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Unread 30-07-2007, 11:14 PM
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From The Times
July 31, 2007

Richard Scudamore faces the prospect of being subpoenaed to provide evidence in the Carlos Tévez affair. The Premier League chief executive could end up in the witness box to explain the role of his organisation in an increasingly complex legal battle over the ownership of the Argentina forward, which has been holding up his potential transfer to Manchester United.

Kia Joorabchian, who fronts the two companies that hold Tévez’s “economic rights”, Media Sports Investments (MSI) and Just Sports Inc (JSI), will increase the pressure on West Ham United today when he serves the particulars of claim documents at the High Court, detailing allegations about how the club breached their contract.

Lawyers for the companies are considering calling Scudamore to the stand. They are believed to want to know why the League gave West Ham the option of ripping up the contract, to allow Tévez to play in the final three games of the season, helping them to avoid relegation. The League also gave West Ham the option of amending the contracts, which may have meant Tévez missing at least one match while the paperwork was ratified. The third option was not playing the forward.

The player’s agent issued a writ against the club last week, seeking the court’s intervention to compel West Ham to release the registration of Tévez in accordance with the contract that was agreed last summer when he and Javier Mascherano, his Argentina teammate, arrived at Upton Park.

Those deals were subsequently deemed to be in breach of Premier League rules by a commission that fined West Ham £5.5 million in April.

MSI and JSI will ask the court for a quick hearing, arguing that the extensive delay is causing hardship to Tévez and preventing him from playing football and earning a living. West Ham have told the companies that they will release the registration of the player in exchange for £5 million.

Tévez would be eligible to sign for Manchester United after the August 31 transfer deadline, if he was a free agent.
 
Unread 31-07-2007, 12:08 AM
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Looks its going to court...bbc were wrong then...
 
Unread 31-07-2007, 12:16 AM
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Looks its going to court...bbc were wrong then...
It could just be Joorabchian trying to turn up the heat on the League and West Ham regarding the fee involved in any potential settlement.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.
 
Unread 31-07-2007, 06:51 AM
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Looks its going to court...bbc were wrong then...
FFS

It'll be an out of court settlement. Neither MSI, the PL or West Ham will want this going anywhere near a court.
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