complete cock-up surrounding the star's previous two contracts with the Hammers the news comes as no surprise. Nobody wants to see a repeat of the shambolic situation that has dominated sports headlines all summer long. So better to get all the paper work in order now rather than be sorry later.

Reds fans will be hoping that Tevez plays some part against Reading this weekend. One striker who definitely wont be taking any part in this weekends league opener is Reading striker Leroy Lita because he's 'stretched a muscle' in bed....the mind boggles, you do wonder what Steve Coppell will make of that.

Tevez set to sign...

According to the media Carlos Tevez is likely to become a Manchester United player on Friday once the Premier League and the FA have ratified the transfer. It's understood that the fee will be around £2m, if true this is something of a climbdown by the Premier League who were reportedly demanding that the figure should be nearer £6m. United will pay a further £10m to MSI for a two year loan period with a £20m option to make the move permanent. It's a very good deal for Manchester United, which will bring about an end to the most protracted transfer of all time.

Quite what will become of West Ham United remains be seen as reports suggest that relegated Sheffield United are likely to seek compensation over issue of who owns Carlos Tevez. West Ham had supposedly torn up their initial agreement with MSI, but documents produced in the High Court earlier this week suggested that a second contract confirmed the Argentine was still 'owned' by MSI.

The Sheffield United's PLC chairman Kevin McCabe has described the Premier League as 'shambolic'. Ouch.

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Breaking News: West Ham and MSI agree Tevez deal.

West Ham United and MSI the agents who represent Carlos Tevez have according to BBC Radio Five Live agreed a compromise deal that will see the Argentine finally signing for Manchester United. We will have more on this story when we know the full facts.

Tevez saga end in sight?...

It looks like West Ham United may have buckled under the weight of pressure being exerted on the club by the agents who represents Carlos Tevez, because MSI have hinted that the transfer saga over the Argentine's proposed transfer to Manchester United could be resolved next week.

MSI have issued proceedings against West Ham and it looked as though the matter would have to be decided by the High Court. However, the threat of court action looks to have brought about a settlement of a dispute which has dragged on for far too long.

West Ham could not afford to be on the wrong end of any court decision which would have no doubt led to further court action by relegated Sheffield United.

It remains to seen what compromise deal has been agreed between West Ham and MSI. The Premier League haven't handled this saga well in any way shape or form and they too will have to agree with any settlement that sees Tevez finally moving to United.

United fans will be hoping that the deal goes ahead in the next few days and it's looking promising , but the saga isn't over yet.