Manchester / NationalTurk – Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has suggested that United manager Sir Alex Ferguson receives special treatment and states he will not apologise for his ‘ RIP Fergie ‘ banner he raised during Manchester City’s open-top bus parade to celebrate their Premier League title win. The trouble boy Manchester City striker is rock solid unrepentant over ‘RIP Fergie’ banner. The ‘ RIP Fergie ‘ banner, passed to Tevez by a funny City fan, is thought to have been a reference to a remark made by Sir Alex Ferguson 3 years ago when asked if Manchester United would ever be underdogs against Manchester City, their then- hihg spending but cit. ‘ Not in my lifetime ‘ was Alex Ferguson ‘s answer then.
Manchester City vs Manchester United : This time its Tevez vs Alex Ferguson over ‘RIP Fergie’ placard
The Argentine striker’s club Manchester City have already apologised to the Manchester United manager over the Tevez Rip Fergie incident. Manchester City in fact were quick to issue a statement expressing ‘sincerest apologies’ Manchester United’s boss Alex Ferguson and accepting that Carlos Tevez had made a ‘ significant error of judgement ‘in brandishing the ‘ Rip Fergie ‘ banner.
Manchester United chief executive David Gill applauded their fiercest rivals for the prompt apology, telling NationalTurk London News: ‘ The banner was silly and inappropriate but Manchester City acted with commendable speed to apologize. ‘
Making significant error of judgements seem to be the habit of Carlos Tevez, who acts meanwhile as the #1 City fan, despite declaring only a couple of months ago he does not want to stay at City and work with Manchester City manager Mancini anymore.
Carlos Tevez stated further on Rip Fergie banner reported by the Argentinian website ole.com.ar: ‘ It seems like Ferguson is the president of England. Carlos Tevez said of Sir Alex Ferguson: ‘Every time he speaks badly about a player or says terrible things about me, nobody says that he has to apologise.’ buut’ when Fergie speaks badly about a player, nobody says the Sir has to apologise but when someone comes out with a joke, you have to say sorry. I don’t say sorry. There is no such a thing. Everybody has to be clever, eh ? ‘
Accusing the Man. United manager of having ‘ said the worst about me ‘ in the past, the 28-year-old Tevez added: ‘ There’s no relationship at all between me and Alex.’
Tevez’s comments, made to reporters in Argentina and carried on the Spanish-language website, www.ole.com.ar, appear to contradict the striker’s initially contrite response.
Carlos Tevez : A career in Manchester comprised by eating humble pies ?
Carlos Tevez who joined rivals Manchester City in 2009 after leaving Manchester United, said at the time: ‘ I got carried away in the excitement of the moment and I certainly didn’t mean any disrespect to Sir Alex Ferguson, who I admire as a man and a manager.’
Tevez was top scorer in each of his first two years at City, but this season was punctuated by a self-imposed spell back in Argentina after an argument with manager Roberto Mancini about his alleged refusal to warm up in a Champions League game with Bayern Munich.
Roberto Mancini had said Carlos Tevez would not feature for his side again but brought him back in for the title run-in, as they had severe problems with another bad-boy of the City squad in Mario Balotelli.
Tevez impressed on his return to Manchester City, scoring four goals in 10 games, and featured in the final-day win over QPR that clinched their maiden and unbeliavable Premier League title.
Roberto Mancini told BBC Sport this week that managing Tevez was not difficult and taht the Argentine is a good guy. Mancini added ‘ We had a good relationship always.’
Tevez himself expressed regret in his own statement, saying he got “carried away in the excitement of the moment” and did not mean any disrespect to his former United manager.
But on arriving back in his native Argentina for his summer break, Tevez seems to have changed his tune with reporters.
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