Lawyers acting on behalf of Carlos Tevez have lodged papers to have the ex-City star’s bid to write off his community service heard in court.
Tevez, 29, is applying to have the bulk of his 250 hours unpaid work thrown out so he can move to Italy following his £7.6m transfer to Juventus.
It means the court may need to re-sentence the string of driving offences which originally saw the community service handed out by Macclesfield magistrates.
The bid could see Tevez jailed instead but legal experts believe he is more likely to receive a suspended prison term.
Tevez was disqualified from driving for six months and handed the community service in April after he admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance.
The striker – who earned around £250,000 a week at the Etihad, was pulled over in his Porsche Cayenne while leaving a Cheshire golf club on March 7.
