LONDON — And the prize for the climbdown of 2010 goes to . . . Carlos Tevez, who has been left eating so much humble pie he will need to diet.
The Manchester City captain slapped in a transfer request two weeks ago, citing irreconcilable differences with two executives, one of whom was chief executive Gary Cook. After a meeting with City chairman Kaldoon AlMubarek and Cook, Tevez withdrew his request and pledged his total commitment to the club.
Why the turnaround? How were Tevez's irreconcilable differences miraculously sorted out in an hour or so? Easy. The Argentina international was told he was going nowhere, and if he carried out his alleged threat to retire, City would sue him for the remainder of his contract.