TEVEZ SAYS GOODBYE AFTER 5 YEAR DEAL SNUB.
Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.

Saturday 20th June 2009 saw breaking news that Manchester United's much favoured Argie Striker, Carlos Tevez will be leaving the Club, despite a large & probably very hefty contract offer from the Reds.

Along with Cristiano Ronaldo , Tevez becomes the 2nd high profile player to leave this off season.

With SAF about finished his holiday in the South of France, the manager will be back this week & United fans can expect some transfer market activity.

A Statement released by Manchester United said:

Following contact received from Carlos Tevez’s advisors last night, in advance of the deadline the Club set for concluding negotiations, Manchester United announces that Carlos will not be signing a new contract with the Club.

The Club agreed to pay the option price of £25.5m and offered Carlos a five-year contract which would have made him one of its highest paid players.

Disappointingly however, his advisors informed the Club that, despite the success he has enjoyed during one of the Club’s most successful periods, he does not wish to continue playing for Manchester United.

The Club would like to thank Carlos for his services over the last two seasons and wishes him good luck for the future.

Tevez is expected to now sign for Manchester City with both Chelsea & Liverpool showing signs of interest.

Carlos Tevez' Advisors also released this statement:

"When Man United made their offer about ten days ago, for the first time in two years, we never went back to them to ask about money,".

WWe just asked for some time to think about it. Obviously they have had two years to think about it and Carlos had to make a decision based on his family.

"Just to make it clear, this has been Carlos' decision. Nobody else would make this decision for him."

"We didn't actually reject the offer. Manchester United have ruled themselves out of the running.

"We actually asked for more time and if they could not give that we would have to walk away.

"He wants time to digest it and to know which club would suit him because now he is committing the next five years of his future."

Carlos Tevez 2007-2009 goalscoring & Appearance record for Manchester United
Season	League	League Cup	FA Cup	Charity Shield	European Cup	Super Cup	Club World Cup	Season Goals
2007/2008	14	0	1	0	4	n/a	n/a	19
2008/2009	5	6	2	0	2	0	0	15
Total Goals	19	6	3	0	6	0	0	34
Total Apps	63	6	5	1	21	1	2	99