London: Carlos Tevez is willing to stay at Manchester City until next summer if he is granted a move away from the Premier League club then.
The 26-year-old was expected to return to training later yesterday and continue to make himself available for first-team duty.
However, there were suggestions on Monday night that City might send Tevez home from training, which would only fuel his sense of discontent.
He is also prepared to travel to Turin, for example, for tomorrow's Europa League tie against Juventus even though it is a "dead rubber".
It is understood that Tevez also accepts that City might want to strip him of the captaincy because he submitted a written transfer request and because of his statement on Sunday evening which highlighted that his relations with "certain executives" had "broken down beyond repair".
That was a clear reference to chief executive Garry Cook, in particular, who is believed to have taken an aggressive stance to Tevez's situation after the Argentine made it known that he wanted to quit City last July.
Blame game
Although the player made reference to this in his statement, the club have subsequently denied Tevez asked for a move last summer. City blame Tevez's representative, Kia Joorabchian, for the souring of relations while there are two polarised claims: the club insist the rift is about money and the demand for a new contract while the player's camp are adamant that his desire to leave is about his happiness.
If City also attempt to suggest that Tevez had initiated contract talks and made outrageous demands then it was likely to result in the release of emails showing that it was the club who had proposed negotiations and made an offer.
Significantly, City do not deny that Tevez was offered a bonus, thought to be around £5 million (Dh28.9 million) earlier this season, which the player turned down.
If he was purely motivated by money it is hard to believe he would not have accepted the offer, which was unsolicited.
Tevez's camp reject claims that they asked for an improved deal last week. It is hoped that the stand-off between the two sides might calm down over the next few days and it may well be that the way in which the club now approach Tevez determines how this crisis plays out.
