absurd football transfers

What's the date today? 31th of August.
What's the special thing about that day? It's deadline day.

It means that today is the very last day for European football clubs to sign or sell players until the 1st of January. Normally it is a very busy day for managers, club owners and the media, but today there has not been going on that much. Except the maybe most sensational transfer since TM3 bought the rights for the UEFA Champions League (thanks to Rupert Murdoch). Alright, read it by yourself - from the BBC-News:

West Ham have pulled off a major coup by signing Argentina World Cup stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. Striker Tevez, 22, and midfielder Mascherano, 22, join the Hammers from Brazilian side Corinthians on permanent deals for undisclosed fees. The Hammers are thought to have struck a deal with Media Sports Investments, who own the rights to the two players.

Tevez and Mascherano attracted interest by major European clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid or AC Milan. I am asking myself how a club like West Ham - maybe ranked something like that [------------------|------] within European top class - can afford international top stars like Tevez and Mascherano. The answer is like the British answer of everything: Roman Abramovich. It seems like the Russian billionaire (and 16th richest man on the planet Earth) is a friend of the owner from MSI and has thereby agreed some insidious business. The players are at West Ham right now and can adapt to the English way of football for at least a season. Afterwards they are poised to sign for Chelsea, which is the main toy of Abramovich. He spent like hundreds of millions of British pounds during the last three years in order to establish as the best football club in the world. Well, he succeeded in winning the last two Premier League titles, but he has yet failed to win the Champions League. In 2004 they lost to Liverpool and in 2005 they were owned by Spanish side Barcelona.

This is like U2 or Coldplay going on stage at the Intersport Eybl Halle in Linz. Ridiculous. Time will tell how the saga will go on, I guess it will be pretty like the way mentioned above.