O'Neill would like Argentina pair

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has reservations over the nature of the transfer deal which took Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham, but that does not stop him from being jealous that Hammers boss Alan Pardew now has two of the world’s brightest young talents at his disposal.

West Ham pulled off a stunning coup when they snapped up Tevez and Mascherano, both 22, in a complex deadline-day deal from Corinthians.