£50 million Tevez?

I heard a rumour that Liverpool were interested in signing Carlos Tevez for £50 million. Where people get these ridiculous prices from is beyond me. Given that Liverpool don’t have £50 million to spend and have never even spent half that amount on a single player, the suggestion has all the credibility of Fergie’s assessment of his team’s performance in their 4-1 home defeat to Liverpool.

It is believed Tevez can be signed for a fee in the region of £25 million and, if true, I hope Liverpool are interested. Yes he may look like a deformed rottweiler but as a player I rate Tevez highly and firmly believe that without him, Man United would not be Premiership champions right now. He is a huge crowd favourite at Old Trafford and what better way to wind up Alex Ferguson than stealing a quality player from under his nose.

In terms of work rate and industry, Tevez is very much Benitez’s type of player but this guy can also hit the back of the net too and would be an invaluable addition to our squad. He’s at a good age with his peak years still to come and if he needs any incentive to join Liverpool he can look at the fact he would be rejoining his Argentinean captain and international team mate Javier Mascherano as well as fellow Argentines Emiliano Insua and possibly Sebastian Leto (work permit permitting). We also have Maurricio Pellegrino on the coaching staff while Benitez has a history of getting the best out of Argentinean players – notably at Valencia.

If we were willing to pay £20 million for Robbie Keane last summer, at £25 million Tevez is a bargain.