Sheffield United to appeal Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano signing by West Ham

Sheffield United are refusing to throw the towel in and are going appeal to the High Court over the Carlos Tevez transfer and their Premiership relegation. The fresh move follows an arbitration panel's decision to stand by the verdict not to dock West Ham points over the signing of Tevez and fellow Argentine Javier Mascherano.

West Ham were fined £5.5m for their handling of the duo's deals. BetUS.com has West Ham at +40000 odds to win the 2007/08 Barclays Premiership.

"We are going to the High Court to appeal, and that date is 13 July," said Sheffield chairman Kevin McCabe speaking on a local radio station. “I still believe Sheffield United have a legal case that can now be taken from what I loosely term the sporting courts to the commercial courts. Where that will take us I really don't know."

West Ham were found guilty on 27 April of acting improperly and withholding vital documentation over the duo's ownership.

When Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano were registered as players, West Ham failed to disclose that they had entered into an agreement with third-party companies.

Sheffield United had launched their first appeal after they went down on the last day of the season and West Ham stayed up. The three-man arbitration panel, headed by retired High Court judge Sir Philip Otton, did not have the power to change West Ham's punishment but could have ordered a new independent commission to judge the case.

Meanwhile Real Madrid president Senor Ramon Calderon believes Chelsea winger Arjen Robben will join them this summer. The Dutch international has been a target of the Spanish champions for the past year. Should Chelsea refuse to sell Robben, Madrid could join the race for Lyon winger Florent Malouda, who is also a target of the Blues.
 
"Malouda is a player that our (technical secretary) Miguel Angel Portugal likes a lot," said Calderon on the Real Madris official website. "But we also have to consider other players that would fit in, like Robben, who has many chances of joining our team."