Evra Signs With Marseille
Veteran defender, Patrice Evra, has signed a contract with French football club, Marseille, after he was released from his contract with Italian club, Juventus.
The former Manchester United player was released from his contract with Juventus six months early, and has subsequently signed a new, 18-month contract with Marseille.
Evra’s transfer from Juventus to Marseille was a free transfer.
Evra has long since been a star player at both club and international levels. The French international has represented his country on 81 occasions, and has a long list of club achievements under his belt, including five English Premier League wins with former club, Manchester United.
Many critics have pondered whether or not Evra will retire from football soon, considering his age – he is 35 years old.
However, Evra has showed no signs of stopping, and is very much still a sought-after player. Earlier in the month, he was linked with a possible return to United.
Rémy Cabella, Marseille’s midfielder, said that he is excited about Evra joining the team, and that his age does not affect his football skills.
“I know Evra well from the French team, he’s a captain who binds the group together and talks a lot so it would be good for us and the club if he comes, he’s a great player…His age is irrelevant…This weekend we will play Montpellier and they have my friend Hilton who is 39. He still does a hell of a job and is having a great season,” he said.
It seems that Evra also left Juventus on good terms, as coach, Massimiliano Allegri, had nothing but praise for him.
“He had a great two and a half seasons with us.”
He continued, saying that Evra had discussed the transfer to Marseille with the management, and that they had agreed to let him go:
“But we talked and we came to this decision. I have only positive things to say about Evra…He played for 10 years at Manchester United, he came to Juventus and was a very important player for us.”
