Manchester City has got
a great history coming to legendary players. The amount of trophies
might not reflect it, but the true fans know they've been enjoying
many special moments and matches along the road. Colin 'The King'
Bell without a doubt the most named player – and rightly so, with
his amazing pace and productivity. And we drink a drink a drink...
For me the Colin Bell
of the current era is Carlos Tevez – not even a doubt about it that
he is actually the biggest signing the club has ever made. The whole
football elite wanted his signature, after the Man United hierarchy
decided not to give Tevez a contract after some amazing games with a
high work force. The fans wanted him to stay – they were there in
big numbers shouting 'Fergie sign him up' and took every
single opportunity to make their statement clear.
I wanted him as well.
As a die hard Manchester City fan you absolutely do not want to have
any former player of your enemy within your ranks – but this was
simply different. It already was that moment when he joined West Ham
United that something special hang around him. And he made the
Premier League his own, from scratch, helping the Hammers to survive
with an amazing brase of goals as first mark of big honour.
Carlos is a strong
believer in 'pride in battle'. Forget Messi. Yes he definitely
IS an amazing footballer, but playing in a way more comfortable
league and at a way more presented team. The Premier League has got
more competition going on and you need to work harder for your goals
compared to the La Liga. But Carlos isn't a quitter, he seeks and
tries to destroy the opposition and does it all on his own if
necessary.
But how about that
incident last season away at Bayern Munchen? Why do we actually still
brag about it, is my answer to that one. Whatever happened then was
either a situation between Carlos and manager Mancini, or it was
Tevez' his agent who wanted to earn some money by forcing a transfer.
It is for me quite clear that Joorabchian is very quiet ever since
that fiasco. And after a couple of stormy months Carlos fought
himself back into the first team and knew it would take a long time
to win back the fans opinion. He accepted his wrong doing, and
grabbed his single opportunity with both hands. We have to admire his
will power. The Munich incident is behind us.
The current situation
now is that his contract is set to expire, and he has indicated his
desire to move back to Argentina due of his family life. You can't
really blame him for that – two young children and he clearly
desires stability for them. But I really hope we will be able to
#KeepCarlos as he's City's saviour. Due of the fast we signed him, we
showed the football world we meant business. Carlos his signature
opened a lot of doors, it created many transfers. For example: nice
that Yaya Toure's brother Kolo was already playing for us, but he
would not have joined City due of him, he joined due of Tevez. And so
did Silva and so did quite a lot more.
Carlos deserves a
statue. Either coming from the new MetroLink stop, him standing
capping his ears facing the stadium, or either on the Ashton New Road
side, facing Trafford. However, I prefer the first option due of the
great stream of fans arriving via that route. - #KeepCarlos
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