July 16, 2007
MANCHESTER UNITED are so confident of landing Carlos Tevez they have booked him in for a medical on Wednesday.
United made arrangements for the Argentina striker, 23, to fly to Manchester after last night’s Copa America final against Brazil.
That is ample proof United boss Alex Ferguson believes the row over who owns the player is coming to a close and the Premier League champs can end the summer’s most drawn-out transfer saga by sealing a £20million deal.
Tevez is desperate to move to Old Trafford, having turned down the chance of a switch to Serie A champions Inter Milan as soon as the transfer window opened.
United are understood to have agreed to pay a loan fee of £6m over the next two years with the option of buying Tevez outright for a total of £20m at the end of that agreement.
The deal is currently being held up by the argument over who controls the player — West Ham or Media Sports Investment and Tevez’s part-owner Kia Joorabchian.
The Premier League insist any payment should be made to the Hammers, rather than MSI or other third parties.
Joorabchian claims MSI own the Argentine’s ‘economic rights’, yet West Ham still hold the player’s registration and insist they ended their agreement with MSI on April 27.
MANCHESTER UNITED are so confident of landing Carlos Tevez they have booked him in for a medical on Wednesday.
United made arrangements for the Argentina striker, 23, to fly to Manchester after last night’s Copa America final against Brazil.
That is ample proof United boss Alex Ferguson believes the row over who owns the player is coming to a close and the Premier League champs can end the summer’s most drawn-out transfer saga by sealing a £20million deal.
Tevez is desperate to move to Old Trafford, having turned down the chance of a switch to Serie A champions Inter Milan as soon as the transfer window opened.
United are understood to have agreed to pay a loan fee of £6m over the next two years with the option of buying Tevez outright for a total of £20m at the end of that agreement.
The deal is currently being held up by the argument over who controls the player — West Ham or Media Sports Investment and Tevez’s part-owner Kia Joorabchian.
The Premier League insist any payment should be made to the Hammers, rather than MSI or other third parties.
Joorabchian claims MSI own the Argentine’s ‘economic rights’, yet West Ham still hold the player’s registration and insist they ended their agreement with MSI on April 27.