As Carlos Tevez stepped onto the plane to fly home to Argentina, he sent packing any hopes of playing for Manchester City again.
Following Tevez’s unplanned trip home after being refused permission by Mancini, the chief executive of PFA Gordon Taylor has said that he is ‘very disappointed’ in the Argentinian striker.
The 27-year-old’s flee from the country meant that he missed scheduled training with the Mancini’s men.
Taylor, who represented Tevez during his alleged misconduct surrounding the Bayern Munich Champions League game, said he ‘was in danger of burning bridges’ following his recent antics.
Tevez is a massive disappointment
But the reality, Taylor’s disappointment in Tevez was a smoke screen for the PFA Chief Executive’s red face. Only weeks before, Taylor had managed to persuade those football governing bodies to half Manchester City’s initial fine – only for the argentine to throw it back in his face.
Mancini will now undoubtedly push for further punishment against his former captain, whose diva like behaviour this year has occupied the paper headlines season long.
On Tuesday, the argentine looked to have come round, having confirmed that he would not be appealing the fine. With everything looking like a lesson had been learnt, Mancini expected to see Tevez at training on Wednesday. But it was not to be.
The problem that City face is following the actions of Tevez, his value is diminishing by the second and he will be hard to offload to any club, let alone the ones that will stretch to cover his wage.
But Tevez’s self-destruct mode is induced by one man only, the consequences of which will hurt him the most. And now with a complex legal situation on the horizon, things are only about to turn worse for Tevez.
Taylor added; ‘Sometimes sorry is the toughest word but it does put an end to difficult situations and stand-offs’. However, it looks like things have long past ‘a sorry’ rectifying the situation.
It might now be the case that they look to pick holes in the Argentine’s club contract to push for termination and even try an sue Tevez for a breech in his terms.
For now though, City will need to firm up a strategy around what to do next. The situation was that Carlos needed to get back to fitness and that hasn’t happened. We’ll see more on this when, and indeed if, he returns back to England.
So far this season, Manchester City’s results have been a different gravy. And now the North Western club’s success has seen Tottenham take stock, with Harry Redknapp successfully beefing up his strike force with Emmanuel Adebayor.
This morning the Tongo international has called his latest season with the Manchester club a ‘headache’, insisting he does not regret his move in spite of the blues massive success.
Adebayor moved to White Hart Lane on a season long loan in August after being frozen out by Mancini’s expendable side.
It was clear from the outlay that once the former blues centre forward started to see more time on the bench, the Tongan thought he should have been on the field. And Adebayor may have had a point, scoring 15 goals in 34 appearances was an impressive stat line during his time in Manchester. He shared equal success during his loan spell at Real Madrid, adapting to the Spanish game quickly and scoring in one every 3 games.
Even though he wished his city team mates the best for the future, his lack of comment regarding former manager Roberto Mancini spoke volumes. Refusing to comment on the Italian’s man management skills, Adebayor focused more on his relationship with Redknapp indicating clear signs of a frayed relationship with the City boss.
And his happiness shows in his on pitch performances. Adebayor has scored three goals in six games this season, firing Tottenham closer to a top four finish and that all important Champions League spot.
That’s a trend that is set to continue. Now that Redknapp looks to have kept hold of Modric, the creativity is there to feed a proven striker with goal scoring opportunities. Add Van Der Vaart and Bale to that concoction and you have what could be a spear head attack.
So, the signs certainly suggest that Adebayor is happy down in the North of London and providing the Spurs manager can keep it like that, his new acquisition can expect to produce 15 to 20 goals come the end of the season. Though keeping the threat of Bent off the team sheet will hinge on the Tongon’s success…
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