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Man City boss Mancini straight into Khaldoon talks to dump Tevez

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will go straight into talks with chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak over the future of Carlos Tevez today.

With City trailing to two goals from Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez, manager Mancini told Tevez to warm up but was stunned when last year's captain refused.

The altercation with Tevez was clearly seen on television and afterwards the City boss was categoric about the way forward.

Mancini said: "For me, if a player plays for Manchester City in the Champions League and earns a lot of money and does this, then he can never play for me again.

"I have helped him for the last two years and I can't accept this from him. For me, he's finished. I cannot go on with him. If I decide these things then he's finished.

"I have helped him and now he's refused to play. At Bayern Munich, do you think this would happen? Would it happen at Milan or United? I am the manager and I make the decisions and in my opinion he can't play for me again.

"I am unhappy and I should be unhappy with this. I will speak in the next days with the chairman Khaldoon. That is normal because he is the chairman."

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