Source: Team_Talk
Vieira: City can recover from Tevez exit
Former Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira believes the club would soon recover from the sale of captain Carlos Tevez.[LNB] The Argentinian playmaker looks set to leave City after the club reached an agreement with Brazilian outfit Corinthians.[LNB]Vieira is full of praise for the role the influential Tevez has played in City's development over the past two seasons, but expects the club to quickly move on.[LNB]Vieira, who announced his retirement last week, said: "It is never easy to lose players like Carlos Tevez.[LNB]"In the last two years he has been fantastic for the football club, scoring goals.[LNB]"The club has grown that fast and Carlos has made a huge contribution to it, like all the players.[LNB]"But in football, it is not the first time a big club has lost a big player.[LNB]"I believe we can still achieve our targets and we will still have a really competitive team.[LNB]"The players will take more responsibilities on their shoulders and that will make them better players.[LNB]"If Carlos does leave we just have to wish him good luck and say thank you for everything he has done for the football club."[LNB]Tevez has often voiced his unhappiness with life in Manchester and spoken of his desire to be closer to his family in Argentina.[LNB]City turned down a £40million bid from Corinthians last week and were thought to be holding out for £50million for a player who scored 20 goals in the Barclays Premier League last season.[LNB]However, speaking on the club's pre-season tour of North America, manager Roberto Mancini told Sky Sports News: "We have an agreement with Corinthians but Carlos now is still a City player."
