The Argentine, who has not played for the Premier League leaders since refusing to warm up in a Champions League match at Bayern Munich in September, has been linked with Italian clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan.
Milan's pursuit appears to have hit a brick wall as City have ruled out a loan deal which is favoured by the Serie A club, while Inter President Massimo Moratti confirmed his club's interest in the player on Monday.
"I think maybe we can find a good solution in January... also because it is important for Carlos. Now it is three or four months that he hasn't played," Mancini told a news conference.
"I know that there is Inter maybe that is interested because I read the newspapers, and Milan the same but I don't know the last news."
"We don't do anything just for fun; if we do something it's because we think it could be a good deal," Moratti said on Inter's website.
"It all seems normal to me: we were interested in finding out how things stood [with Tevez], if there was any room for manoeuvre. We'll see if we're successful, if we can bring him here or not."
