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Transfers - Gossip Shop: Tevez to Chelsea

Eurosport - Mon, 11 May 19:27:00 2009

After Carlos Tevez smacked the ball in off the post in the Manchester derby, he wheeled away and cupped his hands to his ears.

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But what exactly was he listening for?

Was is the adoration of an Old Trafford crowd who spent most of yesterday afternoon chanting 'Fergie, sign him up'?

Was it the sound of a contract offer from United landing on his doormat at home while, somewhere in Switzerland, £30 million worth of gold bars were transferred to a stack marked 'MSI'?

Was it the clamour of top European clubs squabbling over the Argentine's signature?

Or was he just trying to hear Kia Joorabchian's surreptitious mobile phone call, conducted with his hand over his mouth lest anyone lip-read his utterances.

Joorabchian is the kingpin of MSI, the mysterious group that still holds Tevez's playing rights.

He is the man demanding £30m for United to turn their two-year loan of Tevez into a permanent deal, and who is now shopping him around Europe's top clubs.

It remains a mystery why he chose the posh seats at Old Trafford as the perfect place to conduct top secret transfer negotiations, but it certainly allowed today's tabloids to put words into his expertly-concealed mouth.

Words such as Tottenham and Hotspur, who have selected Tevez as the target of this summer's persistent but ultimately futile pursuit of a big name.

Otherwise it's the usual, obvious, suspects, such as Real Madrid , Chelsea and Manchester City.

Whether any of the above would be willing to shell out £30m for the rich man's Craig Bellamy remains to be seen, however.

Anyway, City do not need a busy, diminutive centre-forward. They need a big fella with more ability than Felipe Caicedo who, while willing, is hardly going to carry Mark Hughes's side into the Champions League.

Hughes is targeting players who have Premier League experience as, even if he survives this summer, he cannot afford another season of transition.

The wildly overrated Roque Santa Cruz remains the most likely option, but GS would not put it past City to get their hands on much-maligned Nicklas Bendtner or even Didier Drogba.

Arsenal's defensive frailties were exposed yet again yesterday as Chelsea romped to a 4-1 win at the Emirates.

How does Arsene Wenger aim to put things right? By signing a striker, of course!

In this case, Andrei Arshavin's old mucker Pavel Pogrebnyak of Zenit St Petersburg and Russia.

Celtic have distanced themselves from reports they are set to offer Michael Owen a pay-as-you-play deal - a new low for the embattled striker.

Birmingham might still fancy England's former golden boy, but will make priorities of signing Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra and Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis.

And expect the three promoted clubs to have an almighty bun fight over Joe Ledley, who has rejected a new contract with Cardiff City.

Alex Chick / Eurosport

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  1. Breaking news:- TEVEZ has signed for Manchester united­ for 22 million pounds.The deal will be announced after­ the Rome final.He has signed a four year contract with­ a option of further extending it by two years.

    THIS IS­ RELIABLE.SO TEVEZ SAGA OVER!!!!!!!BE HAPPY MAN UTD FANS­ DONT LISTEN TO MEDIA ANYMORE.

    From S Vikram, on Tue 12 May 4:35AM

  2. Im a gers fan but why would playing for celtic be a new­ low he is a lot lower at the moment

    From toeso10, on Tue 12 May 4:30AM

  3. More gossip, English Tabloids are funny, Now we are­ going to listen to this garbage for months end....Tevez­ will be very stupid to go to chelsea, Needs to go to­ spain and or Italy, latin players are not appreciated­ in the premier league

    From LuisA, on Tue 12 May 4:16AM

  4. m srry....bt dunno why people r bringing berba into­ this...pathetic...they both r united players n hav gt­ diffrnt style of playing...

    From AZHAR Y, on Tue 12 May 3:28AM

  5. Tevez should join flamengo and play with adriano. If­ ferguson decides to sign a player under pressure,­ I'm not interested in sympathies. Tevez is not a­ cripple and if he thinks he'd get a better club­ than manutd, he should ask michael owen how egos and­ pride webs a player down. Even thiery henry never won­ champions league in england and tevez has already won­ it. There's no player with a small memory than this­ one. May be, the size of ones memory is directly­ proportional to height.

    From Majoser, on Tue 12 May 3:26AM
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    I'm a living and a forever alive manutd fan and­ tevez should not be signed. I know my opinion doesnt­ count but campbel is better than tevez and he's­ younger and faster and handsome.

    From Majoser, on Tue 12 May 3:16AM
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    Some guys should get a gag here. Berbatov is a three­ time better player than tevez. When did tevez dribble­ the call or round a defender? Thirty million to MSI is­ a slap on the red eye. Berbatov was signed because of­ his quality and not work rate. Running all over the­ pitch aimlessly and being selfish is not in the game of­ manutd.
    Berbatov replace saha and tevez at the same­ short. Poow! Next season campbel will put rooney under­ pressure.

    From Majoser, on Tue 12 May 3:05AM

  8. ABSOLUTELY USEFUL SPORTCASTER / JOURNALIST IN DANGER OF­ BEING ACCUSED FOR SPAM... JUST STATES "Otherwise­ it's the usual, obvious, suspects, such as Real­ Madrid , Chelsea and Manchester City." F***ING­ POINTLESS TO PUT THE TITLE TEVEZ TO CHELSEA ABSOLUTELY­ @#$%... GET ANOTHER JOB MAN, SOMETHING LIKE WRITING FOR­ KATIE AND PETER...

    From Dimitris, on Tue 12 May 3:03AM

  9. sorry fergie should keep tevez work rate is bril

    From jack l, on Tue 12 May 2:55AM

  10. chrono-j what a fool!! man utd never produce­ players????????. Beckham, giggs, neville's, butt,­ scholes, darren fletcher, wes brown, johny evans, john­ oshea. and i suppose Frazier campbell at Totenham,­ Richardson at Sunderland, david healy at fulham do you­ want me to go on?? I hope your a scouse fan who yet­ again ends up potless this year!!!!!!lol lol

    From jeremyadavies, on Tue 12 May 2:46AM
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    From James, on Tue 12 May 2:43AM

  12. From Man urinal to chavski, he must be a complete argie­ dope. He wont fit in at chavski cos all there fans are­ fickle plastic glory hunting cant sell there full­ allocation bunch of W a N kE rSSSS

    From bobby and sandy, on Tue 12 May 2:41AM

  13. why do people keep saying man utd are in debt?? its­ nonsense. Man utd were worth approx £750 ml, the­ glaziers borrowed £750 to buy them thats it!.

    Now say­ i buy a house for £250,000 and borrow £250,000 to buy­ it, am i in debt? only for the value of the house which­ i now own, so if i sell the house i break even, so­ where is the debt.

    The glaziers owe £750 million but­ own utd who are worth £750 million, so there is no­ debt, why dont people understand that. And before­ people start bleeting on about interest payment yes i­ know they have to make these but so do most people who­ have a mortgage (and i bet some numpty will stll say­ but they arent 80 mllion a year or whatever!!).

    From jeremyadavies, on Tue 12 May 2:40AM

  14. Who cares who signs who or who kisse's the badge­ ,your car breaks down on a wet windy night and­ you've got your club colours on,a big bentley­ contjnental come's into view with your top striker­ behind the wheel,will he stop ,,not a­ chance..........kiss the badge.........he'll say­ kiss my arse and you won't see him for dust or­ should i say spray............everybody grow up they­ don't give a @#$% about any of us

    From Robert, on Tue 12 May 2:38AM

  15. The 1 player Manure fans want & they won't be­ able to get him, that is a right laugh. Face facts you­ deserve no one as your Senial Old Age Pensioner proves­ time & time again, spending money, fans deluded in­ claiming you have the best youth system in the country,­ Yeah right! can't produce anyone good at all, the­ best manure youth system can produce is horse fart.­ FACT .

    From Chrono-J, on Tue 12 May 2:37AM

  16. My feeling is united will sign Tevez But they want hs­ agent out of the loop fergie if he has the money­ available would pay 30mil but he would rather the agent­ have nothing to do with it. If someone comes in with a­ bid of 30mill Fergie will up it but no one will pay­ that much.

    From GARETH, on Tue 12 May 2:37AM

  17. mixi the thing is that united have already bought­ berbatov and if they try to sell him on they will be­ lucky to get half of what they paid for him it would­ not go halfway to buying Tevez

    From Phil, on Tue 12 May 2:34AM

  18. mm, please don't go to chelsea..

    From torresronaldo28, on Tue 12 May 2:33AM

  19. i tink ur a bunch off tosers as well

    From giggy, on Tue 12 May 2:32AM

  20. LOL! Well if Ronaldo says he's going to stay than­ it must be true, he's such an honest chap.

    And­ fthered25, Man Utd don't have until July, they have­ no say in where Tevez plays next season unless they­ sign him for the money his owners want, they can sign a­ precontract with whoever, whenever and Tevez will­ transfer to that club on release from his loan­ deal.

    Mind you, he's better off signing for you,­ Man Utd is the only club on Earth where he doesn't­ stand out as being ugly, more just blends in.

    From RossG, on Tue 12 May 2:31AM
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