Argentina manager Sergio Batista says it will be tough for Carlos Tevez to return to national team

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Argentina boss Sergio Batista says it will be tough for Carlos Tevez to regain his place in the national team as he is not sure if he suits his style.

Tevez has not featured at international level since withdrawing from the squad to play Brazil in a friendly in November and has since been left out of the squads that have faced Portugal, USA and Costa Rica.

Batista has now suggested that Tevez will not have a key role to play while he is in charge of the national side.

“I am still thinking if Tevez will return,” Batisa told Argentinean radio station La Red.

“But for my style of play, perhaps it might be tough.”

Batista is believed to want Argentina to play like Barcelona and plans to build his attack around Lionel Messi and has doubts about where Tevez would fit into his system.

Julio Grondona, president of the Argentine FA, has said that Tevez has been dropped from recent squads as punishment for withdrawing from the Brazil friendly.