Football's Ugly Side (And That's Just His Face)

"Manchester City can confirm that striker Carlos Tevez has been suspended until further notice for a maximum period of two weeks.

"The player's suspension is pending a full review into his alleged conduct during Tuesday evening's 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. "The player will not be considered for selection or take part in training whilst the review is under way."

So says the official statement on the “Citeh” website regarding what is now known as the “Carlos Tevez incident” (how long before it is called Tevez-gate?”)

So if before the Man City fans thought he was god, perhaps now he to quote Monty Python, “isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy.”

Tevez, as well as being hideously ugly (you certainly couldn’t say it was “Sexy Football” where he is concerned, could you?) is a very good footballer. I might even go so far as to say he is brilliant actually – he has ripped my team to pieces for both Manchester clubs and for that reason alone I would love to see the back of him.

But there are more reasons than just that one.

What Tevez did on Tuesday – and indeed how he has behaved for months and months – is just the sort of thing we hate here at sexyfootball.

These people need to know just lucky they are to play football for a living, and to refuse to come on as a substitute as he appears to have done is nothing short of a disgrace.

It might be that there was, as Tevez claims, a misunderstanding – although quite how there can be a misunderstanding in the phrase “you’re on, son” I am yet to establish – and he might still be the good professional he claims to be but the fans in the Sky Blue half seem to be decided on the issue – especially if the story that someone pinned a sign to his gate telling him he was a “disgrace” is true.

As you know, at Sexyfootball we like to save you money on 5 and 6 a side football, but our general ethos is that we love football and want to see it protected. With that in mind, we have an idea as to how Manchester City could save themselves £100,000 a week or more…..