{"id":293893,"date":"2023-11-02T14:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293893"},"modified":"2023-11-02T14:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:25:01","slug":"former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez and claims his old team-mate &#8216;picked on&#8217; youngsters&#8217; while at the club&#8230; as he reopens feud that culminated in infamous derby bust-up<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rafael has pulled no punches when it comes to his thoughts on Carlos Tevez\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The pair clashed at the Etihad Stadium during a Manchester Derby in 2010\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rafael da Silva has reignited his feud with Carlos Tevez, claiming he has &#8216;never been a fan of his&#8217; because he would &#8216;pick on&#8217; youngsters while at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson recruited Tevez in 2007 from West Ham as he looked to bolster his attacking options, adding to Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fruits of that move led to a Premier League title and Champions League success in the Argentine&#8217;s first season &#8211; but it is safe to say Rafael never saw eye-to-eye with the volatile striker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not a fan of Tevez, not as a player,&#8217; the Brazilian told Sportv.\u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;ve already had a fight with him. The game against City, he&#8217;d left United. I&#8217;ve never been a fan of his because Tevez liked to rubbish new players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not ashamed to say, I don&#8217;t like him. He did a lot to young players. He treated the youngsters badly at United.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77320987-12702539-s-m-44_1698932940372.jpg\" height=\"537\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77320989-12702539-image-a-41_1698932882185.jpg\" height=\"537\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Rafael has taken a shot at former team-mate and rival Carlos Tevez in a brand new interview<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77321433-12702539-image-a-46_1698933580138.jpg\" height=\"561\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rafael has claimed Tevez (right) &#8216;picked on&#8217; young players while he was at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was always very respectful, but he really picked on the youngsters there, so I never liked him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tevez enjoyed great success at United, winning a second league title in his second season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And while they only spent a year together in the first team, Rafael felt he had a score to settle when Tevez, who left for rivals Man City in 2009, came up against him as an opponent in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During one particularly feisty Manchester Derby, Rafael squared up to Tevez and they had to be separated by referee Chris Foy.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the big talking points from a dismal 0-0 draw and while Rafael looked to play it down at the time, he had no issue bringing it back up now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77320985-12702539-image-a-42_1698932891251.jpg\" height=\"648\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair had to be separated by referee Chris Foy following their heated head-to-head clash<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He left United for City. The fight happened, I hit him,&#8217; Rafael added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The referee gave a foul, I did like this to get him off, he pushed me and it started.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rafael had little respect for Tevez going to one of Man United&#8217;s biggest rivals and even at 20, felt he had a score to settle with how he felt Tevez had treated young players while at the club.<\/p>\n<p>He rejected the idea it was a Brazil-Argentina issue and says his dislike purely stems from their time together at United.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the two players it is Rafael that is remembered with more fondness by United fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full-back spent eight years at Old Trafford from 2008 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He accumulated 170 appearances for United and went on to win three\u00a0Premier League titles.<\/p>\n<p>From there Rafael had a five-year stint in France with Lyon, before spells at\u00a0\u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir and then Botafogo , who he joined in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77320983-12702539-image-a-43_1698932928551.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rafael has now given an interview back in Brazil where he has pulled no punches on Tevez<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12702539\/Man-United-star-Rafael-RIPS-Carlos-Tevez.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez and claims his old team-mate &#8216;picked on&#8217; youngsters&#8217; while at the club&#8230; as he reopens feud <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/\" title=\"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez and claims his old team-mate &#8216;picked on&#8217; youngsters&#8217; while at the club&#8230; as he reopens feud [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T14:25:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Former-Man-United-star-Rafael-RIPS-into-Carlos-Tevez.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/\",\"name\":\"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez - Sportstoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-02T14:25:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-02T14:25:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstoft\",\"description\":\"sportstoft.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jeanette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeanette\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez - Sportstoft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez - Sportstoft","og_description":"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez and claims his old team-mate &#8216;picked on&#8217; youngsters&#8217; while at the club&#8230; as he reopens feud [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/","og_site_name":"Sportstoft","article_published_time":"2023-11-02T14:25:01+00:00","author":"Jeanette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Former-Man-United-star-Rafael-RIPS-into-Carlos-Tevez.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/","name":"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez - Sportstoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-02T14:25:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-02T14:25:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-man-united-star-rafael-rips-into-carlos-tevez\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Former Man United star Rafael RIPS into Carlos Tevez"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/","name":"Sportstoft","description":"sportstoft.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jeanette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeanette"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}