Carlos Tevez has tonight stressed his desire to leave Manchester City.
The Daily Mail reports that the City skipper has poured his heart out to City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and concluded that his future must lie away from the club for the good of his family.
“It is with great regret that I have to inform Manchester City of my wish to leave the club. I would like to state that I have great respect for the club, its supporters and the owner, Sheik Mansoor, who has been nothing other than respectful to me…I hope that the people understand the difficult circumstances I have been living under the past 12 months, in regards to my family.”
On the day that City made their first move of the summer in the transfer market by sealing the capture of Gael Clichy from Arsenal, this latest development in the ongoing Tevez saga will rock the club and potentially disrupt City’s plans for further acquisition in the next month.
Just over a week ago Roberto Mancini offered reassurance on the future of his skipper following speculation linking him to a move to Inter Milan in a potential swap deal with Samuel Eto’o. No such move materialised and Tevez looked set for another campaign at Eastlands. Tonight’s reports and quotes from Tevez now firmly shroud his future in uncertainty once again.
“I hope I have done my bit to help City continue their progress towards their ambition to be champions of England and to advance in the Champions League. I have no doubt that the players and management of City will achieve great success in the future.”
There is little doubt that Tevez has been fundamental to City’s success. Joint leading scorer in the Premier League last season, Tevez has been a revelation, despite constant doubts over his future at the club and in England.
It seems certain that Tevez will now step up his desire to earn a transfer to a Spanish or Italian club and that Mancini must look to salvage all he can from such a deal. Replacing Tevez will be a huge task and will now open up a circus of speculation surrounding would-be replacements.
Us Fantasy Managers will need to sift through such uncertainty and look destined to be crossing Tevez from our pre-season watchlists. With Cesc Fabregas looking set for a move to Spain, we now face the prospect of losing two hugely influential and supremely gifted players from our league and our player lists.
