Carlos Tevez Stripped of Man City Captaincy by Roberto Mancini And He Moved To City From Rivals Manchester United in July 2009.

Carlos Tevez has been permanently stripped of the Manchester City captaincy by manager Roberto Mancini and the Argentine striker spent pre-season searching in vain for a new club and has been replaced as skipper by defender Vincent Kompany for a mancini said that a Carlos wanted to leave for family reasons and he respected his opinion but Carlos is still here because we didn't find a solution of a i decided in a summer that Vinnie Kompany was the captain.

Tevez has made one substitute appearance for City this season and the replacing compatriot Sergio Aguero in 3-2 win at Bolton on 21 August for a he has been named in the squad to face Wigan on Saturday and it will not now be captain of a team.

City's Month Ahead for a 10 Sept v Wigan (h), 14 Sept v Napoli (Champions League, h), 18 Sept v Fulham (a), 21 Sept v Birmingham (Carling Cup, h), 24 Sept v Everton (h) and the 27 Sept v Bayern Munich (Champions League, a).

He has been named in the squad to face Wigan on Saturday and it will not now be captain of the team and the belgium international Kompany joined City from Hamburg in a 2008 and made 53 appearances in all competitions last season and he also won the supporters Player of the Year award as well as the players Player of the Year honour.

Tevez signed a 5 year contract with Manchester United's cross-town rivals, Manchester City, after a medical on 14 July 2009 On 12 September it was claimed that the transfer fee was £47 million a British transfer record was later denied by both Manchester City and Media Sports Investments and he was given the number 32 shirt just as he was at Manchester United and West Ham in signing for Manchester City, Tevez became the 1st player to move between the two Manchester clubs since Terry Cooke moved from United to City in 1999 and after he signing Manchester City erected a blue 'Welcome to Manchester' billboard with Tevez in the background.