Manchester City have cut Carlos Tevez's fine to two weeks wages after the Professional Footballers Association refused to support a four-week penalty and the city found Tevez guilty of refusing to play and four other breaches of contract in a Champions League game against Bayern Munich in September.
The PFA backs Tevez's claim that he merely refused to warm up and said a two-week fine is the maximum allowed a city accused the PFA of a "conflict of interest" in its handling of the case to a city statement said, "Manchester City is disappointed by the apparent PFA conflict of interest evident in this process.
Carlos Tevez has been personally represented throughout by the PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor, on whose considerations the club has been informed that the PFA has made its decision and the manchester City has been in constant dialogue with the PFA since September 28th today's PFA decision is a departure from the club's understanding of that dialogue.
City have been further advised that manager Roberto Mancini's post-match comments in he claimed Tevez had refused to play, could amount to defamation of character and that legal action against him could be forthcoming and he had 14 days to appeal against the misconduct charge and is understood to be considering his legal options.
The PFA backs Tevez's claim that he merely refused to warm up and said a two-week fine is the maximum allowed a city accused the PFA of a "conflict of interest" in its handling of the case to a city statement said, "Manchester City is disappointed by the apparent PFA conflict of interest evident in this process.
Carlos Tevez has been personally represented throughout by the PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor, on whose considerations the club has been informed that the PFA has made its decision and the manchester City has been in constant dialogue with the PFA since September 28th today's PFA decision is a departure from the club's understanding of that dialogue.
City have been further advised that manager Roberto Mancini's post-match comments in he claimed Tevez had refused to play, could amount to defamation of character and that legal action against him could be forthcoming and he had 14 days to appeal against the misconduct charge and is understood to be considering his legal options.
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