Seven Premier League clubs will decide today whether to launch a legal bid against West Ham United for acting improperly and withholding vital documentation over the ownership of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

West Ham United were fined £5.5m by the Premier League for rule infringements connected to the transfers, but were not docked points – a decision that has proved crucial in West Ham United’s Premier League survival this season.
Speaking on Radio Four’s Today programme. as quoted by www.bbc.co.uk, Kevin McCabe, chairman of relegated Sheffield United, said he believed more Premier League clubs would join the action.

“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.

“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.”

Wigan chief executive Brenda Spencer said all the clubs wanted was proof from the Premier League that everything was in order with the Tevez signing, www.bbc.co.uk reported.