Tevez stand-off with City has cost him €11m

MANCHESTER CITY chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak has warned AC Milan they will not allow Carlos Tevez to leave on the cheap just to bring an end to a long-running saga that has so far cost the controversial striker a staggering €11.1 million.

Although Paris St Germain and Inter Milan have both expressed an interest in signing Tevez, the 27-year-old would prefer to join AC Milan.

Yet the seven-time European Cup winners have failed to come up with a suitable offer, their last bid of €25m turned down two weeks ago.

However, pictures that have appeared of Tevez, trusted advisor Kia Joorabchian and AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani in Brazil earlier this month have angered Khaldoon.

And, in an unprecedented move, Khaldoon has spoken publicly to make it clear he will not be forced into a sale.

Khaldoon told the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National: “Mr Galliani and his advisors have developed a misplaced sense of confidence from their premature discussions with Carlos Tevez and his advisors.

“If they want to be a consideration in this transfer window, they would do better to stop congratulating one another and begin to look at how they would meet our terms.”

Tevez was fined a fortnight’s wages for his failure to warm up during City’s Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich in September.

It now transpires City stopped paying wages estimated at £200,000-a-week at the end of November and also fined Tevez six weeks wages for gross misconduct over his refusal to return from Argentina.

He also forfeited €7.2m in loyalty bonuses prior to the Bayern episode at the Allianz Arena due to his previous requests to leave City.