Carlos Tevez will be unveiled as a Manchester United
player on Thursday. He will be pictured in a United shirt and hold
a scarf aloft during a showy press conference to confirm his
controversial arrival at Old Trafford.
The move revealed on the day Sheffield United lost their High
Court battle over the Premier League's failure to deduct points
from West Ham will place extreme pressure on chief executive
Richard Scudamore.
Shirt tales
of the expected: what Ferguson and Tevez might look like on
Thursday when the striker is due to be unveiled to the
press
The League are so far refusing to sanction the £35million transfer
of the Argentina striker who rescued West Ham from relegation last
season.
Tevez, 23, will fly in from the Copa America on Tuesday, having
taken part in tomorrow's final against Brazil.
He will have a medical at the Carrington training ground on
Wednesday and will claim he is a United player the following day
an act of defiance towards the Premier League.
The attitude of United, whose solicitor, Maurice Watkins, has
Tevez's owner, Kia Joorabchian, is the deal breaks no rules and
there is no legal argument to stop them.
Joorabchian is determined to force through the transfer and
Sportsmail understands West Ham and Manchester United have been in
close contact and their discussions suggest a deal can be
agreed.
The Premier League have insisted the bulk of the fee should be paid
to West Ham but Joorabchian says the transfer to Upton Park was a
loan deal.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about his joy at
landing Tevez, who has cancelled a holiday to join United
immediately.
A source close to the deal said: "United would not have put
themselves in this position if they did not expect the deal to go
through.
"Tevez will arrive as planned and if anyone wishes to stop that
they will need to find a legal argument to do so."
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