Blades won't give up League share
Sheffield United are refusing to relinquish their share in the Premier League as the Carlos Tevez saga rumbles.
The Premier League this week agreed to set up an arbitration tribunal to rule on United's complaints over the Tevez affair.
The League have conceded that the Blades do have the right to call for an arbitration panel - but told the relegated club they are wasting their time and money. And the latest move by the Yorkshire club, relegated on the final day of the season, is to refuse to return their share of the Premier League which all top flight clubs are entitled to.
A statement on the club's website, sufc.co.uk, read: "Sheffield United has confirmed that it has refused a request by the Premier League to deliver up its share in the Premier League.
"All Premier League clubs are entitled to a share in the League itself, and Sheffield United's position is that until the arbitration looking into the Tevez matter is resolved, it remains a Premiership club.
"The club believes if it gives up its share the Premier League cannot be guaranteed to fulfil its promise to return the share should the arbitration reinstate Sheffield United to the Premier League."
The row is over an independent commission's decision to fine West Ham £5.5million rather than dock the club points for signing third-party agreements in contravention of league rules.
The Premier League say they are satisfied West Ham ended those agreements as soon as they were ordered to so, and that the independent commission's decision cannot be appealed against by anyone except West Ham.
