FIFA Passes The Buck

Tevez Saga Goes To Court - There are more twists and turns to the Tevez saga than the latest Harry Potter book. The latest twist comes from FIFA 'recommending' that the whole affair should go straight to the Courts of Arbitration for Sports.

What this effectively means is that Tevez and West Ham are involved, and we're effectively out of the picture. If the courts rule that Tevez has only a one year contract with West Ham, then Tevez is free to join Manchester United. Otherwise, we have to deal with West Ham. Either way, depending on the fee involved in the latter scenerio, we're probably still going to get Tevez. Although it sounds tedious, it's probably still good news to me. The journey maybe long, but we'd get there eventually.

Scholes And Park Injuries - Scholes was sent back to Manchester before the kickoff to yesterday's friendly against Shenzhen. Apparently he sustained some knee injury playing against FC Seoul and is set to be out for a month.

Park, on the other hand, has more serious knee injuries. He's already been ruled out till the next calender year.

Heinze Needs History Lesson - Great commentary on the whole Heinze saga. Until I see Heinze actually quoted that he wants to join Liverpool, I refuse to believe he's stupid enough to want to play for Liverpool. Then again, footballers are not exactly the brightest lot around.

What makes this taste particularly bad is that Heinze was voted the fans' player of the year in 05. If he forces his way to Liverpool, it adds injury to insult.