Tevez and mascherano to west ham??

[baronvonskidmark]

This is admittedly from last August, but in light of today, it makes you think things are now a bit nearer:

"On Thursday, a London-based company, Media Sport Investment, said it was considering an offer for the club. MSI's president, the 34- year-old Iranian-born, British-based Kia Joorabchian, has said he wants to buy West Ham for pounds 45m, clear debts of pounds 30m and invest pounds 100m in players. MSI bought a 51 per cent stake in the Brazilian club Corinthians last year " and invested heavily in new players " but little is known about MSI's backers."

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...0/ai_n14917079

[friedk]

Dodgy or not I think it's a great deal for the players.

They are coming into a decent side, but without any title ambitions, so there is not a great deal of pressure.

They will also get their first taste for Europe through the UEFA Cup.

It's probably the perfect way for the 2 of them to adapt to a new footballing enviroment.

Whether it lasts more then 1 season is another story.

[rodo]

" but little is known about MSI's backers."
just pop across london and ask for a fella called roman

[Rich]

It annoys the hell out of me that this kind of thing happens, and that Chelsea don't get shafted. I refuse to believe that Roman isn't behind this move.

[rodo]

kenyons whereabouts today would be interesting to know

[baronvonskidmark]

The press conference should be good anyway. I think the questions might be a bit more insightful than the usual asking them if they're West Ham fans.

[rodo]

The press conference should be good anyway. I think the questions might be a bit more insightful than the usual asking them if they're West Ham fans.

teves" i can`t wait to play with lampard and terry"

[dirty_sanchez]

teves" i can`t wait to play with lampard and terry"

"I can't wait to play with Zamora and Carroll."

[rodo]

"I can't wait to play with Zamora and Carroll."

and it has always been my dream to play with lee bowyer

[rodo]

west ham fan on sky e mailed in and said he didn`t care how they got them suppose it`s the same as chelski fans saying they dont care how roman got his money when they are questioned about his dodgy dealings, no doubt somewhere we will be accused of falling behind west ham now when it comes to attracting players

[Rohan]

This really is unbelievable. Never thought I would see those two players running out in the West Ham kit.

Just listened to a journo on SSN who had the gall to say that Tevez would be left out when Ashton recovers from injury, and that Mascherano is not as good a player as Carrick. I mean, for ****s sake!

R

[lfc4ever]

Just found this, took me a while googling, but I knew I had read it a while ago:

http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=1571

Premiership: Keep an eye on MSI for future Chelsea deals

It might seem a little unlikely that the transfer of a player between an Argentinean and a Brazilian club could have any significant impact on the Premiership, but the recent deal that took Carlos Tevez from Boca Juniors to Corinthians for a fee of close to £12 million (a Brazilian record) is one that bears closer examination.

Corinthians, mired in debt after years of mismanagement and corruption (as is seemingly obligatory in Brazilian football), entered into a partnership with Media Sports Investments (MSI), a London-based investment group, in December 2004, with a 10-year deal between the two consisting of a £20 million investment from MSI in return for 51% of future profits.

The last month has seen Corinthians, with the help of their new-found backers, also recruit the services of other top players, with Carlos Alberto (scorer of Porto’s first goal in last season’s Champions League final), CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love and centre-back Sebastian Dominguez from Argentine table-toppers Newell’s Old Boys all moving to Sao Paulo.

The President of MSI is 33-year old Kia Joorabchian (believed to be Iranian), but a certain Russian billionaire and an Israeli agent, Pini Zahavi, are both thought to be involved. Joorabchian has denied Abramovich’s involvement, although he admits that the Russian billionaire is a friend (they also have business links through another Russian billionaire, Boris Berezovsky). Abramovich has also denied having any financial interest in CSKA Moscow, but there is enough evidence to suggest this is dubious at best - a US$54 million three-year deal to have their shirts sponsored by Russian oil company Sibneft, of which Abramovich is still the major shareholder; club president Yevgeny Giner being another “close friend” of Abramovich; the recent controversial signing of Jiri Jarosik (CSKA coach Valeri Gazzayev was furious at the deal).

Whoever is behind the company (and it’s difficult to believe that the aforementioned speculation isn’t without some substance), MSI have wasted little time in making their mark elsewhere, having also signed the River Plate trio of Javier Mascherano (one of the most sought after young players in the game), Maxi Lopez and Lucho Gonzalez. The company are now negotiating where their three amigos will be playing their football in the immediate future, with Benfica having already signed Lopez and Gonzalez said to be interesting Porto.

The suspicion is that MSI is being used as a front to buy players in order to keep them out of the hands of Chelsea’s big-money rivals. This also enables them to farm players out to the likes of Corinthians, where the London club can monitor their progress, safe in the knowledge that they have first shout on their futures if and when they see fit to take them to Stamford Bridge. In doing so, Chelsea are taking the concept of feeder clubs to a whole new level.

[Shaggy]

This has to be the dodgiest transfer of all time. It's just not cricket.

No details about the length of contract? No details of the fees involved? DODGY.

The pair would cost a minimum £50m combined and West Ham obviously don't have that sort of money.

This is as dodgy as it gets. Russians eh?

[rodo]

everyone knows it stinks

[dirty_sanchez]

and it has always been my dream to play with lee bowyer

"...I heard he is very tolerant of foreigners"