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Tevez's City move was thrashed out in the Middle East
well advance of United's final attempt to keep him.
Carlos Tevez agreed to join Manchester City TWO WEEKS
ago - and will complete the $47.5 million transfer in the next few
days.
Tevez decided to quit Manchester United long before the end of
the season because he felt Sir Alex Ferguson did not fancy him
enough to be a 'first pick' and his handlers sorted out terms with
their rivals.
City agreed to pay the $25.5 million asking price of his
'owners' and will also hand the Argentinian forward around
$100,000-a-week for the next five seasons in a staggering pay
day.
Tevez's agents have admitted privately that the City move was
thrashed out in top-level meetings in the Middle East and in
Manchester well in advance of United's final attempt to keep
him.
United came up with the asking price and made a contract offer,
but the Tevez camp did not even ask for more cash as they had
already made up their minds to go.
The United negotiations have been merely window dressing, with
the Old Trafford club also keen to be seen to be making the effort
- even if they were fearing the outcome was inevitable.
Ferguson is not too worried about Tevez's departure. He is more
concerned about finding a replacement - and has been working on
that for the past fortnight.
