Post by QPR Report on Jul 18, 2009 7:04:19 GMT
Guardian
Tevez affairWest Ham cleared in latest Carlos Tevez inquiry• Focus on changes to contract for climax of survival season
• But club has no case to answer, say FA and Premier League
A fresh inquiry into the contract that brought Carlos Tevez to England three years ago has cleared West Ham of further wrongdoing.
The latest investigation focused on changes made to the Argentina forward's contract that enabled him to play in the last three matches of the 2006-07 season. His goals in two of those games helped West Ham stay in the top flight at the expense of Sheffield United.
West Ham were fined £5.5m in April 2007 by a disciplinary commission for breaking rules on third-party ownership of players in the transfers of Tevez and the Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano.
Last September an independent panel found that Tevez was not eligible to play in the matches, ruling that Sheffield United were entitled to compensation from West Ham because Tevez's goals condemned them to relegation. A figure between £10m and £15m was agreed by the clubs in March.
The latest inquiry, conducted by the Premier League and the Football Association, considered elements of that verdict by Hugh Griffiths, focusing on how Tevez's contract was revised in April 2007.
"The inquiry has concluded that, on the basis of the evidence available to them, there is no prima facie case that West Ham United and/or its officials did commit any further breaches of Premier League or FA rules immediately after the independent disciplinary commission's decision," the FA and Premier League said.
Tevez, now with Manchester City, and Mascherano, now with Liverpool, moved to West Ham in August 2006 from the Brazilian side Corinthians on free transfers.
When they joined, their contracts were owned by the UK-based company Media Sports Investment and another third party – a fact hidden by the Hammers from the league.
Tevez, who joined Manchester United in the off-season following West Ham's survival, moved to City on Tuesday after his two-year loan deal at Old Trafford expired. That drew a line under the contract dispute that has lingered since Tevez moved to the Premier League in 2006. Manchester City assumed complete registration rights to the player from the group that previously owned his economic rights.
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/17/west-ham-cleared-carlos-tevez-affair
Guardian - Newcastle United impose embargo on player transfers• Championship club will not sell players until the club is sold
• Up to seven senior players threaten to hand in transfer requests
Louise Taylor
Newcastle United are doing nothing to reduce their £65m annual wage bill and have taken the extraordinary step of placing an embargo on any transfers until the managerless Championship club is sold.
Considering that sources close to on-going efforts to sell Newcastle have indicated that Mike Ashley, the owner, may not find a buyer this summer, this represents a high-risk strategy. Even if Ashley does succeed in this ambition, the most optimistic estimates gauge a takeover to be around a month away – in other words perilously close to the closure of the summer transfer window.
"There will be no players coming or going until the takeover has been completed," said a senior Newcastle source. "There will not be a firesale and it is up to the new owners and manager to decide who comes and who goes.
"The transfer market does not really get going until August and Newcastle will not be doing any business until a buyer has been found. It is all on hold."
Alex Black, the agent of Alan Smith, who is coveted by Blackburn Rovers, has already experienced this policy in action. "Newcastle United have put a sort of embargo on players moving in or out of the club until the situation is resolved in terms of ownership," explained Black. "So what can you do until that is sorted out? It is in Newcastle's hands."
Up to seven senior players are threatening to challenge this embargo by sumbitting written transfer requests early next week if Alan Shearer has not been installed as Newcastle's manager.
Shearer remains "completely in the dark" about events at St James' Park and is deeply concerned that Newcastle are missing out on opportunities to both offload players unsuited to the rigours of the Championship and recruit those possessing the pace and toughness required during the impending campaign.
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/17/newcastle-united-transfer-embargo-takeover
Tevez affairWest Ham cleared in latest Carlos Tevez inquiry• Focus on changes to contract for climax of survival season
• But club has no case to answer, say FA and Premier League
A fresh inquiry into the contract that brought Carlos Tevez to England three years ago has cleared West Ham of further wrongdoing.
The latest investigation focused on changes made to the Argentina forward's contract that enabled him to play in the last three matches of the 2006-07 season. His goals in two of those games helped West Ham stay in the top flight at the expense of Sheffield United.
West Ham were fined £5.5m in April 2007 by a disciplinary commission for breaking rules on third-party ownership of players in the transfers of Tevez and the Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano.
Last September an independent panel found that Tevez was not eligible to play in the matches, ruling that Sheffield United were entitled to compensation from West Ham because Tevez's goals condemned them to relegation. A figure between £10m and £15m was agreed by the clubs in March.
The latest inquiry, conducted by the Premier League and the Football Association, considered elements of that verdict by Hugh Griffiths, focusing on how Tevez's contract was revised in April 2007.
"The inquiry has concluded that, on the basis of the evidence available to them, there is no prima facie case that West Ham United and/or its officials did commit any further breaches of Premier League or FA rules immediately after the independent disciplinary commission's decision," the FA and Premier League said.
Tevez, now with Manchester City, and Mascherano, now with Liverpool, moved to West Ham in August 2006 from the Brazilian side Corinthians on free transfers.
When they joined, their contracts were owned by the UK-based company Media Sports Investment and another third party – a fact hidden by the Hammers from the league.
Tevez, who joined Manchester United in the off-season following West Ham's survival, moved to City on Tuesday after his two-year loan deal at Old Trafford expired. That drew a line under the contract dispute that has lingered since Tevez moved to the Premier League in 2006. Manchester City assumed complete registration rights to the player from the group that previously owned his economic rights.
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/17/west-ham-cleared-carlos-tevez-affair
Guardian - Newcastle United impose embargo on player transfers• Championship club will not sell players until the club is sold
• Up to seven senior players threaten to hand in transfer requests
Louise Taylor
Newcastle United are doing nothing to reduce their £65m annual wage bill and have taken the extraordinary step of placing an embargo on any transfers until the managerless Championship club is sold.
Considering that sources close to on-going efforts to sell Newcastle have indicated that Mike Ashley, the owner, may not find a buyer this summer, this represents a high-risk strategy. Even if Ashley does succeed in this ambition, the most optimistic estimates gauge a takeover to be around a month away – in other words perilously close to the closure of the summer transfer window.
"There will be no players coming or going until the takeover has been completed," said a senior Newcastle source. "There will not be a firesale and it is up to the new owners and manager to decide who comes and who goes.
"The transfer market does not really get going until August and Newcastle will not be doing any business until a buyer has been found. It is all on hold."
Alex Black, the agent of Alan Smith, who is coveted by Blackburn Rovers, has already experienced this policy in action. "Newcastle United have put a sort of embargo on players moving in or out of the club until the situation is resolved in terms of ownership," explained Black. "So what can you do until that is sorted out? It is in Newcastle's hands."
Up to seven senior players are threatening to challenge this embargo by sumbitting written transfer requests early next week if Alan Shearer has not been installed as Newcastle's manager.
Shearer remains "completely in the dark" about events at St James' Park and is deeply concerned that Newcastle are missing out on opportunities to both offload players unsuited to the rigours of the Championship and recruit those possessing the pace and toughness required during the impending campaign.
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/17/newcastle-united-transfer-embargo-takeover