Ex Manchester United Star Patrice Evra retires from football

Former Manchester United star Patrice Evra has announced his retirement from football, aged 38. The left-back – whose glittering career also included spells at Juventus, Marseille and West Ham – has decided to hang up his boots and focus on becoming a coach.

The left-back – whose glittering career also included spells at Juventus, Marseille and West Ham – has decided to hang up his boots and focus on becoming a coach.

He will be fondly remembered at Old Trafford, where he won 15 trophies and made 379 appearances for the club.

“My playing career is officially over,” he told Gazzetta Dello Sport. “I started training for the UEFA B Coaching License in 2013, now I want to finish it and then go on to get the UEFA A license.

In a year and a half, if everything goes well, I’ll be ready to lead a team. Sir Alex Ferguson had predicted at the time that two of his players would become coaches of a high level: Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra.”

The former France international was never far from controversy during his playing Evra’s final club proved to be West Ham, who released him last year after just five appearances.

The 38-year-old has since emerged as quite the character on social media, regularly posting wacky clips and forever shouting his catchphrase, ‘I love this game!’