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Carlos Tevez's defiance has cost the Manchester City striker more than £9m in wages, fines and lost bonuses. The club have not paid their one-time captain since the end of November and their chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, has issued a statement saying that, unless Milan meet City's asking price, they will not contemplate a deal.

Tevez was found guilty last month of breach of contract for travelling to Argentina without consent and fined six weeks' wages – a total of £1.18m.

He has remained in South America ever since, although for the past two months he has received no wages from Manchester City, who believe him to be in breach of no fewer than three clauses in his contract. This has cost the striker, who will turn 28 next month, a further £1.7m.

Even before he brought matters to a head by...

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