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Marwood confident of Tevez stay

Carlos Tevez returned to training with his team-mates this week © PA Photos

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Brian Marwood is convinced Carlos Tevez will remain at Manchester City, despite the striker handing in a transfer request last week.

Tevez has cited a breakdown in relationship with senior officials at Eastlands and is set to hold showdown talks with manager Roberto Mancini on Friday.

The club rejected Tevez's transfer request and are determined to retain the services of the Argentina international.

"The statement has been put out and we have not wavered from that," City's football operations officer Marwood told Sky Sports News. "Carlos has three-and-a-half years to go on his contract and we have rejected the transfer request. He has come into training and been extremely professional and conducted himself very, very well. We are pleased in terms of his attitude and application and I do not see that changing.

"We rejected the transfer request because we feel he has a huge role to play at the club. That did not change before he made his transfer request and has not changed after he made the transfer request."

Marwood is convinced Tevez's decision to hand in a transfer request will not have any impact on his relationship with the rest of the City squad.

He said: "We have a very professional group and that group will stick together. I have no problems in terms of how they will react and they will be extremely professional. It is about keeping the group together, focused, and challenging for honours that we hope will come our way."

City will be monitored closely in the transfer market but Marwood claims they will not be throwing money around unless a decent opportunity presents itself.

"We feel comfortable with the group we have," Marwood said. "We believe there don't need to be too many changes, but you never know what might present itself. We are not going to exactly tell the world which players we may or may not be interested in."

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