'Overweight' Tevez gets Argentina coach's support

Thursday 01 September 2011 00:00 BST

Tevez was not called up for the upcoming internationals (GETTY IMAGES)

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Carlos Tevez's lack of fitness cost him a place in the Argentina squad for their friendlies in Asia but he is still central to their thinking, new coach Alejandro Sabella said yesterday.

"When I picked the squad, Tevez was not playing for Manchester City and gained weight," Sabella said. "Good players like him are always in my plans."

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