Tevez accepts City misconduct rap
City last month fined Tevez four weeks’ wages, later reduced to two weeks’ following intervention by the Professional Footballers’ Association, after a disciplinary panel found the player guilty of five breaches of contract relating to his behaviour on the bench during the match in Munich, on September 27.
The 27-year-old was also suspended for two weeks — although that punishment was deemed to have already been served — and with the deadline for lodging an appeal passing yesterday, Tevez opted against doing so.
Former captain Tevez was accused by manager Roberto Mancini of refusing to come on as a substitute during the second half of the 2-0 loss at the Allianz Arena. Mancini said afterwards the Argentina international would be “finished” at City as a result but Tevez denied the allegations, blaming a misunderstanding.
He insisted he had merely refused to warm up, something he felt unnecessary as he had already done so.
Meanwhile Kolo Toure, Tevez’s City team-mate, has accepted a fine of six weeks’ wages in relation to his suspension for failing a drug test.
Toure was handed a six-month ban by the FA in May, backdated to March 2, after he tested positive for a prohibited substance.
The 30-year-old, who claimed the positive test came as a result of taking his wife’s diet pills, made his playing comeback from the suspension in September, but last week had an internal disciplinary hearing at City, leading to the club’s announcement yesterday.
A statement released by City this evening read: “Following the conclusion of an internal disciplinary process, Manchester City Football Club can confirm that Kolo Toure has received a fine of six weeks’ wages which relates to doping offences committed by him earlier this year.
“Kolo accepts the decision and he and the club now wish to draw a line under this matter and focus on the season ahead.”
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