Premier League - Murphy: Sympathy for Tevez plight

Eurosport - Tue, 12 May 19:49:00 2009

Fulham captain and Eurosport-Yahoo! blogger Danny Murphy says he understands Carlos Tevez's frustration at Manchester United.

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I sympathise with Tevez's situation at United. When you play really well and contribute to such a brilliant season as he did last term, winning the Champions League and Premier League, it is a shame to then be pushed out by new signings.

That said, Dimitar Berbatov is a wonderful player too, and a team like United needs a squad of players. Ultimately, it's a case of who is happy to play less and rotate, but Tevez hasn't played in a lot of the big games and those are the ones you want to participate in.

It is always frustrating to find yourself on the fringes if you care about playing. Some players are happy to be a squad player but I've always found it very difficult. When you are younger you accept it more as it is part of learning the trade, but as I've got older playing is everything to me.

It is a reward for training all week. That's why I think sometimes players have to leave clubs where they are happy. I know Tevez has a great relationship with the fans but for his own benefit and happiness he might find he has to go.

When I was at Tottenham it was really frustrating because it was a great club and I wanted to do well, but I was only playing sporadically and in that situation you never feel like you can show what you have got to offer.

Your everyday life aside from footballer can suffer, too. Sometimes you have to leave for your own self worth and that is what happened when I moved from Liverpool.

The new manager Rafa Benitez came in and fortunately showed me enough respect to say I might not be a regular any more with the new people coming in.

For me it was a very difficult decision and I have had to come to terms with it, but I didn't want to end my days there not playing as I have wonderful memories from my time there. You want to be appreciated by a manager rather than have him feeling like he is stuck with you. That's not healthy.

As for Tevez's owners' valuation of £30 million, I'm not sure any players are worth that much apart from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo because they score so many goals and can win matches on their own.

They are the two best players in the world and, while Tevez is a fantastic player, he isn't up to that level. I think that is partly why United have stalled on buying him. We will have to see how it all unfolds.

Third-party ownership is strange and we are not used to it in this country. I don't think it helps the player because the future is out of his hands and dictated by other people.

It might be common in South America but I don't think there is any future for it over here. I don't think the players I know would be at all happy being owned by a third party.

Danny Murphy / Eurosport

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  1. your free paly station is just for UK AND CANADA­ SO............................

    From heykay romeo, on Wed 13 May 4:04PM

  2. I agree with u Ben but.......think of the period that­ ronney will not be fit and i also bliv in ferge as well­ .Lets just hope he knows what he is doing.Then lets­ talk abt ronaldo dats doesn't want to be­ replace.What do u think of that.

    From heykay romeo, on Wed 13 May 12:28PM

  3. SAF knows best of what to do. For me he never­ disappoints, he's the best there is! If he sees­ tevez as worthy, then he's worthy. If not, the bye­ bye tevez. you jerks are just talks anyway..

    From eg_lewll, on Wed 13 May 11:43AM

  4. First of all Tevez has himself to blame for shackling­ himself to Joorabchian. It is ridiculous that two­ years after paying Hammers for Tevez registration he is­ STILL ON LOAN, on loan from WHO? Not Hammers. He is­ on loan from Joorabchian and Co. This is CLEARLY the­ THIRD PARTY OWNERSHIP that is supposed to be outlawed­ by FA, who penalised Hammers for it, but not Manchester­ United! Joorabchian is Tevez's real problem, he­ should renounce his deal with him and challenge him to­ try and enforce their 'agreements' (signed when­ Tevez was a kid and probably not legal here), in the­ Courts. Joorabchian takes a big cut of all Tevez's­ earnings, he's a parasite/slave owner. A warrant­ still stands in Brazil alledging he stole money from a­ club he ran there. Man U are not stupid, why should­ they pay another £20/30m to secure him for another­ short term LOAN? Besides, behind the Man U facade­ there are big debts piling up (£1b according to News of­ the World) They just havnt got the big money to­ splash out.

    From Keith, on Wed 13 May 11:28AM

  5. Hey Fat Spanish Waiter i am sure you are a true Manc­ fan...which part of DEVON are you from pml

    From Graham C, on Wed 13 May 11:18AM

  6. I wanna touch the egg yolk on your neck gawjuss face!

    From Frosty, on Wed 13 May 11:10AM

  7. Tevez shouldnt be doing all this at a critical stage in­ the season , murphy is going on about it because he is­ loserpool through and through and is bitter to end the­ season without anything again .

    From Glenn T, on Wed 13 May 11:08AM

  8. voonyienmin, you moron if you knew anything about­ football you'd know what i say is the truth. Murphy­ played his heart out against United but when it came to­ his beloved liverpool he was so piss poor that he had­ to be substituted. and this is meant to be club­ captain.
    Your comments are deluded. Real supporters­ like me live for the banter. just take a look across­ these boards for an example. And if you want to call­ all those people who say something bad about another­ team or another player 'not real supporters'­ then youre the one with a problem.
    So come on show some­ respect

    From Fat Spanish Waiter, on Wed 13 May 10:25AM

  9. Hey,Fat Spanish Waiter show some respect towards other­ players.You r disgrace to Man Utd and not fit to be a­ Man Utd supporter because a true Man Utd supporter will­ not disrespect other clubs & supporters.Come on­ Show some respect !!!

    From Voon, on Wed 13 May 10:09AM

  10. man u will reget letting g of teves when u relise that­ berbatov wont get you the goals next season to keep­ you in the title hunt . if he signs for liverpool then­ sureley they will take the title next season arthur­ nufc fan

    From Arthur, on Wed 13 May 9:57AM

  11. fergie knows what is best for man u. how can a team­ have the same style of player like rooney and tevez.­ only one of them can play in a match. when both plays,­ the game will be hell. how could he let rooney out for­ the sake of his talent and contribution as well as­ faithness to fergie and man u. not like ronaldo who­ demands everything, seemed like he the God of God.­ F&^k!!

    From Ben, on Wed 13 May 9:49AM

  12. Fergie is too clever and will make the right decision­ whatever happens with both Ronaldo and Tevez. Remember­ in 1995 people thought he was mad when he sold Ince,­ Hughes and Kanchelskis and United went on to win the­ Double!:) Come on United!

    From jpodacc, on Wed 13 May 9:33AM
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    cant put a good scouse down.....you would have to find­ one first!...what a stupid article...feel sorry for a­ millionaire footballer?....

    From stuartxland, on Wed 13 May 9:18AM
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    Danny Murphy why don't you roll over and die just­ like you do whenever you play against Liverpool

    From Fat Spanish Waiter, on Wed 13 May 9:16AM

  15. What are u talking abt scott.Can u tell me how tall is­ messi of Barca.

    From heykay romeo, on Wed 13 May 9:07AM

  16. We could use him on our 5 a side. The only problem...he­ is not tall. We are all tall, and he is not. Though his­ workrate is very tall indeed. That might just­ compensate for his actual height. Yes, I think this­ might work....

    From Scott, on Wed 13 May 8:52AM

  17. Please Tevez i want you to think abt this and stay­ bcos.Man Utd teams and fans love u more and more each­ day cos.,u really keep the pressure up on all our­ opponent.Just like Ronney.I ilke u to stay with us­ pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee.I love ur style of playing football­ and am looking up to to.Heykay from Osun State Nigeria.

    From heykay romeo, on Wed 13 May 8:48AM

  18. Strange for someone to own you,apparently it's­ common in South America..economic slavery,or what?

    From Robbie, on Wed 13 May 7:51AM

  19. TEvez has options does he really think he will play­ week in week out at Liverpool he just needs to see­ Raffas lists of team management @#$% ups this season.­ There is no benifit to leave UTD, the main reason he is­ sort after is he is a united player shines because he­ is part of a team thats cleaned up for the last 3­ seasons. If he believes he can't be replaced he­ sourly mistaken. he could get bought by some mid table­ club and chances are his Carrier will dwindle no more­ CL games EPL medals. I wouldn't mind beating UTD­ have made a realistic offer, The problem is not Tevez­ its the greedy management that apparently owns him­ strange world we live in.

    From Tim B, on Wed 13 May 6:20AM

  20. his contract is up at the end of the season..and he can­ go anywhere he wants...for free...so why not rejoin man­ utd on loan again

    From funky, on Wed 13 May 5:34AM
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