Tevez: Transfer Request

So I decided to leave it a whole day before I commented on this development at the City of Manchester Stadium this past weekend. For a while now rumors had been rife that City hero Carlos Tevez wanted to leave our team. As ever with these things the rumors were considered just that with both City boss Roberto Mancini and the player himself saying they were happy at City.
However, on Sunday, Carlos Tevez made it clear that he wants to leave Manchester City citing a breakdown in his relationships with 'certain executives and individuals'.
For their part Manchester City had announced on their official site that they had rejected a transfer request from the player and proceed to lay the blame firmly at Tevez’s advisor Kia Joorabchain.
Now there are a few theories flying about with regards the reason behind Tevez’s decision and they range from homesickness to just wanting more money. Personally my thoughts on the subject are that no player, manager or individual at the club are greater than the club and when a player decides he wants to leave, and states publicly that he doesn’t think he will play for City again well there is only one thing that should be done.
If homesickness is the real reason for his decision then he must be allowed to leave for another club but that club must not be another Premiership one. If he is homesick in Manchester I do not see what will change after a move to London for example.
The breakdown in relationship with ’certain executives and individuals’ excuse is a more worrying one though. It could signal interference of the team and as time goes on the situation will grow and we may see others head for the door. again he should be allowed to leave in January and we now have the capital to wish him luck and move on. A few seasons ago City would have been destroyed if a player of Tevez’s caliber left us, but not now. At worst it is a distraction from what City have achieved this season.
We should not however negotiate with him if it is the case that he just wants more money. Wayne Rooney did that with United and got a new deal, Derek Jeter tried it with the New York Yankees and got his contract renewed, but for nowhere near the pay he was demanding. The Yankees basically made Jeter their offer, when he said he would only accept if it was more they told him, good luck. They knew he wouldn’t find a team willing to pay him what he was on, he knew that if he left he would be leaving the one team he has played for all his career and in the end sense prevailed. If City were to take the United path then who will be next knocking on the door?

Personally I do not think that City should block him, but they also should have a fair price in mind and do a deal that is good for us. The fans should also, and I have no doubts they will, continue to support him while the sky blue shirt is on his back and wish him luck and thank him when he leaves. He has in such a short time become a fans favorite and a City hero…but we survived when the previous heroes moved on or retired and we shall again. We will also, I have no doubts, have other City heroes going forward. The future is still bright and is most certainly still blue, but lets keep our class and not vilify him like those from United did. We are bigger than that and most certainly better. Also think of what egg is on the face of those who slated Rooney a few months ago and now chant his name from their sofas!