Micah Richards jokingly fumed with his former Manchester City team-mate David Silva on Saturday evening.
The pair were colleagues at the Etihad for five years before Richards, now a Sky Sports pundit, left Man City for Aston Villa in 2015.
Silva and his family were guests of honour before the club's 5-1 win over Wolves on Saturday evening - but nobody informed Richards that the 38-year-old was returning to Manchester.
Richards told Sky Sports: 'Everything about him was so extraordinary. I'm so happy to see him back.
'But he didn't give me a text, so I'll be texting him later on.