City To Sue Tevez For £50m If He Retires From Football

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Crunch talks: Roberto Mancini plans to meet Carlos Tevez on Friday in his attempt to stop the striker walking out on Manchester City

Crunch talks: Roberto Mancini plans to meet Carlos Tevez on Friday in his attempt to stop the striker walking out on Manchester City

Tevez slapped in a transfer request last week and will walk away from the game if he is not sold in January.

But City are determined not to bow to the Argentine striker's demands and will even take legal action if he retires.

Tevez, 26, rejected a £1.5million bonus in August as he was so determined to leave.

His supporters insist his refusal to accept the sweetener shows his row is not motivated by cash.

But City are determined not to sell Tevez despite the disruption his continued presence at Eastlands could cause.

Tevez's camp might see legal action as constituting City cancelling his contract, allowing him to go to another club who would pay any compensation.

He claimed he wanted to leave because of a breakdown in relations with senior figures.

City find it bizarre he has cited chief executive Garry Cook as the main problem and believe his actions are about not getting a new contract.

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Poster boy: QUIT THREAT ... Carlos Tevez

Roberto Mancini will launch an attempt to keep Carlos Tevez at Manchester City at a training-ground meeting on Friday.

Tevez, who has asked for a transfer, is expected back at City on Tuesday after returning from a four-day break in Tenerife on Monday night.

He will be asked to train with a group of reserve players as Mancini's first-team squad are not due in until Wednesday.

The 26-year-old is not in the provisional squad of fringe players selected for the trip to Juventus for Thursday's Europa League dead rubber. Instead Tevez is scheduled to meet City boss Mancini - who is already in Italy - at Carrington when they return at the end of the week.

High on the agenda will be the issue of the club captaincy.

Mancini is considering taking it off him but will not make the decision until after he has spoken to the star striker about his exact reasons for wanting to leave. Mancini has been left bemused by Tevez's decision and wants the Argentina international to explain it.

Like many other City senior officials, the Italian believes Tevez's move has been driven in part by his adviser, Kia Joorabchian, something the player has already denied.

At Eastlands, the row over Tevez's future deepened further on Monday with City sources indicating that the club will sue if he walks away or pursue him through the courts for breach of contract if he simply decides not to play.

City also claim to have damning email evidence showing how Joorabchian asked for a contract extension for his client just a few weeks ago. This is denied by the Tevez camp.

But if Tevez does manage to engineer a move from City then Chelsea's Florent Malouda believes it will spell the end of their title ambitions this season.

He said: 'Tevez is like Didier Drogba for us. You definitely need players like that in order to win titles.

'Every time he plays against us he is fantastic so I think City will be happy if they keep him.

'You have to try and keep calm when you hear this news. You never know what could happen.

'It happened (a change of heart) with Wayne Rooney didn't it?'

With City officials scornful of the statement from Tevez that was released by his PR team on Sunday night there is no sign of this stand-off ending as Rooney's did at Manchester United. Rooney signed a new deal just two days after admitting he wanted to leave.

City's team in Turin will be almost identical to that which beat Red Bull Salzburg recently, though Italian striker Mario Balotelli will not travel for fear of the unsavoury attention he may receive from Juventus fans.

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Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

thot he wan go Spainish

zocoss SG

Actually sue him also no use cos how much can you sue him for, more than selling him to Real Madrid or Chelsea?

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

How long is his contract?

until the last day of the contract

juz dun renew can lia0

then free agent

and pronounce Retired

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Carlos Tevez is believed to be wanting a pay hike that will take his wages to a mammoth £300,000-a-week if he is to remain at Manchester City.

The Argentine has been the centre piece of the club's jigsaw in their rise to second place in the Premier League - level on points with leaders Arsenal.

But only recently, the 26-year-old handed his employers a written transfer request to make a move away from Eastlands, which was immediately rejected by the club.

Now The Times reports that City are claiming that the player made demands to have his wage upped to £300,000-a-week to remain at the club.

However, the former Boca Juniors man has publicly maintained that his decision to make a move away is not based on money, but on an irreparable working relationship with "certain executives and individuals at the club."

In the meantime, The Sun claims that the ex-Manchester United man will quit football if his current employers do not allow him to leave in January.

Tevez has played some part — either scoring or assisting — in 14 of City's 24 league goals this season.

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Man City sexposed Tevez

indeed he wan $$

or it juz a

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I think there's really no point if it resorts to threats like lawsuit is involve in a player's decision on staying or leaving.

And i still do not believe Tevez insistence in his claims that he's homesick and not motivated by money blah-blah-blah. If that is the case, why join City after leaving United when other big clubs (in terms of structure and trophy winning pedigree, not 32 years joke) like Chelsea, Real Madrid all linked to him but he of all clubs, he chose City.

I think this saga will probably end like how Rooney's did, with pay increment.

Looks like Tevez is aiming to be the best paid footballer in the world, abeit zero trophies in his remaining playing career.

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Tevez really make a lot of noise nowadays. Well, his above average skills allows him to do that sadly. I bet there are a lot of players who are homesick too.

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should join liverpool and be paid S$700 000 A WEEK.liverpoo have the money.new owner very rich

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tevez acting like a spoilt brat

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So now they're treating football players like k pop stars??

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Manchester City are believed to be willing to sue skipper Carlos Tevez for about £50 million if he retires.

The 26-year-old forward recently slapped the club with a written transfer request, explaining that his "relationship with certain executives and individuals at the club has broken down and is now beyond repair".

However, the club turned away the player's plea to leave the Eastlands outfit, whilst pointing a finger at the Argentine's agent, Kia Joorabchian, for the saga.

Recently, there were reports suggesting that the former Boca Juniors man could quit football completely, and The Mirror claims that such a situation would see City taking Tevez and his representative to court over £50m.

It is believed that £50m is the sum that the club would stand to lose over the remaining three-and-a-half years of player's contract, if he should decide to hang up his boots.

However, it has been reported that the club would prefer that Tevez remain until the end of the season at Eastlands to re-evaluate his decision.