Manchester City officials have been unmoved by Carlos Tevez’s latest attempt to sever his ties with the club despite having three seasons left on his £200,000-a-week contract.
There are no bids on the table yet and City will only listen to offers of about £50m – the price Chelsea paid Liverpool for Fernando Torres in January.
One possible solution is a swap deal with Atletico Madrid, involving Tevez’s Argentina team-mate Sergio Aguero moving to Eastlands.
One possible solution is a swap deal with Atletico Madrid, involving Sergio Aguero
Real Madrid, Juventus and Inter Milan might be tempted but have been warned they will not get striker Tevez on the cheap. This latest transfer demand – he cited family reasons – provoked a furious backlash from City fans yesterday.
Now even if Tevez is forced to stay with the club, manager Roberto Mancini has little option but to take the captaincy away from him and hand it to popular defender Vincent Kompany.