Carlos Tevez Wants To Leave Manchester City

5th July 2011

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Carlos Tevez has told Manchester City that he wants to leave the club.

The captain has bee surrounded in transfer controversy since the beginning of the year after putting in a transfer request in December.

But the striker appeared to change his mind has led his side to FA Cup glory as well as qualification for the Champions League.

However it's believed that he wants to leave the club as he struggled to be away from his two young daughters - they live in Argentina with his partner.

In a statement published on the Mail's website Tevez said: "It is with great regret that I have to inform Manchester City of my wish to leave the club.

"I would like to state that I have great respect for the club, its supporters and the owner, Sheik Mansoor, who has been nothing other than respectful to me.

"I hope that the people understand the difficult circumstances I have been living under the past 12 months, in regards to my family. Living without my children in Manchester has been incredibly challenging for me.

"Everything I do, I do for my daughters, Katie and Florencia. I need to be closer to them and to spend more time with them. I need them to be happy because my life is about them now. I need to be in a place where they can adapt.

"Being captain of Manchester City, qualifying for the Champions League, winning the FA Cup and finishing as top-scorer last season has made me very proud.

"I hope that most of the City fans will understand that I have given them my all on the pitch and that my dedication to the city cause has been 100 per cent on the pitch.

"I hope I have done my bit to help City continue their progress towards their ambition to be champions of England and to advance in the Champions League. I have no doubt that the players and management of City will achieve great success in the future."

Tevez has been a driving force at Manchester City scoring fifty eight goals since his arrival from United in 2009.

Manchester City are yet to make a statement.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw