Is Carlos Tevez worth £35m?

Manchester United are looking to break the British transfer record by securing the signature of Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez. Tevez has already become a fan favourite at Old Trafford, and is eager to remain at Manchester United.

So do you think it is vital for Manchester United to secure Carlos Tevez at Old Trafford? Is he worth £35m or would the money be better spent elsewhere?

This is not an easy question. Some people will say that it is stupid money to pay this much for one player, but if that one player is important then way not. Over the last two seasons i have been undecided on Tevez. However, when i watched the second leg against Barca, i realised just how important he can be for a team. He was your best player on the pitch and worked as hard as anyone. The main problem is that he seems to be the second striker. If man united are going to play one upfront, he will be left out. This happened a few times last season. If you are going to spend 35million on a player, he has to be your main man. You have to get the most out of him, not leave him on the bench. There has been a lot of talk about man united signing berbatov, who would be a great signing. If this deal goes through can you afford to spend 35million on Tevez. I know that you are up there with the richest clubs in the world but would he be worth it if he is 3rd best forward on your team? IMO you should not sign him if the berbatov deal goes through. This will leave you a player short but you don't need to pay 35million for someone who could turn out to be a squad player. He is a great player but do you really need him, i don't think you do.

It is absolutely vital that Manchester United secure the services of Carlos Tevez. He is an integral part of the clubs continued success domestically and in Europe. It is because of THIS type of player that United have such a versatile and fluid attack. Tevez is a lethal finisher. A clinical striker of the ball. Able to play as an out and out striker or in a deeper lying forward role. He is a confident player who is not afraid to take on opponents in one on ones, shields the ball well from defenders, has incredible acceleration that allows him to turn his marker with ease. He single handedly kept West Ham United in the EPL. His work rate is phenomenal.

Manchester United have the money.......£35m is no problem and Tevez is worth every penny. Real Madrid have made an approach for him during the close season and he has turned them down. Carlos knows that he is already with the No1 club in the world. It is vital to pay out this money and keep this key player out of the clutches of one of our main rivals.

If I may 'color outside the lines' and pose a question..... In another section there was talk od 'another' American possibly buying a club, and the writer was against it stating that Americans should stick to football (american style). My response was, that the owners of Man U. have done a pretty good job. The response was shot back at me that they were $$$$$ dollars in debt.

Which brings me to my question to clear up my confusion, you say '£35m is no problem', (and I'm not denying or agreeing, since this is my question). Are they in that much debt? If they were, or are, then I would expect £35m would be a problem. Can you possibly clear this up for me?

Tevez is a very very good player, young and highly talented. He would be an asset no matter what team he plays for...............

I'm a big fan of Carlos, but i just want to say a few negative things about him. I don't agree with what you said Roonanialdo, Tevez isn't a particularly clinical striker, and doesn't really play the out and out striker role. He spurns many chances. He does work incredibly hard though, and has many fine attributes to his game.

He is young and hugely talented, but last season he had to play second fiddle to Rooney, despite being Man U's best striker. If Man U want the best out of him, then that can't be the case - he needs to start. If you bought him though, i'd fully expect that to happen, because when you pay that sort of money, you have an obligation to play that person.

I think Tevez has been good in his time in England, but not worth £35m. However, i feel he has a lot more to show us - he certainly hasn't shown his best yet. Three South American player of the year awards (more than Maradona and Pele) certainly indicate he has more. So for the player he already is, what he does. and what he can become, i'd happily pay £35m if i had an abundance of cash.

Strictly speaking no he isn't but as we have huge amounts of money anyway then I am happy for us to pay over the odds for a brilliant player such as him, especially seen as we already have him and I would be very upset to see him go.

Tevez is our No.1 striker for me and he's much better than Berbatov too in my opinion.

No. How is that fat joker possibly worth that much.

Manchester United are the highest financially valued club in the world....in any sport ($1.8b). Their owners have already made an absolute fortune (on paper) should they decide to sell the club. The owners borrowed the money to finance buying the club and then loaded the club with the debt. A shrewd business move I would say.......never the less....it is the owners with the debt and not the club. The clubs' turnover is huge and is more than adequate to finance the interest payments on the debt and to spend considerably in the transfer market. The owners are aware that it is necessary to have world class talent in the team to continue to be successful financially and they FULLY support Sir Alex Ferguson in whatever he decides to do in the transfer market. Providing whatever money is required to improve the team.

No. I'd say closer to £20m-£25m, but he is MSI-owned and they will do what they can to drive the price up (like Mascherano) as that is all they are concerned about; and (like Mascherano) the importance of that player necessitates his purchase.

The price isn't ideal, nor realistic, but should still be met if the funds are there. He has a lot more to come in my opinion.

It's the £30m they paid for Rooney you ought to be questioning...

It's off topic but your comment requires a response. Rooney is the most talented English player in the world and no club could buy him for £30m. If Berbatov and Robinho are valued at £38m and £35m respectively then I would value Rooney at £45m.

You don't spend £30m on "promise" as far as i'm concerned. You bought a barely 10-goal-a-season striker at the age of 19 based on the fact he could turn out to be world class. It was based on hope, more than anything. Which is all very well and good, but not if you're going to pay £30m.

And also, he didn't fulfil that hope. He has stagnated. He looked like he could be world class and has floundered in recent seasons. You're value of Rooney is ridiculous. £45m? I wouldn't even suggest he's worth the £30m you paid for him.

I can feel your jealousy Ben91.......you would love to have Rooney in the Liverpool side.

Sir Alex, Capello, Lippi, Sven, Pele.......must all be wrong about him according to you.

Id have too say tevez is worth 35 mil in todays transfer market..... if rooney is worth 30 and adebayor is being rated at nearly 30mil then is suppose so....

But to be honest i would rate him between 22mil-28mil....

Well, Rooney's something of a c*nt so no i wouldn't really want him.

Where have Sir Alex, Capello, Lippi, Sven and Pele justified paying £30m for an unproven teenager?

Most people end up talking about his work rate more than his ability which says everything.

So your assessment has nothing to do with football......fair enough.

They ALL rate him as world class.....unlike you...obviously you think you know better.

You are an absolute clown, and your arrogance is staggering.

Just because you rate Rooney highly, it doesn't mean everyone else does, and it certainly doesn't mean people only criticise him through jealousy.

''you would love to have Rooney in the Liverpool side''

What an arrogant arsehole. Ben had been criticising him, but you're so blinded and arrogant, you can think of no other reason for it than jealousy, and actually believe Ben would love to have that player in his team.

In actual fact, most Liverpool fans probably wouldn't want him - for both football and non-football reasons.

I wouldn't want him because he is loud-mouth thug with a temper, but also, now we've had an offer for Keane accepted, we'll soon have two better strikers, so there would be no reason to have Rooney in our team.

Not only do i envisage a partnership between Torres and Keane being significantly better than one between Torres and Rooney, but also, i firmly believe individually they are both better than Rooney.

But let me guess, you think Rooney wipes the floor with Torres and Keane, yeah?

I'd also like to add, that i think Babel can become a much more potent striker than Rooney, so i wouldn't want Rooney in the team as back-up to Torres and Keane, because that could restrict Babel's game time.

Grow up Sticky. Name calling is for the school playground. This forum is about debating opposing football opinion. And I just 'love it' that you don't like mine

Some advice: The insults completely detract from your arguments which end up getting ignored....and I know for a fact that YOU are jealous of Manchester United because you have previously admitted it to me on another thread.

Firstly, i don't recall ever saying i was jealous of Man U - i'm not. I will admit i despise their success, and i'm somewhat jealous of THEIR SUCCESS - but NOT THEM.

However, utter domination isn't as fulfilling, and jealousy would indicate i would want the teams to swap places when Man U were winning things, but that would mean Liverpool would have completely dominated for 40 years, which would've had a detrimental effect on the English game, and would mean the success wouldn't be as fulfilling. I would not want that.

I'd like to apologize for my name calling. I'm sorry, and you're right - it's juvenile.

And lastly, please can you reply to the beef of my previous post, instead of skipping around the edges and nit-picking. Your thoughts on the Keane/Torres/Rooney comparison, please?

Actually, the offence of both as a hole. Including Keane, because he has no taken his medical, so confirmation of his transfer imminent.

Fair enough.

I am not naive enough to believe that everyone SHOULD have a similar opinion to mine on Rooney. We shouldn't really be discussing this here as it is going off topic but I'm quite happy to debate this on the Rooney thread.

And my honest assessment of Torres and Keane is that I think it will improve Liverpool as an attacking force, they will pose a formidable threat to ANY defence. I can understand your belief that they offer a more potent threat than Tevez and Rooney, there isn't a lot in it, but, overall I still believe that both United players are superior to Keane, and to Torres.