Carlos Tevez: A Move too Soon?
Did Carlos make the right decision in returning home to the team that created the monster known as El Apache? Many big clubs seem to think he finished his career too early.
Born as Carlos Alberto Martínez but later changed to his mothers surname after a conflict between his junior club All Boys and Boca Juniors, as you all know, Tevez has a distinctive burn on his neck and many people are curious to know what that’s from. He was accidentally scalded with boiling water as a child which caused third degree burn and kept him in the hospital for two months, after he joined Boca Juniors, Tevez refused an offer from the club to have them removed simply stating “the scars are apart of my past and who I am today”.
During Tevez’s career at Boca Juniors, he won the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in 2003 before moving to the Corinthians; which is still regarded as the highest transfer by a South American club ($22 million). Tevez then moved to West Ham United, helping the team remain in the Premier League in his only season, and then won two league titles and the UEFA Champions League with Manchester United.
During the summer transfer window in 2009, Tevez made a very controversial switch from Manchester United to bitter rivals Manchester City, the last person to do that was Terry Cooke in 1999. After a fall-out with former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, Tevez got a move away to Juventus for a fee around €10 million.
When he first came, there was a lot of speculation from the media if Tevez will be the one to do damage for the old lady, it was noted that Tevez never notched a goal while playing in Champions League. El Apache turned out to be exactly what the old lady ordered, his first season with Juventus he managed 19 goals in 34 appearances and claimed the Serie A top scorer, after that stellar year Argentina couldn’t help but notice and re-instate him into the team, the following year, Carlos Tevez scored 20 times followed with 7 assists, almost helping his side to win the treble for the first time in their history.
Which brings us to the current time and place, Carlitos Tevez and his wish to return to his home club, but can you blame him for wishing that? Everyone loves returning to the place that made them who they are, it’s the ultimate way of repaying the club that put you in the position you’re, but is it necessarily the best thing to do for his career at this time? No, Tevez is merely 31-years-of-age he has another two years of top-flight football considering Cristiano Ronaldo is at the ripe age of 30 and he has no desire to quit Madrid. Carlitos Tevez can still be making premium money and playing top flight football with the Old Lady and become larger than life in Italy like fellow Argentine compatriot Diego Maradona. Tevez wasn’t built like that, the fame has never tainted his vision and that’s something everybody must admire, he wants to restore glory to the time that gave him all this glory and put faith in him.
Everyone in the footballing universe should be applauding Tevez’s decision to return back to Boca Juniors because like all the famous people say “Never forget your roots”. Good job, Carlos Tevez.