ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Man City's Tevez misses training, returns to Argentina

Record ID: 446731

  • Title: ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Man City's Tevez misses training, returns to Argentina
  • Date: 10th November 2011
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (NOVEMBER 08, 2011) (REUTERS) ARGENTINE FOOTBALL PLAYER CARLOS TEVEZ ARRIVING WITH HIS DAUGHTER
  • Embargoed: 25th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina, Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA5F64SOK0V5TIL2FW1717LI1QQ
  • Story Text: Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez could be in more trouble after he missed training without permission on Wednesday (November 9) in order to return to Argentina.
    Following a scheduled day off, Tevez was expected at his Premier league club's Carrington training ground on Wednesday but failed to appear.
    He returned home to Buenos Aires accompanied by one of his daughters on Tuesday (November 8).
    "He has gone to visit his family," Tevez's PR advisor Paul McCarthy told Reuters.
    The Argentine was charged with misconduct after refusing to warm up as a substitute in a Champions League match against Bayern Munich in September.
    He was fined four weeks' wages which was later halved following an intervention by the Professional Footballers
    Association (PFA).
    Mancini said last week that the Argentina international need only say sorry if he wanted to play for City again.
    But Tevez, who asked for a move in the last transfer window because he was unhappy in Manchester and wanted to be closer to his family, is likely to be sold in January.
    The forward was not selected for the Argentina squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Colombia on
    Friday (November 11) and next Tuesday (November 15) respectively.
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