West Ham agree compensation deal over Tevez affair
Sunderland, England - West Ham United have agreed a 10 million pound (13.9million-dollar) compensation package with Sheffield United to settle the dispute over Carlos Tevez, according to reports in the British media on Friday.
United argued that the Argentinian forward's involvement in a number of games in 2007-07 while in breach of the Premier League's regulations on third-party ownership had been decisive in West Ham staying up while they were relegated.
They had initially demanded 45 million pounds, but West Ham will instead pay 10 million pounds in instalments over five years.
An independent Football Association arbitration panel, headed by Lord Griffiths, had sided with United against West Ham, ruling that Tevez was instrumental in West Ham's survival.
That panel had been set to meet on Monday to determine a compensation figure, but that hearing has been cancelled in the wake of the agreement.
Griffiths's findings, though, mean that West Ham could still face a points deduction or a fine additional to the 5.5m they were ordered to pay by the FA's initial panel, which ruled in April 2007. (dpa)