Carlos Tevez, who scored for Argentina in the Copa America last night, will turn his attention to securing a long-term place in the Premier League after a move to Inter Milan failed to come to fruition.

It emerged last night that the West Ham forward has turned down a move to Inter after the Serie A champions imposed a deadline for him to make a decision.

The Argentina international has been linked to several clubs in England and abroad but is keen to remain in the Premier League.

A statement from Tevez's representative Kia Joorabchian, said: "Inter put a deadline on the decision and Carlos' heart is really in the Premier League, so he was not prepared to meet that cut-off point."

Real Madrid, Liverpool and Inter were among the clubs strongly linked with a move for the 23-year-old but Inter seemingly ruled themselves out of the running due to their demands.

Tevez netted a late goal last night as Argentina overpowered the United States 4-1while Paraguay, inspired by a Roque Santa Cruz hat-trick, thumped Colombia 5-0.

Favourites Argentina survived an early fright against inexperienced opponents, going behind to an Eddie Johnson penalty before two Hernan Crespo goals set them on the way to an impressive win.

Argentina had Juan Roman Riquelme back in the side after going back on his decision to quit and Juan Sebastian Veron playing his first competitive international since 2003 but looked in trouble early on.

Johnson won and converted a ninth-minute penalty to give the United States, who are playing as Copa guests and brought an experimental team, a shock lead.

Crespo equalised two minutes later but Argentina were then frustrated by a packed U.S. defence for nearly an hour.

Crespo finally put Argentina ahead in the 64th minute, running onto to Lionel Messi's pass to place his shot beyond Kasey Keller. Substitutes Pablo Aimar and Tevez added two more late in the game as their opponents were forced to open up.

Colombia dominated the first half of the opening game against Paraguay but squandered an excellent chance in the 28th minute when Dominguez's penalty was saved by Justo Villar.

Two minutes later, Santa Cruz broke clear of the defence to put Paraguay ahead. The Bayern Munich striker added another just 22 seconds after halftime and completed his treble in the 79th minute.

Substitute Salvador Cabanas compounded Colombia's misery by adding two more in the closing minutes.