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#5 Carlos Tevez & Javier Mascherano to West Ham
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How is it that two of the hottest prospects in the world ended up at a club that hadn’t challenged for England’s league title in decades? Being that the transfer was so murky, we still don’t really have an answer.
EPL clubs aren’t allowed to sign players owned by ‘third parties’, which both players were. It’s widely accepted that some laws were broken that brought the legendary players to east London. West Ham wasn’t exactly in the business of signing foreign starlets.
Sure West Ham used shady practices to quickly dry the ink before top-4 clubs could step in and steal the pair away, but Hammer fans aren’t complaining. Tevez went on to score seven goals in West Ham’s final nine matches including the game-winner against United on the last day of the season that saved the club from relegation.
