Mancini: City to sell Tevez to Corinthians
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July 19, 2011, Tuesday
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MANCHESTER City has agreed to sell Carlos Tevez to Brazilian side Corinthians although a fee for the 27-year-old has yet to be finalized, City's manager Roberto Mancini said yesterday.
Mancini, speaking in Vancouver where City is continuing its pre-season North American tour, told Sky Sports News: "We have an agreement with Corinthians but Carlos now is still a City player."
Last week, City rejected a 40 million pounds (US$64.47 million) bid from Corinthians, where the Argentinian played for 18 months between 2005-06.
The English Premier League side is believed to want around 50 million pounds for the player who joined them two years ago from Manchester United. Tevez says he wants to return to South America to be closer to his family and his two young daughters.
Mancini said he did not know the current status of the negotiations or whether personal terms had been discussed. Tevez was widely reported to be earning in excess of 200,000 pounds a week at City.
"I don't know this. I repeat, at the moment, Carlos is still a City player," he added. "I want to wait. At the moment we are here, we are working with the other guys. We should think about this."
The player's advisor, Kia Joorabchian, said last week a deal with Corinthians was "close" with Tevez happy to return to one of his previous clubs, even though he was under contract to City for another three years.
City defender Joleon Lescott told Sky Sports News he would be disappointed to see his teammate leave but understood if he did.
Mancini, speaking in Vancouver where City is continuing its pre-season North American tour, told Sky Sports News: "We have an agreement with Corinthians but Carlos now is still a City player."
Last week, City rejected a 40 million pounds (US$64.47 million) bid from Corinthians, where the Argentinian played for 18 months between 2005-06.
The English Premier League side is believed to want around 50 million pounds for the player who joined them two years ago from Manchester United. Tevez says he wants to return to South America to be closer to his family and his two young daughters.
Mancini said he did not know the current status of the negotiations or whether personal terms had been discussed. Tevez was widely reported to be earning in excess of 200,000 pounds a week at City.
"I don't know this. I repeat, at the moment, Carlos is still a City player," he added. "I want to wait. At the moment we are here, we are working with the other guys. We should think about this."
The player's advisor, Kia Joorabchian, said last week a deal with Corinthians was "close" with Tevez happy to return to one of his previous clubs, even though he was under contract to City for another three years.
City defender Joleon Lescott told Sky Sports News he would be disappointed to see his teammate leave but understood if he did.
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