Tevez resigned to Old Trafford exit

CARLOS TEVEZ appears almost certain to leave Manchester United when his two-year loan spell with the club expires next month.

United are struggling to reach a compromise with Kia Joorabchian, whose company holds Tevez’s economic rights, and the club are beginning to resign themselves to his departure, despite insisting, in public at least, that they want to secure him on a permanent contract.

An impasse has been reached over the fee Joorabchian is demanding for Tevez’s services. United have been told they will have to pay at least £22m (€24.7m) to buy the Argentine forward but the Premier League champions are unwilling to meet that valuation.