Farewell Tevez

This week saw the end of a saga in English football which has dominated the last seven years.

Arriving on transfer deadline day direct from the 2006 World Cup from Corinthians to West Ham, Carlos Tevez has remained an enigma since that day.

Why gritty east London? Why there, and the questions we would ask later - why did it take you so long to score your first goal and who actually owns you and your contract?

The former seemed to be sorted once he scored his first goal against Spurs, the second resulted in a £5 million fine and some would argue, the relegation of Sheffield United.

His move to Manchester United was undoubtedly a success, paired with Rooney and Hernandez he was a part of the team who won the 2008 champions league and he played in the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster.

His move to noisy neighbours Manchester City didn't work out so well; yes he scored, but he lost his crazy man image to Mario Ballotelli, had to battle for first team places with Aguero and Dzeko and the Bayern Munich incident and subsequent strike lost him more fans.

Now he will be wearing the black and white of Juventus, and he will wear the number 10 formerly worn by legend Alessandro Del Piero. It's a loss to English football no doubt, as he leaves a mould of a scarred, battle hungry footballer who most teams (mine included, rumour was Spurs tried to sign him in early 2012) wanted in their starting eleven.

More than 30 years since the Falklands war, it seems that we love Argentinians again - from Ardiles and Villa to Aguero and Messi, not missing Maradona, they bring a certain panache of dogged spirit to the game without the career decline seen in so many brazilians.

Farewell Carlos, here's hoping you keep the silverware coming back to Turin.