Despite his qualification for the next final of the Europa League, Manchester United is no longer the big club he was. His sixteenth place in the Premier League confirms. Since the retirement of Alex Ferguson, in 2013, the Red Devils have struggled to find stability, sporting but also structurally.
This golden era under the orders of “Fergie”, remaining twenty-six on the bench of the English club, Patrice Evra the lived for seven seasons, before spinning to Juventus Turin in 2014. And he keeps the Scottish manager some significant memories, traumatic for some players, who today make him smile.
“If Ferguson was a coach right now, he would probably end up in prison!”launches the ex-French left lateral lateral in the podcast SDS. It is impossible that Ferguson is not in prison, in view of what he was doing! Do you know how many players I saw crying because he threw the hair dryer or his shoes for them? He was evil. »»
Patrice Evra Balance on Alex Ferguson
The former tricolor international (43) remembers in particular a muscular post-match between Sir Alex Ferguson and Danny Welbeck, because of a penalty that the English striker had pulled with the permission of Wayne Rooney and missed. What exasperate the British coach, when the meeting was without stake.
“We lost the match, but it was a friendly matchhe recalls. When we returned to the locker room, Ferguson shouted: 'Welbeck!' He and I were in the toilet, but Ferguson shouted: 'Who are you taking? Arrive in the first team and draw a penalty. ' I replied: 'Boss, it's just a friendly match.' He replied: 'friend of friendly match'. »»
