"He (Tevez) should be here next season, I certainly hope so," manager Alex Ferguson told reporters.
"I think he genuinely wants to stay and that's something we are trying to work towards. I've told him that repeatedly and there's not much more I can do."
Media reports from Tevez's homeland this week suggested the player was unhappy at being left out by the Premier League leaders for some important games and may find a new team for next season.
"Of course we are vulnerable because he is on loan, no question about that," added Ferguson. "That is our weakness."
"We are where we are, six games left in the Premier League and at least two games in the Champions League. Hopefully at the end of the season he'll realise he has made a big contribution," said Ferguson.
"That is what we say to all the players. When you deal with the squad I have got, and they are all internationals, at the end of the season if we have won something they should all feel they have made a contribution to that success."
"Whether the games he has played are important games or not is a different question but he has played in quite a few big games," said Ferguson.
"I don't want him to be unhappy because he is an important player for us.
"The difficulty is when you've got the options I've got. I bought another striker in (Dimitar) Berbatov, as well as having the option of playing (Cristiano) Ronaldo as a striker.
"You create problems for yourself because all good players want to play in every game but they can't play in every game in this league, it's impossible."
"He does give fantastic effort," said the manager. "That is one of his best qualities.
"He is a tiger, he fights for every ball, he holds it up well, he is a handful to play against, we know that, but I go back to the point he has played more minutes than any of the other players up front and I think if he looked at that he would think differently."
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