NewbBlue said:
If this could be found to be true, I'd go nuclear on Real Madrid. Sell Tevez to Barca at a reduced price just to deal a death blow to Real's trophy chances. Pay no agent's fees in retaliation on Kia. If he doesn't like no agent's fees, then we can see to it that Tevez never kicks a ball in a professional game until after his 30th birthday or ever again.
They need to know not to fuck with our club or Sheikh Mansour. If they do, we should deal harsh retaliating blows.
It wouldn't be the first time they'd been stronglysuspected of doing something like that. Many years ago, back at the end of the 1990s and start of the 2000s, I worked for the law firm that at the time did all Arsenal's legal work. The first thing I worked on when I arrived was the sale of Nicolas Anelka to Real. Arsenal, I know, were implacaby convinced that Real had agreed to pay several millions to Anelka's brothers if they got him to Madrid. Arsenal did their best to send him elsewhere - I remember he was very heavily linked with both Lazio (big spenders then) and Juve - but he ended up at Real.
If I were a betting man, I'd certainly be tempted to wager a few quid on something very similar happening in this case in terms of the inducement to the agent. Unfortunately, I do think Tevez will go to Real in January, too.
I believe an attemot to get Tevez a January move has been brewing for a ittle while. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd wonder whether the fact of the Sheikh's business partners from Qatar throwing a vast record sponsoship at Barca the other day might not be entirely unconnected with this. I don't think for a minute that it's the reason behind the Barcadeal, actually, but that's a pity. I'd love it to be true.
Real later also decided that they couldn't be arsed sticking to the payment terms they'd agreed with Arsenal for Anelka - and were indulged by the Spanish authorities and UEFA. They decided they'd rather spend the cash on other new players instead.
It's a vile club with an utterly rancid culture. Down the years, I've been more than willing to have a pop at our neighbours for being arrogant, but Real really make them look like football's Mahatma Gandhi.