West Ham confirmed they would not appeal against the record £5.5million fine imposed on them over the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano on this day in 2007. At the time, the fine was the biggest in English football, dwarfing the £1.5m imposed on Tottenham in 1994 for financial irregularities. West Ham announced the arrivals of Tevez and Mascherano from Brazilian club Corinthians in August 2006 during Alan Pardew’s reign as manager, hailing the transfers as a “massive coup”. But the Argentina internationals were found to have been partially owned by businessman Kia Joorabchian’s Media Sports Investment (MSI) company, meaning they should have been ineligible and prompting the Premier League charge. Javier Mascherano, left, and Carlos Tevez, right, began their Premier League careers with West Ham (Sean Dempsey/PA)West Ham and Sheffield United eventually reached an out-of-court settlement to end their dispute in March 2009.

Source: Express May 09, 2021 05:03 UTC