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Publication date: Tuesday May 5, 2020 12:03
Patrice Evra has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson managed to get Cristiano Ronaldo to agree to return to Man Utd just two weeks before the former manager retired.
Of course the return of Ronaldo – who left Man Utd to go to Real Madrid in 2009 – never materialized, but Evra claims that Ferguson’s plan was to bring the Portugal international and Gareth Bale while looking to win the Champions League.
And Evra said that just two weeks after talking to Ferguson about signing Ronaldo, the Scotsman ended up announcing his retirement to the team.
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Evra said on the official Man Utd podcast: “You know, you talk about the most difficult times [in my United career]I would say maybe this (Fergie’s retirement) is the one.
“Two weeks before that, I remember there were many media outlets saying that Ferguson might be retiring next year, and he said:: Patrice, I will never retire. I will be here another 10 years. “
Then he said, “My goal is that I am 99 percent sure that we will have Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. I just need these two players to win the Champions League again. Ninety-nine percent. “
“And to be fair, when I speak to Cristiano, I ask him and he said yes to the boss, and that he would join United. He told me this. “
On the reaction to Ferguson’s retirement, Evra added: “After two weeks, we were in the locker room waiting.
“When we got to Carrington, I looked at all those cameras and thought,‘ Wow, someone did something wrong. Maybe a player is the story again! Someone has done something wrong, we are in trouble. “
“But we got there and people said, ‘Guys, you have to stay in the locker room because the boss wants to talk.’ And when the boss walked into the locker room to talk to everyone, it’s never good news.
“He came and said,” I’m so sorry. Some people have said that I am going to retire even before I say it myself. So you saw all those cameras. But I will retire because my wife needs me. “
“He apologized to [Robin] van Persie, apologized to Shinji [Kagawa], because he only brought them. He especially apologized to them. “
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