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Paris Saint Germain sporting director Leonardo says the club will have to 'make sacrifices' to sign Carlos Tevez.
The wantaway Manchester City striker looks set to move in the January transfer window, with PSG, Inter Milan and AC Milan all interested.
Discussions were held between Tevez's representatives and the French Ligue 1 side earlier this week, but they are understood to have stalled.
Leonardo believes the Argentina international is still keen to work under PSG boss Carlo Ancelotti and is interested in joining the club, but has hinted personal terms could be a sticking point.
"Tevez has a great contract with Manchester City and it's a difficult situation to deal with," the Brazilian said.
"If PSG has an opportunity, we will do a deal if it's good for everyone.
"He has a good relationship with Ancelotti. He really believes that here we can do things. But after, there are contractual issues.
"It is true that with a player like Tevez, we know that we must make sacrifices."
•Welbeck Earns United Win As Wenger Questions Fans After Boos
A late strike from Danny Welbeck earned Manchester United a precious 2-1 win over Arsenal at the Emirates.
United closed the gap on neighbours City at the top of the Premier League to three points, but the Gunners' third league defeat in a row saw them lose further ground on Chelsea in the race for fourth place.
The visitors' win was tarnished by an injury to Phil Jones after the defender was stretchered off with what appeared to be a knee problem, while Nani also limped off.
United overran their opponents in the first half, with Nani forcing a smart one-handed stop from Wojciech Szczesny, but the keeper could do nothing to keep out Antonio Valencia's well-directed header (45) after Ryan Giggs had put it on a plate.
Arsenal looked a different side after the break, squandering chance after chance in search of an equaliser.
The lively Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tomas Rosicky both went close, while Aaron Ramsey blazed over from inside the box and Robin Van Persie struck his shot wide when it looked easier to score.
The breakthrough finally came in the 71st minute when Oxlade-Chamberlain fed Van Persie, who slid the ball into the corner.
Oxlade-Chamberlain was replaced by Andrey Arshavin soon after, to a chorus of boos from the Arsenal faithful, and it was the Russian's mistake in failing to cut out Valencia's cross which let in Welbeck to lash home the winner 10 minutes from time.
Arsene Wenger felt his side deserved to get a draw against Man Utd
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hit out at fans who questioned his substitution of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The decision to replace the lively teenager with Andrey Arshavin - shortly after Oxlade-Chamberlain had set up Robin van Persie's equaliser against Manchester United - was met with boos by the Emirates faithful.
And the error by Arshavin, which handed Danny Welbeck United's late winner, made the switch look even more baffling.
Wenger said: "I can understand that the fans are upset about the substitution, especially when it doesn't work, but Alex had started to fatigue.
"He was sick in the week. Arshavin is captain of the Russia national team.
"You have an 18-year-old kid making his first Premier League start and a player who's captain of his country and they are querying the substitution? Let's be serious.
"I've been a manager for 30 years and have made 50,000 substitutions. I do not have to justify every decision I make to you (the Press). I stand up for it."
When questioned whether Arshavin was at fault for the goal after he failed to cut out Antonio Valencia's cross, Wenger added: "You should ask him."
•Balotelli crushes Spurs
Mario Balotelli's last-gasp penalty helped Manchester City break the hearts of title rivals Tottenham with an astonishing 3-2 win at the Etihad.
After a dull first half Samir Nasri and Joleon Lescott put City in command with two quick goals, only for the visitors to level thanks to Jermain Defoe and a Gareth Bale stunner.
Defoe was close to a late Spurs winner but on 94 minutes Ledley King hauled down Balotelli and the Italian slammed in the spot-kick to secure the points and more headlines.
Tottenham began menacingly but lost momentum and shape as Sergio Aguero was denied the first period's best chance by the alert legs of keeper Brad Friedel.
David Silva kick-started the fireworks after the break as his neat through-ball was cooly finished by Nasri (55) and the lead was doubled as Lescott bundled in Edin Dzeko's flicked header from Silva's corner.
Defoe pulled a goal back after Stefan Savic panicked when dealing with Younes Kaboul's punt and it was three goals in five minutes when Bale curled in a scorching equaliser from the edge of the box.
Tottenham almost turned it completely around when Defoe just failed to convert Bale's centre at the back post, but substitute Balotelli, perhaps lucky to be on the pitch after a kick at Scott Parker, crashed home the penalty following King's foul in the last minute.
It meant City maintained their 100 per cent home record and stay three points ahead of Manchester United.
•Spurs fume over Balotelli 'kick'
Mario Balotelli speaks following Manchester City's 3-2 win over Spurs.
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has accused Mario Balotelli of deliberately kicking Scott Parker in the 3-2 defeat at Manchester City.
Having conceded two quick goals after the break, Spurs fought back brilliantly with strikes by Jermain Defoe and Gareth Bale, only to be undone by Balotelli, who came off the bench to win and score the 94th-minute penalty.
It was a devastating finish for Spurs, who now lie eight points behind the league leaders City, but it was the actions by the Italian striker, who was already on a yellow card, on midfielder Parker that upset Redknapp.
"It looked like a penalty, I've not seen a replay, but the boy who scored the penalty shouldn't have been on the pitch," Redknapp said.
"He kicked Scott Parker in the head. He does it a lot, he backheeled him in the face and cut his head. No-one can make excuses that he didn't do it, anyone can see he did do it.
"I'm surprised the linesman hasn't seen it. The first (stamp) could be an accident, but the second one?
"I am the last person to talk about getting people sent off and what they should and shouldn't do. But it is blatant. He reacts to challenges like that at times."
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