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Tevez: Integrity at stake



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Published Date: 09 October 2008
THE Fight for Justice in Football campaign has not concluded by any stretch of the imagination, and hopefully Kevin McCabe and the rest of English football will see this campaign out.
Whether Sheffield United receive £2 or £30 million in compensation is irrelevant as there remains a rat's nest in the governance of the Premier League that still remains to be sorted.

In order for the FA tribunal to award in Sheffield United's fav
our there must have been clear evidence that Tevez was still playing under a Third Party contract that breached Premiership rules in the final weeks of that ill-fated Premiership season.

Any compensation paid to Sheffield United only attempts to put right the financial pain they suffered as a consequence of West Ham's actions.

From the Premiership and West Ham side of things, there remains unfinished business.

If West Ham did field an illegible player for a second time despite being fined £5m for the first offence, then the Premiership needs to deal with the matter quickly and in a fit and proper manner.

Clubs in the Italian Serie A league who have tried to influence the outcome of matches have been dealt swift and proper justice by the Italian football authorities ... relegation!

West Ham's actions should be punished with a similar fate, in my opinion. They still prosper in the Premier League, a place which they do not rightly deserve to be.

As for the Premiership management, there is unfinished business there too. Richard Scudamore appears to have been hoodwinked twice. Surely his competence should be questioned and he should pay for his repeated mistakes with his job.

Sir Trevor Brooking's role in this is unclear.

However, he should distance himself from it and his resignation from the Premier League management team should be expected.

Any other Premier League employeee who had direct involvement within the management of the Tevez affair should be made to resign or be sacked.

The rat's nest at the Premier League needs to be cleaned up quickly if the integrity of English football is to remain whole.

Steve Stopford, Bicester, Oxfordshire

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David Jephson,

High Wycombe 09/10/2008 12:30:52
The evidence from the recent arbitration meeting conclusively shows that West Ham did not terminate Tevez's third party contract which was a condition of him continuing to play after the April 2007 hearing.

So why hasn't the PL instigated further disciplinary action against West Han for this SECOND offence. Could it be the PL colluded with West Ham following the April 2007 hearing to allow WHU to continue playing Tevez. I think everyone deserves some answers - and the only way we'll get them is if the press keep up the pressure.

Furthermore, having read the arbitration judgement it ceratinly seems as if the PL colluded with West Ham to make it look as if WHU owned Tevez when MUFC wanted to acquire him ie the PL appeared to know/suggest that Jorbchian paid WHU a £2m transfer fee but in return Jorbchian got £2m back in consultancy fees!!
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