He might not be the most liked man in England due to his involvement with Javier Mascherano / Carlos Tevez / West Ham, but Kia Joorabchian has publicly spoken on exactly why Tevez did not sign the 5 year deal offered by Manchester United.
Via DailyMail
Carlos Tevez opted against signing a lucrative new deal at Manchester United because he “wasn’t the most wanted person” at Old Trafford, according to his advisor Kia Joorabchian.
“He has a lot of respect and a lot of love for the fans of Man United and I think he would rule Liverpool out as being the biggest competitor.
“City and Chelsea probably would be the two clubs that are on the table. City have obviously been in contact with us. I’ve spoken to (City executive chairman) Garry (Cook) and to (manager) Mark (Hughes) on several occasions.
“We haven’t talked to them about a contract, we haven’t talked to Chelsea either about that because we’ve respected the fact that Carlos is a Manchester United player.
“Without getting into the point of whether he’s going to City or Chelsea or wherever, the issue is that I think Carlos wants to go to a club which has real ambition, a club which is showing intent, a club which he can help achieve great things.
“City have shown a lot of ambition with the players they’ve brought in in the last year or so, and Chelsea are also showing a lot of ambition – they want to win the Champions League. Both have that ambition.
“What is important is Carlos is very happy in England. He’s extremely settled down, his family is in very good shape here, they love the country. He wants to stay here.
“He’s basically given away with the two European clubs that have come to him. He hasn’t totally disregarded the option but he’s put it down his pecking order and I think he’d want to stay in the Premier League.”
Joorabchian insisted the decision to reject a five-year deal at Old Trafford was not down to money so much as the fact United left it so late to put an offer on the table.
He said: “I don’t think it’s correct to say ‘his face doesn’t fit’. He was very much a part of the Manchester United team the last two years but clearly the last one year he’s been very disappointed.
“I think he’s been even more disappointed that it has to come to the fact that the loan deal finishes.
“If it was, let’s say, Wayne Rooney’s contract finishing six months before, or Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract finishing six months before, would they have offered a better deal to them at that time or would they have tried to secure their services a bit sooner?
“He has that little bit of a feeling that maybe he wasn’t the most wanted person at United. Rightly or wrongly, that’s how he feels.
“I personally think United made a fantastic contribution to try to secure him with a last-ditch offer but I think it was a little bit too late and there wasn’t enough time for Carlos to think about it.”
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