Carlos Tevez nets for Man City at Old Trafford

Manchester City are in no rush to meet striker Carlos Tevez's demand to leave Eastlands and are likely to ask in the excess of £40m to consider selling and the BBC Sport understands Tevez's latest request to leave City has left chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak "sanguine" about developments.

The club believe they are in a position of strength over any potential Tevez transfer and are in no mood to plead with the striker to stay and the Tevez is contracted at City until 2014 and spokesman said: "Carlos is a contracted player to Manchester City for another three years and we have had no offers for him."

Tevez, 27 and he asked City for a transfer in the December and while it now seems inevitable he will eventually move on the City are relaxed about the latest twist and are determined he will only leave when in the time and price is right for them.

City boss Roberto Mancini insisted recently that Tevez would stay after a proposed swap deal with Inter Milan for striker Samuel Eto'o fell through of there is still no great shock inside Eastlands after Tevez made his desire to leave public once again and the argentina international wants to be reunited with his family - with Milan believed to be a favoured destination of there is unlikely to be a swift resolution with City determined not to be railroaded into a deal by the player and his advisors.

Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City: Tevez Hits Stunning Free Kick As Mancini’s Side Leapfrog Arsenal Into Automatic Champions League Spot

A show of sheer brilliance from Carlos Tevez piled extra pain on Stoke City as Manchester City tightened their hold on third place in the Premier League after a guaranteed and comfortable display at the City of Manchester Stadium on Tuesday.

Pending after the Sky Blues' triumph in the FA Cup on Saturday, Roberto Mancini's side set Stoke to the sword and make sure that their final home game of the period gave the followers more to have fun.

Tevez's two goals were two of his greatest this time and showed the class Mancini has at his removal. The opportunity of Tevez is still in doubt and after this; Mancini will be distracted to retain his captain.

Manchester City Manager Roberto Mancini Claims Kevin Phillips 'Dived' To Win Birmingham City Equaliser

Manchester City director Roberto Mancini slammed the decision of arbitrator Kevin Friend to award a penalty which in the end cost his side two points as they drew 2-2 with Birmingham City at St Andrews.
City, who was leading good manners of an Aleksander Kolarov free-kick in the first half which follow Carlos Tevez's early hit and Nikola Zigic's equaliser, were pegged back when Kevin Phillips was cut down by Patrick Vieira in the area, giving Craig Gardner an possibility to equalize from the spot.

Speaking to journalists after the game, including Goal.com's Ian Murphy, Mancini admit he was upset but claimed that Phillips had 'dived' in pigeonhole to win the penalty.

Manchester City 0-0 Birmingham City: Boos Ring Around Eastlands As Defensive Roberto Mancini Tactics Cost Hosts

Manchester City stumbles to another damaging impasse after a replicate of their dour mid-week derby show saw a 0-0 draw with Birmingham City.
The terrace at Eastlands crackled with rebellion as the holdup grew exasperated at the tactics and decision of manager Roberto Mancini. His call to take off Carlos Tevez for defensive midfielder Gareth Barry saw many ahead of time head for the exit 10 minutes previous to the final whistle as the Blues fell further at the back the Premier League title pace.

Ears stung from the criticism of his suspicious derby tactics, the Italian deploy a 4-2-3-1 configuration, with David Silva in at the back Carlos Tevez. Despite a fresh attack from Mancini on Adam Johnson's work ethic, the winger was named on the right side with James Milner on the left input of Gareth Barry.

Tevez expects title challenge

Person on strike Carlos Tevez believes Manchester City are contenders for the Barclays Premier League title this period.
In spite of having so far unsuccessful to qualify for the Champions League, final fifth in May, the Argentina international thinks City are now in a position to take a giant leap forward. Manager Roberto Mancini has spender £75million in the squad this summer, bringing in Jerome Boateng, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Aleksandar Kolarov, and is still pursuing Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli and Aston Villa midfielder James Milner.

"Our aim should be to get better bit by bit, other than we know we must fight for the title," said Tevez who wait for this season's championship battle to be a five-way race between the recognized 'big four' of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool plus City.

"I can say for convinced that the winner will be one of these teams," he added in ZOO journal.

"The similar teams will be there and even though we have bring in new players, other clubs will match us.