Being back [in Argentina] means I can cuddle my daughters. It’s a difficult situation when I’m not here” (Source: Daily Mail). As much as you can criticise that he is not honouring a signed contract that sees him earn £198,000 a week, Tevez is putting his family ahead of his career and any future employee will have to accept this. At this rate, Carlos Tevez will be realising his dream of one day returning to Boca Juniors, much sooner than he would’ve envisaged.
Yet, refusing to represent his country in the FIFA Youth Championships is not the only occasion concerning Tevez not wishing to participate for a team he is obliged to do so: if Manchester City fully assessed Carlos’ history, they would’ve seen that he has treated 90 minutes like a necessity to life and without it he cannot function at a club for much longer; however, the key player status that comes with playing 90 minutes week-in-week-out, brings with it a considerable amount of pressure and attention and that is something else that Tevez cannot handle, as well as playing the supporting role.
“The press are making my life unbearable, I can’t breathe; it’s impossible for me to play; I’ve got to go,” said a Boca Juniors Tevez, before his move to Corinthians that ended due to him not getting enough attention, despite making the Team of the Year and the Player of the Year Award to boot. From Corinthians he played for West Ham United, whilst under third party ownership, and having promised to keep The Hammers in the Premier League, one vow he has stuck to in life, he then left for Manchester United where 51 starts in 63 appearances was not enough to keep the fast-becoming journeyman in the Red half of Manchester United. His most recent history needs no explanation and like I stated in the introduction, the one club that reserves any love for Carlitos is West Ham: the one place he’s delivered on a promise.
For any club that signs Carlos Tevez, two things must be borne into mind: firstly, his family will forever hold the noose on any contract he signs and as his family grows this will only strengthen; secondly, since third party ownership is so sincerely frowned upon, any purchasing club must own Carlos Tevez wholly and to best benefit from this, a short term contract is likely to be the safest option for any club willing to invest in this human time bomb.
As a five-year contract – 30 months remaining – whittles down, Manchester City will become more eager to offload what is a fairly sought after, yet elastically valued, player: the question is, how will City sell this player without letting him go cheaply and who will buy him?
Written by Jordan Florit for www.maycauseoffence.com/ For more articles visit my website or my Twitter @JordanFlorit
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