I know a fair few City fans and they can’t fathom why a player of such undoubted skill and ability would so freely spunk naughties about their club. It’s not as if City aren’t going anywhere success wise either; he’s fully in the knowledge that, as much as it depresses me to say, City ARE going to be adding more trophies to the recently won FA Cup in the near future. He’s probably the most valued member of the entire squad, as evidenced by how much the board collectively bricked their pants when he announced he wanted to leave in January, and he still feels the need to ostracise himself from his team mates and the fans who love him so much. One could turn the pointing finger of blame towards super agent and professional devil on the shoulder, Kia Joorabchian. In the era of the super agent, it could be seen that our troglodyte resembling super forward’s constant idea that the grass is always greener on the other side is routinely instilled after a season at which ever club he is playing for at that time by his personal anti-conscience.
The question that needs to be asked by City though is this: where should he go to when he does pack his bags and skip to a shiny new club for a new two-year tenure, emphasis on the tenure part; I can imagine this whole saga is just a recurring theme of his character. Long term commitment to a club is certainly not something that’s on his agenda; Lionel Messi he certainly is not. One certainly cannot realistically take him seriously now if he pledged his future to one club.
He says he wants to go to Spain or Italy, a commendable option as the language barrier is broken in the former, however I think with his mind so focused on money being happy, I think he’s forgotten that Argentina is to the west of England, not to the east. And he would still have to relocate his family from his homeland if he were to attain the happiness he desires so much but can’t seem to get at an English club.
No club in Argentina and even Italy can afford his wages unless he was prepared to take one hell of a pay cut, so that leaves the big two in Spain, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Barca have attacking options up the ying yang and I don’t think Real would want to take the risk of buying a player who has never stayed at a club for more than two seasons in the past five years.
If I were Roberto Mancini I’d hold out against any moves from European clubs and only accept an offer from an Argentinean club offering slashed wages. Cruel, but at the end of the day Tevez has signed a contract to be a Man City player for five years, of which he has seen out two. If he was going to be this torn from his family then he shouldn’t have negotiated such a long contract, or placed a get out clause in his contract that allowed him to prematurely walk away if his family issues became unbearable.
Overall, I can sympathise with Tevez’s situation and if he really does want to go back to Argentina and not the other way to Spain or Italy, then City should let him go. He’s gone about this whole saga in a very undignified and unprofessional manner, but if the move is PURELY family orientated and not a subtle means of securing a move to Serie A or La Liga then let him go. He’s been a perfectly good servant to the club for the past two years despite his off field rants, and City have proved that they can win without him so I think it’s time to let him go and have a happy team to begin next season with.
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