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Manchester City and Juventus agree €9m Tevez deal

By on June 25, 2013

Juventus have agreed a €9m deal for Carlos Tevez with Manchester City that could amount up to €31.8m (27 million pounds) when add-ons are included. Although yet to sign a proposed three-year contract at the Serie A champions, Tevez will travel to Turin for a medical and to agree personal terms at Juve on Wednesday. Currently earning 160,000 pounds-a-week Tevez will likely have to suffer a pay-cut to move to Juventus, who should have to pay an extra €1m per year of Tevez’s contract if the Argentine does sign, due to a clause in Tevez’s current contract which says Juve will have to give City a further million euros every year the club qualifies for the Champions League during Tevez’s original contract at the Italian club.

Another clause states that Juve should cough-up another €1m when they win the Champions League or Serie A titles over the course of Tevez original contract, meaning the total fee the Italian club would pay for the Argentine international could add up to €15m. That added on with saved wages an bonuses which City would earn if Tevez signed for Juve would mean the Sky Blues could profit around €31.8m in the course of three years after the transfer.

The 29-year-old is just past his prime, but scored 74 goals in 148 appearances for City since moving to the wealthy club from Manchester United in 2009. Now entering the final year of his five-year contract at City, Tevez’s spotty term at City could cost him if he wishes to continue his career in the starting line-up of a World Class club. Having been fined and banned by City for refusing to appear as a substitute in a Champions League Group Stage match against Bayern Munich in 2011, other incidents also could drive potential suitors away from the forward.

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