FIFA rules state that established firs-team players have to be released from their contracts if they have played in less than 10 per cent of that season’s games due to ‘no sporting just cause’.
Tevez has so far appeared in just five matches and the Argentine will have to feature in at least one more as City are likely to play around 60 this season.
City boss Roberto Mancini has stated that Tevez would never play for the club again.
