Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Corinthians make £35m bid for Man City's Carlos Tevez at Old Trafford

Manchester City have received a £35m bid from Brazilian side Corinthians for Carlos Tevez but the offer is likely to be rejected by the Eastlands hierarchy and the Corinthians hope to bring the 27-year-old back to the club where he enjoyed success from 2004-2006 and made their move after Tevez revealed he wanted to leave City to be reunited with his family.

City are considering the 40m Euro offer, but early indications are that Corinthians will need to a increase their bid if they are to the persuade the Eastlands outfit to a sell the striker and who captained them to their first major trophy in 35 years when they won the FA Cup in May and the BBC Sport understands that City will step up their pursuit of Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero once Tevez's future has been settled after opening dialogue with the La Liga side about the Argentina striker.

International career for a he is first came into prominence with Argentina while playing in the FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2004 Olympic Games, he won the gold medal and scored eight goals (including the winner in the final) in six matches to be the top scorer of the competition.

He was the world's second-highest goalscorer of 2004 in overall international competition with sixteen goals, one fewer than Iran forward Ali Daei and he was called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, and scored his only goal of the tournament in Argentina's 6–0 group stage thrashing of Serbia and Montenegro on 16 June.

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