Marsh warns City against Tevez recall

Former Manchester City striker Rodney Marsh has urged Roberto Mancini not to bring troubled striker Carlos Tevez back into the team.

Marsh arrived at Maine Road in 1972 as the supposed final piece of the jigsaw which would bring the league title to the blue half of Manchester.

But he was blamed for unsettling the team and they went on to finish fourth in the old first division that year.

The 67-year-old now fears that if Tevez makes his return against Chelsea on Wednesday as expected, it could backfire as it did 40 years ago.

“I wouldn’t bring him back because he is so volatile, because there are so many negatives around him which reflect on the football club and the team,” Marsh told ESPN.

“Of course it is a tough call for Mancini, and he is the only person who can judge what is best for the team.”

Marsh believes all the attention will be on Tevez, even if he is on the bench and that could detract from the players on the pitch as well as the rest of the squad.

“Just imagine Tevez sitting on the bench, where he will inevitably start, all eyes trained on him, every TV camera, every journalist looking at his reaction when his manager calls for him to warm up,” he said.