Tevez ‘didn’t refuse’ claim

Carlos Tevez's advisor is adamant the Argentina striker did not refuse to come off the bench for Manchester City.

Kia Joorabchian insisted Tevez did not refuse to come on as a substitute for City during their defeat by Bayern Munich – and claimed post–match comments by the player suggesting he had done so were wrongly translated by a club interpreter.

Tevez is currently serving a two–week suspension pending a club investigation that he allegedly disobeyed Mancini's instructions.

Tevez's initial post–match comment was translated by a City employee as: "I did not feel right to play so I did not."

Joorabchian said: "The interpretation was incorrect. Both questions and both answers from Carlos were interpreted incorrectly."

Sky News have since had the interview interpreted independently, but in their translation Tevez still appears to confirm he decided not to play.