by carl_feedthegoat » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:39 pm
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has said he wants Carlos Tevez "out of the club" after the striker refused to play against Bayern Munich.
City were 2-0 down with 35 minutes to go and Mancini wanted to bring on substitute Tevez to salvage the game.
Mancini said: "If I have my way he will be out of the club. He's finished with me.
"For me it's a bad situation. In a game like this it's important for a player to help the team. This is impossible."
TV pictures showed some heated discussion between Tevez, Mancini and coach David Platt, but the striker was not brought on.
"I wanted to calm everything and put Carlos Tevez on the pitch," Mancini said.
"He refuses to go in. He refused to come on the pitch. What I said to Carlos is between me, him and the team.
"I am really disappointed because it is Carlos.
"We will speak about this with the chairman in the next few days."
Mancini said a player at a top club could not "refuse to go in to help his team mates".
"Can you imagine a Bayern Munich, Milan or Man United player doing this?" he said.
"But if we want to improve as team Carlos can't play with us. With me, he is finished.
"He refused to warm up and again refused to go on the pitch. If a player has a lot of money to play for Manchester City ... he can't [not] play, never."
"I think tonight we had a problem, in this game. Before, we never had a problem, we started the season very well but I can't accept one player refusing to go in."
The Argentine striker spent pre-season searching in vain for a new club and earlier this month was permanently replaced as skipper by defender Vincent Kompany.
Tevez released a statement in July making clear his desire to leave City for family reasons.
A few weeks later, City thought they had agreed a deal with Corinthians for the sale of the striker, only for the Sao Paulo-based outfit to pull out because they could not finalise the transfer before the close of their international transfer window.
Inter Milan were also consistently linked with the player, but instead opted for Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan to replace Samuel Eto'o.
A combination of the fee wanted by City for Tevez and the player's salary demands seem to have warded off potential suitors. Late in August, Tevez admitted he had given up on moving before that window closed.
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carl_feedthegoat on Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.
THEY SAY SWEARING IS DUE TO A LIMITED VOCABULARY. I KNOW THOUSANDS OF WORDS, BUT I STILL PREFER "FUCK OFF" TO "GO AWAY"