Carlos Tevez reiterates his desire to stay at Manchester United

1 November 08 by Bill

The future of Carlos Tevez has been the cause for much speculation in recent weeks since the arrival of Dimitar Berbatov at Manchester United with Alex Ferguson favouring Wayne Rooney alongside Berbatov as United’s attacking threat. Speculation has been growing over whether Tevez would secure a permanent deal with the Champions or whether the lack of first team football will force the Argentinian into a move next summer; a claim dismissed by the player himself.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, he said: “This season is proving more complicated than any other and it is difficult for me to get in the team. The competition with Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov is intense.

“This club have the most talented forward line in England and the manager has decided that we cannot all play in the team at the same time. I want to play more and the coach knows this.

“But I have no problem with him. We have spoken. There is no way I would want to leave this club. I insist I am calm.

“I have confidence in the coach and he has in me. In this sport it is necessary to be patient and I will be.”

Tevez has started just one game in United’s last 5 matches, playing the full 90 minutes in the 2 – 0 home victory over West Ham. In the previous 4 games however, Tevez made substitute appearances getting just 101 minutes under his belt. While Tevez may be happy to wait for his chance at the moment, should we be looking at similar statistics come the end of the season, one has to wonder whether the striker will be so calm about his future and whether indeed he will still see his future at old Trafford.