MUST post giant billboard image poking fun at City rivals

• zocoss

  1 Oct 11, 11:18

  Manchester United fans taunt Manchester City rivals over Carlos Tevez with billboard in city centre

  Manchester United fans have taken revenge on their City rivals' taunts over Carlos Tévez's move two years ago with a giant digital billboard image poking fun at the Argentina striker.

   

  

   

  Sweet revenge: United fans put the Carlos Tevez billboard up in the city centre on Friday evening. Photo: PA

   

   

   

   

   

    

  

  Striking back: the poster mimicked a similar billboard City had put up after signing Tevez Photo: PA

   

   

   

   

  The image shown in Manchester city centre on Friday night says "Welcome to Carlos, Manchester" - mocking the giant blue poster erected by City when Tévez moved from United in 2009 showing a picture of the Argentina striker over the words "Welcome to Manchester".

  The prank was the work of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust who described it as "a warm-hearted message from some old friends".

  Tévez has been suspended by his club pending an investigation into his apparent refusal to come off the bench during City's 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

  City tried to draw a line under the situation by warning journalists not to ask manager Roberto Mancini about the issue in his usual Friday press conference.

  Sir Alex Ferguson back Mancini's handling of the incident, praising him for his "strong management".

  The Manchester United manager said: "Roberto Mancini has come out and shown his strength of character, his strength of management and that is important.

  "We have all experienced our own difficulties in management and you cope with it as best as you can. In my own experience strong management is important and there is nobody more important than the manager at a football club."

   

   

• jgho83

  1 Oct 11, 13:06

  Fergie just saved Mancini's job