Carlos Tevez to be fined for going AWOL in Argentina

Last updated : 09 November 2011 By Daily Mail

The rebel striker faces a new disciplinary charge from Manchester City after defying Roberto Mancini again by flying home to Argentina without permission.

Tevez looks set to be fined a further two weeks' wages after he failed to arrive for training at 11am on Wednesday.

That never looked likely given our pictures showed him arriving in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

Carlito's way: Local media mob Tevez and Florencia at Buenos Aires airport

Sportsmailcan reveal that Tevez's representatives asked City's temporary chief executive John McBeath at the weekend if the 27-year-old could spend a week in Argentina but the request was denied as manager Mancini wanted him to continue working on his fitness.

Tevez then asked Mancini's assistant Fausto Salsano on Monday and was again turned down after the second request had been relayed to the City manager.

However, it appears Tevez ignored these instructions and flew to South America anyway. On arriving at Buenos Aires airport with his daughter Florencia, Tevez said only: 'I amhere to get some rest.'

The striker was on a day off on Tuesday anyway so had not breached his contract.

He has been training on his own at Carrington for the last month as City's fitness staff endeavour to get him in shape.

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However, it can also be revealed that Tevez has missed at least some of that training in recent weeks with mystery injuries.

On two occasions, he has not trained because of non-football related injuries and as a result Mancini's staffbelieve he has made relatively poor progress as they try to get him in acondition in which he could theoretically play a competitive game.

City will treat him as they would any other player who disobeyed direct instructions. He can expect to be fined two weeks' wages, in accordance with PFA guidelines.

It comes after he chose not to dispute his punishment for allegedly refusing to play against Bayern Munich in September.

Excluded: Mancini has been taking care of first-team matters while Tevez (below) has been training with the reserves

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Source: Daily Mail

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