Manchester City manager Roberto
Mancini has said that an agreement
has been reached for the sale of
Argentina striker Carlos Tevez to
Corinthians.
A £39m bid from the Brazilian club
was rejected last week, with City
believed to be holding out for £50m.
Tevez, 27, had said he wanted to
leave the Premier League outfit to
spend more time with his family in
his homeland.
"We have an agreement with
Corinthians but Carlos now is still a
City player," Mancini told Sky Sports
News.
The Sao Paulo club, backed by
revenue from a new television deal,
want to make Tevez a landmark
signing by taking him back to the
club where he previously enjoyed
success.
Moving to South America would also
help to solve Tevez's problem of being
separated from his two children.
Corinthians president Andres
Sanchez claimed last week that
Juventus had entered the race to
sign Tevez but added his own club
would not increase their offer.
However, Tevez's adviser Kia
Joorabchian revealed a few days ago
that a deal with Corinthians was
"close", with the player himself keen
on a return to the club he previously
represented in 2005 and 2006.
The former West Ham forward, who
joined City from Manchester United
in the summer of 2009, is under
contract with Mancini's side until
June 2014.
Last season Tevez was joint top
scorer in the Premier League, with 20
goals.
Asked whether Tevez would now be
discussing personal terms, Mancini
replied: "I don't know this. I repeat,
at the moment, Carlos is still a City
player."
Mancini is currently on his club's pre-
season tour of North America and
added: "I want to wait. At the
moment we are here, we are working
with the other guys. We should think
about this."
If Tevez does go, his 23-year-old
fellow countryman Sergion Aguero,
who is rated at £45m by Atletico, is
regarded as a natural replacement.
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