The 38-year-old Frenchman spent eight-and-a-half years at Old Trafford and is regarded as one of the best left-backs in the club’s history after winning five Premier League titles, three League Cups, five Community Shields, as well as Europe’s premier competition in 2008.
Evra credits fellow countryman Didier Deschamps for instilling in him a passion for defending and a drive to get the better of opponents in his early days at Monaco.
But it was under Ferguson’s tutelage at United that Evra strived for perfection and began to normalise winning football matches.
‘I always say that Deschamps taught me winning is important, but Ferguson taught me that winning is normal,’ the ex-France international said on United’s official podcast.
‘I remember after big wins against Liverpool he just said, “well done, son”.
‘He was never screaming, apart from when we won the Champions League final [in 2008]. It was just something normal, winning the league
Reflecting on United’s Premier League triumph in 2006/07, Evra explained: ‘I was like a kid!
‘I remember I was in Mikael Silvestre’s house and we were watching the game, I think it was Chelsea playing and if they lost, we were champions.
‘I think they lost and we were champions and I start jumping around, and Mikael was looking at me thinking, “What is he doing?” because he’d already won four leagues (was actually three) and I was screaming and he told me to calm down. I think your first one is so amazing.
‘I’ll be honest, when you start winning the third one, the fourth and the fifth, you celebrate but not the same way. You celebrate because of the cameras and stuff, but it’s not the same. Ferguson taught us all to be like a robot.
‘I don’t think I was a human being playing for Manchester United. When we won games, when I was doing something good, I wasn’t pleased. For me, it was something normal.’
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