Liverpool have made a remarkable bid to swap Andy Carroll with Carlos Tevez and move on their club-record £35m signing not even a year after signing him from Newcastle United.
The Anfield club contacted City on Thursday to ask how much they want for Tevez and whether they would be willing to contemplate a straight exchange with Carroll. Brian Marwood, the City football administrator, rebuffed the idea immediately, even though Carroll is a player Roberto Mancini has admitted admiring when he was at Newcastle.
The move demonstrates how Liverpool are now openly looking at offloading Carroll despite the insistence behind the scenes at Anfield that he can still play a prominent part and Kenny Dalglish's praise for the player after the 2-1 FA Cup defeat of Manchester United.
Carroll has scored only six goals in 35 appearances since becoming the eighth most expensive footballer in history and has not even been able to establish himself as a regular starter this season.
His problems adapting on Merseyside have also left Liverpool willing to take a £10m hit on the player, with Tevez valued at £25m, though that revelation is hardly surprising considering his difficulties at Anfield, added to the sense that he has not always been fully focused.
Fabio Capello, the England manager, has already expressed misgivings about the lifestyle of a player who has managed only two league goals this season in 20 appearances.
Those remarks went down badly at Anfield, with Dalglish defending Carroll, but the questions will probably not go away until he becomes a regular scorer. Carroll's longest run of starts this season is three games and Marwood's decision was made on the basis that he could no longer improve their team even though Mancini has a shortage of front players at a time when Tevez's strike is in its 11th week and Mario Balotelli is now serving a four-match suspension.
Tevez is planning to return to Manchester next week now it has become apparent that Milan are not able to meet City's asking price and, unless anything changes before Tuesday's transfer deadline, his adviser, Kia Joorabchian, says the Argentinian wants to re-establish himself in the team.
Whether that is possible remains to be seen, with Mancini not prepared to entertain the idea unless there is an apology from Tevez for walking out on the club and the string of other offences that have already led to him being found guilty of gross misconduct and losing almost £10m in wages, fines and lost bonuses since the start of the season.
Tevez is still a formidable striker and finished as the league's joint-top scorer last season, but he will be returning to England with a severely damaged reputation and Liverpool's attempt to take him along the M62 will surprise many people given his propensity for causing dressing-room problems and an apparent dislike of living in England.
There is also the fact that, approaching his 28th birthday, he would not have fitted into Liverpool's usual policy of buying players at a young age who will keep a resale value over the course of their contract. Liverpool, however, were willing to make an exception and City would have been glad to arrange a deal after unsuccessful talks not just with Milan but also Juventus, Internazionale and Paris St-Germain. They remain open to offers for the Argentinian but will not change their mind about Carroll.
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Man City reject Liverpools Tevez-Carroll swap deal
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old jk lol
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Old and bullshit.
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And people say that the guardian is a respectable newspaper, will never read it now. Printing shite to sell some newspapers, fucking pitiful.
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I'd rather have Carroll tbh.
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Class.
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Dan wrote:I'd rather have Carroll tbh.
This.
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Dan wrote:I'd rather have Carroll tbh.
This, also bullshit story
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Daniel Taylor is a well respected journalist. One of the best in sport.
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Billy Davies wrote:Daniel Taylor is a well respected journalist. One of the best in sport.
He's a tit.
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Billy Davies wrote:Daniel Taylor is a well respected journalist. One of the best in sport.
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He's a prick.Billy Davies wrote:Daniel Taylor is a well respected journalist. One of the best in sport.
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Also Tevez is miles better than that lump of shit Carroll even if he hasn't played for a few months.
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Oh look, Liverpool fans hating on a newspaper. Boycott the Guardian
How can people say this is old aswell? There's no threads on it and the story was published at 23:00
How can people say this is old aswell? There's no threads on it and the story was published at 23:00
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At least Carroll wants to be in this country and not getting payed to pay golf and sit around on his arse on another continent.Splashy wrote:Also Tevez is miles better than that lump of shit Carroll even if he hasn't played for a few months.
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Shocked that Manchester City would decline such a lucrative offer.
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Danny wrote:At least Carroll wants to be in this country and not getting payed to pay golf and sit around on his arse on another continent.Splashy wrote:Also Tevez is miles better than that lump of shit Carroll even if he hasn't played for a few months.
So? Should Liverpool sign Kevin Davies instead then?
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Oh yeah if we're comparing personality's then Carroll is definitely better but Tevez without a doubt is the better player.Danny wrote:At least Carroll wants to be in this country and not getting payed to pay golf and sit around on his arse on another continent.Splashy wrote:Also Tevez is miles better than that lump of shit Carroll even if he hasn't played for a few months.
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Because I posted it in the transfer rumor thread. Like a boss
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Sean wrote:Danny wrote:At least Carroll wants to be in this country and not getting payed to pay golf and sit around on his arse on another continent.
So? Should Liverpool sign Kevin Davies instead then?
No, because Carroll is better than Davies and has potential.
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Benitez wrote:Sean wrote:
So? Should Liverpool sign Kevin Davies instead then?
No, because Carroll is better than Davies and has potential.
Ievez is miles better than the both of them anyway.
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Carroll is a poor man's Rickie Lambert.
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BladeGunner wrote:Shocked that Manchester City would decline such a lucrative offer.
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Sean wrote:Benitez wrote:
No, because Carroll is better than Davies and has potential.
Ievez is miles better than the both of them anyway.
Yes, but he is also a prick and wages would be triple Carrolls weekly wage.
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I would take Tevez on a loan.
To risky to buy him, I think.
To risky to buy him, I think.
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Tevez > Carroll so it makes sense that ManCity would decline it. If anything they should sell Tevez for cash, not another player (especially not a striker).
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Benitez wrote:Sean wrote:
Ievez is miles better than the both of them anyway.
Yes, but he is also a prick and wages would be triple Carrolls weekly wage.
I guess, he would probably get you into Europe though.
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