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Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez to play for Boca Juniors in Martin Palermo testimonial
The 27-year-old played his last match back in September but on Saturday will appear in Argentina to honour the wonderful career of his former team-mate
1 Feb 2012 13:46:00
By Daniel Edwards
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Exiled Manchester City star Carlos Tevez will end a five-month absence from football this Saturday, when he plays alongside Martin Palermo and other Boca Juniors legends in a match arranged in the retired goalscorer's honour.
Tevez last took to the field for City on September 18 against Fulham, nine days before his refusal to come on as a late substitute in a Champions League match led to a breakdown in relations between club and player.
The Argentina international has since been in a self-imposed exile in his native country and has seen the January transfer window pass without finding a new home.
Ole revealed, however, that he was ready to end his absence from the football pitch in a testimonial arranged for former Boca team-mate and close friend Palermo. The match is scheduled to be played on Saturday, with kick-off arranged for 20.00 local time (02.00CET).
Other participants in the homage are yet to be revealed, but it is known that the two teams will be directed by two coaches very familiar to Tevez. One XI will be coached by his former Xeneixe trainer Carlos Bianchi, while the other will fall under the charge of ex-Argentina man Alfio Basile, currently at Racing Club.
Tevez's future, meanwhile, remains undefined. With the European window closed a move within the old continent is now impossible until June, although a transfer to either Brazil or Argentina could still be viable if a team can match Manchester City's valuation of their player.
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Tevez last took to the field for City on September 18 against Fulham, nine days before his refusal to come on as a late substitute in a Champions League match led to a breakdown in relations between club and player.
The Argentina international has since been in a self-imposed exile in his native country and has seen the January transfer window pass without finding a new home.
Ole revealed, however, that he was ready to end his absence from the football pitch in a testimonial arranged for former Boca team-mate and close friend Palermo. The match is scheduled to be played on Saturday, with kick-off arranged for 20.00 local time (02.00CET).
Other participants in the homage are yet to be revealed, but it is known that the two teams will be directed by two coaches very familiar to Tevez. One XI will be coached by his former Xeneixe trainer Carlos Bianchi, while the other will fall under the charge of ex-Argentina man Alfio Basile, currently at Racing Club.
Tevez's future, meanwhile, remains undefined. With the European window closed a move within the old continent is now impossible until June, although a transfer to either Brazil or Argentina could still be viable if a team can match Manchester City's valuation of their player.
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We're still getting plenty of Hazard chat on Twitter. A few are now saying that he's not worth the hype, others saying he was brilliant(!?) and others (which I agree with), saying he created much of his own hype. What do you think? Get involved!
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Joe Hart has also been giving his thoughts after the Belgium game: "It was a really tough game, a good run out. I thought we played well, [but] we were a little bit bitty at times.
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
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Here's Roy Hodgson's reaction to the result and some injury chat: "I'm very pleased, it's been a hard week and we've used a lot of players. There was a lot of disruption in the second-half with substitutions – some forced upon us, some we wanted to do. But it's still a very good end to the week playing against a good Belgian team here. Arguably even stronger than the Norwegian team we played last week and I've got to be more than happy that we've come out with another victory."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
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