Tevez-Does anybody know??

Does anybody really know what is happening with Carlos Tevez? It seems that fleet street has no idea at all as every paper differs in its knowledge. For example;'Carlos Tevez will cost Manchester United an amazing £38million in wages and fees over the next five years. The Argie striker is poised to sign for boss Alex Ferguson after the Copa America. United are understood to be recruiting the hitman on an 'extended loan' from West Ham with Tevez, 23, earning around £110,000 a week in wages' - The Sun
And....
'Manchester United will pay businessman Kia Joorabchian £6million for the signature of Carlos Tevez. At the end of an initial two-year deal, United will have the option to buy the striker outright for £15m. The deal will be modelled on Javier Mascherano's move from Upton Park to Liverpool' - The Daily Mirror
And here....
'United have agreed in principle a two-year deal with Kia Joorabchian, the owner of the Argentine striker's economic rights, with an option to buy him outright in the summer of 2009. The club could make an announcement today confirming the deal, subject to obtaining the necessary paperwork and the player passing a medical when he returns from the Copa America in Venezuela later this month' - The Daily Telegraph
And even here...
'Carlos Tevez is set to sign for Manchester United in the next two days in a deal that could be worth up to £30m. The Argentine will fly directly from the Copa America in Venezuela to join up with United's pre-season tour to the United States on Monday. Tevez will sign a two-year deal at United with a "loan fee" of between £4m-£8m a year being paid. None of that will go to West Ham, even though they hold his registration and claim that he is "their player". Instead the money will be received by Joorabchian and the companies that control Tevez. United will then have an "exclusive option" in the second year of buying the striker out-right. That fee is expected to be between £14m-£22m' - The Independent
Seems that it remains a conundrum! but one thing is for sure-The FA will be looking at all the smallprint under an electron microscope!!
More soon...
Gary

Lampard-Who cares!!

Frank Lampard admits he has been happy to have a break from contract talks with Chelsea.
The midfielder has spent the best part of 12 months discussing an extension to his current deal, which has two years remaining.
He has been linked with Real Madrid and Barcelona, while reports on Sunday claimed Lampard has turned down an offer to become Chelsea's highest-paid player. This from Sky Sports.

But really who cares?

This has become the most boring transfer story I have heard, even more so when you think how long it has been going on for!

Personally I do not rate Lamps that highly not when compared to Gerrard or even Owen Hargreaves( who incidentally has just completed his marathon transfer to Man Utd!) so why should I care if he wants to go-wants to stay? The answer is I don't, I'm hoping you do. Comments please.

Bit quiet on the transfer front today so I'll be back soon with more thoughts.

See you soon

Gary

Transfer merry go round

So they finally went and did it!! Spurs shelled out £16m for a certain Mr Bent! Now think of it this way.....Henry-£16m
Owen - £9m (possibly)
Torres-£27m
Now where does Darren Bent come in class compared to these three? Exactly! The only people who seem to agree that he is worth that kind of money are Spurs fans!
There's talk again of Gabby Heinze leaving Man Utd. There are rumours that Liverpool are going to put in a £7m bid for the Argy left-back. I personally do not understand why Fergie seems willing to let him go when he only has one world class left-back in Evra, and especially if he lets bitter rivals Liverpool take him. Shooting yourself in the foot isn't usually Fergie's way.
What by the way is Didier Drogba up to?
"You want to know if I will still return to Chelsea?" asked the Ivorian. "I will reply to that when I am ready. For now I am having a deserved vacation. "I love the English league and may not be in a hurry to leave England if you insist. "But it's difficult to really predict what I want to do in the next week." EH? What is he on? The premier League's highest scorer who said last year that "I will die if I leave Chelsea". Bring on the contract negotiations!!
Well Man Utd have finally got the exciting Brazilian,Anderson, his work permit at the second time of trying. Testimonials from the likes of Luis (Big Phil) Scolari helped to grease the wheels a little! It is definately going to be interesting to see where and how Fergie plays him in an already congested midfield.
Any comments guys..?
See you soon
Gary

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Later,
Gary

More news from the transfer world

Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi could be set for a permanent switch to Parma.
The Italian club's president Tommaso Ghirardi claims to have made an enquiry about the availability of the 20-year-old, who spent five months on loan with the Serie A team last season.
"We spoke with the player, with the Manchester United chief executive [David Gill] and with Sir Alex Ferguson, too," said Ghirardi. "Now it's up to them to give us an answer."
The Parma supremo accepts it will not be easy to secure Rossi's services but insists the offer he has made United is fair.
"Certainly, it would be really difficult to keep the player, but we believe in this," Ghirardi said.
"From a financial point of view, we made our offer and I think it completely answers Manchester's expectations."
Not too sure about this one what with Man utd in the market for a new striker, give the boy Giuseppe a chance I say, he seems to be doing okay elsewhere!
For once ,as I have already mentioned, I do feel sorry for the Man City fans out there having to look forward to the arrival of Sven. Third choice at City and last I heard even the South Africans turned him down! Oops, looks like another big mistake on the blue side of Manchester!
Catchya later,
Gary