Tevez move held up >=(

omgukilledkenny

7 Aug 07, 23:16

Carlos Tevez will not complete his move to Manchester United on Tuesday and may not be registered for the start of the new season, Sky Sports understands.

The Argentina international had been expected to join The Red Devils last month, but a dispute over pay between West Ham and Tevez's agent Kia Joorabchian has held up the switch.

The transfer has been dragging on all summer and it first seemed unlikely any move would be completed before the start of the season after Fifa refused to arbitrate on Tevez's contractual situation, which led to Joorabchian's Media Sports Investments group issuing a High Court writ against The Hammers in order to push through the deal.

Joorabchian had hinted an out-of-court settlement would be reached last week, but the affair is still dragging on and at the moment doubts hang over whether or not Tevez will be able to begin the new campaign with his new club.

the Bear

7 Aug 07, 23:18

the pic is hilarious! Laughing

but ESPN just reported that he'll be playing this week in the friendly

omgukilledkenny

7 Aug 07, 23:41

From soccernet:

It is understood the league's lawyers will not be able to sign it off today and there are some concerns that the delay could stretch on beyond the weekend because a similar deal involving Javier Mascherano to Liverpool took a number of weeks to be cleared.

The Tevez deal though is so similar to Mascherano's that United are confident it can go through before the weekend.

i dont think he'll be able to make it for the friendly. Neutral