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Manchester City coach, Roberto Mancini has written off Argentine forward Carlos Tevez after the player refused to come on as a substitute during the 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Mancini said Tevez is finished.
The 27-year-old, who joined City from rivals Manchester United two years ago ignored Mancini’s instruction to warm up early in the second half.
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The matter will now have to be referred to City’s owner, Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, but his largely unprecedented behaviour left Mancini fuming and vowing never to pick him again. Mancini said: “I am really disappointed because it is Carlos. This can’t happen in a top club – to refuse to go in to help his team-mates. What I said to Carlos is between me, him and the team. But if we want to improve as a team Carlos can’t play with us. With me, he is finished.”
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There was some confusion at the time as to why Mancini brought on defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong instead of Tevez after 56 minutes with City trailing 2-0.
Mancini explained that he told the Argentine to get warmed up to come on with around 35 minutes to play, telling him that he believed he could help change their losing 2-0 position.
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TV pictures showed Tevez shrugging and shaking his head when one of City’s coaching staff spoke to him on the bench. “He refused to warm up and again refused to go on the pitch. If a player has a lot of money to play for Manchester City… he can’t play [for them again], never.”
Mancini also said that he would speak with Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak in the next few days to decide what to do.