Happier times: Tevez is hoping to win over the doubters on his return to City

‘Last season we almost hit each other in the dressing-room after a game against Newcastle, but he’s got a better team this season and felt like making the decision.

‘I like that Mancini has said that he will welcome me back but he also said I was never going to play for him again, so I don’t know.’

Tevez’s condition will be assessed once he reports back to Carrington and he will be given a training programme to get him back to full fitness. Whether he makes the apology Mancini has demanded is another matter, however.

He added: ‘I’ve been training on my own and I know I can be back on the pitch in two weeks. There’s no need for City to make me have two training  sessions a day – I’ll do it myself. I have decided to go back for personal reasons to see if I can turn this situation around, start scoring goals again and play for the shirt. It’s also a decision I’ve taken to try to win back the supporters.

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