Football: Are Hammers lying AGAIN? EXCLUSIVE GANG OF FOUR DEMAND MORE ACTION FROM PREM OVER TEVEZ.Byline: By ALAN NIXON ANGRY Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. supremo su·pre·mo n. pl. su·pre·mos Chiefly British One who is highest in authority or command, as of an organization. [Spanish and Italian, supreme, supremo, from Latin Dave Whelan David Whelan born in Bradford on 24 November, 1936, and raised in Wigan, is a former professional football player with Blackburn Rovers and the current owner of Wigan Warriors and Wigan Athletic. He is the former owner of JJB Sports and owns the JJB Stadium where both teams play. has writ ten to Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore questioning whether he is "being told lies again" in the Carlos Tevez affair. Whelan is demanding an immediate answer from Scudamore about whether Tevez is still breaking the rules by playing for relegation rivals West Ham. Whelan has queried the claim that the Argentine's contract has been terminated because 'both parties' had to agree - and owner Kia Joorabchian obviously has not. The Gang of Four (Wigan, Fulham, Charlton and Sheffield United) have been told they are wasting their time considering legal action against the League or West Ham. But they are now ready to try to force a vote of no confidence in Scudamore at the end-of-season annual meeting. Claims that the Premier League had 'diligently' checked into Tevez's new contract since West Ham were fined pounds 5.5m and advised to rip up his contract with owners MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. have brought loud guffaws from the Gang of Four. Through Whelan, they have demanded that Scudamore provides concrete evidence from BOTH sides that Tevez has been eligible to play since the inquiry and asks "are you being told lies again?" If the Premier League cannot provide this then there will be a new push for Hammers to be penalised again - and this time docked points - as the issue refuses to go away. CAPTION(S): WANTING ANSWERS: Whelan with West Ham's Eggert Magnusson; DEMAND: Wording on the email sent to Scudamore; TEVEZ: Terminated contract |
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