Article by Pete Cummings Friday, 17th July 2009
One to ponder over your afternoon tea
Money? Start of something big? To spite Sir Alex? What were the real reasons why Carlos Tevez turned his back on Old Trafford and moved to Eastlands? After a thorough investigation I think I have the answer.
Well to begin with, Carlos is clearly not a glory hunting bandwagon player. These are the players identified by the fact they want to join a 'club with history' or make statement such as 'I want to win things and here I will be able to do that.' If Carlos was a bandwagon player, he would have stayed at United or joined Chelsea, Liverpool or Real Madrid.
Carlos is obviously not here for the money or he would have stayed where he was. A deal at Old Trafford would have made him the highest paid player at the club so clearly money was not the motive.
Fall out with Sir Alex is a more possible theory than the other two but still unlikely. What better way to have a dig at your former boss than to join their rivals? However both Sir Alex and Carlos claim that the other never contacted them so that one is impossible to call.
The fourth and most likely reason is really very simple; Carlos wanted to play in Manchester. Really, when he claims Sir Alex lied to him, Carlos was simply referring to the name Manchester United. This is quite clearly a misrepresentation as United actually play in the borough of Trafford, a separate council to Manchester altogether.
In an ideal world they should be called Trafford United which is a fairer representation and this should have been addressed when they moved from Newton Heath, which was in Manchester, to their present location. Wimbledon FC moved from Wimbledon to Milton Keynes and appropriately changed their name to MK Dons so why is it different for United?
Carlos must have endured two years of hell in Trafford, while longingly looking across the City at the real Manchester club playing in blue. How agonising it must have been for him on derby day when he crossed the Trafford border in the city, knowing where he really wanted to be.
Maybe this sad misrepresentation is the reason why City have missed out on so many players over the years and is the only reason why United have been more successful than the blues. Maybe it is time to set the geographic boundaries and advise these players that if they want to play in Manchester, there is only on place to achieve this.
And it certainly isn't in Trafford.
http://www.manchestercity-mad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED13&id=453899Not even funny.