The City ace will be told to attend a hearing within the next 48 hours at which he will be informed of the club’s intended punishment – likely to be a maximum fine of six weeks’ wages.
And he is likely to be banished to train away from the first team when he returns to Carrington today following the expiry of his two-week club suspension, imposed while an internal review was carried out.
Tevez has been told to report to manager Roberto Mancini, but it is likely he will be sent to train separately from the main City squad.
Tevez flew back into Manchester yesterday to attend a meeting with club officials at which he was told the review found evidence he had breached his contract by refusing to go on as a substitute during the Champions League fixture with Bayern Munich last month.
The club’s internal review found strong evidence to back up Mancini’s claim that Tevez had refused to go on as a substitute, although the player maintains he only refused to warm up.
The review also studied video of him talking to staff and players on the bench, and the post-match interview he gave to Sky Sports, and believe that reinforced their case that he had breached his contract by refusing to play.
But Tevez is set to contest the claim, his camp saying as many as 15 of the witnesses interviewed back up his version of events.
City are likely to try to fine Tevez six weeks’ wages - around £1.38million - the upper limit of fines agreed by the Professional Footballers Association, and may also slap him with an additional four-week suspension.
His punishment will be put to him in a disciplinary hearing in the next 48 hours, to be conducted either by acting chief executive John Macbeath or by chief football operations officer Brian Marwood – neither of whom were involved in the investigation.
Tevez can either accept the punishment, or appeal, firstly to the club board and then to the Premier League.
City released a statement which read: “The club has been conducting an investigation into the events at the Allianz Arena.
“The club has now reached a stage in its investigation where it has concluded that there is a case for Carlos Tevez to answer of alleged breaches of contract.
“Accordingly, the club has informed him that he will face disciplinary proceedings and the hearing will be convened shortly.
“Carlos will be required to report to Roberto Mancini for training on Thursday.”
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Don't understand the picture. Normally it's the offenders' face in the mist.
I'm completely behind the club on this one, but I also realise what a sad ending this seemingly is to a City-player who -on the pitch- has been great for over 16 months and could have been a culthero within the clubs' history. How the man and his agent can ruin things ...
Tevez admitted in the post-match Sky interview that he had refused to play, and that will be difficult for his legal team to refute. The only real question left is to whom we will flog him in January, and for what fee and sell-on percentage. Send him to Anzhi - they will pay both the club and the player the highest amount, and Tevez can sustain himself on borscht. He'll be pining for those TWO restaurants in Manchester by February!
I cannot believe Tevez is asking Mancini for an apology when it was he who didn't do as he was told!!!
Stop whinging and whining Tevez and accept you were in the wrong! You earn more than anyone can dream of, my 9 year old son said he would play for nothing if it meant playing for City, that's how much he loves his team!!
Train with the reserves although I doubt they'll want you either, hardly someone to look up to now you've fallen from grace.
14 stories to date on this subject.
He deserves all he gets and City should really make an example of this!
15 witnesses ??? i know we have a big bench but surely only two or three can actually testify to anything....i dont even care if one or two players back him because people have to understand that the tail shouldnt wag the dog. if tevez was to come out of this being vindicated then there would be anarchy as you may as well rip up the rule book. tevez wanted out and he will get his wish at a cut price transfer fee so he wins whatever the outcome. i cant believe he cares about his image as he hasnt to date wherever he has been. lets face it he sold his soul to a company years ago. they owned him and still do in many ways.
This Story's been done-to-death, and frighteningly there's a lot more mileage in it (possibly well into Dec.2011) understandably due to the nature of it, including Financial & Legal implications to name just 2 of many BIG issues, hence the huge interest in this Story from all media sources.
However - for me and ALL true City Fans that share my love of our great club only ONE issue concerns me in the short, medium & long-term, namely the success of Manchester City ON the pitch.
A) TEVEZ STORY versus B) SUCCESS OF MCFC ? = Item B) WINS 52 x weeks per year for me. From day one the TEVEZ STORY has been at the back of my mind on the bottom shelf of Footballing priorities ever since the Munich game, albeit I repeat it's understandable the media source interest considering the amount of column inches it fills as well as newspaper sales & viewing figures it commands for other ABC (Anyone But City) supporters.
The most important issue now is WIN WIN WIN (A.Villa [Prem.] , VillaReal [Euro.Cup], Man.U [Prem] ) OUR NEXT 3 X GAMES !
COME ON CITY !
For the sake of football i cannot understand why FIFA have not got involved ??
Whilst this Game has changed beyond belief in the last 10 yrs allowing Tevez or his agent to operate in football again without a precedent setting punishment will take the game one step towards imploding !!!|
A 12 month ban from any association with football would leave others in no uncertainty
who is in charge and if you want to participate what the minimum requirements are !!
Have him selling burgers until we get rid in January.
oh what a circus we are becoming.because of one mans petulance of wanting to leave our club and allegedly refusing to play so he can get his move...this is not just down to tevez,its his agent too.i am pretty sure that he advises his so called stars to engineer their petulance and make trouble in camps so that the club will lower their asking prices and obviously he gets his cut on agent fees...
SACK HIM AND HOLD HIS REGISTRATION PAPERS SO THAT HE CANT PLAY FOR THE NEXT 3 YRS...THAT WILL SEND OUT THE MESSAGE THAT NO PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN OUR CLUB...ALSO, ANY PLAYER THAT HAS KIA JOORBACHIM AS AN AGENT SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED FROM OUR BELOVED CLUB...AS WE SHOULD NOT BE DEALING WITH THIS TYPE OF PERSON
CTID
Good, now lets see how this develops!
The refusing only to warm up excuse doesn't carry any weight as a proper warm up is a prerequisite to getting on the pitch. If you refuse to warm up, you are refusing to come onto the pitch, the two are linked. It may even be health and safety, like endangering other employees if you try to enter the work place not properly prepared. Health and safety is my new thing, I am trying to make a career in it, so am looking for public and work related H&S issues everywhere.
TEVEZ WHY NOT SUE ROBERTO MANCINI FOR MAKING UR BAD IMAGE. IF POSSIBLE TO SUE THIS THINGS THEN SUE ROBERTO MANCINI AND THE MANCHESTER CITY TOO. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THERE IS NO ANY PLAYER OR STAFF OR MANAGER WHO IS AS DEDICATED AS U IN THE GAME. I LOVE MANCITY BUT NOW I HATE MANCINI ALOT. HE IS A AMATEUR COACH WHICH IS KNOWN BY THIS INCIDENT. LOOK HOW FERGUSON HANDLE THE ROONEY SAGA AND THE SCHOLES WHEN HE DIDNOT LIKE TO PLAY THE GAME.
"Tevez has told City he is sticking to his story that it was a "misunderstanding" and that he wants Mancini to retract his allegations and apologise for the damage to his reputation." (from today's Guardian)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! "Damage to his reputation"?!!! There's only one person responsible for that Carlos - YOU!!! Time you grew up and accept responsibility for your actions like all of us in the real world have to! Hang him out to dry, City.
"Tevez has told City he is sticking to his story that it was a "misunderstanding" and that he wants Mancini to retract his allegations and apologise for the damage to his reputation." (from today's Guardian)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! "Damage to his reputation"?!!! There's only one person responsible for that Carlos - YOU!!! Time you grew up and accept responsibility for your actions like all of us in the real world have to! Hang him out to dry, City.
FORGET Tevez for a while.
CONCENTRATE on beating Villa !
COME ON City ...............stay UP there
lets hope he doesnt show then he can be sacked end of the whole sorry tale
Simply another negative to milk for the media and by-jove they have blown this out of all proportions. If he came on on Saturday (probably not much chance of that) and bagged the winner, that's all that matters to me.
ball boy till january
It's interesting don't you think that the PFA have managed to negotiate a maximum fine for members who break the most basic rules of professional conduct (especially so when the fine is comensurate to the player's earnings)? How completely unreciprocal this is when players wages, bonuses and the rest are a matter for the player, the agent and the club, and the only rule that applies is "the sky is the limit".
Further proof - as if it were needed - of how detached football and footballers (not just Tevez, even if he's a prime example) are from the world the rest of us inhabit.
I would appologise to Tevez I would say Sorry Carlos we have just sent you on loan to FC Sibir Novosibirsk, You'd better take your coat it's minus 7 tomorrow with a chance of snow.
100% behind the club here,....Tevez out!!!
Have I missed something??. First I have heard about this. What happened?.
Tevez is so clearly in the wrong here. He weakened his case when he changed his story. His claim that there are 15 people who can back him is laughable. there weren't 15 people in ear shot on the bench.
Keep him away from any other player whetehr they be first team, reserves or juniors.
With all the media hype surrounding CITY these days i find it hard to keep up.
"Has tevez signed for CITY yet"