Tevez leaving City

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I just hope that this deal is done as soon as possible.

All I've heard on the radio today is 'Tevez this' and 'Modric that' zzzzzzzzzzz

better than ' Gerrard this' and 'Torres That' zzzzzzzz

[Arn]

'We will not raise our bid further' - Corinthians president confirms £35m offer for Manchester City's Carlos Tevez
The Brazilian club have revealed they will not be able to match the reported £49m asking price for the player, while the Argentine's advisor claims negotiations will not be smooth

Corinthians president Andres Sanches has confirmed the club have put together a €40 million [£35m] offer for Manchester City's Carlos Tevez.

The Brazilian club revealed on Monday evening that they had initiated talks with a view to signing Tevez, who has expressed his wish to leave England in order to be closer to his family.

It is believed Corinthians will receive a hefty sum as part of a new TV deal and Sanches has indicated that part of the incoming money will be used in their bid to sign the striker.

"I was in Argentina for a Brazil match [at the Copa America], I spoke with Tevez and his representative on the phone," Sanches told Lancenet.

"Corinthians have made an offer of approximately €40 million [£35m] to sign him permanently. This sum means we will be spending 20 to 25 per cent of our TV rights earnings if City accept it."

The Brazilian club's proposal still falls a bit short of City's reported €56m [£50m] valuation, but the Corinthians supremo has declared he will not make any improvements on his offer.

Sanches continued: "I have made an offer which I think City cannot refuse, and we will not raise it further. If they ask for that [£50m], they will keep him."

And while the Corinthians president stated Tevez will have to take a pay cut in order to move to the club, he reiterated he has already figured out how to cover the striker's wages.

"If the shirt sales goes through the roof, like they did with Ronaldo, we have a year's salary paid. He is a player who has a strong marketing appeal," he added.

"The marketing department needs to work. They are competent. A lot has been taken care of to take care of the salary. But he will make less than in England."

Meanwhile, Tevez's advisor Kia Joorabchian has declared he will try to find another club for Tevez if talks between City and Corinthians break down.

"These are long and hard negotiations, so it will not be simple," he told AFP. "If a move to Corinthians does not happen, we will have to look at other options."

Reports in England suggest City have rejected Corinthians' bid, but neither club have commented on the matter thus far.

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well if he wants it that much he can waive his signing on fee....that should raise another 4million towards the bid......

If he is that desperate to get a move he is probably reducing his wage by lets say 100k to about £130k a week.

And if he took home a paltry 30k a week for a year that would be another 5million towards the deal

[Arn]

Corinthians balk at £49m asking price to re-sign Tevez

Brazilian club seek a loan deal and denounce 'absurd' fee as City prepare to reject £35m bid for Argentine

By Ian Herbert, Northern Football Correspondent

Manchester City were last night heading towards a rejection of Corinthians' improbable €40m (£35.3m) bid for Carlos Tevez, with comments from a director of the Brazilian club heightening anxieties that they will simply not be able to pay for the striker.

City were in talks to discuss the offer last night but the vice-director of football at Corinthians, Duilio Alves, had said from the outset that the price being asked for Tevez was "an absurd figure, unviable for the Brazilian football market" and suggested a loan deal. City, who feel that the financing of any such transfer would be complicated, are highly likely to dismiss out of hand the idea of a loan. There is also uncertainty at City about whether the bid is entirely Corinthians', or rather that of Tevez's representative Kia Joorabchian, who once owned the club.

Corinthians' president compounded the feeling that this was an unrealistic proposition when he said last night that Tevez had accepted a four-year deal but that the deal was dead if not concluded by Sunday. "If City want €50m (£44m) then he will stay in England. We are not going to improve the offer," said president Andres Sanchez. "The offer is made. But between the offer and him coming, there is a distance."

Alves told the respected Lancenet agency the price was too high. "It would have to be a loan. We cannot buy him," Alves added. "His intention exists. If one day it is possible, Corinthians are interested. It is not impossible. We are going to try to discover all the details. It is a dream we are trying to make true. He is interested in returning, everybody knows that. For that to come true, it is distant. But we are going after him and we have initiated talks."

The statement Tevez's representatives issued last week, outlining his desire to leave, has prompted City to search for a replacement and as discussions with a leading agency took place late last week, Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero emerged as a target. But there have been no moves for the 23-year-old Argentine. Aguero wants to stay in Madrid, making Real Madrid the favourites for his signature and, with the Copa America intervening, the prospect of his future being resolved before the end of the summer is unlikely.

City, who believe that Samir Nasri will stay at Arsenal, have also fined Emmanuel Adebayor two weeks' wages but that did not persuade him to break his effective "strike" action and train yesterday.

Time is not on Corinthians' side with the Tevez deal: the club know they have until 20 July to wrap up a deal for the player, as the Brazilian transfer window closes that day. The notion of anyone in Brazil matching Tevez's £250,000-a-week salary at City was dismissed as ridiculous by sources in the country yesterday but the Corinthians move is not entirely far-fetched. There is a mass of money washing around Brazilian football presently because of the huge shirt sponsorship deals, which have seen the sponsors paying players to return from Europe.

Ronaldinho went to Flamengo from Milan on a salary believed to be £100,000 a week, which is mostly paid for by the sports marketing agency Traffic, the kit manufacturer Olympikas and the food manufacturer Batavo. The huge prescription drugs firm Unimed enabled Fluminese to bring Fred back from Lyons, and Juliano Belletti and Deco from Chelsea.

At Corinthians, Tevez's reduced wages would be paid for by Neo Quimica, a pharmaceutical giant. Tevez's team-mates would include the one-time Portugal striker Liedson, signed from Sporting Lisbon, who is 33 but still earning £40,000-a-week. But most of the new arrivals are past their peak and there are also question marks about claims that a TV rights deal worth as much as £50m to Corinthians are accurate.

"Brazil's biggest clubs are taking full advantage," said Rupert Fryer, editor of Southamericanfootball.co.uk. "Thanks to the increasing professionalism of their internal marketing departments, clubs across the country are funding their growing wage budgets through numerous wealthy sponsors."

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[SimonNo7]

Manchester City agree Carlos Tevez sale to Corinthians

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has said that an agreement has been reached for the sale of Argentina striker Carlos Tevez to Corinthians.

A £39m bid from the Brazilian club was rejected last week, with City believed to be holding out for £50m.

Tevez, 27, had said he wanted to leave the Premier League outfit to spend more time with his family in his homeland.

"We have an agreement with Corinthians but Carlos now is still a City player," Mancini told Sky Sports News.

The Sao Paulo club, backed by revenue from a new television deal, want to make Tevez a landmark signing by taking him back to the club where he previously enjoyed success.

TEVEZ SAGA TIMELINE
Continue reading the main story
12 December 2010 - Tevez says he is going to leave Manchester City
20 December 2010 - withdraws transfer request and commits future to club
16 May 2011 - says he will only stay at club if solution found to "family issues"
8 June 2011 - Tevez says he will never return to "small and wet" Manchester
4 July - confirms he is going to leave Manchester City
18 July - City boss Roberto Mancini says club have agreed to sell Tevez to Corinthians
Moving to South America would also help to solve Tevez's problem of being separated from his two children.

Corinthians president Andres Sanchez claimed last week that Juventus had entered the race to sign Tevez but added his own club would not increase their offer.

However, Tevez's adviser Kia Joorabchian revealed a few days ago that a deal with Corinthians was "close", with the player himself keen on a return to the club he previously represented in 2005 and 2006.

The former West Ham forward, who joined City from Manchester United in the summer of 2009, is under contract with Mancini's side until June 2014.

Last season Tevez was joint top scorer in the Premier League, with 20 goals.

Asked whether Tevez would now be discussing personal terms, Mancini replied: "I don't know this. I repeat, at the moment, Carlos is still a City player."

Mancini is currently on his club's pre-season tour of North America and added: "I want to wait. At the moment we are here, we are working with the other guys. We should think about this."

If Tevez does go, his 23-year-old fellow countryman Sergion Aguero, who is rated at £45m by Atletico, is regarded as a natural replacement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14173261.stm

[SimonNo7]

City accept Tevez offer
Mancini says agreement reached with Corinthians

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Corinthians for the sale of Carlos Tevez.

City turned down a £40million bid from the Brazilian club last week, with City believed to be holding out for £50million for a player who finished as joint top scorer in the Barclays Premier League last season with 20 goals.

However, speaking on the club's pre-season tour of North America, Mancini told Sky Sports News: "We have an agreement with Corinthians but Carlos now is still a City player."

Asked whether Tevez would now be discussing personal terms, Mancini replied: "I don't know this. I repeat, at the moment, Carlos is still a City player."

He added: "I want to wait. At the moment we are here, we are working with the other guys. We should think about this."

The news could see City step up their interest in Atletico Madrid ace Sergio Aguero as they see him as the ideal replacement for Tevez.

Defender Joleon Lescott admitted he would be disappointed to see his team-mate depart but understood his wishes.

The England international told Sky Sports News: "We'll be disappointed if Carlos leaves but it was down to the club and Carlos what was best for each other and they have come to an agreement so I wish both parties all the best.

"Carlos is his own man. Last season he played to 110% every game so none of us will be holding any grudges towards him and we'll wish him all the best if he does leave."

City keeper Joe Hart insists he is non-the-wiser whether Tevez will be leaving, although he believes his team-mates would love him to stay.

"I've not spoken to Carlos about it," explained Hart.

"I'm not even going to try and go into it because I don't have a clue what's going on.

"He'll be more than welcome if he stayed."

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11679_7045626,00.html

[SB]

City holding out for 50 mil and then buy Aguero for 45 mil I read

The world's gone mad

[Bender]

tevez will come crawling back as for aguero good luck huge gamble don't think he will score goals like Torres did coming from athletico ....... up your's city you filthy *******s

[Lee]

tevez will come crawling back as for aguero good luck huge gamble don't think he will score goals like Torres did coming from athletico ....... up your's city you filthy *******s

Crawling back to City? No chance mate.

And to be fair; very few players have (or will) make the impact Torres did when he signed for us. I can see your point though.

[Bender]

Crawling back to City? No chance mate.

And to be fair; very few players have (or will) make the impact Torres did when he signed for us. I can see your point though.

i meant crawling back to europe/prem league

[Mostar]

So end of Aguero saga is now in sight

[cream]

Something fishy about this deal, where have Corinthians got that kind of money from?

[Bender]

Something fishy about this deal, where have Corinthians got that kind of money from?

Tv deal= 55 million euro TV deal, a 26 million euros sponsorship deal, which is the fourth largest in the world,

[Exiled_red]

Is anyone else expecting the Scum / scum fans to do a 'Goodbye Manchester' banner with Tevez on like the 'Welcome to Manchester' one City did when they signed him.

[Kenneth]

Not really as it wouldn't make much sense.