Manchester City rebel Carlos Tevez is being urged by team-mate Yaya Toure to apologise to boss Roberto Mancini and end his Eastlands exile.
Tevez has been training away from the main group with a fitness coach since his return from three months AWOL in Argentina on Tuesday.
Mancini is prepared to let him rot on the sidelines until the club can offload the £198,000-a-week striker in the summer.
But Toure has implored Tevez to swallow his pride and apologise, in the hope that Mancini may reconsider.
The Ivory Coast midfielder feels that Tevez could be a great asset to City on the title run-in, but accepts the player and not Mancini must make the first move.
"Carlos is a fantastic player and I hope he will continue with us because we need him," said Toure. "He's an amazing player and I hope he can join us.
"For me, it's no problem that he is back because he is a great player and everybody likes him.
"He knows what he has to say to the boss and the rest of the players.
"Me and the rest of the players will be happy if he comes back."
Mancini has not even lain eyes on Tevez since he returned to the club's Carrington HQ, and has no plans to sit down with his former skipper to sort out their differences.
The City manager remained in Portugal on Thursday night after their Europa League win over Porto.
As City do not play this weekend, having already been knocked out of the FA Cup, he will spend a few days at his holiday home in Sardinia before returning to England at the start of next week.
Mancini made it clear on the eve of the Porto game that Tevez is not in his thoughts for the rest of the season.
The Italian was hurt by Tevez's accusations in a recent TV interview that he had "treated him like a dog".
City have still to decide if the player should be hit with another fine following those comments.
By David Anderson
Tevez has been training away from the main group with a fitness coach since his return from three months AWOL in Argentina on Tuesday.
Mancini is prepared to let him rot on the sidelines until the club can offload the £198,000-a-week striker in the summer.
But Toure has implored Tevez to swallow his pride and apologise, in the hope that Mancini may reconsider.
The Ivory Coast midfielder feels that Tevez could be a great asset to City on the title run-in, but accepts the player and not Mancini must make the first move.
"Carlos is a fantastic player and I hope he will continue with us because we need him," said Toure. "He's an amazing player and I hope he can join us.
"For me, it's no problem that he is back because he is a great player and everybody likes him.
"He knows what he has to say to the boss and the rest of the players.
"Me and the rest of the players will be happy if he comes back."
Mancini has not even lain eyes on Tevez since he returned to the club's Carrington HQ, and has no plans to sit down with his former skipper to sort out their differences.
The City manager remained in Portugal on Thursday night after their Europa League win over Porto.
As City do not play this weekend, having already been knocked out of the FA Cup, he will spend a few days at his holiday home in Sardinia before returning to England at the start of next week.
Mancini made it clear on the eve of the Porto game that Tevez is not in his thoughts for the rest of the season.
The Italian was hurt by Tevez's accusations in a recent TV interview that he had "treated him like a dog".
City have still to decide if the player should be hit with another fine following those comments.
By David Anderson
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