Ta-ra Tevez

A statement posted on Manchester United’s website this morning reads:-

“The Club agreed to pay the option price of £25.5m and offered Carlos a five-year contract which would have made him one of its highest paid players.

Disappointingly however, his advisors informed the Club that, despite the success he has enjoyed during one of the Club’s most successful periods, he does not wish to continue playing for Manchester United.

The Club would like to thank Carlos for his services over the last two seasons and wishes him good luck for the future.”

In other words, someone else (probably Manchester City) have offered more money and that seems to have been the only thing that has motivated Kia Joorabchian and the “Tevez Project” since his strange arrival at West Ham in 2006.

I know Tevez was a massive favourite with the fans, mainly because of his work-rate and he did score a few very important goals but I was never quite convinced that we were looking at a real top class striker.

There’s no doubt though that this departure on the back of the Ronaldo departure leaves us with a rather large gap to fill and it’s going to be fascinating to see how we do it.