Carlos Tevez is set to sue Roberto Mancini after Manchester City fined the Argentine striker four weeks' wages, or £800,000, after he refused to play in last month’s Champions League tie against Bayern Munich.
The Daily Mail reported that Tevez was fined - by a club disciplinary panel which upheld a charge of misconduct on the basis that Tevez was responsible for five breaches of contract when he did not come on as a substitute at the Allianz Arena.
The 27-year-old has 14 days to appeal against the decision to the City board, and the indications are that he intends to sue manager Mancini for defamation.
The Tevez camp has always maintained that the striker did not refuse to play but rather he refused to warm up. City, however, argue that this is one and the same thing.
The daily reported that the player’s representatives said they would fight that to the end of the earth.
The striker has been suspended for two weeks, though that punishment has already been served. He will not be allowed to train with the first team again.
"Following a detailed investigation and associated hearing, a disciplinary panel has upheld the charge of misconduct. Five separate breaches of contract formed the basis of the decision by the panel. As a result Carlos Tevez has been fined four weeks' wages and has been suspended for a period of two weeks (deemed to have already been served). He has received a written warning as to his future conduct," City said in a statement.
The decision represents a show of total support for Mancini, who insisted that Tevez was ‘finished’ at the club following the row in Munich, the club said.
