Transfers - Your view: Where now for Tevez?

Eurosport - Mon, 22 Jun 09:20:00 2009

After rejecting Manchester United's five-year contract offer, Carlos Tevez must now decide where his future lies, with Chelsea and Manchester City reportedly in the running.

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A statement on the club's website said they had agreed to pay £25.5 million for the Argentine striker, but their contract offer was rejected.

Chelsea and Manchester City are understood to be the two clubs leading the chase for Tevez's signature, but where do you think the forward should ply his trade?

Here are some of your best comments:

Easy bloom: Tevez deserves to be paid more than Berbatov for obvious reasons; we all know, including Sir Alex. Fergie gave him less games to play so as to lower his value for when they could buy him, but it has backfired horribly. Each time he got the chance to play he showed what he is so h e deserves that money.

Brownt2002: Tevez will be missed but United only have themselves to blame for keeping him hanging on so long. He is a grafter who likes to live life without being in the limelight all the time - unlike a lot of British players. Best of luck at your new club Carlos.

Martinshimmin: I wish Tevez luck, but to be honest, I'm not sad to see him go as a player. This season his performances in general have been poor. You cannot pay £26 million for a worse Wayne Rooney clone. At the end of the day, if everyone is fit, I can't see him making the first team, and that is a lot of money for a substitute. We have never replaced Ruud van Nisterlrooy, and need an out-and-out striker who plays on the shoulder of the last defender, not another striker who likes to come deep as we have two of those players already. Bring in Karim Benzema.

StevE: Is Tevez worth the money? None of them are worth that sort of money, not a single one. There are a miniscule amount of players in the professional game who will be at any of the clubs for anything other than personal advantage and gain. That is not cynical, it is a fact of life. Football is a great game that has been ruined by this exorbitant financial situation along with players who claim to be tired because they have had a long season or played more than a game per week (utter rubbish, they run for about twenty minutes in a game).

Alison: If he has any sense he should come to Manchester City where he will be appreciated and treated right.

Craig C: Tevez is worth every penny he is paid - he is a true player who plays from the heart! He never lets the team down, whoever he plays for.

Ashley: Tevez has been a brilliant servant for United over the past two seasons and has scored some very important goals for us along the way, but he's not a natural goalscorer and that is exactly what we need now Ronaldo has gone. Rooney's goal return should be better next season but to pay Tevez £110,000 a week when he barely reaches double figures in goal scoring would have been stupid. He may run around a lot - but like Park Ji-Sung he's bad in the final third of the pitch and that's the position he's paid to be in and do well.

The Ridster: I wish the FA would step in and cap player's earnings to 55K a week but allow clubs to pay bonuses at the end of a season depending on the success of the team. I agree that footballers should be paid well and that their careers are limited but with sponsorship money and other revenues these guys earn fortunes on top of their basic pay. I bet any number of fans would be willing to play for their club on just one week's wage. They have the best job in the world and some of the money being thrown around is just ridiculous. In short, no player is worth that kind of money.

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  1. Seriously United fans crying about wages and transfere­ fee's when United help creat the monster with there­ transfere policy of paying 20-30 million for average­ players, and then in the same breath say sign this­ that and the other Eto would want double the wages­ Teves wanted and yet United fans say Buy the old­ striker Eto with no EPL experiance. Do you United fans­ not have any knowledge of football.

    From Owen, on Mon 22 Jun 10:19AM

  2. tevez think he can make started 11 at man­ city?cool...yes early season maybe...but as we all know­ man city always keen to buy bunch of world class­ striker n mid...can he fight with others?or become­ another robinho?i mean artitude...

    From Monkey L, on Mon 22 Jun 10:16AM

  3. As for not worth the money you have been paying that­ world record centewr half Ferdinand 33 million of him­ over 100k a wekk for the last 7-8 years. Manure fans­ need to take thouse rose tinted glasses off your all­ deluded.

    From Owen, on Mon 22 Jun 10:13AM

  4. tasdeon Liverpool beat United last season without­ Torres and Gerrard in the team United had Both Ronaldo­ and Tevez in theres relegation battle I like the sound­ of that dont think It will be the red of Liverpool who­ have been creeping up on Utd for the last few seasons­ though cant wait for the season to star.

    From Owen, on Mon 22 Jun 10:11AM

  5. Who cares about Man U and all the players who are­ leaving, Tevez isnt really that good his stats where­ worse than Dirk Kuyt at liverpool who scored more goals­ and created more assists and he runs his socks off­ every game and all for a reasonable 8 million. As for­ Tevez I couldnt care less if the retired on the money­ hes made of UTD in the last 2 years.

    From Owen, on Mon 22 Jun 10:09AM

  6. 82 both these players wanted away ! utd only agreed to­ sell ronaldo because it was the last chance to make big­ money from him ,and tevez was leaving after what he­ believes to be poor treatment !

    From lemontreesid, on Mon 22 Jun 10:01AM

  7. 82 both these players wanted away ! utd only agreed to­ sell ronaldo because it was the last chance to make big­ money from him ,and tevez was leaving after what he­ believes to be poor treatment !

    From lemontreesid, on Mon 22 Jun 10:00AM

  8. he was mistreated he couldn't stay,best for all if­ he goes abroad !

    From lemontreesid, on Mon 22 Jun 9:56AM

  9. when becks left it was they never get another becks­ well we did ronaldo and we will do again ,,a great club­ is one that stays at the top and manu our that a great­ club

    From Chris, on Mon 22 Jun 9:39AM

  10. hey teves ronaldoand who else manu will still be the­ champions next season ,,,take gerrard and torres out­ liverpool and they be in relegation fight next season­ ,,,manu have a good squad liverpool a poor one and­ thats raffas doing in buying a lot of rubbish who can­ speak spanish or he can understand ,,so good bye­ ronaldo and teves cos manu our a club not just a couple­ player team but a club manu champions

    From Chris, on Mon 22 Jun 9:36AM

  11. Tevez should forget Man U they doesn't value him,­ that was why Man U gave him less playing time just to­ reduce his value. He only asked for peanut money­ compare to what he can do in the field of play.­ However, Tevez should be wise in the choice of club. I­ strongly believe that Man city is a better place for­ him. From Samuel Anodi (Nigeria)

    From Hi, on Mon 22 Jun 7:37AM

  12. Tevez should forget Man U they doesn't value him­ that was why Man U gave him less playing time just to­ reduce his value. He only ask for peanut money compare­ to what he can do in the field of play. However, Tevez­ should be wise in the choice of club. I strongly­ believe that Man city will a better place for him. From­ Samuel Anodi (Nigeria)

    From Hi, on Mon 22 Jun 7:35AM

  13. if rooney is played in position all season hell get at­ least 7 more goals

    From Donal S, on Sun 21 Jun 10:31PM

  14. United will miss Tevez but I think that they will miss­ Ronaldo more.Tevez is a good player, yes and I hope he­ goes to a club where he will play every game.Now United­ will miss Ronaldo and Tevez but they don't need­ more than 1 striker. Their problem is at the midfield.­ Scholes and Giggs are too old to play all 90 minutes­ and Fletcher and Anderson aren't the right­ replacements. They need some replacements for these­ guys. They need a playmaker that can pass the ball and­ eventually score.And ofcourse they need a replacement­ for Ronaldo. I don't think that Ribery is their­ man.Yes, he is a good player but he is just not that­ kind of player that they need. Valencia, well he is­ young and that is good.He has big potential. But they­ never will find a player like Ronaldo. A fast winger­ that can play everywhete:centre, right, left, behind­ the striker.Manchester are blessed that they have­ Rooney who can play everywhere too, but they have a BIG­ scoring hole that they have to fit.

    From 3D, on Sun 21 Jun 9:27PM

  15. Tevez~i think ferguson should let him go. hes not worth­ 110,000 pounds a week. thats rubbish. benzema would be­ a better choice. He's young and tallented n would­ be able to adapt to play english football. Onother­ player is Eto'o, he may be old but his form was­ unbelievable. he scored many goals and is a strong­ player like drogba.

    p.s.= im a chelsea fan so i dun­ really care but this is my opinion.

    From navinraaj94, on Sun 21 Jun 4:41PM

  16. tevez is the best player for chelsea

    From krenardautaga, on Sun 21 Jun 4:03PM

  17. hu ever tinks dat man utd made dat wrong choice of­ seling ronaldo n not giving tevez a contract they suck!­ cuz man utd hav zoran tosic a great free kick taker n­ beter then ronaldo n i hope man utd get to sign ribery­ n villa or etto or benzema...plz come to man utd ribery­ n villa,etto or benzema plz!!!

    From Suvin, on Sun 21 Jun 3:58PM

  18. It's obvious where Tevez is going next...to whoever­ will pay him the most money. He'd play for Berwick­ in the Scottish league if the price was right for him­ and his agent.

    From bigbrother09447, on Sun 21 Jun 3:54PM

  19. - In Chelsea i see him as the second striker on the­ opposite side from Joe Cole:

    ­ Drogba /Anelka
    Tevez------ ­ --------Joe Cole

    - In ManCity as his old position­ CF:

    Tevez
    Robinho------- ­ ----------Wright-Philips

    I'd give both combos­ a 9/10.

    With Chelsea he'd compete for the title­ against Liverpool, with ManCity challenge Arsenal for­ the 4th spot.

    From Fergie_in_2_Years_Time, on Sun 21 Jun 3:29PM

  20. Regarding on the pitch, making a trio with the likes of­ Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba would be a formidable­ attacking force, but working alongside players like­ Robinho, Daniel Sturridge or even Craig Bellamy would­ be a (Real) treat.

    From tarikhan, on Sun 21 Jun 3:11PM
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