It looks like Carlos Tevez's five year stay in England is about to come to an end with the Argentine seeking a move back to South America to be near his family, but I'm sure it won't only be Manchester City fans who miss the man who has undoubtedly become one of the best strikers in the world since his move to the Premiership.
It's not only goals that Tevez has taken with him wherever he's gone. Since his arrival at Upton Park in the summer of 2006 with fellow country man Javier Mascherano there has been no shortage of controversy surrounding Carlos, with third party ownership by company Media Sports Investments aiding West Ham United to sign both of the South American superstars.
The Hammers were fined a record £5.5 million the following April for breaching Premier League rules when signing Tevez and Mascherano. But a month later Tevez scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford, in what ironically would be his last game for the east end club before moving to the Red Devils, and it subsequently kept them up whilst sending Sheffield United down.
Unsurprisingly bitter about being relegated, the powers that be at Sheffield United argued that West Ham should have been subject to a points deduction when they were punished for the signings of Tevez and Mascherano. It took almost three years for an agreement to be reached, so a long time after both Tevez and Mascherano had left the club, with both teams agreeing an out of court settlement of £20 million to be paid to Sheffield United in compensation for them going down.
After one season for West Ham that saw him win 'Hammer of the Year' Tevez made the move to Manchester United whilst rejecting an offer from Inter Milan as he wanted to remain in England. Due to the ongoing saga of who actually owned the striker, United signed him on a two year loan deal. He joined a side that already boasted Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney in their front line, and the three of them together were even referred to as the 'Holy Trinity' what with their goal scoring ability and being three of the best attacking players of the last decade or so.
However with this much talent at one club Tevez didn't get the amount of first team action he hoped. When his two year loan deal came to an end he stated he would be leaving saying he was dissatisfied with being dropped from the team despite, in his opinion, not having played badly.
For a while rumours circulated that Tevez would be leaving for bitter rivals Liverpool, something only one player has ever dared to do, but these rumours turned out to be false and the talisman instead opted for the slightly less controversial move to cross-city rivals Manchester City!
It was the erection of a billboard poster by Manchester City that sparked more bad feeling between the two clubs about the move. One which depicted Tevez all in sky blue, with a sky blue back drop, and the words 'Welcome to Manchester'.
Since joining City Tevez has scored 43 goals in just 63 appearances for the club and was made captain by manager Roberto Mancini for the 2010/11 campaign which saw the side finish third in the league and win the FA Cup for the first time in over 40 years. But it looks like Mancini will have to find himself a new captain for next season with it looking almost certain that Tevez won't be a Blue.
Amidst rumours that Carlos would be moving to either Italy or Spain in the summer City's captain said he would stay at Eastlands if his family problems could be resolved, only to later say he was planning to leave Manchester and never return, 'not even holiday' to quote the man himself. It would seem the Argentinean goal machine is all set for a move back to South America after his wife and children moved back there not long ago, but with a move to former club Corinthians recently falling through it remains to be seen where the controversial striker that has become a household name in European football will end up next.