Tevez affair closed with out of court settlement

May 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Argentinean playmaker Carlos Tevez will be a substitute for the Champions League final in Rome, signalling his eminent exit from Manchester United. Dimitar Berbatov will join him on the bench for the game against Barcelona, as coach Sir Alex Ferguson sticks with the strikers who destroyed Arsenal in the semi-final.

May 17th, 2009 LONDON - Liverpool is confident of gate crashing Manchester United's title party by snatching Carlos Tevez in a stunning 22 million pound offer. Kop boss Rafa Benitez has decided to make signing the Old Trafford idol his top priority, which is being considered the biggest transfer coup of the summer.

May 16th, 2009 LONDON - Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has dubbed Manchester United coach-cum-manager Alex Ferguson an 'old man' hell-bent on lowering his value in the transfer market. According to The Sun, Tevez has grown increasingly frustrated at being dropped for Manchester United's big matches and, according to his national boss Diego Maradona, fears Fergie wants him out.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has rejected a Real Madrid offer of 40 million pounds. The Argentine turned down the offer as he is hopeful a deal can be struck with his current employers Manchester United.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - Chris Heaton-Harris, president of the EU's powerful Sports Intergroup, which deals with sporting matters across the continent, has said that Carlos Tevez can break free from his owners and stay at Manchester United. United are refusing to pay 26million pound fee demanded by a consortium led by Kia Joorabchian, who owns Tevez, as the row over Tevez's future intensified and the European Parliament prepared to get involved.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson was last night locked in a bitter war of words over Carlos Tevez's future. The on-loan striker came off the bench to score a dramatic equaliser as Manchester United grabbed a 2-1 win at Wigan to move within a point of their 18th top-flight crown.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has opened the door to a dramatic move from Manchester United to neighbours City. Tevez's agent Kia Joorabchian dropped a big hint last night that City, backed by the billions of Abu Dhabi owner Sheikh Mansour, are a serious option for the Old Trafford crowd favourite.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - Argentine football star Carlos Tevez has indicated that he wants to join Manchester United's fiercest rivals Liverpool. The news will anger Alex Ferguson, who has always refused to sell his stars to Anfield.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Tottenham Hotspurs are fighting Manchester City, Chelsea and Real Madrid to land Argentine forward Carlos Tevez. The Argentinian striker believes his time is up at Manchester United but wishes to stay in the Premier League.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Argentinean Carlos Tevez has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Manchester United's Premier League rivals by insisting that his career at Old Trafford is over. The on-loan striker is angry at being left on the bench for long periods and claims United boss Sir Alex Ferguson hasn't tried to sign him permanently.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United star Carlos Tevez will focus on tonight's Champions League semi-final against Arsenal instead of thinking about his future at the club. The Argentinean striker insists that Arsenal could not be facing his side at a worse time.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - England midfielder Michael Carrick has begged Carlos Tevez to not leave the Manchester United. The Manchester United midfielder issued a desperate plea to his Argentinean teammate to rethink his threat to quit Old Trafford at the end of the season.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez is weighing up offers from other clubs regarding next season, as he is sure that Manchester United will not take up their option to buy him on a permanent basis. According to the Daily Express, Tevez's two-year loan deal ends this summer and Manchester United, who have paid six million pounds in loan fees, are understood to be reluctant to pay 26 million pounds to Media Sports Investments, the owners of the player's economic rights, to make him theirs.

April 5th, 2009 LONDON - To ensure his move to Manchester United is completed during the summer, footballer Carlos Tevez is prepared to reduce his pay demands. It has been claimed that United are reluctant to pay 30 million pounds to Media Sport Investments, who hold the Argentinean striker's registration.

March 19th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United has announced that it will not be able to renew their loan deal with Argentinean Carlos Tevez. In fact, the only way the Premier League champions can keep the 25-year-old striker after this season is to buy him - and the asking price is 32 million pounds, reports The Sun.