Carlos Tevez s ongoing dispute with Manchester City has cost him nearly 10 million pounds.
Now, in the latest saga, the disgruntled Argentine may take his bitter feud to the Premier League after he was hit with a six-week fine worth more than one million pounds for going AWOL.
The former City skipper is weighing up an appeal after he was hit in the pocket by the Etihad Stadium club in a development which means the ongoing row with his paymasters has cost him a staggering 9.3m pounds.
Tevez has been left counting the cost of his misdemeanours after being found guilty of gross misconduct for his actions since November 7 when he travelled back to Argentina from England without official permission.
Relations between Tevez and the club took a further turn for the worse as the 27-year-old was found guilty on December 22 last year of gross misconduct. He had until January 7 to appeal against that decision and he left it until the last minute to lodge his appeal.
The appeal hearing was held by directors on the City board on January 11 but he saw it dismissed and now has until January 30 to approach the Premier League.
A City statement said: The club can confirm that Carlos Tevez was found guilty by a disciplinary hearing on Dec 21 of gross misconduct for serious breaches of contract and was fined six weeks’ wages.
Carlos elected to appeal the finding, which was dismissed by an appeal panel made up of club directors. He has until Jan 30 to make a final appeal to the Premier League.
Tevez, who is paid almost 200,000 pounds a week, has lost two months wages since he went AWOL and that is on top of the 400,000 pounds he was fined for refusing to warm up in the Champions League group game against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in September.
But Tevez, who joined City from Manchester United in 2009, has also forfeited 6m pounds in loyalty bonuses for the remainder of his contract following transfer requests submitted in December 2010 and another last summer.
City, who value Tevez at 25m pounds, are keen to part company with the player, but have made it clear that he will only be allowed to leave on a permanent basis rather than on a loan deal.
Meanwhile, City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said AC Milan are currently not an option for Tevez, as terms over a deal are yet to be agreed by the two clubs.
Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani has repeatedly spoken publicly about negotiations to sign the player.
But the City chairman has been left unimpressed by the way Galliani and the club have conducted themselves, and has suggested Tevez could still remain at the Etihad Stadium this month if suitable terms are not agreed for a transfer.
Carlos remains a player with contractual obligations to Manchester City for the next two and a half seasons, Al Mubarak said in a statement to The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi.
Unless we receive an offer that we deem appropriate, the terms of his contract will be enforced.
Inter and Paris Saint-Germain approached discussions with us in good faith, and it is always a positive experience to deal with people with a professional approach.
As things stand AC Milan isn t an option for Carlos Tevez. Mr Galliani and his advisers have developed a misplaced sense of confidence from their premature discussions with Carlos and his advisers.
If they want to be a consideration in this transfer window they would do better to stop congratulating one another and begin to look at how they would meet our terms.
