West Ham signings ‘happy to stay’

ARGENTINA internationals Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano insist they are not using West Ham as a way of earning a big-money move at the end of this season.

Hammers boss Alan Pardew pulled off one of the biggest transfer coups the English game has seen in landing the World Cup stars.

Although Tevez and Mascherano both signed four-year contracts, it is believed Pardew will struggle to hold on to them come next summer.

Reports suggest the contracts contain get-out clauses, inserted by the players’ manager Kia Joorabchian, who would stand to profit from their sale.

But Tevez insists his priority this season is to impress Pardew, while Mascherano said they moved to Upton Park because West Ham showed the desire to sign them.