City players return for pre-season amid Tevez speculation

Carlos Tevez’s transfer request has shown little sign of disrupting proceedings for Manchester City, with players returning for the first day of pre-season training yesterday and Stefan Savic expected to soon be confirmed as the club’s second signing of the summer.

Partizan Belgrade defender Savic, who has been in Manchester for a medical, is poised to complete his move to Eastlands just days after the arrival of Gael Clichy from Arsenal.