Mancini scoffs at Tevez quit threat

(16-10-2010) Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has played down Carlos Tevez’s threat to quit football. The little Argentine recently said he had fallen out of love with the game and was looking forward to returning to Argentina without the pressure of high-profile football. Speaking ahead of City’s clash with Blackpool on Saturday, Mancini said: "Carlos is born to play football. I don't know if he will continue to play here for 10 years or whether he goes back to Argentina but he will play football." Mancini conceded that tiredness could be behind Tevez’s comments. "Carlos didn't work from the start of the season. He arrived here in August. After three days he went away with the national team. But he still needed to recover after the World Cup.”