Should United make Tevez move permanent?

Should United make Tevez move permanent?

ARTICLE BY Shane Edwards

Sir Alex Ferguson will be far from overjoyed after reading comments made by Carlos Tevez regarding his future. Tevez is frustrated at the delay over securing a permanent deal at Old Trafford and denied reports from the club suggesting he had rejected an initial deal, saying no negotiations had taken place.

Carlos has made no secret that his preferred choice would be to stay put at Old Trafford, however he has warned Sir Alex that he may have to look elsewhere if a deal cannot be completed.

“Now all clubs are on an equal footing. If a club comes to me and offers me a five-year deal, I will accept it for peace of mind,” he said.

Tevez's economic rights are owned by Kia Joorabchian, and United will have to fork out around £32million to make the move permanent, however as the Argentinian has fallen out of favour, spending much of this campaign warming the bench, he is hardly in a position of strength to negotiate a deal in this way.

Given the economic climate and the £32million price tag, would United be better off allowing Carlos Tevez to leave in the summer, or would it be money well spent if they were to make the move permanent?

In my opinion they should and start playing him over Rooney because he's much better. That said, Rooney will always be our no.1 so long as Ferguson is in charge and with that in mind why have a £30m back up striker? On the other hand we're rich and even £30m is a drop in the ocean really so why not? It's not like the rest of our squad needs much investment.

I think Sir Alex uses Tevez as a super sub like Solskjaer.

It depends on the cash and how much the Club rate the player.

I certainly don't think it's worth that much, considering he's not a regular starter despite what fans of Tevez say. I know Fergie and co. love Rooney but I do think there's quite a few reasons for that, off form or not.

I wouldn't be paying that stupid amount of money for one player who isn't really crucial to the structure of the squad. £32m could be spent on many great things for the Club and during a time like this it'd be wise to spend intelligently. But it is brand Man Utd and splashing cash on big names is what they do from time to time.

i doubt anybody would pay £32m for him.... barring perhaps man city.

having said that i certainly rate him above rooney

Personally I dont think £32m for his is good business for anyone, I'd rather let city have him for that price and nick young Sturridge from under their noses on a Bosman.

Sturridge will never be better than Tevez and Man Utd isn't about stealing a bargain and getting value for money because we're rich. We can afford to overpay to get the players we need and it really doesn't matter.

Are you sure about that, by we, do you mean the Glazer family, as they are the owners of Red Football, the parent company of Manchester United PLC , the same Glazers that are in financial trouble and trying to offload the Tampa Bay Bucaneers to anyone that wants them.

Tevez is definatly not worth £32m, or anywhere near that amount. Maybe about half that.

You've seen the money we've spent on transfers the last few years. I trust David Gill to know how to manage the club. We clearly have the money to spend if Tevez is the right player for us.

So why do you think the offer hasn't been made then Fake? If money was no object, then surely they would have snapped him up before now? United do not have bottomless pockets mate.

Because we didn't need to. We've always had that agreement to buy him for £32m. Why buy him straight out when we can try him for two years and see if it works out? Ferguson was always going to wait it out two years no matter how good or bad he played because it's the common sense option. No we don't have bottomless pockets like Man City or Chelsea but we do have a lot of money and can easilly spend £20-50m every summer if needs be. Considering our squad needs zero investment outside of maybe a central midfielder (for which we just bought that Serbian) and we'll sooner or later be cashing our chips in for Ronaldo, if Tevez is the player we want then there's no problem dropping £32m for him, even if it is £10m or so over the odds.

The world isn't flooded with players of Tevez's class by any means, so if we have to pay a little more than he's worth and we can afford it then we should bite the bullet and sign him. I don't want Man Utd turning into penny pinching Arsenal. You don't win trophy by signing bargains you do it by signing the best players and Tevez is a top player. What is £10m over the odds if we win the league and Champions League this year?

I think Tevez will leave at the end of his two year loan deal and United will fiand forwaard who does not cost as mch but same quality.

What strikers are as good as Tevez but cheaper and availiable. Bearing in mind Tevez is only 24.

They paid £33m for Ferdinand, £28.1m for Veron, £31m for Rooney and £30.75m for Berbatov (+ Fraizer Campbell for 1 years loan), so values of that range aren't uncommon for United.

I suppose it would be something else to pay that amount of money for a squad player.

They'd be better investing in their midfield for me, as good as i think Tevez is.

Yeah, there's nobody really stepping into the shoes of Paul Scholes. Not that it's easy to bring in a player of that kind, but I don't think there's really anyone in their with the consistency or class in their all round game to step in and take over. There is a hatful of some real talents around the squad, but none who are established as such.

Owen Hargreaves could have been a big player but sadly he's a crock. Anderson has talent and a lot of energy, but I don't think he quite works out in that role.

I would pay £30m for Tevez, and make him a starter. He's easily good enough to be starting, and in my opinion is worth every penny of that money. He's so beneficial to the team, and has ability even beyond what he has demonstrated in England.

Can you imagine how good he would be if he spent an entire season as a starter, instead of having to make do with scraps and a little run of games here and there, like at Man U and West Ham.

Tevez is one of the most consistent player united have and a key to any success they will have and in that way he should be signed. If Carrick was worth 18 mil why are united dragging their feet with tis deal.

The answer to that is because Tevez doesn't start for Man Utd. Why? The answere to that is for non-footballing reasons, such as popularity and money. Berbatov (expensive new signing), Rooney, expensive and a fan and manager favourite).

I think Anderson will replace him in time. He's only 20 and is probably already a starter. His passing is excellent and his tackling is already much better than Scholes.

All he really needs to do now is learn to really stamp his authority on games and to shoot. His shooting is the worst I've seen from any Man Utd player ever.

I think Diego at Werder Bremen or Ribery at Bayern would be a good signings to replace Scholes (excluding Kaka, Xavi, Iniesta, Sneijder, Fabregas and other obviously unrealistic players) but we've never even been so much as linked with him so it will never happen.

As I've said in other threads, Man Utd are very average in midfield and this means we struggle in big games against top sides like Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan, Arsenal and so on.