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.
Across the shores in Florida state, Golf’s world number one Luke Donald may have won the end of season Disney flagship tournament, but it looks like Carlos Tevez is taking the mickey up in Manchester.
The Manchester City forward has said that he is considering taking legal action against his club manager Roberto Mancini for the defamation of his character according to a host of media sources this morning.
It was on Tuesday where the Manchester City forward was fined 4 weeks wages, equating to £1m, for what the club say was five separate breaches to his player contract during the game against Bayern Munich.
Though it is not clear what all of the five reasons are, all players’ contracts hold the generic citation that a player is obliged to ‘participate in any matches where the player is selected.’ The club’s investigation proceedings conducted after the Champions League game found Tevez guilty of refusing to play in the European tie against the German outfit.
Tevez however still pleads his innocence and his advisers believe that none of the five reasons City gave for their fine for were breached. The Argentine goal scorer has two weeks to appeal the decision. If the appeal fails, he can then take it to a Premier League tribunal.
Tevez’s record
Tevez hasn’t played since City’s Carling Cup tie against Birmingham back in September and following the Argentine’s recent antics, it looks like it might be his final involvement in a blue shirt. Following their run of results, Manchester City have to stand by Mancini and, as a result, let Tevez go come January.
It seems such a long time ago now that Tevez captained Manchester City to FA Cup victory, taking the blues to their first major trophy in 35 years. Since Mark Hughes signed the 27-year-old, he has scored 53 goals in 91 appearances. Even with Manchester City’s prolific squad – losing that fire power will hurt.
But his shenanigans off the field have ironically kept him off the field and so he has only made 5 appearances, two of which were starts, and is yet to find the back of the net this season.
The likelihood of him playing for another European giant is slim and with Brazilian side Corinthans even pulling out of their £40m bid, there is little left potential for the argentine. A prospering club career needlessly thrown out the window, soon to be followed by a flourishing international career.
Never before have the words ‘what a waste’ ever been more relevant.
Though two Manchester clubs clash this weekend in what is to be the tie of the season, there is at least one thing both sets of Manchester fans can share.
Following the ridiculous antics Carlos Tevez has subjected City fans to, Manchester’s rival fans have come together to vent their frustrations caused over the striker’s actions. Manchester has become awash with ‘Trash your Tevez Shirt’ waggons, which so far, have been well received by both sets of fans.
The unwanted shirts are to be shown to the Argentinian international and then suitably dispatched the local charities.
The images not only display the overtly enraged feelings of disgruntled Manchester City fans to a player who is still employed by their beloved team, but rarer, their tandem hatred for Tevez that is shared with the red side of Manchester.
Even Manchester City fans, who have had their fair share of the rough with the smooth, have reached their breaking point with the Argentinian.
So, it would be fair that without the backing of the fans, Carlos Tevez’s days in the colours of blue and white are over, right?
Well, it might not be quite as simple as that.
In this modern age of football, players have a regular habit of dirtying their images, only to wash it again with a goal in a crucial game or a season long performance that ultimately earns a club Champions League football perhaps..?
And for Carlos Tevez, the stage is set with a Manchester derby. Primed ready for a match winning performance that we know the Manchester City forward to be capable of against their local rivals would be like vaccinating the blue side on Manchester with amnesia serum. So, I suppose the real question that poses is; does Mancini share that same faith?
The Italian manger needs to remember what business he is in, which of course is winning games. Regardless of his personal feelings and injustices, a Carlos Tevez match winning goal is enough to cement his standing of City’s most success manager.
And it is in these pressured situations that risky decisions are made, often providing not only a source of entertainment and talking point, but the definitive moment in a tie of this nature. It is for that reason, Tevez reaches the summits of my football betting strategy this weekend, as I can see a pivotal moment in the forward’s career. Whether that be a demise or a rise to blue moon stardom remains to be seen. But with odds available like they currently are, the sky might just be the limit.
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