Man Utd transfer news: Patrice Evra mocks Arsenal over huge deal
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Patrice Evra has mocked Arsenal over the sale of Robin van Persie.
Van Persie switched Arsenal for Manchester United in 2012 and became an instant hero at Old Trafford.
The Dutchman was the Gunners’ captain and top goalscorer from the previous season.
But his contract was expiring and after he declared he wanted to leave, Arsenal chose to cash in, letting him leave for £25million.
Evra claims Van Persie left a ‘baby team' in Arsenal to join a ‘man team’ in United.
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First of all when he came I said ‘welcome to a proper team, a man team, not a baby team’
And he says the striker was amazed by the difference between the two sides.
“I give you an example when Robin van Persie joined Man United,” Evra said on ITV Sport’s World Cup podcast.
“First of all when he came I said ‘welcome to a proper team, a man team, not a baby team’.
“And he laughed, but he understood straight away because I remember him saying ‘Patrice, to be fair, I just feel like now I’m playing for a big team because all of you win many trophies, many medals, and you still go in the gym before training, going in the gym after training’.
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“Robin was like a kid, he was just like amazed about that.
“When he looked at us he’d say like ‘when I see all of you guys, I have to work hard because I want to win, I want to win trophies’.”
Van Persie led Manchester United to the Premier League title in his first season, which turned out to be Sir Alex Ferguson’s last campaign before he retired.