'I will never go back to Manchester,' says City's Argentine star Carlos Tevez - on £286,000 a week

They chant his name, cheer his goals and pay him a wage said to be as high as £286,000 every week, so you might expect footballer Carlos Tevez to be grateful for everything he gets in Manchester. But the controversial Manchester City player has launched an astonishing attack on the city – where he was also worshipped by Manchester United fans – by saying it has nothing to offer and that when he leaves he will never go back.
The 27-year-old Argentinian, thought to be the highest-paid player in English football history, added that he would rather be in Marbella.

 

Infamous: When Tevez moved from Manchester City to rivals United this board was erected near Deansgate Street in the city

His comments came during a television interview broadcast in his home country Argentina.
The player said he lived in a rented house in Manchester because there was no point buying there.
Asked if it was the weather that made the city so bad, he told Susana Gimenez, the Argentine Oprah Winfrey: 'The weather, everything. It has nothing.'

 

 

When Ms Gimenez, 67, told Tevez that another South American celebrity – model Evangelina Anderson – had bought a house in the Spanish resort of Marbella, he laughed and said: 'Yes but Marbella is different from Manchester. 'You can buy a holiday house in Marbella. But I'm never going back to Manchester, not even on holiday, not for anything. Of course I would buy a house in Marbella.'
He went on: 'For example, in Marbella you can buy a house by the beach, relax there and later you can go there on holiday and everything.

 

Idolised: Tevez is worshipped by the fans of Manchester City where he has proved a talisman in unsteady times

 

On the other side: Tevez also played for City's rivals Manchester United but it seems he has no love for the city

'But a house in Manchester costs six or seven million pounds. It is better to rent.'
Ms Gimenez said: 'It's very expensive there,' and Tevez replied: 'It's another world.'
Tevez described how lonely he was in Manchester and how happy he was on holiday in Argentina.
He said: 'I don't have any new friends. I am always with my family and lifelong friends. I don't even leave my house. I'm the stay-at-home type.
'When I have my dad and friends over we have a barbecue, we have fun.
But I'm always on my own, especially in the last few months. I've found the past few months very hard.'

 

Argentinean Oprah: Tevez made the comments in an interview with Susana Gimenez, pictured here with Argentina's football legend Diego Maradona, right, and Spanish singer Julio Iglesias

The presenter then told Tevez he was making 'a big sacrifice' by living in the UK.
Tevez was in Argentina during his summer break from City. He appeared on the talk show with his young daughters Florencia and Katie and their mother Vanesa Mansilla.
He is separated from Ms Mansilla and has been dating Argentine actress Brenda Asnicar, 19.
The striker left South America in 2006 to join West Ham United. He scored 23 goals for City last season and 34 for United when he played there from 2007 to 2009. 
Tevez is no stranger to being at the centre of controversy in Manchester.
When he moved from United to City in 2009, City put up a huge billboard featuring a poster of the striker with the words 'Welcome to Manchester' emblazoned across it.
Tevez has talked about being homesick in previous interviews. Last year he said: 'I have the idea of quitting in my mind.
'I have been playing in England for five years and I have not spent a single Christmas or New Year with my family.
'Let me tell you, I am not enjoying the life of a footballer.'

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