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# Carlos Tvez: if I leave Manchester City it will be for family but I'd love
to take title from Manchester United
## Carlos Tevez has said that if he quits Manchester City this summer it will
be because of his family - but has offered a glimmer of hope that he might
stay by stating that a "great motivation" would be to take the Premier League
title away from his former club Manchester United.
![Carlos Tevez if I leave Manchester City it will be for family but I'd love
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There is an expectation that Tevez will leave at the end of this campaign,
with City sources already citing a proposed transfer fee of £50 million, and
the striker, of course, having submitted a transfer request last December.
That request was subsequently withdrawn following talks with [**Manchester
City**][7] chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak, but it was more of an uneasy truce
than a reconciliation and despite his protests it believed that Tevez would
prefer to go if the right deal can be struck.
"Everyone is saying I'm already out but I'm still here and I haven't decided
anything yet," the 27 year-old insisted. "It's a decision that I have to make
with my family, who are the priority. I don't have problems with anyone at the
club, things are fine with [manager Roberto] Mancini and everyone but it's a
decision I need to discuss with my family whether I stay or not."
Matters are complicated because Tevez 's former partner has returned to
Argentina with the couple's two children and he has struggled to see them as
often as he would like. That has led to the belief that he will seek a move to
Spain, in particular, where there are more direct flights back to Buenos Aires
but also, crucially, his former partner may be persuaded to spend more time.
"I don't know if I am going to leave or not, if I'm going to Spain or Italy or
somewhere else," Tevez said. "I'm at the club, the club wants me to stay but I
have to make sure everything is OK for my family, I'll have to speak to them
about that and see if I have to go.
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"My kids are a long distance away from Manchester and if there is an option to
go then it will be something to do with my family and children. It would be a
personal decision rather than a professional one."
The striker maintained that his family situation was for him, rather than City
to sort out. "It's not for the club to do anything about," he said and while
accepting than Spain or Italy was not nearer to Argentina he added: "It's not
only distance that matters."
Tevez reiterated his stance, revealed by _Telegraph Sport_ last December, that
despite suggestions from within City that he was angling for a new improved
contact that his unease had nothing to do with month.
"No, no," he said when asked whether a new deal - he has three years left on
his present agreement - might sway him. He insisted that it was not his
intention to attempt to hold the club to ransom in any way.
Tevez started Saturday's FA Cup final against Stoke City and was one of the
stand-out performers, proving not only his fitness but that Mancini was right
to take the gamble even though the captain had played just 10 minutes of
first-team football after damaging his hamstring against Liverpool in April.
Tevez was desperate to play in the final but was fearful that Mancini might
not take the risk. In the event he played almost the whole game and made a
crucial contribution to City's 1-0 victory which ended 35 years without a
trophy.
Tevez was acutely aware of the achievement - which meant the end of a banner
at Old Trafford which reminded City supporters of the drought - and stoked the
growing rivalry between the two clubs.
"We remember that flag very well and now it would make me very happy that they
will have to take it down," the Argentinian, who spent two successful years on
loan at [**Manchester United**][14] before joining City, said. "We are working
to be a big team in England, winning titles, and if we keep on working hard
then we can hopefully achieve our targets."
Asked whether being the City captain, with the aim of overhauling their
neighbours, was a motivation, Tevez admitted: "Yes, that is a great motivation
to stay. It would make me very happy to win the title here. It is that we all
want and need but now it's time to celebrate winning the Cup we worked very
hard to get into the top four, and now to win the FA Cup, it's a big
achievement by the players."
City's triumph, of course, followed on from United securing their 19th title
and in the face of criticism of Mancini and his tactics, considering the
club's spending.
"We are becoming a big team, we've got big players and it's normal that when
you don't play so good people will criticise you and we knew not everyone
would accept us, but we're not playing to shut these people up, we're playing
to hit our objectives," Tevez said.
The striker has had his run-ins with the manager in the past - last week
Mancini had to clarify to Tevez that he had not said the player wanted to move
to Italy - but insisted they had a "great relationship".
"We are both winners and what to achieve more things for the club," Tevez
said. "We have a good relationship off the pitch and in the professional
sense. Sometimes there were some problems between us but I think that happens
everywhere and we want to be successful."
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