LONDON — Carlos Tevez's emotional Old Trafford farewell to Manchester United fans celebrating their latest title was another painful chapter in a life and career that simply refuses to go in a straight line.

Seemingly unwanted by Man United, the 24-year-old Argentina striker is reluctantly looking for another club even though he wants to stay and the fans have been pleading for months for manager Alex Ferguson to turn his loan deal into a permanent one.
What seems on the outside to be a logical move just doesn't happen in the world of Carlos Tevez.
The small but tough striker, who bears ugly scars on his neck and upper chest after being scalded as a child, has weaved through tangled transfers and rule-breaking controversies - none of which were his own fault. Now he appears to be leaving United too in a move which has cast a large dark cloud on the club's latest title triumph.
Tevez, whose tournament-leading eight goals helped Argentina win its first Olympic soccer gold medal at the Athens Games, is one of the many South American stars whose contracts are owned by various business investors simply because clubs cannot afford the transfer or salary payments.
When he moved from Argentina's Boca Juniors to Corinthians in Brazil, there was a storm of publicity because the transfer fee of almost US$20 million was a record for a Brazilian club and critics said it was far too much to spend on one player. But the bulk of the money came from the English-based Media Sports Investment and the storm abated when his goals led Corinthians to league titles.
(Source: Canadian Press)