From the violent streets of Buenos Aires’ notorious Fort Apache, the son of an alcoholic mother and without money to even buy a pair of boots, Carlos Tevez is now football’s biggest earner.
The fiery Argentine striker, who will bank a mind-boggling 38 million euros a year with Chinese super club Shanghai Shenhua, has come a long way in his 32 years.
Abandoned by his parents, Tevez was adopted by his uncle Segundo Tevez who he quickly learned to call ‘papa’.