I was treated like a dog, says Tevez

CARLOS TEVEZ will land back in England to face a fresh storm today after he accused Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini of treating him “like a dog”.

In an astonishing outburst on the eve of his return from three months in self-imposed exile, Tevez reignited his row with Mancini over the infamous fall-out in Munich and blamed City for forcing him to seek refuge with his family in Argentina. He also admitted that the two men almost came to blows last season.

Reflecting on his spat with Mancini when he refused to warm up during the Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich in September, Tevez said: “I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t playing. Mancini had taken the captain’s armband away from me without telling me why or even speaking to me about it. So I was in a bad mood.

“I had already warmed up in the first half but he told me to keep on warming up. He treated me like a dog. When he spoke to me in that tone of voice, I said, ‘No I’m not going out’.”

Tevez was fined four weeks’ wages – later reduced to two – following a club investigation into the incident, but he blames City’s support of Mancini and the reaction of fans for his decision to flee to Argentina.

There were hopes that Tevez, who has lost £9.3million in fines and wages since last playing for City, would be given a second chance as he prepared to board a flight from Buenos Aires, where he has been AWOL since November. – Daily Mail