Tevez admits to considering retirement

Eastlands hero Tevez, 26, has enjoyed a successful career in South America and England, winning major honours at Boca Juniors, Corinthians and Manchester United and showed good form last season after joining City in a big-money deal.

However, the Manchester City star has now explained that he is feeling homesick and, after Argentina's humiliating 4-0 defeat to Germany in the World Cup quarter-finals, he concedes that he has fallen out of love with the game.

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Gary Parkinson is a freelance writer, editor, trainer, muso, singer, actor and coach. He spent 14 years at FourFourTwo as the Global Digital Editor and continues to regularly contribute to the magazine and website, including major features on Euro 96, Subbuteo, Robert Maxwell and the inside story of Liverpool's 1990 title win. He is also a Bolton Wanderers fan.