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Inter abandon Tevez pursuit

ESPN staff
August 17, 2011
Carlos Tevez now seems set to stay at Manchester City © PA Photos
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Inter Milan have apparently ruled out the prospect of signing Carlos Tevez from Manchester City - even if Samuel Eto'o completes his move to Russian side Anzhi.

Tevez is desperate to leave City in order to move closer to his family in Argentina, and the club are expected to let him leave if they receive a bid of £50 million from a European side.

But while Inter president Massimo Moratti admits the club need a striker if and when Eto'o departs, Tevez is not on the Serie A giants' radar. Instead, they are focusing on Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan and Napoli hitman Ezequiel Lavezzi.

"Eto'o leaving? When and if it happens, I will miss him a lot. He is a very serious professional, a top player in the true sense of the word, who has managed to drag the team and especially in times of difficulty he has always been on the top level, being a great player," Moratti said.

"He goes for the financial fair play and because when you get an offer like that it's hard to refuse it. The financial fair play is serious, not a joke: whoever doesn't respect the parameters will be out of European competitions. Will Tevez be the replacement? I don't think we will get him.

"Forlan? Lavezzi? These are the names on which we are working: we are watching, exploring, we'll see. With (Napoli owner, Aurelio) De Laurentiis we spoke of Lavezzi, but it could just be a contact which finishes there.

"Giuseppe Rossi? We never thought of him, we're looking for a player with different characteristics."

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