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Tevez frustration is caused by overly powerful bosses

Tevez could leave suddenly like Robinho's exit, not quite a coincidence.
Manchester City used to be a side playing in Maine Road best known for introducing talent such as Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton (both now at QPR). However, over the last five years - they have become the centre of controversy over the money dealings they produced such as moving stadiums and naming it "Etihad Stadium". They've bought incredible players such as Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and Edin Dzeko, but one has possibly turned his back on the club forever.

I'm sure every other Manchester City fan must feel betrayed after the negative publicity given to Carlos Tevez - when he moved from the red side to blue, that "Welcome to Manchester" sign must have ticked off some City supporters now after last night's refusal to feature as a used substitute against Bayern Munich. We could argue about his wages any day of the week but to me, wage mustn't be the issue in this situation. If he chose to play last night, his lack of dedication would have shown and the scoreline would have been probably worse than 2-0 as far as Man. City was concerned.

Generally, on the pitch since his move to Man City in 2009, he was a pure professional. He has scored 52 goals in 84 games in all competitions and was one of the key players to give Manchester City the unbelievable chance of a Champions League appearance. However, he has been distracted with the transfer rumours surrounding him. He spoke in May at an interview with an Argentinian TV channel reward of his hatred towards the city of Manchester and would want a transfer move imminently.

Back in August, Corinthians of Brazil offered City around the region between £35m and £50m for Tevez (different media outlets rumoured various millions went to the table) - an offer which I felt was fair for the Argentine's talent and the mistake Man City made was declining the offer(s). He said in May he would never return to Manchester so why on earth did Man. City refuse an exceptional amount of money which would have benefited both clubs and the player? It was foolish on City's account. Yes, they can hold their heads high and say they've kept a superb footballer and act heroically sending a message that Tevez is more highly valuable, but if they accepted the offer, Tevez would have been much happier and to be honest, Man. City would have won every match this season. Drawing 2-2 at Fulham, where Tevez played the last ten minutes, and losing to Bayern Munich last night were games where they could have done much better. To top his frustration and lack of playing time this season, Tevez was stripped off his captaincy and given the all important role to Belgian defender Vincent Kompany three weeks ago. It's certainly not helping Tevez and isn't giving him any reason to stay.

I don't believe Carlos Tevez has family problems in Argentina - if he did, his club would have allowed him to leave on some sort of compassionate grounds. The management team at Man. City are toying with every player and like Roman Abramovich, gets "bored" and simply get rid of big named faces who have been great ambassadors to the clubs. Like Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea and even, it could be argued Rupert Murdoch treats his many employees at News Corporation with disrespect and fires them instantly, seeking for excuses. Every person has a certain amount of power but some take it to a radical extent. The Abu Dhabi owners have driven the likes of Tevez and Robinho (pictured) up the wall and I don't think Roberto Mancini realise this, hence his rant at the post-match conference last night. There's more to "refusing to play" than just refusing to play. There is a lot of talk behind scenes which is not emphasised on the news - I'm sure revelations will start coming out soon. Eventually.

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