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Corinthians currently have no plans to renew their interest in Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, according to general manager Edu.

Tevez's future at the Etihad Stadium is uncertain after he was handed a two-week suspension by City for allegedly refusing to come on as a substitute in September's 2-0 Champions League loss at Bayern Munich.

Brazilian club Corinthians were strongly linked with Tevez, 27, in the summer but a move failed to materialise, and ultimately he remained in the Premier League despite expressing his wishes to play nearer his Argentina-based family.

Former Arsenal and Brazil midfielder Edu told BBC Sport: "At the moment there are no plans to try and sign him again.

"I'm starting to think about our new squad for 2012 and I've talked to our coach [Tite] about what we need - but Tevez was not mentioned.

"We are always interested in world-class players like Carlos but you need to analyse if it's right for you at that time to try to sign him or not. We have not spoken to him or his agent.

"As things stand, we have not considered going for Tevez. On Wednesday I spoke to our club president [Andres Sanchez] to see if he wanted me to make contact and start negotiations while I'm over in Europe but he said no, it's up to you to decide.

"Of course, that could change. It's nice to be over here to see the real situation of Tevez and speak to people about him. Then we can start to decide if it's right for us to try again."

Edu felt the time constraints surrounding their attempts to land Tevez in the summer were the cause for the deal failing to be rubber-stamped, as the Brazilian transfer window closed on July 21.

He said: "I was talking to Manchester City in July and we tried to buy him for €40 million but the negotiations were not easy. We needed to arrange bank guarantees and other things. To organise all of that in two or three days was very difficult. That's why we lost him."

Edu also commented on Tevez's apparent refusal to play for City, adding: "It is very strange for me to hear that he refused to come on. Every player knows that sometimes you have to be on the bench, you work for the team whether you're playing or not.

"They pay him to work for the team whether he plays or not. I was a player and I can understand that sometimes it doesn't feel good to be on the bench, but if he decided not to play that was a very bad decision."

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