Carlos Tevez's advisor Kia Joorabchian believes just because Manchester City failed to offload the Argentinean striker does not mean he cannot have a long term future at the Etihad Stadium. The 27-year-old, City's top scorer last season, said he would never return to Manchester, not even on holiday, as he tried to force City to sell him.
Now he will be staying at City - until the January transfer window at least - Tevez has been joined in Manchester by his wife and Joorabchian sees that as a significant development.
Joorabchian told talkSPORT: "There were a couple of offers in for him but obviously he is an important player for City and they won't let him go for any (old) price.
"We couldn't quite match what City wanted.
"But at the end of the day - as Carlos said at the end of the season - professionally, he is happy at the club.
"He is happy in the situation, it was more to do with his family really.
"He has managed to convince his wife to come over for a while at least.
"If she manages to settle in hopefully in the next four or five months, maybe he will settle down and things will be fine."
Joorabchian added: "Carlos is the kind of player who adapts everywhere he goes.
"He adapts to every league and has won every major domestic competition he has ever played in.
"He himself has no problem with it but, culturally, Milan or Spain would be easier for the wife to adapt to.
"She could get around and communicate better. That was the major problem but the next four or five months will be very important."
Joorabchian admitted Tevez's wage demands limited the number of clubs that could be considered.
He said: "You can get down to teams like Inter, who made a couple of offers and maybe Real Madrid.
"You can really narrow it down to four or five teams in the world that could afford him."
