Chase For Cut-Price Tevez Begins

Inter Milan, Juventus and PSG are ready to sign Carlos Tevez.

The two Italian clubs, who were in negotiations over the Argentine in the summer, reckon his fallout at Manchester City will now have halved his price to around £20million.

Juve want to take the Tevez on loan in January, with the view to a permanent move next summer. The Turin club failed to strike a deal for him this summer, with their failure to qualify for the Champions League one of the obstacles.

Inter will also go back in for the former City captain. Last year's Champions League winners were interested in a swap deal involving their Wesley Sneijder before City bought Arsenal's Samir Nasri.

Now coached by Claudio Ranieri, Inter also have a core of Argentine players in captain Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso, Walter Samuel, Diego Milito and on-loan Mauro Zarate.

Qatari-owned PSG, who spent £45m on Javier Pastore in the summer, are also keen on another big-name signing.

Reports in the French capital claimed the club's sporting director, Leonardo, has made contact with David Beckham to propose a loan move to the Paris side in January. The Brazilian was the former England captain's coach at AC Milan.

Roberto Mancini's insistence he will not select Tevez again should make a deal easier to push through at a lower price.

In the summer, Juventus sporting director Beppe Marotta held talks with Tevez's agent Kia Joorabchian.

Marotta said: "Tevez is a great player who we would like to have but it is a thought shared by a lot of clubs and economically it is not easy to reach an agreement."

After Sunday's draw at Catania, Juve coach Antonio Conte admitted his side lack the quality to win Serie A after missing out on targets such as Tevez in the summer.

"We have a long way to go to be a title-winning team," he said. "It is not as if we signed Nani or Tevez in the summer, but younger players."

Former West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola reckons Tevez could decide the destiny of the Serie A title this season if he moves to Italy.

"Carlos is definitely a player who is so good he can make an immediate difference - even more so in a league as balanced as the Italian one," he said. "Great players like him always want to play and it is not that strange that at City, where there are so many great players, that there is a problem."