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Football: Charlton: Tevez will be a Red Devils star
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17 July 2007
Daily Post (North Wales)

URAWA RED DIAMONDS v MANCHESTER UNITED, TODAY, 11.05 AM

SIR BOBBY CHARLTON believes Carlos Tevez has all the credentials required to be a Manchester United player.

The Argentina star is due to fly into the north west of England this week for a medical which will form the latest stage in a protracted attempt to sign him from West Ham.

Legal wrangles continue over who actually owns Tevez's registration, with the Premier League insisting any money United lay for the player must go :t to the Hammers.

This view is contested by Tevez's adviser Kia Joorabchian, who claims he owns the right to the player and he had only loaned him to West Ham for the season.

United chief executive David Gill, an FA board member, has branded the deal "over-complicated".

But, should it finally be completed, Charlton is confident Tevez has what it takes to become an legend at the Theatre of Dreams.

"Carlos is a tremendous prospect and hopefully we can complete the signing sooner rather than later," he said.

"I often talk about the exciting players we try to bring to this club - Carlos Tevez is one of them.

"He is a marvellous talent and we are always interested in bringing talented players to Manchester United."

The Red Devils* legal expert Maurice Watkins has cancelled plans to join United's party in the Far East in order to try to find a resolution to the ongoing dispute, which centres around whether West Ham were right to unilaterally cancel a third-party agreement over Tevez with Joorabchian in order for the striker to play in their final three Premier League games last term.

Gill, whose presence in the Far East on United's four-match Asian tour should end rumours of a Thursday Press conference for the player, is confident United will eventually get their man.

"We are working on it," he said. "In my opinion, it has become over-complicated.

"We are trying to deal with four parties here.

"We still have to sort out the paperwork but that can be achieved in the course of the next week or so."