West Ham United could only draw 1-1 with Burnley today, but were able to welcome former star Carlos Tevez back to the club.
The Hammers were looking to grab a crucial three points after seeing Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur lose on Saturday.
Top four hopes were back on the Europa League semi-finalists, but it proved to be a frustrating day.
Wout Weghorst headed Burnley in front before Maxwel Cornet missed a spot kick, giving West Ham a route back in.
Tomas Soucek bundled in an equaliser before Nick Pope somehow kept West Ham at bay, securing a point for Burnley.
West Ham fans will feel that this is a missed opportunity, but they will at least be pleased to see Carlos Tevez return to the club.
West Ham posted a video before kick off showing Tevez arriving at the London Stadium.
Announced as a ‘special guest’, Tevez came back to East London to watch his former club in action.
The Argentinian striker may have wondered how he could have turned the game in West Ham’s favour!
Tevez, 38, famously joined West Ham back in 2006, scoring seven goals in 29 games for the Hammers.
Tevez was only there for a year, but without his heroics the Hammers would have almost certainly have been relegated.
Going on to star for Manchester United, Manchester City, Juventus, Boca Juniors, Shanghai Shenhua and Boca again, Tevez was largely a fan favourite wherever he went.
Despite his advancing years, Tevez hasn’t actually retired – and that has resulted in some pretty strange rumours emerging.
Reports in Italy recently suggested that Tevez was set to visit Tottenham Hotspur ahead of their game with Brighton and Hove Albion.
That game happened on Saturday, so Tevez may well have been in London before heading to the West Ham game.
Tevez played under Antonio Conte at Juventus but the purpose of seeing Tottenham’s training is unclear.
Does Tevez want to go into coaching? Does he still think he can play in the Premier League? That would be a stretch at his age, almost sounding like a late April Fool’s joke.
Tevez’s links to Tottenham seem very peculiar, and West Ham fans will no doubt look on with intrigue.
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