Corinthians had a partnership deal with Media Sports speculation (Msi) who invested in the Club and it is alleged that the business categorically owned the proprietary to all of the clubs players (due to Corinthians being unable to afford the contracts). The partnership in the middle of Corinthians and Msi is view to have gone sour and Msi are believed to haved wanted to ship-out their most prized assets in order to protect their investments.

Both players arrived from Brazilian club Corinthians within 48 hours after being sounded out about a move to West Ham and arrived for undisclosed fees. speculation mounted as to who categorically paid the replacement fees (if any were paid at all) and to who categorically owned the contracts.

It is believed that even though the players are registered with West Ham, Msi still own the players contracts and are only using the London club as a shop window to maximise their investment. Before West Ham were offered the players, reports recommend that Msi approached Manchester United and Chelsea with a similar deal, both clubs are believed to have rejected their offer as they were not keen on the idea of not owning the players outright.

English newspaper The Guardian reported that should any club offer £35m for either player West Ham would be forced to sell them, but it is unclear who would pocket the replacement fee.

Since their coming at Upton Park both players have failed to make any impact on the Premiership and have admitted that they have not fully adapted to life in England. Neither player is a first team quarterly in the Hammers beginning Xi and their coming has coincided in the clubs slump in form. This is related to reports that there is a rift in the dressing room and this has clearly had an impact on results as West Ham are flirting with relegation.

Newspapper reports advise that both players will be sold in the January replacement and a host of top European clubs are view to be showing interest. It is believed that Mascherano was set to join Juventus while the summer but their relegation to Serie B cut-short any potential transfer. The Turin club are still interested in the holding midfielder and are inspecting sounding out a potential move in the winter replacement window. Barcelona have also been heavily related with Tevez as they currently have an injury crisis upfront. Carlos Tevez has insisted that he does not want to leave West Ham and has denied rumours of a rift within the Upton Park dressing room and has stated that he is thought about to forge a career with The Hammers.

With strangeness over who categorically owns the players and their contracts, it will be out of Mascherano's and Tevez's hands where they end up in the near future.

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