Manchester City Get (one of) Their Men.
Tevez and Mark Hughes, a man with money to burn
Today saw the unveiling of Carlos Tevez in a blue soccer uniform, which he swapped for the red soccer uniform he has worn across town at Manchester United for the past two seasons. The Argentine national was a huge fan favorite at Old Trafford and there are still plenty of people who feel that Sir Alex Ferguson and the board at United made a huge mistake in letting him go. But even today, as he got ready to join his new teammates playing on a friendly tour of South Africa, he still cannot quite let go of how slighted he felt by the management at Man U. He said that in two years Sir Alex only spoke to him directly once and had certainly never reached out to persuade him to stay at Old Trafford.
But Manchester City are not done yet. Having also lured away Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry from the club where he had spent his whole professional career, Mark Hughes and the board are now setting their sights on John Terry, the man who had been at suiting in up in a Chelsea soccer uniform since childhood and is the anchor of the team. New Stamford Bridge boss Carlos Ancelotti is insisting that there is no way Terry will leave, but so did Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill, right up until Barry signed on for the Hughes squad. And Cristiano was staying at Old Trafford, even as he was being measured for his new Real Madrid soccer uniform.
At the Tevez press conference Hughes was asked about the John Terry situation, with whom he once played at Chelsea when Terry was still a teenager. His reply? “I have huge respect for him. I think any manager would covet a player of the type of John Terry, but at this moment in time he’s a player for Chelsea so we have to respect that.”. Key word at the moment?
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