Rivals Building West Ham Legal Case

Despite retaining their Premiership status, West Ham are set to face a tough
summer with a host of top-flight clubs set to launch a massive legal campaign
against the club over the Carlos Tevez player registration row.

Sheffield United, who were relegated from the Premier League at the weekend,
will set about canvassing support from other clubs as it looks to forge ahead
with legal action.

Wigan, Fulham, Charlton and Middlesbrough are all known to support United’s
stance which claims that West Ham should have been docked points as well as the
£5.5m the club was fined by the FA Premier League.

Meetings will take place this week to formalise the legal proceedings against
the league and West Ham.

Sheffield United chairman Kevin McCabe said: ‘Most of the clubs support the
injustice that has come about this season, I would hope we would get the backing
of most. I feel cheated because yesterday’s result was not the root cause of our
relegation.

‘It will need conversations with chairmen and directors so they understand
all of the injustices, so I suspect we will be canvassing. If I were on the
Premier League board, I would say ‘we must address Sheffield United’s plight
that has come about through no cause of their own’.

‘So they need to call their own internal meetings and decide what to do. It
is their responsibility to pursue it just as much as it is ours.’

Relegation from the top-flight cost Sheffield United approximately £50m in
revenue with the Premiership’s new enhanced TV contract set to kick in at the
start of next season.