Source: Daily_Mail
Fighting talk: Sir Alex Ferguson 'not bothered' if Carlos Tevez plays in derby
Sir Alex Ferguson does not care whether Carlos Tevez recovers from his knee injury or not - because Manchester City's best player will miss the derby-day showdown with United at Old Trafford on Sunday. [LNB] While Tevez has created all the cross-club headlines this summer with the acrimonious manner in which he moved from United to City, Ferguson has identified Emmanuel Adebayor as the main danger. [LNB] Suspended: Ferguson believes Adebayor is Manchester City's star performer[LNB]City escape: Carlos Tevez [LNB] The £25million striker has scored in all four games as the Blues opened their Premier League campaign with a 100 per cent record. Now though he is consigned to watch from the sidelines after picking up a three-match ban for his awful tackle on Robin van Persie last weekend. [LNB]'I am not bothered whether Tevez plays or not - Manchester City's best player won't be playing,' said Ferguson. [LNB]'Adebayor is their star player, there is no question about that. He has scored in every game so far.' [LNB]Ferguson repeated his assertion that City behaved in an 'arrogant and cocky' manner when they displayed their infamous Tevez "Welcome to Manchester" poster in the city's main shopping area this summer. [LNB]'That stupid poster upset us,' he said. 'It showed an arrogance. It was naughty. [LNB]'It showed a cockiness that wasn't required at the time because they hadn't done anything. The season hadn't even started.'[LNB] Upper hand: Ferguson still believes Liverpool are United's real rivals[LNB] Manchester City are so cocky: United boss Sir Alex Ferguson tries to spark a derby row with Mark HughesLook who's in the running for a shock Manchester derby appearance...The Manchester derby: Four classics from 128 years of rivalryMANCHESTER UNITED NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND THE NETMANCHESTER CITY NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND THE NET[LNB]
