Brazilian giants Corinthians have offered 40 million euros to re-sign Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez.
City have set a price of £50 million for Tevez, and the first officially-tabled bid falls well short of that valuation. It might prove that Corinthians are a stalking horse to flush out bigger and better bids but Tevez's advisers still expect City to OK the move back to South America.
The agent of wantaway forward Carlos Tevez, Kia Joorabchian, has confirmed that discussions are underway for the transfer of the Argentine to Corinthians.
News broke on Monday night that the Brazilian club had tabled a bid of €40 million for the striker, who has expressed his desire to leave Manchester City and return to South America to be closer to his family.
Corinthians have until July 20 to complete the transfer, which is when the international transfer window for Brazilian clubs closes.
"Negotiations have already begun. Corinthians are in contact with us," said Joorabchian. "His [Tevez] dream and mine is to see him back with Corinthians. He said he has a job that does not end there, he wants to return because he has the dream of winning the Copa Libertadores.
"Corinthians have made the offer, now it depends only on Manchester City. The City has to make a decision.
"Everybody is working to make this happen, I, Corinthians, Tevez, Adrian Ruocco [the other agent who works for Tevez]. It is impossible to determine the situation, but I think it is close."
Joorabchian also claimed that Tevez would only ever sign for two clubs in South America.
"Carlos will not play for any other Brazilian club than Corinthians, that is an absolute certainty," he told ESPN Brasil. "Boca Juniors and Corinthians are in his heart. He would only play for these two clubs if he when back to Brazil and Argentina.
"Football in Brazil has changed, grown. His dream was always to return to the Corinthians, and this time there is a possibility."
Corinthians' director of football Duilio Monteiro Alves added that he was hopeful of completing a deal before the Brazilian transfer window closes: "I don't want to get our fans' hopes up. We'll try ... that's all I can say. [Signing Tevez] isn't impossible. It's a dream we're trying to realise."
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