By: Ryan Bode
Carlos Tevez
Old Team: Juventus
New Team: Boca Junior
Basic Demographics:
Carlos Tevez has had one historic career. The striker has been with West Ham United, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Juventus, but it all started back in Argentina with Boca Juniors. The 31 year-old is returning back to Boca Juniors after being unsettled in Juventus this previous season. Tevez is no stranger to a winning team like Boca Juniors, having won the Premier League title with Manchester United and Manchester City along with a couple of Serie A titles with Juventus. He plays primarily striker for most of his career including for Argentina when they were runner-up’s for the 2014 World Cup.
What Was His Transfer Fee?
Arguably one of the top strikers in the world, teams have been getting for a bargain. First Juventus got Tevez from Manchester City in the prime of his career for only €9 million ($9.91 million). Now Boca Juniors is paying a meager €5 million ($5.50 million) to Juventus for the contract of Tevez. For a Juventus fan I would be seriously angered with the front office management for letting such a talented striker in Tevez to go for less than €10 million ($11.01 million), let alone €5 million. Boca Juniors is getting a very talented striker for not even a bargain. This sale of Tevez is like a going out of business sale for Apple products, the customer gets the highest quality of hardware on the planet for not even a fraction of the costs. The only problem that can be foreseen from Boca Juniors is that they are going to be paying for Tevez with contracts of their youth players, sending them to Juventus. Boca Juniors could be giving up the next Messi to Juventus, but sending them away now to get a talented player like Tevez instead of later and getting nothing is a better use for Boca Juniors.
What He Brings To Boca Juniors?
This part should be titled “What He Brings Back to Boca Juniors?” Tevez is a goal scorer, plain and simpler. He tallied 20 goals in 32 appearances for Tevez, showing that he is a ball hawk. He is the whole package for a striker. He can possess the ball and shoot it from outside the box, finish through the air if given a chance, and even find the open man to create an opportunity to someone else due to his superb field vision. He also brings experience to Boca Juniors as well. Boca Juniors is notable for churning out young talent and Tevez can help mentor the youth due to his experience abroad.
What Are His Outlooks?
The Good
Carlos Tevez continues his spectacular performances into Boca Juniors. The fan base for Boca shoots way up while the club keeps on being one of the most successful teams ever. Tevez contributes to Boca Juniors even further by mentoring the youngsters on what works and what does not work on and off the field. The ideal situation is that Tevez will end his career at Boca Junior after winning a couple of Golden Boots for them and turn into a fantastic coach for the club. What is more likely to happen is that Tevez will follow in the footsteps of Thierry Henry, Kaka, Frank Lampard, and Steven Gerrard to name a few and go to the MLS as his final destination.
The Bad
There is no bad situation for Boca Juniors. The only way Boca Juniors would look on this as a bad signing is if in his first game he snaps his ACL, starts complaining about the organization, advises the young talent to think about themselves and not the team, states that the fans are horrendous, in addition to decapitating the head of the President of Argentina. ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO EVEN CONSIDER IT A BAD SIGNING!!!!
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