Is there a novel Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet theory in four dimensions? Metin Gürses, Tahsin Çağrı Şişman and Bayram Tekin Eur. Phys. J. C, 80 7 (2020) 647 Published online: 20 July 2020 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8200-7