The 37-year-old said “my blood isn’t red, it’s blue and yellow”, referencing the club’s traditional colours. He has announced that he will be leaving his boyhood club Boca Juniors where he started his football career.

 “My career in Argentina is finished,” he said. “I always said the only club I would ever play for [here] is Boca, without a doubt. Carlos Tevez lost his father Segundo Tevez in February after he contracted Covid-19 at the age of 58, and he said “I didn’t even have time to mourn my father and already I was playing again.
“That’s what Boca demands.” he said as he broke down in tears.

How ever, it has not yet been confirmed if the veteran forward would be retiring from football or would prefer a new challenge. Tevez, who has also played for Corinthians, West Ham, both Manchester clubs, Juventus and Shanghai Shenhua, added: “Boca asks you to give the maximum and mentally I’m not in a condition to do so.