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Tevez's adviser hits back at City claims
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December 16, 2010, Thursday
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CARLOS Tevez's adviser claimed he spent weeks trying to persuade Manchester City to sell the Argentina striker before this season.
Kia Joorabchian said he is prepared to make public an e-mail exchange with City to show Tevez turned down the offer of a lucrative contract at the English club, which released a statement last week in which it said it already pays him more than any other player.
Joorabchian said yesterday that Tevez wants to quit because the club has not addressed "certain issues that he wanted dealt with."
He did not detail those issues, but said the team had performed below Tevez's expectations when it finished fifth in last season's Premier League despite 23 goals from its main striker.
"He decided he would sign for the club, play one year outside of the Champions League and hopefully take this club into the next phase," Joorabchian told Britain's Daily Telegraph. "When he joined City, he made a commitment that this was what he wanted to do.
"At the end of last season, after all the turmoil that went on, Carlos was bitterly disappointed because they didn't qualify for the Champions League. And he felt the situation at the club was not going in the same direction as he imagined it would be going. He played out of his skin, did everything he possibly could."
City said that it had refused several requests from Joorabchian for negotiations over a new contract, blaming a written transfer request from Tevez on other people's influence over the player.
Tevez trained with City on Tuesday despite the current standoff and Joorabchian said he will continue to play for the club until he leaves.
Kia Joorabchian said he is prepared to make public an e-mail exchange with City to show Tevez turned down the offer of a lucrative contract at the English club, which released a statement last week in which it said it already pays him more than any other player.
Joorabchian said yesterday that Tevez wants to quit because the club has not addressed "certain issues that he wanted dealt with."
He did not detail those issues, but said the team had performed below Tevez's expectations when it finished fifth in last season's Premier League despite 23 goals from its main striker.
"He decided he would sign for the club, play one year outside of the Champions League and hopefully take this club into the next phase," Joorabchian told Britain's Daily Telegraph. "When he joined City, he made a commitment that this was what he wanted to do.
"At the end of last season, after all the turmoil that went on, Carlos was bitterly disappointed because they didn't qualify for the Champions League. And he felt the situation at the club was not going in the same direction as he imagined it would be going. He played out of his skin, did everything he possibly could."
City said that it had refused several requests from Joorabchian for negotiations over a new contract, blaming a written transfer request from Tevez on other people's influence over the player.
Tevez trained with City on Tuesday despite the current standoff and Joorabchian said he will continue to play for the club until he leaves.
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