Tevez has admitted that he would be keen to leave Eastlands in the January transfer window.
“Bert Trautmann was a great player. Francis Lee and Colin Bell were great players. Bobby Johnstone was a great player,” Summerbee told Manchester Evening News.
“They all left but this football club continued. The club will be there forever. It doesn’t matter what the situation is.
“It is a bit upsetting it has got to this situation because he (Tevez) has been such a good player for us, but Manchester City will go on and we are only going one way – upwards.”
“It is a little bit upsetting for this to happen when things are going so well,” Summerbee added. “We are in such a good position and played ever so well on Saturday.
“That win in itself shut a few mouths because it proved we can survive without Carlos.”
“We have a good manager who knows exactly what he is doing,” Summerbee said. “He knows creating a winning football team is not just about one person.
“They used to speak about Lee, Bell and Summerbee in the same way as they did about Law, Best and Charlton.
“But none of us could be the players we were without others around us. It is exactly the same with Manchester City now.
“Carlos Tevez is a wonderful player and a nice person, so I really don’t know where all this interference is coming from.
“But long-term I really do not have any worries about us at all.”
