Of course we can forgive him - he is a fairly uneducated and unitelligent 25 year old from a deprived part of Argentina. He has a god given talent to kick a ball so well that he is paid £10m a year (plus or minus) to do it, and his closest adviser seems to regard his as a cash-cow who will keep on yielding big fees if handled correctly. So can we understand why he might do things which others find offensive? Of course we can. Throw obscene amounts of money at a street kid and you are unlikely to end up with an individual for whom tact and diplomacy are natural attributes. A couple of episodes of the Beverley Hillbillies might give an insight into some aspects of his character. And if you are still not sure, just ask the Rooneys.
But will I ever forget what Tevez did? Will I ever want him in our "famous old shirt" again (to quote Henry Winter)?
Will I fuck.
There's a sign in front of the North stand which reads 'We dream of playing in the shirt, today God chose you'.
Well on 27th September, God chose Tevez, and he said No.
So I forgive him, and feel sad that you can have so much money and still be (so it seems) deeply unhappy, but he can still go fuck himself.