Source: PA
Mancini relaxed about Tevez
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admits he can understand why Carlos Tevez might be feeling homesick - but is confident the striker will not cut his contract short at Eastlands.
Tevez will miss City's trip to Wolves in the Barclays Premier League with a thigh injury and has been given permission to travel to Argentina to visit his family before reporting back on Monday.
Team-mate Roque Santa Cruz has been quoted as saying the club captain wants to be back "among his people" in Argentina and that he thinks Tevez will return to his homeland after his current deal with City ends in 2014.
Mancini expressed his sympathy for Tevez but insists he has no fears about the 26-year-old quitting early.
Referring to reports of Tevez being homesick, Mancini said: "He never talks to me about this but I think it is normal. When you are in another country for a long time, it is normal that sometimes you need your country or your family. But he has his job here and it is a fantastic job. I don't think we have a problem."
Asked if he was worried Tevez might not see out the whole of his contract at City, Mancini replied: "No, not at all."
