Time running out for Tevez

SHANGHAI - Eight months ago, when Carlos Tevez walked through the arrivals gate at Shanghai Pudong Airport, he had a bunch of flowers thrust into his hands.

A blue Shanghai Shenhua scarf was thrown around his neck and hundreds of fans mobbed the Argentine forward, who had just sealed a transfer deal that at the time made the highest paid soccer player on the planet.

His signing was heralded as a coup for the Chinese game.