Corinthians have not yet made an offer for Manchester City striker Tevez Carlos, but we believe it is closer to sealing a return to the Brazilian club.
Corinthians was interested in signing Tevez in the summer, when he declared a desire to leave the city, but a lot will not be completed.
But his long-term future is unclear after Roberto Mancini claims he refused to play against Bayern Munich led to an internal investigation to the City.
The case of Tevez refuses to play has not been tested yet has fined four weeks' wages by the misconduct and the city is willing to listen to offers, when it reopens in January transfer window.
While the city has made clear it will not allow the Argentines are in a transaction at a reduced price, the Corinthians president Andres Sanchez is now hoping to reach an agreement.
And Sanchez was quoted in the Brazilian media attempts to claim his club to sign Tevez is back on a reduced rate of nearly 16 million pounds.
Sanchez said: "Although many people do not believe it, Tevez is much closer to the Corinthians, as you can imagine.
"The initial offer was 40 million euros and now it is 18 million euros for all the problems he was back in England."
Corinthians sports director Edu seems less confident Tevez potential decline of his club, however, requires that no offers have been submitted to the city at this stage.
Edu, who played football with the city development executive Patrick Vieira at Arsenal, Tevez also recognizes that the key to its future.
"It is true that we have nothing to offer," said Edu calciomercatoweb.it.
"We're still thinking about Tevez, but we have to wait and see if there are good conditions. We know what the City Council decides, but what is the will of the player?
"If he wants to stay in Argentina or Europe, it is necessary for us to make an offer.
"My friendship Vieira? Patrick is a good friend, since our time at Arsenal and it is good to have good contacts with people from other clubs, but once again, the important thing now is to understand the will of the player ".
Corinthians was interested in signing Tevez in the summer, when he declared a desire to leave the city, but a lot will not be completed.
But his long-term future is unclear after Roberto Mancini claims he refused to play against Bayern Munich led to an internal investigation to the City.
The case of Tevez refuses to play has not been tested yet has fined four weeks' wages by the misconduct and the city is willing to listen to offers, when it reopens in January transfer window.
While the city has made clear it will not allow the Argentines are in a transaction at a reduced price, the Corinthians president Andres Sanchez is now hoping to reach an agreement.
And Sanchez was quoted in the Brazilian media attempts to claim his club to sign Tevez is back on a reduced rate of nearly 16 million pounds.
Sanchez said: "Although many people do not believe it, Tevez is much closer to the Corinthians, as you can imagine.
"The initial offer was 40 million euros and now it is 18 million euros for all the problems he was back in England."
Corinthians sports director Edu seems less confident Tevez potential decline of his club, however, requires that no offers have been submitted to the city at this stage.
Edu, who played football with the city development executive Patrick Vieira at Arsenal, Tevez also recognizes that the key to its future.
"It is true that we have nothing to offer," said Edu calciomercatoweb.it.
"We're still thinking about Tevez, but we have to wait and see if there are good conditions. We know what the City Council decides, but what is the will of the player?
"If he wants to stay in Argentina or Europe, it is necessary for us to make an offer.
"My friendship Vieira? Patrick is a good friend, since our time at Arsenal and it is good to have good contacts with people from other clubs, but once again, the important thing now is to understand the will of the player ".