Former Man City and Juve star Tevez says he lacks desire to return to football

Carlos Tevez is enjoying life away from football and has no 'fire or desire' to return to the game after leaving Boca Juniors in the summer.

The 37-year-old spent the last five seasons with his boyhood club as his action packed career begins to wind down, and while he is yet to announce his official retirement, he admits he does not miss playing following his exit in June and is 'enjoying the moment' away from the top level.

Tevez was one of the most prolific forwards in world football during the peak of his powers and dazzled during successful spells with Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus.

Speaking to ESPN, he said: 'I don't feel the desire to be there when the ball is rolling. On Saturday I had a wedding while Boca were playing and inside I thought that, if I were playing, I'd be missing the wedding,' the ex-Argentina international explained to ESPN.

'If that result (a 1-0 defeat to Gimnasia) happened like that, I wouldn't go because I'd be angry and I wouldn't take any photos or have a drink; everyone would say Boca lost and Tevez was out partying. Football is like that.

'Am I thinking about coming back? All my friends and family ask me, but I don't know where to start. Right now I am enjoying the moment.

'You start to wonder but in the meantime I am taking care of myself. I would like something to grab my interest and motivate me or which brings something out of me, but right now, every time I watch Juventus, Boca or a team I've played for, I look inside myself for that fire to motivate myself to play for six months or a year longer and I can't find it.'

Tevez's goalscoring stats took a hit since he ended his impressive time in Serie A and he has suggested his passion for the game is dwindling - comparing his one year spell with Shanghai Shenhua to 'a holiday', and in 2018 he revealed he was 'not a football fanatic' and preferred to watch golf.

'I never watch football. I don't like it,' he said in the interview.

'If Barcelona-Real Madrid is on, I change the channel to watch golf. I was never a football fanatic. I like to have the ball between my feet.'