Carlos Tevez wants to play regular football. We get it. Whilst I was very much on the side of the player a few months ago, my patience is starting to wear thin.
His loan deal runs out in the summer and the club have said this is when they will address it. Tevez knows this.
He has made it clear that he wants to stay just as the club have let it be known they want to keep him, so why does he feel the need to keep talking to the press about his future?
Even if he was blowing us away with his performances of late I’d begrudge him talking this way, let alone now when he’s been fairly ineffective of late.
“I have many offers, not only from Spain: I need to see which club I can go to and what can be done,” said Tevez. “We must not only consider the money, I also have to ensure my family feel comfortable, especially my daughter. So I have a lot to think about. Even if you score three or four goals, you do not play in another game. There are many very good players but I need to play. I have trained every day and never said anything against my team-mates or anyone but it is true that there are other options for next season. There are many players and they all need to play but I have not lost my place because of what I did when I played. I have not played in important matches. The ‘clasico’ against Chelsea, I did not play. Those are the games that I like to play in.”
I want Tevez to stay. Last season he proved what an important part of our team he can be. But it is off-putting to hear him continually whinging to the media about his situation.
Have a word with yourself, Carlitos.
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Fuck!!! It pains me to read this kind of stuff from our players. The guy is apealing to pity!! Be patient Carlito!! I really think we should sign him up. He is top class and always gives his all to the team. Berba should be the one on the bench right now even though Carlos has not been at his best for a while now. It would really piss me if he leaves!!!!!!!!!!!!
arsene wenger, he scored the fist goal against Chelsea last season at OT and it was his first for us. Short memory huh?
He’s spot on. He SHOULD be playing but isn’t. Why not speak about it?
That lad should have had many more starts this season than he has had, he genuinely deserves it.
Don;t think he’ll stay and i can’t say i blame him, his performances warrant more action, end of.
Memoriesss !!! Flying the ground ball with his head.(Sorry for my english description i think you’re understand) Stay with us Argentina with your Red Devil Soul.
You can rest assured that at some point Carlos will say that these comments were taken out of context. But it seems like he has become impatient.
I don’t quite like seeing those kind of words popping up too often, but considering his position it’s quite understandable to feel that way. Plus he might not have intended to whine, sometimes the press asks you questions that leads to that kind of answers. I do feel somewhat sorry for him.
Let him do wat he sees best for him
he was shocking against everton. what else does he expect. i like tevez but SAF has to choose two from berbatov, tevez and wazza. one has to miss out and saf sees berbatov as better. tevez should keep his mouth closed until the summer. its an important time and we dont need such distractions
His body language in recent games says it all.. he is running out of patience…he scored four against Blackburn in the league cup and was benched the following game!!
REALLY FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!!!! God Help us!!
not a short memory at all cherry, i was being sarcastic about the whiney little prick
costas i think most of the times these are quotes taken from withing quaotes,half sentences chopped an screwed to sell articles, i doubt tevez said any of this
how much is tevez worth though? he isnt a 30 mill player no way
I think he’s been patient enough and is completely entitled to have a whine when berbativ is putting in these shitty performances and still getting picked ahead of him. Tell me Scott, how long does he have to wait before he’s ‘allowed’ to say anything?
arsene wenger actually i think that footballers make these comments in order to send their messages out and then take them back to show good will. This has happened 3 times this season with Carlos.
he’s also forgot that he’s started both games against liverpool.ask any united fan,games against murdering bin dippers are bigger than against rent boys
just seen the interview here in madrid
he was asked if he would rule out a move to the bitters, chelsea or LIVERPOOL as when people leave united, dont go there. He said ‘I will not rule it out, all are great clubs that interest me’
if he goes to one of them, all memories of him will turn to dust
I bet SAF chooses him tonight.
stretford972 but he hasn’t started any Ch.League knock out games.I think that this is what he regards as an indication that the manager doesn’t think of him as first choice.Either way, he could have waited 6 weeks for this.
footballers should be gagged by the clubs,they earn enough money to show respect while they are under contract, the thing is for the money you could use to buy tevez im sure you could find better players,tevez is not improving any more
Ferg is trying to demonstrate he’s not worth £25 Mill by sitting him on the bench for important fixtures and hence driving his price down. I reckon he’d get a lot more starts if he was sitting on a five-year contract.
That being said I’m not particularly bothered if we sign him or not, he’s a good player with a great attitude but his favorite spot is in the hole, along with Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo, Nani, Scholes, Anderson & Giggs – you’d wonder why the call it the hole with so much to fill it.
My prediction is that CR7 & Tevez will be gone in the summer, Ribery will come in and we’ll try to sign an orthodox centre forward along with another central midfielder. I think we could do with some more width to drag the backline out of position and create more space for Rooney & ? in the box. Everything we create these days comes right down the middle & along the floor. I think we need wide options & a tall target man to mix things up a bit. Who’s out there is the problem – Macheda hasn’t the experience/ability yet, Ibrohimovich isn’t really good enough, Benzema would cost a fortune and is partial to dropping deep himself, who does it leave?
One thought I had recently was for for a return to the 90′s fad of wing-backs:
A formation with 3 centre halfs – Brown / Ferd / Vida (Evans)
2 Wing Backs – Rafael / Evra (Fabio)
1 Holding Mid / Guard – Hargreaves (Fletcher)
3 Creative Mid/Forward Players – Anderson / Rooney / Carrick (Nani/Scholes/Giggs/Park/Tosich/Berbatov)
1 Target Man – ?
Essentially a diamond formation with strong defense, width and a front 4 who can concentrate on creativity and penetration.
My 2 cents.
he goes on about how much he likes the fans and won’t rule out goin to our most hated rivals.madrid,i could live with,but not the 3 mentioned
tevez dont have a choice anyway he has a pimp,he is any clubs rent boy while he is owned by agents
He should keep his mouth shut. Some of his performances have been utter crap and the quickest way to isolate Fergie is to run your gob to the press.
The fact is that he hasn’t done enough to justify the huge fee that his agent wants to finally separate his ties to the player.
That’s what bothers me about this situation.If he didn’t hear to Joorbachian all the time he might have already signed.
You would have thought that if they were going to sign him they would have a word in the background.
I would love him to sign, he wants to stay, season is nearly over, why should he not say anything.
that said, £32m is way too much, but would anyone else pay this?? dippers, no, madrid, maybe. Big club man shitty would, but he would only be there for the cash.
I dont feel any club would pay £30 odd million for him at present. this should lower the price.
mancstan at some point in the interview he said that for him it’s not about the money.Obviously he wants to make the point that if he was used better at OT he might have stayed for less.As i said above,no need in going over this interview since he will probably deny it.
If it was a straight choice between last-year’s-Carlitos and this-year’s-Berbatov then I’d go for the Tevez model. But that’s not how things are working out.
Firstly, follow the money. SAF has plunked down “thirty million large”, as they say in film noir, on Berbatov so clearly that’s one element in any equation. Tevez is on loan and will cost another twenty-plus million to secure four more years – he’s on record as wanting to return to Boca Juniors before he’s thirty. So, spending another twenty million for four more years of Carlitos looks like a bad business deal – ‘cos you’d get nothing for him when he leaves.
Secondly, look to the future. The emergence of Kiko Macheda has been electrifying; Danny Welbeck, only slightly less so. Assuming – and it’s not a small ask – that these two guys are the real deal then in a few years time their emergence into full-time players will allow the manager (SAF ??) to play Wayne Rooney “in the hole” with Ronaldo (??) acting as a floater in front of two holding midfielders. (I know, no guarantees about Ronaldo; and I also know that this “formation” would look a lot like L’poo of the last few months but, hey, it’s been working as they’ve been scoring by the bushel)
Thirdly, what other needs ? Do I need to say Daniele di Rossi again ?
Fourth, maybe Berbatov will “come good” when SAF figures out how to make the best use of his exquisite touch and deft skills.
So, in the past ten months – since Moscow – there has been a shift in the variables which, taken together, seem to me to spell “adios amigo”.
Via con dios, Carlitos. Thanks for the memories.
he didn’t play in the big matches ?
every time he gets a chance to play he blows it. only goal against Porto all i could remember. he runs and runs but to no effect. it’s only my appreciation. but he runs 25 metres, meets opponent and loses the ball.
his shots are awful.
costas, fair point. But if you had been part of that fantastic front 3 last year, then this you were on the bench with berba up front, and goals hard to come by, you would be a little pissed off.
Tevez minus workrate = not a lot these days.
Sublime touch, penetrating vision, unparlleled technique minus workrate = Berbatov.
I know which I’d choose despite the crap penalty.
mancstan i would have.Not denying that.Second highest scorer last year and with some crucial goals in the end.I haven’t liked his treatment this season especially at the beginning.All i am saying is talk about it after the season.He has started as many games as Rooney but obviously not as important.
my team 09/10
starting line up
foster
ferdinand-vidic
rafael (R) evra(L)
fletcher (CM)carrick(CM)
Yuri Zhirkov (RWM)-Ribery(LWM)
Rooney-benzema
sub: evans, Tosic, Macheda,Hargreaves,Kuczack, Ji-sung Park, Nani
Yes!
Tevez’s band site
http://www.myspace.com/piolavago101
total crap 30.75 mill for berba tell him to fuck right off and play rooney and tevez, scott you shoud be on his side!!!!!!!!!
I really rate Tevez (on last seasons’ performance) and want him to stay, but we have to look at this from SAF’s perspective….why should we pay £30 mill for a player who just hasn’t cut it this season (and yes, he HAS had a chance – 24 league appearances/7 as a sub – 3 goals and 2 assists – even NANI has more assists!), when we have up and coming youngsters like Macheda who fit the model of having a target man and a supporting striker??? I agree with bruce…out of Rooney/Berba/Tevez (who ALL like playing in the ‘hole’), I know who i’d let go…it’s sad i know…C’MON TEVEZ!!! pull your finger out and score a few hat-tricks eh!!?
Agree with pipmc. Tevez+Rooney was an amazing pair! Their short passes, one after the other went through tight defences as if they were playing against a sunday league team. Berba has an awesome eye for passes, I agree, but that’s it. He passes the ball and then waits for a while and walks the area to see if he can get a tap in. Honestly, we’ve seen a whole season of tevez scoring for us and almost one of Berba. Now, who would you rather have there?
Why on earth did we have to go and mess up last years attack ? Tevez isn’t scoring- not because other teams have figured us out. It is because Berbatov was thrown into the deep end without having the opportunity to gel with the team and this has had a negative effect on Tevez in various ways. I really feel sad for him (and Berbatov also) because he has been mismanaged since last year.
Absolutely nothing wrong with what he’s said and to tell him to ‘put a sock in it’ is moronic.
He’s been treated pretty shabbily frankly and his obvious frustration at wanting to stay but being offered no encouragement or assurances to that end is completely understandable.
Tevez if given a chance I believe could score a lot of hatricks. He has not scored much but he scored important goals for us last season. This season he is under immense pressure to perform. Any time he takes to the pitch you see that. He will run all over the place like a headless chicken all in effort to impress the manager who is refusing to be impressed. What else can you do? Scored four against Blackburn and still warm the bench!! Tevez is being left out for Berba, but Berba is not cutting it as well. Fact is Fergy does not want the stick for spending that shitload of money on so far average Berba thus playing him every week.
Carlito has every reason to whine, but liske Costas said maybe it is ill timed as we can do with less distraction right now.
That said, I dont think I deserve a penny from my employers for today…..I just cant do shite…UNITED UNITED UNITED UNITED….I have tried invain to concentrate……..hope I return to work happy tomorrow
“bruce thomas Said,
April 22nd, 2009 @15:03
Tevez minus workrate = not a lot these days.
Sublime touch, penetrating vision, unparlleled technique minus workrate = Berbatov.
I know which I’d choose despite the crap penalty.”
Christ, what complete rubbish.
Sublime touch, penetrating vision, blah blah blah… what good’s that done us? Our attack is a pale shadow of how it was last season and Berbatov’s debut season hasn’t been a patch on Tevez’s last year. Is it any reason Carlitos has struggled this year when he’s been clearly relegated to third choice, has barely played in the big games, is in and out of the side and knows that he can score four goals in a game and still go back to the bench.
We didn’t need Berbatov. We needed a plan B for those games where Wayne and Carlos weren’t quite working, we ended up buying a new plan A, one that hasn’t worked anywhere near as well as last season’s. We’re going to pay for that by losing Tevez this summer, and just you watch him make us regret that next year wherever he ends up.
I THINK these stats are accurate…
Rooney – 24 apps (4 sub) 9 goals/5 assists
Berbatov – 25 apps (5 sub) 8 goals/9 assists
Tevez – 24 apps (7 sub) 3 goals/2 assists
…food for thought………….
He has a point.
He scored 3 or 4 against Blcakburn in the Carling Cup yet didn’t start the next game.
Let me ask you guys a question:
Do you think the Holy Trinity of Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez (4-3-3 or 4-1-2-3 is more successful than Rooney, Tevez, Ronaldo, AN Other (4-4-2)?
I think the former is by far more successful.
The interchanging was something the opposition could not cope with.
Yes Rooney is played out of position in both instances. But when he plays with Berbatov 4-4-2 they are both deep lying strikers. We do not have an out and out striker for either of these players to thrive on.
Tevez scored some invaluble goals last season and Berbatov has contributed to setting up goals this season. Both are different player and they should be utilised equally as per formation.
Tevez scored the equaliser against Blackburn, Tottenham, Lyon, and winner against Liverpool last season.
Berbatov set Tevez up for that header. Maybe more?
I’d pay an extra quid per game to secure Tevez signature.
How about last season’s stats when Tevez was first-choice? Significantly more impressive than Berbatov’s this season.
Groaning won’t get you anywhere Carlitos. EARN your place in the team. SAF is not blind and he won’t play Berba if he wasn’t showing potential in training.
Giggs changed his game to stay in the team Tevez. He didn’t moan to the press about it.
@ NIckOGS20 – so you reckon SAF should part with 30mil on last season’s stats?
Guys it’s not going to matter anymore.He bought a new plan A as someone very accuarately said,simply because he started having doubts abotu Tevez’s price tag.I think that SAF was thinking about the next day and United without Tevez.Nonetheless Tev has started a lot of games this season and may i say that Ruud had a far worse treatment on his way out.
He started against Pool, which is our ‘classico’ and did nothing at OT!!!
just concentrate on the remaining games….
Once Tevez’s rights are no longer owned by a third party, I believe Utd will gladly offer at least a three-year deal. Tevez has arguably the best work-rate on the team and can set the tone at times for the attack.
hey you dont know half the things he is told by the club we only know light comments they have made none that has been half reassuring about his future i love tevez and i understand him telling people that he is available cause we wont sign he knows that and sadly we should have known it from the begining cause any club willing to pay more than the 22mills which belive me many will they will not in the end want to sell him to us for that sum when other clubs are allowed to bid on him as well so gl carlito all the love in the world to you and to you man u fans out shut your mouth if you want to bad mouth him cause that man has had tougher time at this club than most and deserves to be treated better for his contribution to this club
So funny. Is Tevez a girl ? Yes, let’s imagine he is not treated like he would have liked. But you all say Carlos is a fighter, why not fight for your destiny ? It’s so easy to say he didn’t get the opportunities but he got them. What can prove that besides stats ? yes, one season doesn’t always have to be like the next one. Just score us some goals Carlos. 99% of the supporters would have liked you to stay with us, the same as i do.
If he is willing to lower his price for other clubs,why not do that for United?Fergie and the board probably don’t deserve it,but the fans do.
Let’s say for the sake of argument that Ronny does fuck off to Madrid, and Tevez goes and (hopefully) Nani too — and then we buy. Pick the bones out of this…
Foster
Rafael/Brown Rio Vidic Fabio/Evra
Carrick/Hargreaves
Ribery Valencia
Rooney
Berbatov Benzema/Macheda
Now that’s a team you’d pay and extra pound to see, surely? The future beckons
transfer muppet alert
Wasn’t this the same radio station that published his last comments? A load of bollocks from their part if you ask me. Remember its nearly silly season and talk will happen especially for the United players e.g : Ronnie and Tevez. If we lost both of these guys in the summer, then we might as well rule out the league Championship for a few years.
Regarding Berbatov, I know he plays for us but end of the day he has always been a lazy/slow cunt. Never liked him at Leverkusen or Tottenham and I still dont like him now. They compare him to Cantona!!!! NO CHANCE !!!!! that’s like comparing Jason Lee (pineapple head) to Ruud Van Nistelrooy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too expensive……one footed……one paced….cant head…..apart from that he’s great
I reckon Fergie will line up a bid for another striker in the summer.
@ Spencer, when you wrote ‘transfer muppet alert’ I assume you weren’t referring to me but to this earlier post, reproduced immediately below.
ikhwan Said,April 22nd, 2009 @15:22 my team 09/10
starting line up
foster
ferdinand-vidic
rafael (R) evra(L)
fletcher (CM)carrick(CM)
Yuri Zhirkov (RWM)-Ribery(LWM)
Rooney-benzema
My own ‘transfer muppetry’ is similar. I would venture to suggest that both Ikhwan and my own posts are not only based on events as most people currently perceive them, but an 09 /10 line up such as those conjectured are not also entirely possible but are highly desirable and an exciting prospect.
Jeez, Spencer it’s a good job you didn’t read the post from a real muppet on another site who only kept THREE of our best eleven players and spent over £250 million into the bargain. I took great pleasure in calling him a TWAT.
We are going to change the team and we are going to buy, that’s how SAF stays ahead of the game every season. Would you be prepared to call him a transfer muppet? If, so I’d love to see you do it in person
If you would like me to stay strictly on topic. Then I say thank you and goodnight to Tevez.
@jcolas
Alan Smith had a better “work rate” than either Sheringham or Cantona — so your point is???
“He started against Pool, which is our ‘classico’ and did nothing at OT!!!
just concentrate on the remaining games….”
Yeah, nothing bar playing the throughball that led to our penalty and generally being our best attacking player on the day.
this is the last thing we need ahead of the pompy game
Absolutely correct
United 3 – Pompey nil — don’t care who scores them.
We’re all on the same side.
Tevez is simply better than Berba. I know they are different type of player but his style suits United more. Anyway, Fergie chose Berba and yeah, I agree that 30 mil for Tevez is too much… but if Tevez do leave next season, I would like Fergie to get a striker who can score goals like Torres…
Scott, you can’t be that blind! He’s been treated like sh!t. As he said, you score 3 or 4 yet you are benched. He’s been treated like fuckin Nani but he’s been patient. Respect is two way. I wouldn’t blame him if he leaves and its all because of Berbacunt! Thnks fr th mmrs Carlos. Adios amigo
get rid of him. hes been great and has had a good time hear. let him enjoy the trophies we’ve won and are gonna win this season (knock on wood) and then send him on his way. hes clearly not worth 30 mil. even though him and rooney played so well together last year, since berbatovs arrival, rooney has been playing more of a playmaker role and i think this has to be considered his best season as a red. once berba gels with the team a bit more and more importantly with rooney, there will be no team that can stop us. thank you carlitoo for all the goals and glorys you have provided us, but its time to move on mate, take your family to spain and enjoy the weather!
get rid, I’ve said it before but I’m sick of his whining, and I was even a bit embarassed when he was clapping the fans, who does he think he is? Ferguson rules the roost at United, no point in running off to south America to do interviews trying to drive a wedge in at United, then coming back to say ‘not me guv’…He works hard, but so would I for £80,000 a week and I’m not sure me and Tevez are that far apart in ability, ok, that’s stretching it a bit but he isn’t worth £22 million, which is the actual price tag because we’ve already paid £10 million for the two-year loan…David Gill is in charge of the finances, who has been left to run the club along with Fergie by the Glazers…Berbatov has to work for £30 million, otherwise the Glazers will lose faith, so Gill and Fergie are hardly going to run off and sign Tevez for another £22 million…The Glazers have been good with money, £17 million each for Nani, Anderson, Hargreaves etc…but to sign Tevez would be taking the piss, and definitely end up risking Gill’s job so it isn’t going to happen…and I’m not bothered, we’ve made enough big money signings recently, we need to start having a look at some of the good younger players in our reserves because the squad should take care of itself, for another year or two at least.
in actual fact, i think his destiny is set with barcelona to be honest. he plays really well for argentina and bonds well for messi. Same way he bonds at united with rooney up front. Only reason Man Utd have been crap this season in attack is because Uniteds whole new approach of buying Berbatov. I think if Carlos Quiroz was still at united, berba might not have been at United. Just a suggestion. And not only has the attack been messed up this season, Ronaldo has played more of a winger this season with less freedom and it just looks like the United we had in 2004-2005 when Ronaldo rooney and Ruud were all not performing to their best (well not exactly like the side but you get my drift). Berba has not proved himself at all and with that penatly, to get about 100,000 a week and to take a penalty like my 4 year old nephew is disgraceful. But it was a weird decision by Fergie. We had a team that won the champions league and premier league. A team that was already capable of winning it. Fergie already knew we had upcoming youngsters so that could help us benifit our depth of squad even further. He knew giggs could operate up front. But for some reason, he opted for Berbatov and paid a bit tooo much for him when you could have purchased a fringe striker at a cheaper price that could have been a super sub. See thats where i see a few mistakes which fergie does. He gets too attracted by players already with quality. I.e. seba veron. I think team chemistry is more important at winning games than quality. This game was perfect for Tevez to play. But yet fergie still opted to rest him. it was weird that he didnt even take our first penalty for the cup final. But yeah to conclude, Tevez should sign for Barcelona. He would be amazing there and we will see his full ability there.
hey hey, dont go knocking tevez
hes had a hard time without getting games in, besides, he is a family man as well. hes got to thinkn of his own family, wife and daughter. think about it, they would have to relocate everything and everyone if hes leaving and for anyone who has relocated before we all know how though it is. especially when family is involved. no matter that these guys are multimillionaires, they all get frustrated when it invovles their futures and family.
although i think he is not what our team needs, i can sympathise with the guy. he has given his all to our team these last few years, and we should cut him some slack. looks like fergie is doing his usual coldhearted, matteroffact act again. he usually does this when he is about to let someone go. doesnt get too emotional about it and remains emotionally aloof our gaffer. the signs are there. its probably out of his hands too.
I don’t pay the transfer fees, but if the £30m being thrown around is true(i.e. an extra £10m), then he’s not worth it imo. If he really wants to play for us, he should have a word with his agent to lower the fees.
Why is everyone so keen for Benzema? he’s done nothing to prove himself at the top level.
If we don’t get Carlito the only striker I would like o see arrive is Kun Aguero
I think Tevez should put his future on hold for one month and focus on the games that are left this season. When we play our last game he can talk to the press about his future as much as he wants, but not now. I understand his concerns but I hope he puts the team before himself.
Loyalty, respect etc is a two way street. While we, the fans, have treated him with the utmost love and respect, he’s been treated like shit by the manager. Fergie has had his preferences for Rooney and I can’t dispute his thinking in that respect, but Tevez needed a fair run of starts to get into his groove, which he didn’t get. He was a bright spark in pre-season and strikers need a bit of confidence from the manager and consecutive starts to really get going. He had a stop start season this year. Yet he’s handled himself with utmost dignity on the pitch, whether he was up for it or not. He didn’t whinge or show public resentment on the bench unlike a certain Portuguese winger.
Any self respecting player of Tevez’s stature would be terribly frustrated with his treatment (also taking into account the questions raised about his game taking a beating back in Argentina) and this frustration was bound to come out sometime this season.
To tell him to put a sock in it, while on the surface seems quite easy, lacks an understanding of the context of his words. I can clearly sympathise with the pain he might have felt having been been benched game after game, after a very good debut season. Not everyone is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
least he doesnt miss penalties.
Least he can play well with rooney.
Has played support to a lacklustre bulgarian all year with barely a complaint.
Give the guy a break…he is worried about his future.
He has done more for united than berba.
He deserves to start.
We are clearly driving the price down.
Tevez is going to be Fergie’s Jaap Stam. It is so sad to see Carlito’s going, but the writing is on the wall. Our attack was so strong, but Tevez and Berbatov have both been mismanaged this season.
@ Red Ranter
he doesn’t have to score 100 goals, he just should score some 4-5 goals when he gets the chance. i am not fond of memorizing or searching the exact stats but he got some 10 chances and he didn’t shine.
yes, i can perfectly understand him. he is a good lad but he is not perfect. he has his desires and he wants to talk about the issue. And i think the problem for the mediocre perfomances by Carlos and Berba lies with the manager. we are saying these things all over again. just find the perfect balance between the pair. but in the year when playing with alone striker in the important games is so popular 3rd striker is a fifth wheel. whether you want it or not manager playes the player he rates more in important games and for the 3rd striker it’s obvious that he is not the first choice wich makes it so hard to endure.
Yes we all love players who put in effort. But for so many of you to blindly say Berbatov has done nothing compared to Tevez, all this whilst ignoring facts, I think its unfair.
There are also a fair bit of you who believes we should stick to last season’s formation and players. Haven’t it been learnt the hard way what happens when you stay put after a successful season or 2? We have always done better when we sign a big name, bar a few, and I would be gutted if Sir Alex had done nothing to the squad after last season. Yes it may not have been as successful as it could have been, but we are on course to better last season’s achievement, is that not good enough? If so many of you thinks its not good enough, I’d be worried where you’d be when the drought does come.
Jus one more thing I think should be taken into consideration. So many of you are slating the manager & the club for treating Tevez “badly”
- Imagine you are heading MSI, you have a player, who have the potential to net another 2-3 big money transfers considering his age, and you do not even have to pay this guy a single penny, you do not have to market him & you do not have keep him happy, would you let him go so easily? $30M is the asking price, not the release clause! If I were MSI, I would take less money for Tevez, sell him to Inter, whilst still holding to part of his registration, and wait for the next transfer to happen and money will just drop out of the sky again. You don’t have to be a super businessman to figure this out do you?
Yes we all love players who give their heart. But those who blindly claim that Berbatov has done nothing compared to Tevez, whilst ignoring stats, is unfair.
There are also those who think we should stick with last season’s formation & players. But haven’t we all learnt it the hard way, what happens if you stay put after a season or 2? We always seem to do well after big buys, bar a few, and I would be gutted if Sir Alex stood still and did nothing to change the team.
Last thing. Its sad to see so many of you slating the Manager & club for treating Tevez “badly”. Haven’t it occured to you the problem is MSI?
Say you are head of MSI. You have this player, who could potentially net another 2-3 big transfer fees considering his age. And this is someone you do not have to feed, do not have to market, and certainly do not have to keep happy. Would you let him go just like that? If I were in charge, I would rather take less money and send Tevez to Inter, whilst holding to at least part of his registration, and jus sit tight and wait for the next transfer to happen, jus like money falling from the skies. Doesn’t take a super business mind to figure this out does it?
Not worth 30m. End of. Especially when you look at it like from Denton Davey’s point of view. Our situation has changed.
Then club and Sir Alex know what they are doing. I have faith.
Thank you and good bye Tevez. I really do wish him well…
If he was good enough, he would have played more “big” games. He’s not that good. He’s a short, slow version of Rooney.
The general opinion is that hes not worth 30 mill , but i would prefere him to be there nxt season rather than ronaldo. its a fukin embarassment watching the guy roll around huffing an puffing every time he makes a shit pass, it must effect team morale on the whole. i say sell the greedy bastard, sign tevez and another world class replacement.
Let me correct a few matters. His asking price is NOT 32 million. That is how much he will cost to have him for the remaining 5 years at the club. Which is including contract fee’s. Undoubtedly Carlitos Tevez is quality. He had a poor first poor run out at west-ham. At the end, he settled and didnt he do well? He came to United on first season and really did get the best out of Ronaldo? But what Fergie wants is a ‘Torres’ like striker up front with Rooney and he saw that in Berbatov. However, Fergie not wearing his glasses cannot come out and admit he has made a big mistake in terms of management and financial mistake in purchasing a player thats not even worth anything more than 15 million. I think Tottenham must be over the moon with the amount of players they signed in exchange. Its sad to say even though i dont want him to leave and want Berbaflop to leave, Carlitos Tevez has been treated unfairly and him being not played and no transfer sorted, is practically being shown the door. Or unless Fergie is testing his patience and willingness. Hes done the same with Nani. On the off subject, im glad to see Anderson has come back to good form lately. In my opinion, he deserves to start most games until the remaining end of the season.
I think tevez has said the right things often enough already this season, and dont blame him one bit for saying what hes said. i really do feel for the guy having to play (or not play;) at a club where he is happy and would like a future that doesnt look likely.
however, even if he were available for 15m would it be worth buying him for the bench? unfortunately for him we have rooney and berba, and i think like many, a different type of striker would suit us better. tevez for me, needs to be playing regularly to get the best out of him, and i cant see that happening.
ideally a tall and fast, fox in the box is what we need.
@ tony montana- maybe its you that needs the glasses?
If you would prefer to keep Tevez over Ronaldo you are completely delusional, end of.
tony, may i ask how is that different from an asking price?
SCOTT,
I know uve probably never seen my name on the blog before, but i assure u, my grades in design school would be much higher if i stopped coming to the blog.
no offence, but i cant help feeling that over the season uve taken a side defending Berbatov, (so have i) in fact here on campus, i seem to be his biggest fan( and defence when things go wrong for him ) ur last article about “WE HATE BERBATOV points out exactly what i went though”after the FA semi’s. im not sure about the exact figures but there are just a few things that i feel SAF has overlooked this season in comparism to last.
1. The chemistry with Rooney. IMO berba has not gelled as much with our other attackers as much as tevez did. even fergusson said “it would one day be special”. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? Even Rooney mentioned how him and tev didnt need to look at each other in order to know what to do. how does anyone expect tevez to play concistently when he’s never playing consecutively. I was frightened when SAF benched him after his four goals against blackburn, but he was still patient. at least untill this interview, he didnt mention it( from my own sources). on the other hand Berba plays on even after bad days, Yes he’s our player we’ve paid for him already, but so is tevez at least until the end of the season, why no take full advantage even if Fergie isnt going to sign him up?
2. compare our goal tally this season to last season. at first I thought other teams had simply gotten better, yethonestly in my opinion, its simply the change we’ve had in our attack. ven now, whenver rooney is playing we see the same burst of energy flowing into the game, last season we had two of those : TEV and Wazza. for some reason SAF seems to have a thing for playing Berba in the Middle, ( im not sure if Berba likes coming back on his own.
but yes Berba has the second highest assist in the league, but for a striker i’m not sure he is as effective as tevez was in his first season. plus, tevez needs more games to develop consistency, u cant just expect him to be perfect from training. concerning the interview, i was disappointed when i read about it, but uve got to keep one thing in mind – He is only Human
tevez had a great season for us last year and quite frankly is getting a shitty deal berbatov hasn’t proved anything and yet is always picked ahead of tevez.i don’t understand this and don’t blame tevez for being pissed of