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Sir Alex confident of landing £30m Tevez

Premier League champions Manchester United are confident Carlos Tevez will be in a position to sign a long-term contract once Argentina's Copa America campaign concludes at the weekend.

Tevez is at the centre of a messy transfer saga involving United, West Ham, the Premier League and his long-time advisor Kia Joorabchian.


A deal, virtually identical to the one which saw Tevez's fellow countryman Javier Mascherano move from West Ham to Liverpool in January, is in place with United, with the 23-year-old only now requiring to pass a medical and actually sign before officially becoming a £30million Red Devil.

The problem is who United actually pay the cash to, with the Premier League continuing to insist West Ham should profit as they hold Tevez's registration.

Joorabchian counters this, insisting he still owns a controlling right in the former Corinthians star, who set up two goals in his country's 4-0 quarter-final win over Peru in Venezuela last night.

With allegations and accusations flying about on all sides - and the validity of the Premier League's crucial decision to let Tevez play in the last three matches of West Ham's successful survival fight on the line - a resolution appears impossible without either legal action or the involvement of world governing body FIFA.

But sources close to United are hopeful that a compromise will have been reached by the end of the week which will allow Tevez to fly into Manchester from South America early next week to complete his dream move.

With chief executive David Gill starting a short break, Sir Alex Ferguson opted not to offer a public timescale on the situation.

However, the Scot is confident Tevez will eventually be given the green light to join his squad in a transfer he feels will be completely free of the allegations which dogged the striker's initial move to West Ham.

'I am sure the outcome will be that we will be taking him, with complete clarity in the deal and no suspicions or anything dodgy,' said Ferguson.

'There is no way we will be involved in anything underhand.'

United were initially offered Tevez 12 months ago but Ferguson shied away from a deal, claiming he was `unsure' about certain aspects of the move.

Now, he is more certain, although he is unsure exactly why the Premier League have so far refused to sanction the transfer.

'There is transparency now and a clarity about the situation,' he said.

'I thought it was going to be done last weekend because I know (United lawyer) Maurice Watkins has been working on it for the last month, maybe more than that, to make sure everything is financially clear as far as we are concerned.

'Unless the Premier League are holding something back that they have not told us about, I don't really know what the problem is because we are following the procedure of Javier Mascherano.'

Tevez himself, speaking after Argentina's Copa America win over Peru, said: 'There is something arranged. I have already talked to them (Man Utd) but now I want to focus only on the national team.'

If Tevez does eventually arrive, he will join Ferguson's three other summer signings, two of which, Owen Hargreaves and Nani, were officially unveiled at United's Carrington headquarters this lunchtime.

While the capture of Hargreaves from Bayern Munich represents the end of a 12 month chase, Nani's journey to Old Trafford has taken place a year ahead of schedule, with Ferguson forced to move quickly for the Portugal Under-21 star who, like Cristiano Ronaldo, developed a big reputation at Sporting Lisbon.

'We have been monitoring Nani for almost as long as Cristiano,' said Ferguson.

'In a perfect world, he would have stayed in Portugal for another year but circumstances forced us into action.

'He is different to Cristiano in that he can play on both sides of the pitch but also in the middle. He is quick, has a terrific engine and I know we are getting a very talented, flexible player.'

With an overall outlay approaching £80million, Ferguson was quick to praise the Glazer family for backing him in the transfer market this summer.

While admitting the new, massively increased TV deal meant he felt more cash would be spent across the Premier League this summer than has actually happened, Ferguson is aware that, in some areas, his squad might be regarded as too big.

Gabriel Heinze, Alan Smith, Kieran Richardson, Giuseppe Rossi and Gerard Pique have all been linked with big-money moves away from Old Trafford.

And, although he has not told anyone they can leave, he recognises some players may choose to.

'Players understand today that in order to challenge for major trophies, you need a strong squad,' said Ferguson.

'No-one will play all the games next year and hopefully the players will accept that and get on with the business of trying to achieve success for us.

'I don't expect anybody to leave but it may happen because some players will view the situation and think maybe they won't get enough games to satisfy them, but there are no decisions made at the moment.'

updates from ESPNsoccernet

Storm

thats really good news IF they finally lands him(tallk no use cos previous few years always haer them say wanna land some player in the end the player nvr became a red devil)....when mascherano and tevez went to west ham last season i already suspected that both of them wont stay at west ham for long could be some insider thingy going on...i mean tevez was proving himself in WC last year and WEST HAM lands him?can u imagine WEST HAM landing them?(no offence to hammers supporters i hope,but than somebody of their capabilities would wanna play for west ham?a bit ridiculous right?esp when tevez was playing with corinthians which is a very good team in their league and also tevez is the budding star of their country during WC)

i do hope they retain the services of alan smith though,he is truly a man u kind of player,tough and fearful,u realise that fergie always get the type of strong and tough players?maybe except solkajaer and saha(which in my opinion not really that type of "fighting cock"type of man u player) which is a bit soft ,bardsley or beardsly is another up and coming man u key player,fit strong and tough,esp when it comes to his tackling...i like it man,like gary neville when he was younger and more hot tempered hahahaha...and thats the reason why i like man utd for....fiery,fast,tough

sgalextoh

It's a very good news....
But to me the defence is still quite weak....
Not much good defender player to cover on the back....

Storm

heinze,neville,bardsley,ferdinand would be the perfect combination but than fergie depends too much on brown and o'shea,which is wat i dont like cos these 2 idoits like to add score to their profile,they think they are john arnie riise ....cock man

but anyways no team in the world has got the perfect 3 lines in defence/midfield/offence....

somehow or other,they will be weak in a certain department

sgalextoh

Yeh....
I don't like o'shea as well....
Who needs a weak tall big in size guy and runs so slow!!!
get rid of that flecther as well....
he's like duck leg duck hands (Hokkien)....
brown need somemore polishing....
but he's getting ok in the centre....
have to teach him not to commit to the ball too early....
that's some of his mistakes....

Storm

fletcher is another big mistake.....js park can beat him with one leg handicap anytime....

and seems like he does not know the role of wat a midfielder does at all....total flop....

chinkai

I would like to see a top-class defender come in soon.

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azris87

me too....hopefully Man u can hold the title again

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Benkee

Initially Fletcher was suppose to be the backup for david beckham because ferguson uses the right flank for crosses when beckham is still around. Flecther's strenght is in his crosses but he never really show any results. He is now a flop since ronaldo arrive and he can't be the back up for ronaldo without any speed.

Final words.. Ferguson should get rid of flecther. his service does not serve in top club like man u. He should try for other teams for this first team spot or maybe he can shine in division 1.

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sgalextoh

I think Lee Martin can play better than Fletcher....
At lest fight for most of the balls and can run faster than him lor....