Originally Posted by bbc

Tevez has emerged as one the most highly rated young strikers in the world since signing for Corinthians from Boca Juniors for £9.5m in December 1994.

He has been strongly linked with Chelsea this summer, with a transfer fee of between £20m and £60m being reported.

Originally Posted by from same bbc article

"The pair have been signed for an undisclosed fee and put pen-to-paper on permanent contracts with the club this afternoon. All other aspects of the transfers will remain confidential and undisclosed.

Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov

Arsenal is also supposdly interested in the two.

Not that I can see Wenger splashing out that big money for someone, nor that I think the club needs another striker.

Originally Posted by All Systems Go

Isn't Reyes going to Real Madrid?

Originally Posted by Hicks

Only in his head.

Originally Posted by someone on one of the Spurs forums who works in the media

sent a few people a couple of pm's earlier explaining that MSI are being investigated by a couple or reporters i know

its funny cause the last few days i have been helping out on another program and got talking to some old friends, we talked at length about MSI and other smaller organizations that are coming out and probably going to change the face of football

anyway i thought i would tell you what they told me, they have been digging up stuff since the program was commisioned before the summer

i called them today to say how funny it was having teh conversation about MSI and for these dealiing to happen today

here is some of the pm i sent


"kia joorbachian's name will pop up all the time from now on with these whammer deals

but the two main people are badri and berezovsky, they havee discovered a way of making money in football where you are not tied to a football club

MSI are in the business of owning assets like stadiums(they own several in south america) and players(most ntoably the two new whammers), so i just spoke to my friend and asked how the deal is structured?

he said teh deal is similar to what corintians had, wham will pay MSI about 5mill each for the pair, small fee will go to corintians about 1mill, MSI will still own the players and when they are sold on whammers will not be entitled to a penny. so basically they have them on an extended loan for whatever period of time they stay at wham"

so basically here is what MSI are up to, they are something similar to a car dealership, if you can;t afford to buy the car outright, you can lease it off them for whatever cost for the year etc

you can see why most clubs won't go in for this but west ham have jumped all over it

the only problem now is where MSI will stand when this is all revealed over the next 6 months, how will fifa react, this is probably going to be bigger than the bosman case if they can get away with what they want to do to football

anyhow the program is scheduled to be on before christmas

cheers

Originally Posted by Nondescript Human

Doesn't sound like a terrible deal to me, West Ham could never ordinarily attract players of that calibre, and although they'll get nothing when the players are eventually sold on, it isn't that rare to not get any return on a player. Any time you buy a player over 30 you're unlikely to get much of a return.

Originally Posted by DOR

Article dated 21/01/2005 09:30:00am


Premiership: Keep an eye on MSI for future Chelsea deals


It might seem a little unlikely that the transfer of a player between an Argentinean and a Brazilian club could have any significant impact on the Premiership, but the recent deal that took Carlos Tevez from Boca Juniors to Corinthians for a fee of close to £12 million (a Brazilian record) is one that bears closer examination.

Corinthians, mired in debt after years of mismanagement and corruption (as is seemingly obligatory in Brazilian football), entered into a partnership with Media Sports Investments (MSI), a London-based investment group, in December 2004, with a 10-year deal between the two consisting of a £20 million investment from MSI in return for 51% of future profits.

The last month has seen Corinthians, with the help of their new-found backers, also recruit the services of other top players, with Carlos Alberto (scorer of Porto’s first goal in last season’s Champions League final), CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love and centre-back Sebastian Dominguez from Argentine table-toppers Newell’s Old Boys all moving to Sao Paulo.

The President of MSI is 33-year old Kia Joorabchian (believed to be Iranian), but a certain Russian billionaire and an Israeli agent, Pini Zahavi, are both thought to be involved. Joorabchian has denied Abramovich’s involvement, although he admits that the Russian billionaire is a friend (they also have business links through another Russian billionaire, Boris Berezovsky). Abramovich has also denied having any financial interest in CSKA Moscow, but there is enough evidence to suggest this is dubious at best - a US$54 million three-year deal to have their shirts sponsored by Russian oil company Sibneft, of which Abramovich is still the major shareholder; club president Yevgeny Giner being another “close friend” of Abramovich; the recent controversial signing of Jiri Jarosik (CSKA coach Valeri Gazzayev was furious at the deal).

Whoever is behind the company (and it’s difficult to believe that the aforementioned speculation isn’t without some substance), MSI have wasted little time in making their mark elsewhere, having also signed the River Plate trio of Javier Mascherano (one of the most sought after young players in the game), Maxi Lopez and Lucho Gonzalez. The company are now negotiating where their three amigos will be playing their football in the immediate future, with Benfica having already signed Lopez and Gonzalez said to be interesting Porto.

The suspicion is that MSI is being used as a front to buy players in order to keep them out of the hands of Chelsea’s big-money rivals. This also enables them to farm players out to the likes of Corinthians, where the London club can monitor their progress, safe in the knowledge that they have first shout on their futures if and when they see fit to take them to Stamford Bridge. In doing so, Chelsea are taking the concept of feeder clubs to a whole new level.

David Hulott
19/01/2005

Originally Posted by Phang

"here's your club. the pay packet is good, you'll play every game you're fit, the team's in the top half of the table and in the UEFA Cup. It's a stable team with a decent history and superb fans, most of the team are international players and the manager is excellent and doesn't dick players about. if you guys sign, there's a genuine chance of champions league football. the fans will adore you and the players in the dressing room, amongst whom there are no major egos, will be in awe. you'll be living in one of the biggest, most vibrant cities in the world, in an area with lots of Spanish speakers so you won't have a problem if you want to go buy milk. Javier, skilful midfield passing players are at a premium and you will flourish in this league and in this team; Carlos, there's a lot of appreciation for strong strikers both with the manager in the league, so you will be played correctly, and the referees will not be oversensitive about you holding people off the ball physically in the way they would be in spain or italy. so, any problems?"

Originally Posted by roadrunner_0

name 5 players of that calibre who would move to a league and not go to one of the top 5 clubs?