Carlos Tevez has labelled his time in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua as a "holiday".
Forward Tevez secured a return to Boca Juniors for a third spell with the club this month, having left his boyhood club for China in December.
Asked about his spell in China by TyC Sports, Tevez joked: "I was on holiday for seven months in China.
"It's fine for the Shanghai coach and president to criticise me, I didn't know what I was doing there."
Addressing the end of his second stint with Boca, an exit that angered fans, Tevez added: "I know there are people who were annoyed by how I left, but that's normal.
"I was not in a position to give 100 per cent, but it was going to hurt the fans no matter what I did.
"Now the fans will see me again with the Boca shirt and they will be excited and happy."
