“They will never win the Champions League”

He was at the Parc des Princes, in 2019, when Manchester United came to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain with a team of kids. Patrice Evra had not shunned his pleasure. And today, the former left side of the Red Devils is still as critical with PSG.

Finalist of the C1 five times, winner of the event in 2008 with MU, Evra thinks that the PSG is going about it badly to conquer Europe. And he’s not the only veteran to think so.

Patrice Evra on the multiple failures of PSG in LDC:

“I find that for Paris, the French championship is too easy. On arrival, when you arrive in the Champions League… reality hits you hard. But you are not ready. Because you play with a cigar so much… pic.twitter.com/YYlwvvRMTE

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“I have only one problem in Paris: we unpack the red carpet to everyone, entrusted Evra this Thursday on RMC. You arrive, some players do not even have ten Champions League games… It was Dani Alves at the time who said to me: ‘But Pat, they will never win the Champions League. Come on, we’re rockstars. In the stands, you don’t see Bernard Lamas, but Kardashians and company. It’s a show business club. Football is not the priority, no. »

It’s not all to throw away in what PSG do, however, things are not done in the right order. “Nasser (Al-Khelaïfi) loves the club, they do a huge job. But communication, when I go to see a match in Paris, it’s to see a concert. I’m in VIP, champagne, petit fours… But guys, where are the old ones?, chokes the former Mancunian. When you go to United, on the seat there is written Evra, the name of legends… There is not Leonardo Di Caprio who will come to see the match, we are not in Hollywood. »