Today Corinthians did what they swore they wouldn't do - improve upon their opening bid of £35m for Captain Carlos. How quickly things can change when another team shows interest! Juventus was rumored to have offered £45m for Tevez (which was later denied by Man City officials) and all of a sudden Corinthians found a little more money in between the couch cushions. So today Corinthians have lodged a second bid for Tevez, this time for £40m. That's enough to activate the release clause in Kun Aguero's contract. Just saying...
If I were Sheikh Mansour, I would've taken the original £35m offer from Corinthians for the karma and for the opportunity to move onward with what's being built at City. Let's assume that Tevez is telling the truth and that he just wants to be home with his family. Corinthians allows that to happen, and City gets to bid farewell to a headache. I guess maybe City is holding out for more money in an attempt to work within the FFP guidelines? As mentioned, Kun Aguero has a £40m release clause and selling Tevez for that amount would let City break even. It's not like Sheikh Mansour has any personal financial constraints that are driving him to hold out for a higher transfer fee. Back in 2009 when Sheikh Mansour bought Man City, Forbes estimated his personal net worth at $4.9 billion.
Back to Tevez, I'm as anxious to see his situation get resolved as I am to see the NFL get their labor situation resolved. Hopefully the weekend will bring a little more clarity to both pictures.
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