![]() ![]() That made me feel ill about it afterwards." To be picked out because I made one mistake in the whole of the first half annoyed me and then I started standing up for myself, but I should not have done it in front of the kids. "I was so upset because I was being belittled. At that stage I was really going to say, if you want to duke it out we can do it!" he told MEN Sport. Given that it was *just* a friendly, the Irish defender was not prepared to sit there - next to his teammates and friends - and be part of the infamous hairdryer treatment. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING PASSING THE BALL BACK?" Ferguson roared at McGrath. Ferguson, who had picked a makeshift XI for a clash against Altrincham, was just inches from McGrath's face as he unleashed a torrent of abuse at half-time. It was in a cramped away dressing room at Moss Lane that the pair famously clashed. The management styles of Ferguson and Atkinson were incredibly different - and it was something that the Reds defender found difficult to come to terms with. The United manager lost patience with the Irishman, as well as his teammate Norman Whiteside. McGrath's relationship with Ferguson, despite promising to be a fruitful one, quickly became strained. As a result, he started to feature less under the Scot and fell down the pecking order, behind new signings Steve Bruce and Mal Donaghy. For McGrath, he remained a regular member of the first team for that season and the following campaign, but he began to struggle with knee injuries. The fact that the club had not, coupled with an underwhelming start to the 1986/87 campaign, ultimately saw Atkinson sacked as manager. Despite winning the FA Cup in 1985, the Reds should certainly have won a league title during that period. The Irish defender, who signed for United in 1982, flourished under Ron Atkinson, and it did not take him long to leapfrog Gordon McQueen to become the regular partner to Kevin Moran at the heart of the backline. The Dutchman's relationship with the United manager had soured, but a transfer still could, and probably should, have been avoided.Īnother player is Paul McGrath. Jaap Saam, who was prematurely sold to Lazio in 2001 after three successful seasons with the Reds, enjoyed an impressive career after leaving Old Trafford. There are, of course, certain players who thrived after being sold by Ferguson. ![]() When he signed a player, they usually excelled, and when he sold a player, they often didn't. The Scotsman won 38 trophies as Reds boss, including 13 Premier League crowns, five FA Cups and two Champions League titles. He later enjoyed stints at Marseille and West Ham before a one-off appearance for Middlesex County League Premier Division club Brentham in a pre-season friendly to build fitness ahead of Soccer Aid.During his reign as Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson got very few decisions wrong. He won back-to-back titles in Serie A but the Old Lady were beaten by Barcelona's treble winners in the European climax, in which the Frenchman became the first player to lose four Champions League finals. Leaving Manchester United in the summer of 2014, Evra joined Italian giants Juventus on a two-year contract. Sir Alex Ferguson was forced to intervene (Image: Manchester United via Getty Images) HAVE YOUR SAY! Who would win in a scrap between Evra and Neville? Let us know in the comments section below And I looked at him and he was standing there. He got the ball but he got a little bit of me so I was on the floor. Then Gary Neville comes and he tackled me. He continued: "So I remember, I get the ball. "Sir Alex Ferguson stopped the training about that." "I nearly killed Gary Neville, I'll be honest with you," Evra divulged on his self-named YouTube channel. READ MORE: Starting XI of players who have never played international football including £75m star A fierce winner, Evra formed part of a formidable United backline alongside Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Gary Neville, the foundation for the club's scintillating latter period under legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.īlessed with a plethora of dominating world-class defenders, it was perhaps inevitable that there would be disagreements and scuffles on the Carrington training pitches and Evra recalls how a vengeful tackle "almost killed" his opposite full-back. The former France international, 41, enjoyed a glittering career at Old Trafford, claiming five Premier League titles, three League Cups and the Champions League over an eight-year spell. Patrice Evra has sensationally revealed how he "nearly killed" Gary Neville in Manchester United training.
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