Tevez accepts Man City's charge but will not apologise

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez will accept a charge of misconduct stemming from his actions during the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, British media reported on Tuesday.

City boss Roberto Mancini won the latest round of his battle with Tevez after the striker accepted his punishment for his Munich mutiny.
 
But Tevez will still not say sorry, leaving him to carry on in limbo at Manchester City.
 
He had already served a two-week ban after his bust-up with Mancini in Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena at the end of September.
 
City had been forced to halve a four-week fine when the PFA refused to sanction it and the players’ union told Tevez they agreed with the reduced penalty. However he still maintains he did nothing wrong and rejects the accusation that he refused to play.
 
However, the former skipper will not apologise to the City boss and his team-mates in return for being allowed to resume his career at the Etihad Stadium.
 
This mean that City will look to offload him when the transfer window opens in January with Italy his most likely destination.

City last month fined Tevez four weeks’ wages - later reduced to two - for five breaches of contract relating to his behaviour during the club’s 2-0 defeat at Bayern on September 27.

Sky Sports reported that Tevez will not contest his two-week suspension and fine imposed by Manchester City.

Tevez had been accused of refusing to appear as a substitute but the player denied those claims, insisting he had only declined a request to warm-up on the grounds that he had already done so.

Mancini vowed Tevez was “finished” at the club but recent reports in England and Italy have suggested the Argentinian may continue to play at Eastlands if he apologises to his team-mates.

Mancini first accused Tevez of refusing to play as a substitute at the Allianz Arena, but an internal investigation then deemed the Argentine had only refused to resume his warm-up.
 
After the inquiry and an associated hearing, which took place in October, a club disciplinary panel upheld a charge of misconduct on five separate breaches of contract.
 
City wanted to fine Tevez four weeks' wages, but the punishment was reduced to two weeks' after the PFA refused to ratify the preliminary decision.
 
A two-week suspension was served immediately after the defeat to Bayern and that is thought to be the basis of the 27-year-old's decision not to appeal.