I've heard some right old shit on this thread tonight about us having Tevez by the balls.
Much as I'd love that to be the case, the likelihood is that its more the other way round, especially considering Mancini's unfortunate declaration that Carlos's days at the club are over. In light of this, if we stick him in the stiffs, I'd be surprised if he couldn't have us for constructive dismissal.
Therefore, the only option we seem to have is to get rid as soon as possible, although that avenue is seriously undermined too by Mancini having declared that we no longer want him. Any fee that we are now able to bring in will be hugely reduced as a result of other clubs knowing that we want rid!
I'm disappointed that someone within the higher echelons of the club (maybe a press officer, or club lawyer), wasn't on hand last night prior to Mancini going out to face the press. If there was someone with a legal mind watching the managers back, I'm convinced they would have told him to say nothing, for fear of prejudicing our future chances of a positive outcome for the club. Once again, the club appear to have dropped the ball!
With all of this in mind, the only way I can see us getting our 2 aims of a) getting rid of him & b) getting our money back, would seem to be through any insurance policies we have taken out on the transfer fees we paid for him. I would imagine that we are covered in the event of him becoming incapacitated & being unable to fulfil his duties, so in my view, this should be the way the club looks to recover any losses.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that being an ugly little **** qualifies as a disability great enough to prevent him playing football, & I'm quite certain that the "mental & physical state" that prevented him from warming up & playing last night will have miraculously cleared up now that he feels he's got what he wants.
This leaves us hoping that he picks up a career ending injury & he's far more likely to do that if he's made to train rather than banned from the training ground (if you get my drift)!