Tevez happy again in England despite Mancini clashes

Given time off while other players are on international duty, Tevez has travelled home to Buenos Aires for a break as he was not called up to the Argentina team on a tour of Asia that included yesterday’s 1-0 win over Venezuela in a friendly in India.

“We had clashes with Mancini in every language but it’s a love-hate relationship,” Tevez told reporters in Argentina. “He’s fantastic, he wants to win and me too. He told me to come to Buenos Aires to enjoy a holiday. He left me out of these first few [Premier League] matches because I told him I needed to get in shape,” said the 27-year-old, who has yet to start this season.

“I’m happy at City and I’m not moving from there,” added Tevez, who, during the Copa America where he turned out for Argentina, had issued a statement saying he wanted to leave the club. He had said several times he did not like living in Manchester, nor did his family.

Tevez complained he had been a scapegoat for hosts Argentina’s quarter-final elimination by Uruguay in the Copa America after missing a penalty in the shootout with the tournament’s eventual winners. “To play in the national team today you can lose prestige because if you don’t win they kill you,” said Tevez of criticism in the Argentine media.