Tevez dreams of last World Cup fling
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Carlos Tevez hopes to turn back the clock and use his return to Boca Juniors as a springboard to get back in the Argentina team for this year鈥檚 World Cup in Russia.
鈥淚 have a few years of football left, being in a World Cup for a player of my age would be something very nice,鈥 Tevez said.
The former Manchester United and Juventus striker, who turns 34 next month, last played for the national side in October 2015.
But Tevez will be happy to settle for just playing after a lucrative but ultimately miserable 12 months with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.
鈥淚 want to enjoy these next two years with Boca because it鈥檚 the last thing I have left,鈥 he said as he was introduced by the club after his move last week.
鈥淚鈥檓 fine. It鈥檚 much easier if I鈥檓 happy and I鈥檓 happy,鈥 Tevez said at his boyhood club鈥檚 training ground just outside Buenos Aires.
Boca chairman Daniel Angelici said no money changed hands in bringing Tevez back to his former club.
鈥淚 want to thank the Chinese club because it has made it easier for Carlos to be here with us. There was no economic compensation, neither from Boca to the Chinese club nor from China to Boca,鈥 Angelici told reporters.
Tevez said: 鈥淲e went hand in hand with the Chinese club. Boca did not have to put anything in.鈥
Tevez joined Shenhua in January last year on an estimated 730,000 euros-a-week salary, making him one of the world鈥檚 highest-paid players.
It may explain his comment at Tuesday鈥檚 press conference when he reflected on his return to Boca, 鈥淎s I won, I also lost.鈥
Tevez scored only four goals in the Chinese championship during an injury-marred season in which he missed the Chinese FA Cup Final which his team won.
鈥淚 have no regrets. When I made the decision (to go to China) I took it knowing the consequences,鈥 he said.
Tevez鈥檚 main goal now is to win the South American Copa Libertadores club championship with six-time winner Boca. The Buenos Aires club last won it in 2007.
鈥淲e all know the responsibility of playing a Libertadores. I think it鈥檚 time to try to take that weight off us and win it,鈥 he said.
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