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LoveCity said:Revealed: Tevez's 1am showdown with Mancini
Published 22:30 13/10/11 By Oliver Holt
Roberto Mancini hosted a 1am summit at his house with Carlos Tevez in a bizarre attempt to broker a last-minute peace deal.
The Manchester City boss had told the Argentina striker he would never play for the club again after accusing him of refusing to come off the subs bench against Bayern Munich last month.
But the meeting, in the early hours of Thursday morning ended in stalemate, leaving Tevez to train alone later in the day following the end of his two-week suspension.
Mancini had called Tevez late on Wednesday, as the player was about to board a train from London to Manchester.
Tevez, who fears a seven-figure fine for alleged breach of contract, told Mancini he would not be back in the north-west until late, but the Italian urged him to attend anyway.
The meeting eventually happened at Mancini's house in Cheshire after midnight but ended in failure after Mancini gave Tevez an ultimatum.
The City boss insisted Tevez would have to apologise privately and publicly for his actions in Munich, to both him and City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak.
He told the player that, in return, he would be allowed to train with the first team, but that the disciplinary proceedings against him would not be dropped.
Tevez, who still insists he did not refuse to play against Bayern but accepts he said he would not warm up again, rejected the ultimatum.
He is believed to feel Mancini should apologise to him for accusing him of refusing to play.
Mancini said there was no question of him apologising, and the meeting ended.
Tevez trained alone with the club's physio when he reported back to City's Carrington training centre.
Despite the late-night meeting, the two sides are understood to be as far apart as ever, with little chance of a settlement.
Hours earlier, City and representatives of Tevez believed they were close to agreeing a statement that would have ended the stand-off between the two sides, but those hopes proved false.
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