Everything is on course, Tevez will sign. He will wont he?

7 October 08 by Roy Banks

Manchester United have moved to dismiss rumours that there is a hold up in the deal to permanently sign Carlos Tevez. Tevez is currently in his second year at Old Trafford after a controversial 2 year loan deal was agreed in August 2007. The club have made clear it’s intentions to make the deal permanent and the player himself has stated his desire to commit his long term future to the club.

A spokesman for the club today reiterated this stance: “David Gill told the papers in South Africa in July that we would hope to conclude a deal with Carlos before the new year. That is still our aim. The clocks haven’t even gone back yet, so to talk of delays is nonsense. Both the club and Carlos are relaxed about the situation.”

Of course the club are bound to deny any hold up but one can only wonder if there is any truth to these stories. Rumours have been lingering that Tevez is unhappy that the club have not yet made him an offer to extend his stay and with the arrival of Berbatov, is Tevez going to spend most of his time on the sidelines?

Tevez was arguably United’s best player in what was a slow start to the campaign and was rewarded for his efforts by being dropped. It is starting to look like there will be space for either Rooney or Tevez in the starting line up – not both. And with Fergie seemingly unable to drop Rooney (admittedly, his form has improved a lot), will Carlos always be an impact player at Old Trafford?

At 23 years old, Tevez is not going to be happy about that. As much as he states he wants to play for United, he’ll look elsewhere before committing to 4 years on the bench. And another thing, isn’t £30 million a heck of a lot to pay for a substitute?

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