City braced to ride out storm as Tevez stays put
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February 2, 2012, Thursday
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THE transfer window has slammed shut on Manchester City's hopes of selling outcast Carlos Tevez this season, leaving it with a gifted striker who has probably burned too many bridges to be of any use to its Premier League title push.
Should Tevez return from self-imposed exile in Argentina and join his teammates for training, City faces the prospect of having to resume paying high wages for a player who, according to manager Roberto Mancini, has said has no future at the club.
The league leader had stopped his salary since he left for his homeland without its permission in November and imposed a fine of six weeks' pay on him for gross misconduct - a punishment he is appealing to the Premier League.
Legal experts say City could probably find a way to terminate his contract if he continued to not turn up for work but the club would then lose out on a transfer fee as the player would be a free agent.
The high-risk option would be to release him and sue him for the loss of a transfer fee that local media estimate at 25-30 million pounds (US$39-47 million) but there would be no guarantees for City that Tevez would be able to pay it.
"They are effectively at a stage of brinkmanship - there is not a lot that City can do other than ride out the storm," Matt Taylor, an associate at international law firm Eversheds, said.
"They can't do what you would ordinarily do in this situation and terminate the contract.
"If Manchester City wanted to be very aggressive and put down a marker for the whole of football to say that players aren't allowed to ride roughshod over clubs, they could consider terminating his contract for non-performance on Tevez's part and sue him for their losses.
"That would really take the wind out of his sails because then he would be facing a legal suit for 30 million pounds.
"But that's not very attractive for Manchester City because they have then got to go after an individual for the money."
Should Tevez return from self-imposed exile in Argentina and join his teammates for training, City faces the prospect of having to resume paying high wages for a player who, according to manager Roberto Mancini, has said has no future at the club.
The league leader had stopped his salary since he left for his homeland without its permission in November and imposed a fine of six weeks' pay on him for gross misconduct - a punishment he is appealing to the Premier League.
Legal experts say City could probably find a way to terminate his contract if he continued to not turn up for work but the club would then lose out on a transfer fee as the player would be a free agent.
The high-risk option would be to release him and sue him for the loss of a transfer fee that local media estimate at 25-30 million pounds (US$39-47 million) but there would be no guarantees for City that Tevez would be able to pay it.
"They are effectively at a stage of brinkmanship - there is not a lot that City can do other than ride out the storm," Matt Taylor, an associate at international law firm Eversheds, said.
"They can't do what you would ordinarily do in this situation and terminate the contract.
"If Manchester City wanted to be very aggressive and put down a marker for the whole of football to say that players aren't allowed to ride roughshod over clubs, they could consider terminating his contract for non-performance on Tevez's part and sue him for their losses.
"That would really take the wind out of his sails because then he would be facing a legal suit for 30 million pounds.
"But that's not very attractive for Manchester City because they have then got to go after an individual for the money."
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