is a wonderful footballer who has brought some real moments of magic to the Premier League since he first signed for West Ham back in 2006. We need as many big name top quality players in the Premier League as possible to enhance the quality of our league and Tevez has definitely added to this in his time. However, his continual complaints and open admissions of discontent are boring me now and I think the sooner he clears off the better. I’m sure there are many Man City fans who will be desperate for their main source of goals and their talisman to sign a new deal with the club, but do you really want a petulant player who seemingly doesn’t want to play for the club?

Tevez handed in a transfer request midway through last season, claiming he wanted to be closer to his family, which is fair enough. He then changed his mind and declared he wanted to stay at City, to the delight of the fans. The Argentine has now revealed, since the F.A Cup final, he has turned down a lucrative £250,000 pound a week deal to extend his stay in Manchester. Surely there won’t be another U-turn from the temperamental Mr Tevez who is keeping all the Man City faithful on tenterhooks as he mulls over his future once more.

No wonder there are reports in the press that three senior players have told Roberto Mancini; they don’t think Tevez should be captain next year if he does stay. I always thought it was a strange decision to make Tevez club captain anyway as he still has a poor grasp of English and City have a readymade captain in Vincent Kompany. Tevez’ loyalty to the club has already been shown to be minimal at best, he hasn’t shown much respect for the fans or the club with his previous saga and now with this one. His loyalty has been called into question before with his decision to swap Old Trafford for Eastlands, something which obviously delighted the City fans, but showed complete disregard to the United fans.

Tevez seems to revel in the media spotlight, his future always takes up the back pages with announcements of his intentions to leave Manchester City, then his change of heart. Before the 2010 World Cup, he had stated he was considering retiring from the game altogether if Argentina won the competition, as he was tired of football and wanted to be with his family. The latest admission from Tevez came in an interview on Argentine TV where he slated the city of Manchester, the weather and revealed he would never return to Manchester when he does eventually leave.

Let’s say for arguments sake, the indecisive Argentine did decide to stay with City; how long would it be before he gets fed up, changes his mind again and this saga rears its head once more? If Tevez is to leave this summer, which it’s apparent he has his heart set on doing, then yes, City will be losing an excellent player who, regardless of his uncertainty off the pitch, unquestionably gives absolutely everything while he is on it. However, City would receive a considerable return for the player and with their already unparalleled financial power, it’s a loss they would recover from. Then there would be the excitement of who the big name replacement would be in the summer to bolster City’s frontline as they prepare to embark upon their first Champions League campaign.

Maybe I have been too critical of Tevez throughout this piece and his yearning to be closer to his family has caused the decisions on his future to sway this way and that so frequently. Well I suppose only a transfer to Boca Juniors would back that up, but surely there’s no way they could afford to buy him. So if Tevez does move to any other club in Europe, the ‘I need to be closer to my family’routine will have lost all meaning. I know if I was a City fan I’d now be at the stage where I would just want Tevez out so the club can focus on their future and not his, in what has the potential to be a really exciting season for the Citizens.

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