Evra reveals that he suffered death threats after an episode of racism with Suárez in 2011 | international football

The current Barcelona player was sanctioned with eight matches by the English Football Federation, and was convicted of racist insults against Evra in a match played at Anfield in October of that year. However, Liverpool defended the player’s innocence and tension has increased between the two great rivals of English football.

Evra revealed that one of the consequences of the case was that the Frenchman began receiving threats against him and his family.

“Manchester United received a lot of threatening letters against me,” Evra told the UTD club podcast.

– People said: ‘We are in prison, we are Liverpool fans. When we leave, we will kill you and your family. For two months, I had security everywhere. They slept in front of my house. Wherever I went, security guards followed me. It was a difficult period for me, but I was not afraid. My family was scared, my wife and my brother, but not me. I couldn’t understand why people hated me so much. They didn’t know the truth: He revealed the side that hung his boots two seasons ago.

Evra, who in the month of February after the episode again starred in another controversy with Suárez, after the Uruguayan striker refused to shake hands, guaranteed him that he forgot this old rivalry and that they even spoke before the League final. of the Champions of 2015, when the French played for Juventus and the South American for Barcelona.

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But it was a very different story when the famous episode took place, which forced Evra to control his emotions after reporting the incident to referee Andre Marriner, who called the two players to talk about what happened after the game and ordered them to continue. . Playing