Carlos Tévez considers retirement after World Cup
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Carlos Tévez has admitted that he is considering about hanging up his boots for club and country in order to rest and spend time with his family.
Disappointment at losing his first-choice place for Argentina as well as exhaustion have led the Manchester City forward, currently 25, to consider his future in the game.
Speaking in Madrid where Argentina face Spain in a friendly Saturday, Tévez said: "It's complicated, there's my family, the desire to return to Boca Juniors, but I think about it.
"It crosses my mind to hang up my boots if we win the World Cup, although I have a contract with Manchester City until 2014.
"I'm a bit tired of so much football, so much football. I want to enjoy my family a bit.
"I'm very keen to stop and get a bit of calm. I've already won a lot. Living for football has saturated me."
Tévez, who last month said he sometimes wanted to quit the national team, has also hit back at critics of Argentina after it was suggested that members of the squad do not give 100 percent at international level.
He added: "We were criticised a lot, sometimes rightly so.
"But to have people say we didn't play well because of the money or we don't love the (Argentina) shirt, don't sing the national anthem, there's a lot of ill will."
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Disappointment at losing his first-choice place for Argentina as well as exhaustion have led the Manchester City forward, currently 25, to consider his future in the game.
Speaking in Madrid where Argentina face Spain in a friendly Saturday, Tévez said: "It's complicated, there's my family, the desire to return to Boca Juniors, but I think about it.
"It crosses my mind to hang up my boots if we win the World Cup, although I have a contract with Manchester City until 2014.
"I'm a bit tired of so much football, so much football. I want to enjoy my family a bit.
"I'm very keen to stop and get a bit of calm. I've already won a lot. Living for football has saturated me."
Tévez, who last month said he sometimes wanted to quit the national team, has also hit back at critics of Argentina after it was suggested that members of the squad do not give 100 percent at international level.
He added: "We were criticised a lot, sometimes rightly so.
"But to have people say we didn't play well because of the money or we don't love the (Argentina) shirt, don't sing the national anthem, there's a lot of ill will."
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