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Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mark Noble could all be on the pitch together soon as Carlos Tevez makes announcement

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Carlos Tevez is absolutely adored amongst the West Ham fans, the feeling is very much mutual.

Now, because of the love Tevez has for West Ham, we could see Noble share the pitch with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo very soon indeed.

Back in April 2022 when he visited the London Stadium as a guest, Tevez raved about Noble as a player and a person.

The now 41-year-old moved to Upton Park alongside his compatriot Javier Mascherano in the summer of 2006.

The South American is a real cult hero in East London.

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The West Ham fans were pleading with the owners to re-sign Tevez on a free transfer back in 2021, but that move failed to materialise in the end.

He was hugely popular amongst the Hammers squad at the time as well.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mark Noble could all be on the pitch together soon alongside Carlos Tevez

The South American is clearly keen to get one match played, with a very specific set of players invited.

Tevez told Olga how his plan is to organise a ‘farewell’ match, despite the fact that he retired three years ago:

“Yes, I’ll definitely do my farewell match. We just need to find the right time. I want to bring Cristiano and Messi together.

Now, Tevez obviously didn’t mention Noble there, but the Argentinian clearly adored the former Hammers skipper during their time together at Upton Park in the 2006/07 season.

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So could we see Noble actually share a pitch with the two greatest footballers of the past 20 years?

There is a very real possibility that that could indeed happen, due to Tevez’s admiration for the Hammers Sporting Director.

What Manuel Lanzini told Mark Noble about Lionel Messi

Messi finally got his hands on the World Cup in 2022.

And just after he lited the trophy, Noble asked Manuel Lanzini about the Argentinian legend.

But first, the former Hammers skipper recalled a brilliant story about Messi involving John Terry:

What it must be like to be Messi. He’s on another planet. I watched his documentary, and you look at the experience he had losing three Copa América finals in a row and losing the World Cup final and then always being compared to Maradona. He is the greatest that’s ever walked the earth.

I remember when Chelsea played against him and JT [John Terry] came flying across and he was on the touchline ready to try and body him into the stands and Messi stood there, took it and bounced JT.

Then Noble revealed what Lanzini told him about the greatest footballer of all-time:

I also remember Manu Lanzini coming back from Argentina duty and I was like: ‘Oh mate, what was Messi like?’ Manu’s a genius with the ball but he said: ‘I swear to you, when he passed me the ball, I was so nervous because he was on my team.’ Manu said Messi would be floating about in training and then he would think: ‘Oh, do you know what? I want to win this game.’ And he’d score six goals.

Now Mark Noble may actually get the chance to play alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

If that does happen, there will be plenty of West Ham fans tuning in to watch!