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Carlos Tevez was forced to swallow his pride and train
with Manchester City on Monday – after vowing to never return to
the club.
The City skipper, who is desperate to force through a move
before the transfer deadline on August 31, has now returned to
training after a three-week holiday.
Tevez was handed the extended break following his involvement in
the Copa America with Argentina, but was ordered back to Manchester
by boss Roberto Mancini.
Having complained about the Manchester weather in a stinging
attack on Argentine TV, Tevez's mood at having to return was surely
not helped by the wet and windy conditions at City's Carrington
training ground.
Tevez, wearing a grey hoodie with his name emblazoned across the
front, was driven into the complex in a black Hummer to undertake a
light training session alongside his international team-mate Pablo
Zabaleta.
A face-to-face meeting with Mancini over his future will have to
wait until later in the week.
The City boss was not at Carrington on Monday, but plans to sit
down for talks with Tevez at the back end of the week.
After training for an hour, Tevez was driven away at
12.30pm.
He is expected back in on Tuesday, but he is unlikely to start
City's opening Premier League fixture at home to Swansea on
Monday.
After an attempt by Brazilian side Corinthians to sign Tevez
collapsed due to their failure to secure financing for a proposed
£40million fee, the 26-year-old has been left in limbo.
Although Inter Milan are said to be trying to structure a
financial package that would enable them to sign Tevez, it seems
increasingly likely he will start the Premier League campaign with
City.
Tevez pulled no punches with a withering assessment of
Manchester on an Argentine chat show in June, despite having lived
in the city for three years - two of them as a United player.
"There is nothing to do in Manchester," he said. "There are two
restaurants and everything is small. It rains all the time.
"You can't go anywhere. There comes a moment where you say,
'Where am I going to go with my family?' and you begin to feel
bad.
"You train, play, do things, and when the family or friends come
you feel bad and you can't take them to the movies because they
don't understand anything."