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.
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.
