(CNN) -- Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez has revealed that he wanted to leave the English Premier League club in the previous transfer window.
The Argentina forward handed in a transfer request at the weekend, which was rejected by the club -- who claimed his representatives had been seeking to renegotiate the 26-year-old's lucrative contract, which expires in 2014.
British media have widely speculated that Tevez, whose family live in South America, will leave Eastlands when the transfer window reopens in January.
"I wanted to leave in the summer, but was convinced to return to the club," Tevez said in a statement. "Sadly, my feelings have not changed.
"I hugely resent the management's suggestions that I have been unduly influenced by others. I am disappointed that the management should now see fit to try to portray the situation in another light". CNN
