CARLOS Tevez will be interviewed today as part of the disciplinary process that threatens to end his career at Manchester City, and then intends to fly to Argentina to get away from the controversy. Tevez will be accompanied by a translator as he tries to explain that the language barrier contributed to why he did not come on as a second-half substitute during City’s defeat against Bayern Munich last week.

Mancini has already submitted an official complaint that the player refused to take part, a version of events that has been corroborated by members of the backroom staff.