Carlos Tevez and his family on holiday in Sardinia
Carlos Tevez has met an Inter Milan official while on a family holiday in Sardinia.
City have not given permission for their star striker to talk to the Italian club but it is unclear whether the meeting was by chance or the precursor to a possible bid.
MEN Sport exclusively reported that Inter were interested in doing a deal for Tevez earlier this week, and were planning to explore the possibility of a swap deal involving Dutch midfield star Wesley Sneijder.
That received a cool response from City, who would prefer a straight cash deal in order to fund the impending purchase of Sergio Aguero.
But Milan is one location which Tevez has repeatedly mooted as a possible destination, as he feels his wife and family would feel more at home with the Italian language and culture than in Manchester. He spent a week in Milan in April, having treatment on the hamstring injury which ruled him out of the FA Cup semi-final, raising eyebrows at the time that a switch to Inter might be on.
And several Italian newspapers reported that a £30m bid from Inter had been turned down by City later that month, although the Blues denied it.
Asked about the latest on Tevez, manager Roberto Mancini said from the team hotel in Los Angeles: “At the moment, Carlos is still a City player, like yesterday, and like three days ago. We will see what can happen but for us he is an important player.
“Carlos wants to leave to go to Argentina or another country for his family. Only for this have the club said he could go, because we respect his reasons.”
Mancini also did not want to be drawn on the issue of captaincy, with it likely that Tevez – if he is still at the club at the start of the season – will have the armband removed and given to Vincent Kompany.
City have not given permission for their star striker to talk to the Italian club but it is unclear whether the meeting was by chance or the precursor to a possible bid.
MEN Sport exclusively reported that Inter were interested in doing a deal for Tevez earlier this week, and were planning to explore the possibility of a swap deal involving Dutch midfield star Wesley Sneijder.
That received a cool response from City, who would prefer a straight cash deal in order to fund the impending purchase of Sergio Aguero.
But Milan is one location which Tevez has repeatedly mooted as a possible destination, as he feels his wife and family would feel more at home with the Italian language and culture than in Manchester. He spent a week in Milan in April, having treatment on the hamstring injury which ruled him out of the FA Cup semi-final, raising eyebrows at the time that a switch to Inter might be on.
And several Italian newspapers reported that a £30m bid from Inter had been turned down by City later that month, although the Blues denied it.
Asked about the latest on Tevez, manager Roberto Mancini said from the team hotel in Los Angeles: “At the moment, Carlos is still a City player, like yesterday, and like three days ago. We will see what can happen but for us he is an important player.
“Carlos wants to leave to go to Argentina or another country for his family. Only for this have the club said he could go, because we respect his reasons.”
Mancini also did not want to be drawn on the issue of captaincy, with it likely that Tevez – if he is still at the club at the start of the season – will have the armband removed and given to Vincent Kompany.
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