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Is Carlos Tevez a top quality footballer capable of playing in any team in World football?

Ask anyone at West Ham (but not Alan Curbishley), and anyone at Manchester United, and they would say yes.

Amidst all the claims and counter-claims regarding the validity or otherwise of THAT contract at West Ham, Tevez single handedly brought the beleaguered Hammers back from the dead last season, scoring crucial goals at crucial times in vital games against Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough, and on the last day of the season, Manchester United, to keep the men from Upton Park in the Premier League.

Those performances kept the West Ham bank manager happy, even if it raised eyebrows at Sheffield United who were less than impressed that a player, who they believed was not legitimately registered, sent them back to the second tier after just a single season with the big boys.

Ironically, the Manchester United players, who saw him rain on their title parade, were about to get to know Tevez even better when he made the switch to Old Trafford during the summer.

Sir Alex Ferguson tried to sign him a year ago, we were all told, only that there were complications in the deal that put him off completing the deal.

Many pundits and fans couldn't see much sense in the deal in so much as Tevez wasn't the recognized, Louis Saha/Ruud van Nistelrooy, centre forward that United needed, and even then a defence, which had started to look dodgy during the back end of their title winning campaign, was in greater need of strengthening.

Those fears looked to be confirmed when United struggled to score at the beginning of the year, but in the last four games, against Wigan, Aston Villa, Dynamo Kiev and Middlesbrough, they have scored four in each, with Rooney and Tevez in particular praised for their partnership.

On that basis, Tevez would be an asset to any team, Arsenal included.

So why don't I feel that he would further enhance what The Gunners have already got at their disposal?

Well, it would be simple to say that, at present, Arsenal are one of the best footballing sides in Europe, and their star performers, such as Cesc Fabregas and Emanuel Adebayor, are playing just as well if not better than Tevez at the moment.

The reason for this is just as simple; they are now without their luxury, box office player, Theirry Henry, the France international who has now departed after a long period of flirtation and courting to Catalan giants Barcelona.

For all his qualities, it can be argued that Tevez would be included

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