Why not Tevez?
By: Gianfranco | June 13th, 2007I would like to make a few observations about the Carlos Tevez move to Inter after some discussion with RealJohn and others on a prior post. Tevez would be a great target for AC Milan with huge upside, youth, and brimming with confidence but it is almost as there is negative interest in bringing West Ham’s hero to San Siro. His name has not popped up in a single rumor posting for Milan anywhere.
When it comes to South America Milan have a very strong relationship with Brazil and they even currently continue to employ former winger Leonardo as a scout of Brazilian youth talent, it was Leonardo who discovered and assisted in bringing Kaka to Milan. With this strong relationship it seems as though many other South Americans, specifically Argentineans are consistently left out of Milan’s wheeling’s and dealing’s. Seria A has always had a strong Argentine presence with Maradona early on and now an almost full starting eleven at Inter. This is why it seems only logical for Tevez to end up at Inter where Mancini barks orders in Italian that are then translated to Spanish for all of the South Americans on roster. I do feel bad for both Tevez and Suazo because they are going to be slotted into a striker traffic jam, but I can not see a guy like Tevez who is on the up swing be OK with sitting on the bench. There is a strong possibility that Inter loosens up the striker pool but right now Morratti is really throwing everyone for a loop.
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Fine point on the Inter/Argentine factor - I honestly hadn’t considered it much. I can especially see why Tevez would be interested in joining a host of his countrymen, despite the striker bottleneck. Well, actualy: the striker bottleneck. Would a player as up and coming as Tevez really want to become part of a rotation at this point in his career? Or is he just that confident that he would become a constant starter? Or, is he adapting to Europe even faster than we thought. European players, I need not point out, are at times not just the victims of rumour mills, but the mills themselves. Declaring interest in a team can sometimes up the bidding of other clubs who are interested in a particular player. Is all of this wishful thinking on my part? Yeah, probably.
Still, it would be a shame if Tevez joined Inter.
I also think you brought up an interesting point about ACs scouting tendencies, but the fact that they mainly look to Brazil is still a bit baffling, in this case. Tevez was named the Brazilian League footballer of the year by the Brazilian football federation. So Milan must have been watching this player grow, right? And at this point, everyone has seen what he can do, yes? And so seeing him strike up a repore with rivals Inter - shouldn’t that make Milan a little nervous, to say the least? Once again, Tezez would immediatly become a part of the starting XI in AC, whereas at Inter it wouldn’t be so cut and dry, which works in AC’s favor. So start throwing money at him for God’s sake!!!
(sidenote: Real Madrid was, at one point, the first stop for a Brazilian coming to Europe. Robinho, Cicinho, Baptista, Carlos, Marcelo, and Emerson are all still on board at the moment and there’s been much Brazilian traffic before them. During this season’s transfer window, however, Los Blancos made an uunusual move by snatching up Gago and Higauin from Boca and River, respectivly. The two, Higauin especially, have worked out extremly well there, and have been an important part of Madrid’s turn-around in form. Just food for thought.)
Anyways, I’m getting all worked up over this, and like you said, there hasn’t been as much as a peep about Tevez from the Rossoneri front office. I’ll say it one last time: what a shame.
Keep up the good work Gianfranco, I enjoy reading your blog and hearing your opinions.
(sidenote: Real Madrid was, at one point, the first stop for a Brazilian coming to Europe. Robinho, Cicinho, Baptista, Carlos, Marcelo, and Emerson are all still on board at the moment and there’s been much Brazilian traffic before them. During this season’s transfer window, however, Los Blancos made an uunusual move by snatching up Gago and Higauin from Boca and River, respectivly. The two, Higauin especially, have worked out extremly well there, and have been an important part of Madrid’s turn-around in form. Just food for thought.)
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