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Carlos Tevez slams 'strange' situation after Manchester City reject offers from Inter, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain
The 27-year-old forward claims the club prevented him from taking up offers "from Spain and Italy" but sees a move to Brazil or Argentina as a possibility in the future
2 Feb 2012 10:29:00
By Oliver Platt
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Carlos Tevez has expressed his frustration at his transfer situation and has claimed that Manchester City rejected offers from Inter, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain during the January transfer window.
Tevez has been searching for Eastlands exit since September, following his alleged refusal to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich, while the player has been in exile in his native Argentina since November.
The striker has insisted he was keen to take up one of the offers, but that City blocked the move, and suggested that his primary aim is to switch to Serie A, and if not, a move to Spain appeals to the the Argentine.
"The situation is very strange for me," Tevez told Kicker.
"I wanted to go and had offers from other leagues, from Spain and Italy. But it did not work out in the end because City did not accept any of the offers.
"There were offers from [AC] Milan, Inter and PSG. But something always wasn't right."
Tevez went on to predict that he could move away from Europe and back to South America in Brazil or Argentina, but added that he was beginning to doubt whether City would allow him to leave the club on loan.
"If all regularities are right and the clubs agree a transfer with City, I can see myself going there, even on loan," he said.
"But after all that has happened with Milan or Inter, I don't know if City wants me to leave on loan.
"If the rules allow it and City agree then that could be a possibility, if only as a loan, but I don’t know how Milan or Inter might feel about that.
"In any case, City want a definite transfer. That’s what complicates everything because they have made it clear they want a transfer fee for me."
The former Manchester United forward also felt that the bad image he had developed since being marginalised at City was unfair.
"I cannot understand that but I cannot do much against it," Tevez said. "People may think what they want."
The 27-year-old also discussed reports that Barcelona had opted against a move for him in the transfer window, whilst reiterating his desire to be closer to his family.
"Everyone has to do what works for them. Barcelona are a fantastic club, and La Liga a fabulous championship. But what happened, happened.
"There’s also a personal aspect to all this. I wanted to be closer to my family, above all my children who are and were in Argentina. And because I couldn’t play any longer at City I took control of the situation myself."
The former West Ham man turns 28 on Sunday, and despite having already not played first-team football for over four months, and looking likely to not play until the summer, Tevez is confident he can be just as successful on the field as he has been previously
"Coming back to playing again will not be easy but I am physically strong. I understand what’s needed and will do it. The worst thing is actually all the uncertainty, not knowing how things will work out."
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Tevez has been searching for Eastlands exit since September, following his alleged refusal to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich, while the player has been in exile in his native Argentina since November.
The striker has insisted he was keen to take up one of the offers, but that City blocked the move, and suggested that his primary aim is to switch to Serie A, and if not, a move to Spain appeals to the the Argentine.
"The situation is very strange for me," Tevez told Kicker.
"I wanted to go and had offers from other leagues, from Spain and Italy. But it did not work out in the end because City did not accept any of the offers.
"There were offers from [AC] Milan, Inter and PSG. But something always wasn't right."
Tevez went on to predict that he could move away from Europe and back to South America in Brazil or Argentina, but added that he was beginning to doubt whether City would allow him to leave the club on loan.
"If all regularities are right and the clubs agree a transfer with City, I can see myself going there, even on loan," he said.
"But after all that has happened with Milan or Inter, I don't know if City wants me to leave on loan.
"If the rules allow it and City agree then that could be a possibility, if only as a loan, but I don’t know how Milan or Inter might feel about that.
"In any case, City want a definite transfer. That’s what complicates everything because they have made it clear they want a transfer fee for me."
The former Manchester United forward also felt that the bad image he had developed since being marginalised at City was unfair.
"I cannot understand that but I cannot do much against it," Tevez said. "People may think what they want."
The 27-year-old also discussed reports that Barcelona had opted against a move for him in the transfer window, whilst reiterating his desire to be closer to his family.
"Everyone has to do what works for them. Barcelona are a fantastic club, and La Liga a fabulous championship. But what happened, happened.
"There’s also a personal aspect to all this. I wanted to be closer to my family, above all my children who are and were in Argentina. And because I couldn’t play any longer at City I took control of the situation myself."
The former West Ham man turns 28 on Sunday, and despite having already not played first-team football for over four months, and looking likely to not play until the summer, Tevez is confident he can be just as successful on the field as he has been previously
"Coming back to playing again will not be easy but I am physically strong. I understand what’s needed and will do it. The worst thing is actually all the uncertainty, not knowing how things will work out."
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England 1-0 Belgium, Netherlands 4-0 Northern Ireland - follow all the international action LIVE! ahead of Euro 2012
With countries across the continent gearing up for their final warm-up games ahead of Euro 2012, join us for all the action from Saturday's friendlies. Get in touch with us via Twitter with your reaction.
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19:59 BST
Unfortunately for Northern Ireland, they are trailing the Netherlands 4-0 at half-time. Looks like that one's all sewn up then.
19:54 BST
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!
19:46 BST
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."
19:38 BST
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.
19:35 BST
And another point from today: Eden Hazard wasn't great. Don't think you can judge him on one performance though. What do you think? Is it just a case of too much hype around the Chelsea-bound Belgian?
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