Carlos Tevez, the Argentine forward has had a career full of controversial transfers. He started off his career at Boca Juniors, a sports club based in Argentina. He played in decent form at the club Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in 2003.
Following his successful seasons at Boca Juniors, he transferred to Corinthians in 2005 for twenty two million dollars, making it the biggest transfer ever in South America. He captained the team was named the best player in the league. The series of controversies started in 2006 when Tevez refused to play for Corinthians and forced his transfer to West Ham United along with Javier Mascherano, this transfer was put in place by third party MSI and Global Soccer Agencies, which owned the players’ rights. At the time, West Ham United were on the verge of relegation and their transfer to the club, revealed this whole set of controversies.
The involvement of third parties in the transfer caused West Ham a fine of $5.5 million that they had to pay for breaching Premier League rules. But, Tevez was allowed to play for West Ham. His career at West Ham was very average, where he won a few games and lost quite a few. In 2007, Tevez made his start for West Ham, in his first game, Tevez scored a goal and assisted two others and helped West Ham win 3-0. In the last game of the season, when West Ham were on the verge of relegation, Tevez scored the only goal in the match, to help West Ham secure a place in the top flight of Premier League.
The same year, he was loaned to Manchester United where he played under Sir Alex Ferguson. His game improved a lot at Manchester United and he played most games and started on several occasions. He had a successful run at Manchester United where he scored a lot of goals and assisted on several occasions. But, in 2008, he started showing signs of being unsatisfied at Manchester United. But, all these reports were completely trashed by Sir Alex Ferguson. In 2009, when his loan tenure was about over, Manchester United put in an offer to buy him from West Ham, Tevez had other plans.
The second most controversial transfer of his soccer career was in 2009, where he joined the Manchester United rivals, Manchester City for a then record transfer of $47 million. He had a glorified career at Manchester City, where he helped the team win several games scoring on numerous occasions. Tevez won several awards while at City and became a household name. He was also named captain of the team in 2010 after only one season at City.
After a controversial incident during one of the matches, he was expected to leave City, but after failing to secure a transfer, he was fined at the club and wasn’t allowed to play in the first team for a few matches. Later, he was again a part of the first team and had a few more amazing seasons, before finally transferring to Juventus.
Tevez continued to show his form at Juventus. He was named the Serie A player of the year in the 2014-15 season. But, in 2016 he decided to transfer away from Juventus and venture into the Chinese League and transferred to Shanghai Shenhua, where he became the highest payed soccer player in the world. After playing in China. Finally, he decided to go back to where it all started, his boyhood club, back in Argentina- Boca Juniors, where he still continues to play.
Though, his career was filled with a series of controversies, he is regarded as one of Argentina’s finest forwards.