Carlos Tevez Transfer Saga

I was born and raised in France so it's not surprising that soccer or as we call it in Europe, "football", is my favorite sport. As any sport fan, I'm always aware of the latest scores, transfer news and standings of my favorite teams in the different European leagues I follow. I mainly enjoy watching England's Barclay's Premier League, France's Ligue 1 and Spain's La Liga.



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Unlike many other sports, in soccer there are "transfer windows" which means that teams can only sign, loan or transfer new players to their current roster during that period of time. Those transfer periods take place twice a year; once in January and then again from June all the way through the end of August during the off season. The transfer window is currently still open but will be closing tomorrow night at midnight (January 31, 2012).

One of the hottest transfer targets of the year has been Argentina's world renowned striker Carlos Tevez. Tevez left Manchester United and signed for their archrivals Manchester City on July 14, 2009. Last September, during a champion's league matchup between Manchester City and Bayern Munich, he directly refused to obey his coach's orders to warm up and to go on the pitch as a substitute. As a result of his misconduct, City's manager Mancini announced that Tevez was finished at the club. Carlos Tevez has been playing golf in Argentina this whole time while waiting for the transfer window so that he could be bought by another club. However, things haven't looked bright for him and with the transfer window closing in under 24 hours it looks like Tevez will not be going anywhere until the end of the season. Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan, along with France's top flight Paris Saint Germain have all ended their pursuit for Carlos Tevez in this transfer window as none of them were able to come to an agreement for him with Manchester City.

As a Paris Saint Germain fan, I would really like to see him go there this summer, even though he has clearly stated that AC milan is his preferred destination. Manchester City won't let him go for cheap and this is the main reason no team has to come to terms to the buyout clause in his contract which is estimated at 30,000,000 euros. As far as cash rich Manchester City is concerned, they are not willing to do him any favors and in an ironical way, this is how they are punishing his rebellious attitude. Tevez is one of the best and naturally talented strikers in the world, and I think that it's a shame that he isn't able to play because he still hasn't reach his full potential as a player. Let's see what the summer transfer window holds for him and especially at which club he will end up at!

Click here to see some of Tevez's scoring highlights