{"id":463399,"date":"2011-07-18T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/patrick-vieira-believes-manchester-city-will-cope-without-carlos-tevez-we-will-still-have-a-really-competitive-team\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:37:00","slug":"patrick-vieira-believes-manchester-city-will-cope-without-carlos-tevez-we-will-still-have-a-really-competitive-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/patrick-vieira-believes-manchester-city-will-cope-without-carlos-tevez-we-will-still-have-a-really-competitive-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Vieira believes Manchester City will cope without Carlos Tevez: We will still have a really competitive team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Jul 2011 15:37:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.0724876442\">\n<div readability=\"14.4271356784\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patrick Vieira, Manchester City (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/120900\/120967_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Patrick Vieira, Manchester City (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"38.9000670691\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/1143\/patrick-vieira\">Patrick Vieira<\/a> says the imminent departure of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/argentina\/9874\/carlos-tevez\">Carlos Tevez<\/a> will not stop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> from achieving their goals.<\/p>\n<p>Vieira, who retired last week to take on a football development role behind the scenes at the club, believes the City squad will step up and share Tevez\u2019s responsibilities when his transfer to Corinthians is confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is never easy to lose players like Carlos Tevez,\u201d the Frenchman told <em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last two years he has been fantastic for the football club, scoring goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club has grown that fast and Carlos has made a huge contribution to it, like all the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in football, it is not the first time a big club has lost a big player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manager Roberto Mancini agreed on Monday to allow Tevez to move to Corinthians, with the player keen to be closer to his children.<\/p>\n<p>And Vieira does not feel that losing the club captain will stop City from pushing on from last year\u2019s FA Cup victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we can still achieve our targets and we will still have a really competitive team,\u201d said the former Arsenal legend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players will take more responsibilities on their shoulders and that will make them better players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Carlos does leave we just have to wish him good luck and say thank you for everything he has done for the football club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corinthians are understood to have made a bid in the region of \u00a340 million for Tevez, who played for the Brazilian team before spells at first West Ham and then Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/18\/2580348\/patrick-vieira-believes-manchester-city-will-cope-without-carlos-\" title=\"Patrick Vieira believes Manchester City will cope without Carlos Tevez: We will still have a really competitive team\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Vieira believes Manchester City will cope without Carlos Tevez: We will still have a really competitive team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 18 Jul 2011 15:37:00 Patrick Vieira, Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Patrick Vieira says the imminent departure of Carlos Tevez will not stop Manchester City from achieving their goals. Vieira, who retired last week to take on a football development role behind the scenes at the club, believes the City squad will step up and share Tevez\u2019s responsibilities when his transfer to Corinthians is confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patrick Vieira believes Manchester City will cope without Carlos Tevez: We will still have a really competitive team - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/patrick-vieira-believes-manchester-city-will-cope-without-carlos-tevez-we-will-still-have-a-really-competitive-team\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Patrick Vieira believes Manchester City will cope without Carlos Tevez: We will still have a really competitive team - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By George Ankers 18 Jul 2011 15:37:00 Patrick Vieira, Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Patrick Vieira says the imminent departure of Carlos Tevez will not stop Manchester City from achieving their goals. 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