Brazilian club Corinthian has made a £35m (40m euro) bid for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez - but the offer is likely to be rejected.
In July, Argentine Tevez, 27, announced he wanted to leave City, saying he wanted to be closer to his two children and their mother in Buenos Aires.
He played for Corinthians in 2004-2006 before joining West Ham.
He then moved to Manchester United before joining City, for whom he has scored 53 goals in 86 appearances.
Tevez has been linked with a transfer to several of Europe's top clubs since announcing his desire to leave, including Italian side Inter Milan, who subsequently ruled out a move for the forward.
It initially seemed a fanciful prospect that Tevez would be able to move to South America, as no club was believed to have the financial clout to sign him from City.
However, it is thought the massive transfer fee, almost treble the Corinthian club record of £13.7m that brought him to the Brazilian club in 2004, would be funded through sponsorship and money from TV rights.
"Brazil's economy is booming and there is a new TV deal which is going to get the Brazilian clubs a lot more money on the table for them," said BBC South America football correspondent Tim Vickery.
"Tevez did very well for Corinthians in 2005 - he helped the club to the Brazilian championship - before he moved to England the following year. It would be closer to his daughters in Buenos Aires and so I think we have to say that this is a possibility."
Tevez handed in a transfer request at Eastlands in December 2010 but later withdrew it.
He struggled for form towards the end of last season but still finished level with Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov as leading scorer in the Premier League as City finished third.
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