SOURCE: GOAL
With the Argentine still frozen out in Manchester, new chief Andrade will follow the lead of his predecessor and make a move for the 27-year-old
Corinthians president-elect Roberto Andrade has affirmed that the Brazilians will make a new approach for Carlos Tevez at the start of 2012, but admitted it still would not be easy to tempt Manchester City into a sale.
Andrade will take over the presidency from Andres Sanchez in January, after the incumbent chose not to run for a second term.
And after Sanchez saw his efforts at signing the controversial Argentine rebuffed on several occasions throughout the previous year, the new head revealed that he shared his predecessor's admiration for the striker.
"He is a great player. At the start of the year we will start up talks again, but it will be a difficult negotiation," the chief told Estadao on Tuesday.
"His value is extremely high, but Corinthians will work hard on this."
Since Corinthians' interest cooled, Milan have emerged as the favourites to sign the forward, although a concrete offer is yet to be tabled from Italy.
Tevez appeared in Corinthians after leaving first club Boca Juniors, and spent two years in Brazil before moving to West Ham alongside team-mate Javier Mascherano. He has not appeared for City since September, when he was disciplined for refusing to enter the field during a Champions League defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.
