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Manchester City are finally getting a dose of their own medicine and are discovering they do not like the taste.Since Sheikh Mansour bought the club in 2008, City have been able to scour the globe offering Monopoly money to any player who has taken their fancy.
Yet now that Brazilian side Corinthians are doing the same to them they have realised it is no fun being on the wrong end of a transfer deal.
According to fresh reports in the Telegraph and Guardian, the super-ambitious Corinthians have upped their bid for striker Carlos Tevez to 44 million euros in an attempt to force City's hand and get a move in place before the Brazilian transfer window closes on Sunday.
City are claiming that no less than £50 million will be enough to allow Tevez to move back to South America but that is starting to look more like posturing than good business.
It is clear that Tevez wants to leave and wants to leave quickly so why not give in to those demands and allow him his wish?
On the back of that, City will receive a substantial transfer package which can then be used to finance a deal for Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero.
It looks like a simple enough equation.
Other clubs refuse to sanction deals for their best players because they are scared of becoming renowned as a selling club.
Look at the furore at Sunderland last season when Darren Bent was sold to Aston Villa, or the fury felt by Newcastle United's fans when Andy Carroll was sold to Liverpool in January.
Their supporters were distraught because the sales appeared to be a knock to those respective clubs' prestige and standing.
Everton felt the same two years ago when City bounced into town and bought Joleon Lescott - but City will never have to worry about that problem.
The sky-high wages they pay their players - Wayne Bridge was on £92,000-a-week last season - means that no player who arrives at the Etihad Stadium wants to leave for financial purposes.
In other words, City pay that well that only a madman would consider departing unless they really wanted to.
Well, on this occasion, Tevez really wants to.
And City should now wash their hands of him, cash in and be confident enough to know that the selling of Tevez does not weaken their reputation as one of Europe football's coming forces.
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