Whelan: Are the Hammers lying about Tevez?
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has written to the Premier League
requesting 'concrete evidence' Carlos Tevez was eligible to play
for West Ham during their recent 3-0 win at the JJB Stadium.
Whelan's letter is the latest escalation of the row over the
League's decision not to punish the Hammers with a points deduction
for breaching their rules by fielding Tevez and Argentina team-mate
Javier Mascherano this season.
Fellow Premiership strugglers Wigan, Sheffield United, Charlton and
Fulham have threatened legal action after West Ham were handed a
£5.5million fine for irregularities in the duo's contracts,
believed to be relating to third-party ownership.
According to The Times, Whelan's letter was sent on Wednesday night
to Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore and the other
top-flight clubs.
It read: 'In your e-mail of May 8 sent to all Premier League clubs,
you state that assurances were received in a satisfactory form from
West Ham. Surely the contract can only be terminated by both
parties?
'Could we and the rest of the Premier League please see concrete
evidence, i.e, written confirmation that this contract had been
cancelled by both parties and furthermore, was this termination
actually completed before Saturday, April 28, the day West Ham
played Tevez at the JJB Stadium?'
One of Wigan or Sheffield United will be relegated if West Ham take
at point in their final game of the season at Manchester
United.