Manchester United legendary full back, Patrice Evra, has come out say that he used to refer to Arsenal in conversations with former Manchester United and Arsenal forward, Robin Van Persie, as a 'baby team'
The former West Ham and Manchester United defender stated that Robin Van Persie admitted to feeling like a kid when he made the move from Arsenal to Manchester United. He said:
‘I give you an example when Robin van Persie joined Man United,’
‘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".
‘Robin was like a kid, he was just like amazed about that. When he looked at us he’d say: "when I see all of you guys, I have to work hard because I want to win, I want to win.
Robin Van Persie went on to lift the premier league trophy in his first season at Manchester United, scoring 26 league goals in the process after he had spent eight years at Arsenal and won just a single FA cup medal.
Evra currently works as a world cup pundit for ITV and has been vocal in his support of Paul Pogba.
He was recently voted as one of the players in Manchester United's all time Premier League XI after eight years at the club.
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The former West Ham and Manchester United defender stated that Robin Van Persie admitted to feeling like a kid when he made the move from Arsenal to Manchester United. He said:
‘I give you an example when Robin van Persie joined Man United,’
‘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".
‘Robin was like a kid, he was just like amazed about that. When he looked at us he’d say: "when I see all of you guys, I have to work hard because I want to win, I want to win.
Robin Van Persie went on to lift the premier league trophy in his first season at Manchester United, scoring 26 league goals in the process after he had spent eight years at Arsenal and won just a single FA cup medal.
He moved to Fernabache in 2015 when he was sold by sacked Manchester United boss, Louis Van Gaal.
Evra currently works as a world cup pundit for ITV and has been vocal in his support of Paul Pogba.
He was recently voted as one of the players in Manchester United's all time Premier League XI after eight years at the club.
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