Inter Milan offer £21m for Tevez as Man City consider cashing in on wantaway star

Posted Tuesday, January 17, 2012 by Dailymail

Inter Milan have ramped up their bid to prise Carlos Tevez away from Manchester City by lodging a £21million offer.

After city rivals AC Milan pulled out of the race to sign the rebel striker, Inter have now stepped up their chase.

The package does not meet City's valuation of the player - although they may be tempted to accept the cash offer to wash their hands of the wantaway star.

Inter owner Massimo Moratti said: ‘In football there are no secrets: the offer is €25m, now it’s up to them whether they accept it or not.

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'I believe that there are still other teams involved. There are still the English and PSG.

‘Do we need reinforcements? Apparently not, in principle ... but football doesn’t respond to these rules.

‘I would keep all of my players, but there is still time until the end of the market. We will see.’

Inter are expected to re-open talks over Tevez this week with the Barclays Premier League leaders, and will do so on the back of a 1-0 derby win over AC Milan on Sunday night.

It comes as Inter manager Claudio Ranieri gave little away on the chances of the club striking a deal to sign Tevez.

AC Milan last week pulled out of the latest round of negotiations for the Argentina international.

It was another Argentinian forward who scored the decisive goal on Sunday as Inter beat their city rivals to stay in the hunt for the Serie A title, with Diego Milito the man responsible.

Tevez has been the subject of interest from both Milan clubs, and Ranieri was asked in a succession of post-match interviews about the 27-year-old.

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