Herman Won't Contest/AWOL in Argie

[Ted Hughes]

I think this soap opera is finally swinging in our favour

Only if we have the balls to do what needs to be done.

If all we do is fine him a bit then transfer him, he has set a precedent for any player to get out of any contract.

I do not think we need to transfer him since the contract will be voided. I just hope FIFA impose a suspension on top of it for a couple of years.

Plus we sue him for his transfer fee

Exactly.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

I've not seen the full interview but even Gordon Taylor has seen his arse about this.

Oh, so now he thinks he might of made a mistake in backing Tevez. Good, Tevez shits on any one that helps him and people need to realise that,

Taylor has described it as 'gross misconduct in anybody's book'.

Well if that's what the PFA are saying, then we should have no problem throwing the book at him. I'm sick of this little twat bringing our club down.

[Dameerto]

If Tevez was told not to go to Argentina by a club official (hopefully in writing) he is in breach of contract again for the same reasons quoted in the club statement about the last incident. He's already on a written warning for exactly these circumstances. It will come down to the opinion of the club's legal team. The absolute minimum will be a second written warning and the two incidents MIGHT be seen as gross misconduct together. Alternatively the legal team might say there's a case for gross misconduct from this latest incident by itself. I think we could see another inquiry.

[trueblue64]

Gross misconduct

"To break an instruction not to go and to be determined to go is inviting trouble," he told Sky Sports News HD.

"From that point of view, I believe there is going to be more trouble rather than peace in this situation.

"I do feel very disappointed to say the least, coming so soon when I was hoping things could move on. It's gone into reverse and now he is left in a position that becomes very vulnerable. I'm sure it's not only me, his advisors as well must be wondering where do we go from here?"

"It's no use saying otherwise, the lad is digging himself a hole and it is going deeper."
Gordon Taylor Quotes of the week

Asked if City were now in a position to consider ending Tevez's contract, Taylor said: "Bearing in mind what's happened recently, he was clearly told - I have been informed - on more than one occasion that he was not to return to Argentina, that he was on a fitness regime here. He has not been in the team and if he has breached that instruction, that goes to the heart of the contract and that could be gross misconduct in anybody's language.

"From that point of view, I don't want to predetermine, but I'm very concerned because it's a serious situation and one that the PFA aren't happy about and I assume neither are Manchester City."

Serious

Taylor has stopped short of pulling the PFA's support of Tevez, but admits it would be very difficult for them to stand up for the forward in the wake of his decision to go AWOL.

"I don't put off players, even when they are in the wrong," he said.

"But, on the other hand, we would have to advise him that at the moment his actions are not doing himself any good at all and he is leaving himself very vulnerable to action by the club, and that could be that they will consider very serious actions so soon after the last problem.

"From that point of view, it's no use saying otherwise, the lad is digging himself a hole and it is going deeper.

"It's a worry to me how we can get out of this, bearing in mind that he is a human being and a top quality footballer. His actions aren't what we could possibly recommend to any other player in the game."

[Beefymcfc]

It's cock-end Taylor who has a part to play in where we are today, and then says it's disappointing? What's fucking disappointing sunshine his fuckwits like you who back a player to the hilt even though you know their back-dooring your Mrs while you're defending their case!

What did you expect, a pat on the fucking back while he was shafting you, 'cos you definately weren't getting no reach-around!

CUNT!!!

[Dameerto]

Gross misconduct

Not only misconduct - he is also laying himself open to legal action for willfully damaging his resale value. (by refusing to follow the club's training regime)

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez claims he tried to contact Roberto Mancini before and after he took the decision to head back to Argentina.

The South American has returned to his homeland despite being informed by City that he was expected at training on Wednesday.

Tevez did not show for a session intended to help him rebuild his fitness following the recent row regarding his non-involvement in the UEFA Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.
City are disappointed to have seen the striker go AWOL so soon after settling that particular dispute and PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor has told Sky Sports News that Tevez risks incurring further disciplinary proceedings.

It remains to be seen what action the Premier League leaders will take, but they are refusing to waver in their stance that the forward and his advisors were not given permission he could leave the country.

Tevez, though, has hit back by claiming that he made every effort to get in touch with Mancini before he left.

He says he tried to reach the Italian coach by text and by phone over the weekend.

He also claims that he made another effort to explain himself to his boss when he arrived in Buenos Aires on Monday.

Tevez feels he is being unfairly singled out by the club just a few days after being told that he would be treated the same as any other player following the end of an internal investigation into his actions in the European clash with Bayern.

[trueblue64]

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez claims he tried to contact Roberto Mancini before and after he took the decision to head back to Argentina.

The South American has returned to his homeland despite being informed by City that he was expected at training on Wednesday.

Tevez did not show for a session intended to help him rebuild his fitness following the recent row regarding his non-involvement in the UEFA Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.
City are disappointed to have seen the striker go AWOL so soon after settling that particular dispute and PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor has told Sky Sports News that Tevez risks incurring further disciplinary proceedings.

It remains to be seen what action the Premier League leaders will take, but they are refusing to waver in their stance that the forward and his advisors were not given permission he could leave the country.

Tevez, though, has hit back by claiming that he made every effort to get in touch with Mancini before he left.

He says he tried to reach the Italian coach by text and by phone over the weekend.

He also claims that he made another effort to explain himself to his boss when he arrived in Buenos Aires on Monday.

Tevez feels he is being unfairly singled out by the club just a few days after being told that he would be treated the same as any other player following the end of an internal investigation into his actions in the European clash with Bayern.

And so its starts, it's not my vault its Mancini's fault this man is fucking me off now.He was told not to travel end of.

[colonel_muck]

i can't understand why if players are sold during their contract, the club (buyer or seller) is required to pay their remaining wages, why arent we allowed to turn the tables on this rule and sue tevez for this amount? didn't chelsea sue mutu for his entire transfer fee? i know that was for illegal activity but a breach of contract none-the-less???

PS I will always be happy tevez scored all those important goals, but this last six months is all i will remember of him, he has overshadowed all that was good about his time at man city.

[BlueMoonAwoken]

well apparently he was told by city that he would follow the same fitness regime that players such as wayne bridge and owen hargreaves as he hasnt had any game time and not match fit so that to me seems as though he was being treted the same as any other player would be so his argument is void.

[Beeks]

Oh shit..I can't get in touch with my boss to tell him I'm off on my hollybobs to the other side of the world for a couple of weeks despite being expressly told I can't go..twice

Fuck it..I'll go anyway..I'm sure he will understand....

[phips]

his PR people must hate their job

[CityGer]

Im predicting that the next move from the Tevez PR team will be a family illness.

[Ted Hughes]

BEING UNFAIRLY SINGLED OUT ?

[feedthegreek]

interview with mccarthy below about 9 minutes in
10 30 - 11 00 slot.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/listen ... sode/54334

[branny]

Sacking might be the only way we'll get rid. He's already been available through the summer and clubs weren't exactly queueing up to sign him. Since then we've had the Munich incident and now he's gone AWOL. He's basically shitting on his own doorstep. Good footballer but who in their right mind is gonna sign him now? He may find it harder to engineer a move away in January than he thinks.

[Dameerto]

I wish the poisoned dwarf would just fucl off for good, then he can go and eat himself to death on his own time instead of ours

[FA cup winners 2006]

hopefully this has put the wheels in motion to sack him, hold onto his registration and sue him for whatever corinthians had offered us in the summer.

[brite blu sky]

This should open the door to allow City to do exactly what they want now from the legal side.

Fatso was in the shit, now he is in the shit on his own.

Apart from getting rid of him and City being compensated surely the question is going to be how much punishment should be aimed for on behalf of the football in general.

City should as suggested sue him for his transfer value before Bayern. 40 or 50 mil.
That has got to be the only punishment that is equitable.

[Ted Hughes]

I see his advisors have started along the 'misunderstanding' road again now. If we haven't got this absolutely watertight this time & made sure we have proof of this directive, all the people involved in dealing with it should be sacked immediately.