
Carlos Tevez will fly home to Argentina on Thursday to begin a desperate fight to be fit in time for the Manchester derby.
Manchester City's talisman suffered a dead leg in the defeat by Arsenal at Eastlands on Sunday but was initially expected to make Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Wolves.
However, it is understood that tests yesterday revealed severe swelling and internal bleeding around Tevez's knee and thigh and he has been told he will not be able to play for 'about two weeks'.
That prognosis takes him up to the deadline for the crunch clash against his old club Manchester United on November 10 at Eastlands and City boss Roberto Mancini has sent Tevez home to see his family and rest.
Tevez was at the training ground yesterday but will spend three or four days at home before returning for intensive treatment that Mancini hopes will get him ready to face United.
Tevez's City colleague Roque Santa Cruz this week suggested the Argentinian suffers from homesickness and the club captain took an extended international break at home two-and-a-half weeks ago to spend time with his baby daughter.
City sources stressed last night, though, that this visit was all Mancini's idea to get his star man fit to face United.

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