West Ham Chairman Eggert Magnusson Calls for an End to Tevez Row

West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson has called for an end to the ongoing row over Carlos Tevez's transfer to Upton Park.

"It is about time to end this matter," Magnusson said today. "We have had a very severe fine which put financial constraints on this club and it is about time to finish this off."

West Ham signed Argentinians Tevez and Javier Mascherano - now on loan at Liverpool - last summer but uncertainty remains over who owns the players' contracts. The club was fined £5.5m for breaking Premier League rules rather than being docked points.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has written to the Premier League requesting "concrete evidence" that Tevez was able to play in the Hammers' recent 3-0 win at the JJB Stadium - Tevez was allowed to play after the Hammers terminated a contract that tied Tevez to third-parties. The Latics are battling West Ham to avoid the final relegation place in the Barclays Premiership along with Sheffield United, who have promised to sue of they go down.

When asked if he could show the evidence Whelan has demanded, Magnusson said: "I trust the Premier League 100% and have always done. It is not for me to say. It is in the hands of the Premier League, they have all the proof they need."

Magnusson has also dismissed suggestions that Sheffield United and Wigan, who face each other on the final day of the season on Sunday, could engineer a result that relegates West Ham. "It has never entered my mind. They are honourable people."