Milan drop out of Tevez chase
January 28, 2012 08:44:51 UK
Carlos Tevez could stay at Manchester City until the summer after AC Milan became the latest side to pull out of the running to sign the Argentina international.
The Rossoneri's managing director Adriano Galliani has opted to sign Maxi Lopez from Catania on loan instead despite coming "ever so close" to agreeing a deal for the 27-year-old Tevez.
"If someone had asked me at 5.30pm (on Friday) who would be coming, I'd have said Tevez. It was heart in mouth stuff right up to the deadline," Galliani said.
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Earlier this week Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain both withdrew from the race to sign Tevez after having had bids turned down by City.
Tevez has not played for City since September and his dispute with the club has so far cost him £9.3million in wages, fines and lost bonuses.
Lopez ironically played alongside Tevez at youth level for Argentina. Tevez, who is currently in Argentina, has not played for City since they beat Birmingham City in a Carling Cup tie in September and allegedly refused to come off the substitute's bench during the Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich in the same month.
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