Carlos Tevez joins Man City from Man Utd on five-year contract

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Kevin

Argentinean Striker Carlos Tevez has joined Manchester City on a five-year contract. He spent a two year long loan time at Manchester United before completing his move to Manchester City.

Carlos Tevez joins Manchester City

Tevez, 25, has joined new team-mates England midfielder Gareth Barry and Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz.

A delighted City’s manager, Mark Hughes, said: “Carlos is an international player of the highest class who possesses all the attributes that will help drive this club forward.This is yet another deal that shows the commitment of Sheikh Mansour to make this club the very best it can possibly be.”

Mark Hughes still chasing Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal, while Luis Fabiano of Sevilla FC has turned down Man City’s offer in favor of a possible move to Italian giants AC Milan

After Kaka, Samuel Eto’o and Ricardo Carvalho, Luis Fabiano is the latest player to reject Manchester City’s advances by claiming he only wants to join Serie A club AC Milan.