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Carlos Tevez has revealed his desire to return Manchester City to their former glory after completing a move to Eastlands this week.

After weeks of speculation, Tevez was finally confirmed as a City player and had his first press conference at the club yesterday.

The Argentinean has expressed his ambitions to make the blue side of Manchester great again and win trophies with the club.

“My ambition is to help Manchester City recover the status they once had as one of the best clubs in Europe and to try and win trophies,” said Tevez, according to Sky Sports News.

“The coach and the owners made me understand the reality at Manchester City - it was a very important decision for me to make but it is a bit of a strange sensation for me to be back again in Manchester. (continue reading…)

Carlos Tevez is to join Manchester City, having agreed to a five-year contract with the Eastlands club, and will sign this week once the formality of a medical has been completed. He will wear the number 32 shirt for the Citizens.

While the exact fee for the pint-sized striker is undisclosed, it is expected that City would have forked out around £25.5 million - the same amount that Man Utd were expected to pay MSI to retain his services.

City gaffer Mark Hughes was clearly very pleased to have finally snared the Argentina international, who moves, of course, from the Sky Blues’ great rivals Manchester United, with the Welshman telling the club’s official website, “It is terrific news. Carlos is an international player of the highest class who possesses all the attributes that will help drive this club forward.

“He is not only outstanding technically but he is a reliable goal scorer and someone who will contribute fully to the team ethic. He gives us another exciting, attacking dimension. (continue reading…)

Gary Neville believes that new Manchester United man, Michael Owen, was an ideal signing given the departure of Carlos Tevez.

Neville, who has spent 17 years in the United first team and is renowned for being a fiercely proud Red Devil, has in the past given the cold shoulder to former team-mate Peter Schmeichel when the goalkeeping legend lined up against United for Manchester City, and also taken immense pride in besting the likes of Liverpool, Leeds and even London clubs Arsenal and Chelsea in recent years.

However, all that club loyalty and hostility towards local rivals seems to have cooled, at least when it comes to Owen. Despite his injury troubles and lack of recent involvement at the highest level, Owen is regarded by Neville as a more than welcome addition to the squad.

Not even the fact that the striker came through the ranks at Liverpool and in his prime even got the better of United stopped the Red Devils’  captain from going so far as to say that Owen, 29, is an ideal replacement for Argentina ace and outgoing fan favourite, Carlos Tevez. (continue reading…)

Liverpool’s most expensive signing of the summer so far, Glen Johnson, has said that, during his time with Chelsea, then manager Jose Mourinho was less than honourable with the sought-after left-back.

Asserting that the Portuguese gaffer told him ‘a lot of things that weren’t true’, Johnson cited one particular incident that happened during the games prior to the Blues facing Barcelona in the Champions League.

“We had a couple of games to play before the Barcelona match. Mourinho picked me for a game and told me in front of five witnesses that if I played well, I would keep the shirt,” The Times quote Johnson as saying.

“I immediately told my agent that it didn’t matter how well I played, I would be dropped because Mourinho wouldn’t want me anywhere near the team for the Barcelona game. Sure enough I was voted man of the match — and I was dropped from the squad. (continue reading…)

Benitez was strongly linked with a bid for the midfielder during last summer but could not agree a fee with his former club Aston Villa.

The Reds were expected to rekindle their interest in Barry’s services during the current transfer window as Benitez looked to build on last season’s title push.

However, Barry secured a shock transfer to affluent club City, who will not compete in European competition in the forthcoming campaign.
Passion

Benitez said: “In this market now, money is not the main thing. Everyone at this level earns big money.

“If it’s just for money sometimes you will make mistakes. I was surprised by some decisions this year, like Gareth Barry.

“I won’t say too much but clearly it was 100 per cent for money. The most important thing for me is the passion of the players.” (continue reading…)