Power game that stopped the deal: "Did not want to put up more money"
Barcelona said no to Carlos Tevez to invest in their own talents.
Milan turned the striker down for more spectacular reasons:
Silvio Berlusconi's children helped stop the transfer.
Yesterday Pep Guardiola's had a press conference. The manager confirmed that Barcelona had received a request to recruit Carlos Tevez from Manchester City. Barça had discussed the transition carefully, and then declined.
- We considered the possibility but we value the players in our own academy highly and expect that they can handle this task, Guardiola said.
70 miles from there had been similar discussions going on. Milan vice president Adriano Galliani spoke with club president Silvio Berlusconi, but received negative answers.
Milan's owner had examined all possibilities to get Carlos Tevez at the club.
- But without the support of his children he didn't want to put up more money, says a Milan Contact to Sportbladet.
Berlusconi is according to the financial magazine Forbes Italy's third richest man. But his heirs have increasingly more to say and don't want to invest excessively in Milan.
- And il presidente himself is not what he was. He doesn't have the same power anymore, it's not like before. All the lawsuits, fines, and that he lost the prime minister position has lowered him, said a person with extensive experience in Milan.
On Monday, Berlusconi as usual had lunch with his children and discussed business, including Milan.
Barbara Berlusconi has also been at the lunch, but it's said that neither she, despite her Milan commitment, was keen to put money on Tevez. I Wonder why...
Berlusconi gave notice to Galliani that no more money would come. You would solicit Tevez just about Manchester City agreed to Milan's requirements from Friday's negotiations, thus deleting the clause that could make Milan debtors unless they bought out Tevez in the summer.
Manchester City are not revalued its decision. Without the clause, no transition.
The situation was particularly muddled by the head of the English club yesterday morning failed to reach Carlos Tevez on the phone. Coach Roberto Mancini will then have become upset and got the idea that Argentina was in Milan.
They searched him through various contacts in Italy and therefore spread the rumor among Italian journalists that Tevez was in town and that the transition was near, which has now been proven false.
Milan fans must content themselves with Maxi Lopez and the non-EU players the club took in the last minute to fill the quota. And Filippo Inzaghi stays.
- I'm too fond of this shirt to change the club, said the attacker in a statement yesterday.
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