Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez has revealed how fans convinced him to save West Ham United from relegation last season.

Tevez told the People: "Alan Pardew didn't play me at West Ham, even though the fans were calling for me. I didn't say anything at first but one day, I had had enough and decided to do it.

"I was on the bench and the fans were shouting my name. So I got up, tapped him on the shoulder and said, 'Mister, they are all chanting for me.'

"He brought me on - I made a name for myself and we saved ourselves from relegation.

"Now I have a better knowledge of the way the game is played here, the movement and the players.

"Last season was tough. I had won the title with Boca Juniors and with Corinthians in Brazil, but then I came to the Premier League and I was like a nobody."