Is West Ham striker Carlos Tevez heading to Manchester United?

Rumours are rife that West Ham striker Carlos Tevez is set to join Manchester United! If it does happen, Manchester United's 3/2 odds to win the English Premiership with Bodog.com will disintegrate. It’s a soccer transfer that would send shockwaves across the world, but is there any truth in it?

Point-Spreads.com recommends punters to grab a little on Utd. now just in case this rumour shows to be true since the odds will be shorten. Discussions are believed to be under way and Tevez may move on loan or permanently to the Premier League champions. Carlos Tevez, 23, is currently on international duty with Argentina in the Copa America in Venezuela.

West Ham have said they want to keep him after he helped them survive in the top flight last season but doubts have remained over his Hammers future. Tevez's people are believed to want in the region of what Zinedine Zidane went for when he moved to Real Madrid – about £40m.

There is also talk that Tevez could go on the same arrangement his colleague Javier Mascherano went to Liverpool under when he left West Ham. That was a two-year deal. There was much controversy over the signing of Tevez and that of fellow Argentine Javier Mascherano by the Upton Park club last summer.

West Ham were fined £5.5m for irregularities that centred on who owned the players' contracts but Sheffield United, who were relegated from the Premiership in the 2006-2007 campaign, believe the London club should have been docked points.
 
An arbitration panel this week upheld a decision not to deduct points from the Hammers but the Blades are investigating whether they can appeal to the civil courts. However, Tevez refused to let the situation have an adverse toll on him.
 
Last season he inspired the Hammers to a run of form that lifted the club out of the bottom three and clinched their top-flight status.
 
Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has had a busy summer in the transfer market but would surely relish the addition of Tevez to his team.
 
When Tevez first arrived at Upton Park he found games hard to come by under the then West Ham boss Alan Pardew but he was given a more prominent role after Alan Curbishley took the helm in December 2006. Last season Tevez scored seven goals in his final 10 Premier League games, including the winner at Manchester United that guaranteed West Ham's survival.
 
He was expected to delay a decision over his future until after the Copa America finishes on 14 July but United appear to be keen to tie up a deal for the player.