http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1779

Carlos Tevez's adviser is ready to hand "potentially explosive" documents to the High Court that could drag West Ham back into the row with Sheffield United and increase the pressure on senior Premier League officials.

On a day when Sheffield United launched a High Court appeal against an arbitration panel's decision to dismiss their claim against the Premier League, Blades chairman Kevin McCabe revealed the existence of documents that were never seen by the panel or the independent disciplinary commission which first reviewed the case in April.

A source close to Kia Joorabchian, the businessman who has a major stake in Tevez and has been at the centre of the controversy over third party ownership, described the documents as evidence that could "hit the Premier League like a mallet and take West Ham down", and added: "Kia is quite prepared to hand them over."

It is understood the documents concern the period that followed the original hearing, when Tevez was allowed to play the final three games of the season for West Ham on the understanding that the player's third-party agreement had been terminated.

Sportsmail understands the documents will provide proof that the agreement remained in existence throughout, which was something even the arbitration panel suspected.

While the Premier League received confirmation to the contrary directly from West Ham and have no power to regulate third parties, a High Court judge could take a dim view of the agreement that was rapidly reached, allowing Tevez to play a huge part in the outcome of the season.

And Wigan's Whelan lambasts prem officials. I agree with him.

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Dave Whelan has called on Richard Scudamore and Sir Dave Richards to step down following the Carlos Tevez affair.

Sheffield United lost their fight to be reinstated to the Premier League on Tuesday following an arbitration panel's hearing into the punishment meted out to West Ham United regarding the eligibility of Tevez and fellow Argentine, Javier Mascherano.

Though the panel concluded they would 'probably' have deducted points as a punishment, they opted against reversing the original decision.

Wigan Athletic chairman Whelan, whose club stayed up at the expense of United, has been outspoken in his criticism of the situation.

"It's been a botched affair," Whelan told the Daily Mail. "All kinds of things have been done incorrectly and, from what I can tell, covered up. And so much time has been wasted getting to his point.

"Why, when they knew about this shortly after Christmas, did it take until the end of April to have the original hearing?

"And why is it only now, in July that we have reached this stage?

"I'm sure nothing can now be done for Sheffield United and that is very sad. It just isn't right.

"What the arbitration panel are saying backs up everything Wigan, Sheffield United, Fulham, Charlton and Middlesbrough have been saying all along, and if the arbitration panel think it's wrong, then Richard Scudamore and Dave Richards have seriously got to consider their positions."

And they still might be

it's amazing how you find these threads to resurrect

very conscientious posting :good:

I cant believe this is still going on!?!

The only club that is responsible for sheffield utd's relegation, is sheffield utd. They should have played better and won more games, end of.

Im sick of hearing how they were hard done by its bollocks.

They have so far got exactly what they are entitled to - fuck all.

Got little to do with Sheff Utd this time.

Other clubs being greedy pricks

Great :rolleyes:

This will still be going on when Tevez is wizened and decrepit-looking.. ;)

it is fairly pathetic imo. didn't fifa say they'd bring about sanctions if clubs started using the courts?

:unsure:

I think FIFA have said a lot of things that haven't come to pass.