Carlos Tevez was expected to be out of the City team in January, but it an unexpected twist in the future of the Argentine, he has returned at just the crucial stage of the campaign for Manchester City. His return has also coincided with the significant boost in the form of fellow Argentine Sergio Aguero, who seemed to be in the shadows of Italian striker Mario Balotelli. Now that the Italian striker has been dropped from the City squad, Aguero has once again begun scoring goals.

Yet, Mancini reckons that it will be Carlos Tevez for will be the centre of the show when City entertain archrivals Manchester United at the Etihad stadium on Monday night. This match has been billed as the most crucial in the Premier league for the next 10 years because it would determine whether Manchester city can win their first Premier league title or not. United are the favourites to win the title this season, as they come in with a three-point advantage with only two matches remaining. However, a City win could change things in favour of the blue half of Manchester.

Mancini reckons that it is the destiny of former Manchester United player Carlos Tevez to score in this crucial match. “I think Carlos is destined to score the most important goal in the history of this club. This is my belief. “If you win the title there can be no debate about who is the No1 team in Manchester. For this year, at least. United have a fantastic history and it is impossible to change that but, for us, our targets should be to match the achievements of United, Barcelona and Real Madrid,” Mancini said.

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After City went behind United by eight points in the league table, it looked like the faint title hopes were destroyed. However, Carlos Tevez returned to the City first team to inspire them to a 4-0 win over West Brom, which was followed by the 6-1 thrashing of Norwich City. This put the pressure back on United, who faltered against Wigan recently.

The 28-year-old has scored four goals in the last two matches from Manchester city, while he has also been responsible for the resurgence in the form within Sergio Aguero. All this has led to the talk of Carlos Tevez staying with City beyond the end of the season.

However, manager Roberto Mancini expressed his doubts over the possibility of the same by saying that everything depends upon the mindset of Tevez in the summer. The Argentine has attempted to leave Manchester city on numerous occasions in the past and Mancini concedes that this summer is unlikely to be different. The football betting markets make him odds-on to be playing in Italy next season.

“I don’t know. I don’t know this. It depends. Now I think it is important that we think about the next four games. After that, at the end of the season, we will see what can happen with all the players. There is no problem. It is in the past,” Mancini said when asked about the future of Carlos Tevez. The return to form for Manchester City has also coincided with the absence of Mario Balotelli, who has been an increasing source of frustration for City over the last couple of weeks.

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The 1-0 loss to Swansea coupled with the Manchester United win helped their arch rivals move one point clear of them at the top of the table. Speaking after the 2-1 win over Chelsea, star striker Sergio Aguero said that he expects Carlos Tevez to make a big impact on the squad and the results in the remainder of the matches.

Mancini recently drafted Tevez back into the squad, and introduced him as a substitute in the match against Chelsea recently. Manchester City were trailing the match 1-0, but following the introduction of the Argentine striker, they managed a comeback 2-1 win over the London team. Aguero has been the leading goal scorer for City this season with 24 goals. However, he has said that Carlos Tevez has a crucial role to play in the remaining matches of the season. City are hoping to win their first title since 1968.

“Carlos is a key player because he’s got five years’ experience of playing in the Premier League. We have a lot of good players here and he is one other player, but he will be very important to us because he’s one in a long list of top quality players at this club,” Agüero said after the match. City will be making the trip to Stoke City during the weekend, while Manchester United are at home to Fulham. United are certainly have the easier fixtures from now till the end of the season.

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Tevez returns to Manchester City after a highly publicized fallout with the manager Roberto Mancini when he refused to come on as a substitute in a UEFA Champions League match against German giants Bayern Munich, having issued a statement apologizing for his behavior and Silva believes that a player of his quality will hit the ground running and be of a lot of help to the title winning cause of The Citizens.

Roberto Mancini added that Carlos Tevez would be in the running for a first team spot after a week or two, provided he is fit enough to play. Many pundits have already started to talk about City bottling in the business end of the season but Mancini believes that players like Tevez, Yaya Toure, and such others who have won a League title in their career will be of immense help in guiding the other players to glory.

However, this might not turn out to be a happy ending for Tevez and Mancini after all as the Italian manager is sure to look into his comments in the Argentine media about him treating Tevez ‘like a dog’ and might just haul up the striker again. It looks likely that Tevex will play again for City this season, with the bookemakers offering best betting odds of just 7/10).

Many Experts believe that they might just bury the hatchet till the end of the season and go on with the League – finally pushing City out of the shadow cast by their fiercest rivals Manchester United.

Gary Neville is regarded as one of the greatest professionals of the modern era. He made his debut for Manchester United in the early 1990s and continued to play for the Old Trafford club until recently. Now a pundit at sky sports, Gary Neville has said that he cannot understand the reasons for the bad behaviour of Carlos Tevez with Manchester City. Carlos Tevez, who used to play for Manchester United, left Old Trafford after falling out with the club. He was initially expected to leave Manchester City, but in a dramatic turn of events, has returned to Eastlands.

“His latest interview, where he compared his treatment to a dog, was the furthest from an apology I’ve ever heard. In response, Mancini seems to be pouring a bucket of cold water on the idea that Carlos can walk straight back into the team. I’ve played with Carlos and he is not a bad person at heart. But he broke the cardinal rule that you don’t burn your bridges in life,” Gary Neville said in a recent interview. He display much expected that Carlos Tevez would make a huge difference to Manchester City upon his return to the first-team action.

Carlos Tevez has not played for Manchester City for over four months now, and has reportedly lost £ 9.3 million over the last few months due to the various clashes with Manchester City over wages and pay. The Argentine striker is currently in Argentina due to his quarrels with Manchester City, which has become extremely easy for the English club to give a reason for not paying him is weekly wages of around £ 200,000.

Despite the huge number of problems Carlos Tevez has caused at Manchester City, Roberto Mancini has still included him in the 25 man squad for the second stage of the Premier league season. It led to speculation that Carlos Tevez could finally be back at Manchester city after quite a while.

It was again confirmed by Roberto Mancini, who said that the fitness of Carlos Tevez is one of the major problems. Having not played for around four months now, Carlos Tevez is expected to be extremely poor in terms of the match fitness.

“Carlos is not an option at the moment but it is possible in the future if he comes back. I hope for him he has been training in the last three months to help his condition. There is only one thing on my mind, the Premier League. But if he comes back – and he is fit – it is possible,” said Mancini.

Manchester City are currently top of the Premier league table, but are facing intense competition from Manchester United. Further, City have a number of striker issues at the moment. The best online football odds place City as slim favourites to take the Premier League title, though their cause would undoubtedly be boosted by a Carlos Tevez return.

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