But even so, Tevez's achievements must trump Aguero's. Perhaps Aguero may in time surpass Tevez, but at the moment I would vote Tevez as the best of the four strikers, and yet he has been consigned to the bench. Some would say Tevez has only been served his own medicine, since he is the one that filed the divorce papers against City in the summer.
But let such recall that last season, in fact the middle of the season, Tevez had already aired his grievance against Mancini.
Let him or her recall that he submitted to the club a letter seeking to 'resign' his services from the club. Recall that he had more than a few run-ins with Mancini even then. Granted he filed the papers, but since the separation fell through, how does it make sense to frustrate such a player by consigning him to the bench most of the time?
Like him or hate him, there is not a more hard working player than Tevez, who consistently performs at the highest level and is often a match winner, the very reason it seems Mancini sought to bring him on at Bayern. Tevez's strange behavior seems to me to be a by-product of Saturday's match against Everton. Tevez appeared to have been asked to warm-up in an apparent preparation to be brought on on Saturday.
Yet the subs to be called upon were Balotelli, Milner and Savic. The word was that Tevez had fallen down the pecking order of strikers. It is true that the manager can do whatever he likes. This may well be, but I do not think it is healthy to frustrate players or give little thought to their feelings as persons, which is why I cited the above examples.
Yes, players sign contracts, but managers know that when players are unhappy, the best thing often is to let them go elsewhere. Dzeko's reaction to being substituted, a mild version of Tevez's reaction, only symptomatizes the problem of collecting assorted stars rather than try to mould or build a team around a core of players.
His whim to leave and return to his family as well as super-signings of Segio Aguero and Edin Dzeko have rearranged the pecking order. Claims that it would have been easier to appear that ill-fated night to please his fans and to pick up a paycheck is preposterous. Had it been easy for him, despite being paid , pounds a week, he would have done it.
Ergo, a monetary value on the stance of both sides had been placed. However, on the contrary, what I did find was an interview with a tension-clad Mancini, less composed than Tevez when he gave his post-match interview.
Then there is the issue with communication, or, translation of speech, which became another ballgame. There was racket on the bench, some sort of confusion. A handful of minutes till the end of the game and Man City were losing 2—0.
Tevez may be required to attend a formal disciplinary hearing and will almost certainly be fined two weeks' wages, the maximum amount permitted by Professional Footballers' Association guidelines. He was informed of the suspension in a letter stating the disciplinary process would take "up to seven days" and that he would have the "full opportunity to explain his side".
Tevez had issued a statement through his advisers earlier in the day apologising to the club's supporters but denying he had refused to play, blaming "confusion on the bench". However, that line of argument is badly undermined by his interview directly after the match, when he admitted going against his manager.
His new version of events has been ridiculed behind the scenes at the Etihad Arena, where there is the sense of compelling evidence in Mancini's favour. City have already compiled a dossier of Tevez's previous misdemeanours and are keeping all possibilities open as they contemplate what to do with a player who would ordinarily be valued as one of the club's main assets.
The top-end option is to terminate his contract and launch legal action. High-level sources at the Premier League believe Tevez is "sackable" and Jim Boyce, the vice-president of Fifa, has said his organisation would then investigate imposing a worldwide ban on the Argentinian.
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