The greatest double swoop in Premiership history

Teves and Mascherano. Probably the greatest double coup in premiership history. Possibly one of the greatest double coups in football history. Two of the hottest Argentine talents have moved to a club that just two seasons ago was busy winning promotion into the Premiership. Now, West Ham - the great West Ham of Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst - have in their ranks players coveted by the Real Madrids and Man Utds of the world. Someone tell me this isn't the makings of a great Championship Manager storyline!

How did that happen? All the jealous sods are pointing fingers at Joorabchin, West Ham's potential investor, riling at the possible impropriety of the transfer while they curse beneath their breath that it's not their club who got them. UEFA are gonna make their foray into regulating foreign investment in the premiership. whoop-dee-doo.

The rest of us, however, wait with bated breath for this duo's premiership debut, potentially against Aston Villa. West Ham excited us last year with some brilliant displays against big guns, culminating in the FA Cup final. We knew they were going to be exciting this year. Now, they've just gone out and thrown down the gauntlet. Just look at them - Teves with his rare gift of scowling and smiling at the same time, and Mascherano, with an entirely annonymous look of nobodyness. But these aren't nobodies.

These are men with the onus to thrill.

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