Pardew: Tevez not finished at City

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew believes Carlos Tevez could still play a role at Manchester City.

Pardew was in charge of Tevez when he first came to the Premier League at West Ham in 2006.

City boss Roberto Mancini said Tevez was “finished” at the club after claiming he refused to come on during the defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

“Sometimes it can be overcome by a performance on the pitch. Tevez could still be forgiven,” Pardew said.

“You never know in football. There have been massive conflicts in the past and then suddenly, it is ironed out.”

“Who would have thought Harry Redknapp would have gone from Southampton manager back to Portsmouth or, for that matter, that Alex McLeish would go from Birmingham to Aston Villa as manager?”

Pardew does believe Tevez is in the wrong.

“He’s a maverick player and most Premier League clubs carry one or two.”

“They are going to have their moments and sometimes, it is about managing those moments.”

“He isn’t the first and he certainly won’t be the last who won’t want to warm up and is sulking a little bit because they are not playing.”

“But all these situations are about circumstance and timing and perhaps they just got that completely wrong the other night.”

“At the moment it doesn’t look perfect for Manchester City because they have got a player who is obviously upset.”

“They have fined him two weeks money and now there’s some conflict.”

“If Carlos goes in the next window, that will be the end game. But who knows? Sometimes you have got to look at the bigger picture.”