CARLOS TEVEZ can become Argentinas
greatest player since Diego Maradona following his move to
Manchester United.
That is the belief of former World Cup ace Gabriel Batistuta the
man who scored more goals for Argentina than any other player.
Batistuta who bagged an astonishing 56 international goals in 78
appearances has been carefully monitoring events in England from
the other side of the world and is convinced Tevez will become an
Old Trafford legend.
He said: Carlito is definitely at the right club at the right time
in his career. Playing alongside Wayne Rooney and Cristiano
Ronaldo, he can achieve everything he wants. It is much better to
be playing with other world-class players than just to be the best
player in your side. At West Ham last season, Tevez did a
brilliant job and helped the club to stay up. But he had to do a
lot of the hard work on his own.
At Manchester United, having players of the quality of Rooney,
Ronaldo, Giggs, Vidic and Ferdinand to help him will make his life
much easier. Dont forget that Tevez is still quite young and has
only been in Manchester for a few months. It will take him a bit
more time to show everyone what he can really do. But he is already
a fantastic, world-class talent and at his new club he has every
tool required to become a true Argentine great.
Batistuta, 38, finally retired from football three years ago after
scoring 184 Serie A goals during his 12 seasons in Italy with
Fiorentina and Roma. And he admits he envies Tevezs opportunity of
playing in England and believes the striker, 23, could pave the way
for more Argentines to move to the Premier League.
Batistuta added: Ive always loved the atmosphere of English
soccer and often thought of coming here during my career. But when
I was at my peak, the Premier League was not of the same standard
as it is now. Then there were only one or two teams who stood any
chance of winning the title and that was not very exciting for me.
That is why I always stayed in Italy.
But now I watch the English league and it has improved so much.
Many of the worlds best players are over here now and there are no
longer any guarantees that Manchester United or Liverpool will win
the title. Before, all the Argentines went to Spain or Italy. But
with Tevez going so well at Manchester, others might now think
about also going to England.
Batistutas admiration for English football is not just limited to
the Premier League and he is saddened to see the national team in
such dire straits.