Football: Corinthians up the ante on Tevez

SAO PAULO: Brazilian outfit Corinthians have upped their offer to lure Manchester City’s Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez back to Sao Paulo.

With City holding out for more than the $63.57 million the Brazilians have offered, the latter have suggested paying a sum of bonuses to City on top of the transfer, according to a Corinthians official.

“Now we are looking at four payments of €10 million plus bonuses which would be paid in prize money which we may receive,” said Sao Paulo official Edu Gaspar, quoted by O Globo daily.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 18^th, 2011.