West Ham have rejected an approach from Barcelona for striker Carlos Tevez. The Spanish giants contacted West Ham to ask about taking the Argentine as cover for their injured striker, Eidur Gudjohnsen. Tevez, who has failed to score in seven appearances for West Ham since his arrival on 31 August, was apparently recommended to Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard by Argentine winger Lionel Messi.
Tevez - along with Argentine team-mate Javier Mascherano - is owned by Iranian businessman Kia Joorabchians former company MSI, but is still expected to move on, probably to Juventus, either in the January transfer window or at the end of the season. Joorabchian heads a consortium attempting a takeover at Upton Park and that deal is still progressing with a deadline set for tomorrow, before Sundays crunch clash with Arsenal.
Joorabchian was contacted about the possibility of Tevez joining Barcelona but it is understood he rejected the idea. Icelandic striker Gudjohnsen injured an ankle in the Catalan sides 2-2 Champions League draw against Chelsea on Tuesday and initially the injury looked serious enough to seek a replacement. Barca now hope he will be back within a month. Meanwhile, Gudjohnsen has dismissed Jose Mourinhos claim that he is a diver.
The striker, who spent six years at Stamford Bridge, mimed being stabbed in the back before the game but his father, Arnor, said: "Eidur accepts this is part of the psychology of a big game. Mourinho tries to get into someones head and wind them up."
so the move to west ham was a sort of advertisement? 