Tevez deal 'over-complicated'

Carlos Tevez is set to complete a medical with Manchester United this week, but his £30 million move from West Ham remains "over-complicated", United's chief executive has claimed.

Speaking from Tokyo, where the champions are commencing a four-match tour of Asia, David Gill said: "In my opinion, it has become over-complicated.

"Effectively, we are trying to work with four parties; the player, West Ham, the company who own Carlos' economic rights and the Premier League in order to sort it out."

The Premier League is insistent that any deal regarding the player needs to be done between the two clubs rather than Tevez's agebt Kia Joorabchian. United's legal expert Maurice Watkins has remained in England as efforts to resolve the dispute intensify.

Even if Tevez manages to complete his move this week, he is not likely to join his new team-mates until they return to England ahead of the August 1 friendly with Inter Milan at Old Trafford.

Another absentee from the trip is South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung, who will possibly be out of action until January following a knee operation.

Of United's other current injury absences, Ferguson reported both skipper Gary Neville and veteran front-man Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should be back in training ahead of the season-opener against Reading on August 12.

Key forward Louis Saha will be out slightly longer, with Ferguson confirming it would be mid-August before he will be back on the training field at Carrington.

While Saha should feature for the Red Devils again, it appears Gabriel Heinze has played his last game for the club.

The full-back, who played alongside Tevez for Argentina in Venezuela last night, has expressed a desire to leave Old Trafford, with arch rivals Liverpool among those showing an interest.

It remains highly unlikely Heinze will be allowed to join the Anfield outfit, but Ferguson seems resigned to the popular defender's exit.

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