Carlos Tevez will be unveiled as a Manchester United player on Thursday. He will be pictured in a United shirt and hold a scarf aloft during a showy press conference to confirm his controversial arrival at Old Trafford.The move — revealed on the day Sheffield United lost their High Court battle over the Premier League's failure to deduct points from West Ham — will place extreme pressure on chief executive Richard Scudamore.
Shirt tales of the expected: what Ferguson and Tevez might look like on Thursday when the striker is due to be unveiled to the pressThe League are so far refusing to sanction the £35million transfer of the Argentina striker who rescued West Ham from relegation last season.
Tevez, 23, will fly in from the Copa America on Tuesday, having taken part in tomorrow's final against Brazil.
He will have a medical at the Carrington training ground on Wednesday and will claim he is a United player the following day — an act of defiance towards the Premier League.
The attitude of United, whose solicitor, Maurice Watkins, has Tevez's owner, Kia Joorabchian, is the deal breaks no rules and there is no legal argument to stop them.
Joorabchian is determined to force through the transfer and Sportsmail understands West Ham and Manchester United have been in close contact and their discussions suggest a deal can be agreed.
The Premier League have insisted the bulk of the fee should be paid to West Ham but Joorabchian says the transfer to Upton Park was a loan deal.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about his joy at landing Tevez, who has cancelled a holiday to join United immediately.
A source close to the deal said: "United would not have put themselves in this position if they did not expect the deal to go through.
"Tevez will arrive as planned and if anyone wishes to stop that they will need to find a legal argument to do so."
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but i found the picture amusing.