There’s no love lost between West Ham and Sheffield United over the infamous Carlos Tevez saga and now there’s been a new claim 17 years on.
Nearly two decades have passed since the Carlos Tevez affair which spawned one of English football’s more recent rivalries between West Ham and Sheffield United.
The memory of Hammers favourite Tevez and the court cases that saw West Ham ordered to pay out £35million in compensation to Sheffield United – as well as being hit with an additional £5.5m Premier League fine remains – as inflammatory as it is unprecedented.
Nothing like it had happened before. Nothing like it has happened since.
Plenty of water has passed under the bridge since. The Blades have been down to League One and back up to the Premier League twice.
Sheffield United now reside in the Championship following relegation last season.
Ex Blades chief makes astonishing new West Ham claim
Time has moved on but the man who was in charge of Sheffield United at the time is not letting West Ham off the hook.
There is huge focus on the Premier League over the punishments handed out to the likes of Everton and Forest and perceived inaction against clubs like Man City and Chelsea, who are facing charges.
Investigations are ongoing against both of the latter and all eyes are on the results.
Fans have long accused the Premier League of being biased towards so-called bigger clubs.
So the last thing league bosses need is another inflammatory accusation levelled at them.
But an ex Sheffield United chief has made an utterly astonishing new West Ham claim and the Premier League must respond.