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Rafa in for Carlos
Topic Started: Apr 24 2009, 09:24 AM (377 Views)
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Rafael Benítez is preparing to antagonise Sir Alex Ferguson once more with an audacious bid to sign Carlos Tévez.

The Argentina forward is increasingly resigned to leaving Manchester United at the end of the season, with Real Madrid his most likely destination. Benítez has signalled Liverpool’s willingness to join Chelsea, Manchester City and Inter Milan in the męlée for his signature.

Ferguson has not yet given up hope of retaining Tévez’s services after his complicated two-year lease arrangement expires at the end of the season, but the forward’s growing discontent means that he will consider a move away from Old Trafford — even if United manage to reach an agreement with the companies that hold his economic rights.

Tévez, who joined United in a controversial move from West Ham United in August 2007, would be likely to cost any other club more than the Ł22 million that United have to pay at the end of the season to turn the player’s loan into a permanent deal. Benítez, though, is determined to test the water.


The Spaniard knows that United have no control over Tévez if and when he leaves Old Trafford and that the Barclays Premier League leaders would not receive any money, with the transfer fee instead going to the companies, headed by Kia Joorabchian, that own the player’s economic rights.

Tévez, 25, is frustrated at his loss of favour since Dimitar Berbatov’s arrival at Old Trafford from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer, having not started any of United’s four matches in the Champions League knockout phase.

Madrid are favourites to sign Tévez should he end his two-year stint at United, with Florentino Pérez, who is expected to be elected Real’s new president next month, confident of delivering the forward as part of a wide-reaching rebuilding operation that is expected to include a world-record bid for Cristiano Ronaldo, the United forward. But Liverpool have registered their interest in signing Tévez if he wishes to stay in England — and if the price is right.

Tévez declared in an interview with an Argentine radio station this week that “in my situation, an exit [from United] will be the best solution” and that “there are other options for next season”, citing interest from Real and Inter as well as other clubs, of which there are now three in England monitoring the situation.

Ferguson, the United manager, would bristle at the idea of the forward joining just about any of the interested clubs. He blocked Gabriel Heinze’s proposed move to Liverpool in August 2007 and said of Real this season that he “wouldn’t sell that mob a virus”.

As revealed in The Times a week ago, Tévez concluded that his future lay away from United after being dropped for the 1-0 victory away to Porto in the Champions League quarter-final, second leg.

His sense of injustice is shared by some of his team-mates and certainly by the club’s supporters, who cheered his name loudly when the substitutes were announced before the 2-0 Premier League victory over Portsmouth on Wednesday — in contrast to Berbatov, whose name was booed by an audible minority.

These are issues that Ferguson could do without, having shown several signs of tetchiness in recent weeks even as his team continue their defence of the Premier League and Champions League titles.

He has been at odds with Benítez since January and the Liverpool manager continued the verbal jousting yesterday. Benítez insisted that he had been right to stand up to his United counterpart and that Liverpool are the better team on form, even though they trail by three points in the title race, having played a game more.

“I’m not having a battle of words with Alex Ferguson,” Benítez said in an interview with a Spanish newspaper. “But I believe that he can see that we are the better side and that we’re very close to United. He has been playing these kind of mind games for many years. Nobody has ever said anything against him or stood up to him. It seems like he has a licence to do these sort of things.

“I try not to talk too much, but all I can do when I speak is to defend my own team. I did not say that he seems frightened, but I said that he looks nervous as he can see that we are very close to his team.”

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The Times

I read broadsheets , not football365, or goal.com lool
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Wow ok. Interesting read. Im largely undecided on how realistic i think it could be though.
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The Mascherano Factor could prove interesting....
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Well that is what i was thinking. Masch could help in convincing him but then again he loves the united fans and probably wouldnt want them to hate him for going to their rivals.
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Or MAYBE, he wants to win the premiership next season and sees his best bet alongside Fernando and Stevie and JAVIER
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Or maybe he sees his best bet at regualr football at Liverpool (as a hard working RM possibly)
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I think Torres and Tevez would be a great strikeforce as they both have different styles which would work really well imo.
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Yes they would work Together but then the question where does Gerrard go?

If he goes back to midfield, Where does Alonso go?
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He wont join Liverpool, when he leaves his will go to another league.
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Would be a good buy for Liverpool, giving them some much needed depth up front, being able to act as a replacement for Gerrard and, to a lesser extent, Torres. His work rate would make him a hero with the Liverpool fans and his game suits the Premier League much more than Serie 'A' or La Liga imo. He won't be a certain starter, but given Rafa's penchant for rotation, he will be playing games with far more regularity than he currently is at United. Tevez will realise this and therefore a move could well be a possibility. Liverpool would be my first choice if i was Tevez.

That said, I believe the biggest barrier preventing this move is concerning whether Rafa actually wants to spend Ł25m + on him, which is highly unlikely imo - and for that reason i can't see him going to Liverpool.
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Apr 24 2009, 09:43 AM
Or MAYBE, he wants to win the premiership next season and sees his best bet alongside Fernando and Stevie and JAVIER
anyone who wants to win the prem would make liverpool their last choice :lol:
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Apr 24 2009, 10:38 AM
phil16
Apr 24 2009, 09:43 AM
Or MAYBE, he wants to win the premiership next season and sees his best bet alongside Fernando and Stevie and JAVIER
anyone who wants to win the prem would make liverpool their last choice :lol:
Thats why they are the 2nd best team in England?
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Apr 24 2009, 10:46 AM
diego
Apr 24 2009, 10:38 AM
phil16
Apr 24 2009, 09:43 AM
Or MAYBE, he wants to win the premiership next season and sees his best bet alongside Fernando and Stevie and JAVIER
anyone who wants to win the prem would make liverpool their last choice :lol:
Thats why they are the 2nd best team in England?
No they're not lol. 3rd at a push, but in terms of overall quality they're 4th.
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