Evra recalls the only time Ferguson ‘screamed’ with joy at Man Utd

Patrice Evra says Sir Alex Ferguson never got carried away over any victories apart from when Man Utd won the Champions League in 2008.

Ferguson normalised success at Old Trafford, winning 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups and two Champions Leagues among other trophies in his 27 years at Man Utd.

“I always say that Deschamps taught me winning is important, but Ferguson taught me that winning is normal,” Evra recalled on United’s official podcast. “I remember after big wins against Liverpool he just said, ‘well done, son’.

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“He was never screaming, apart from when we won the Champions League final [in 2008]. It was just something normal, winning the league.”

Evra won his first of five titles under Ferguson at Man Utd in 2006/07 and the former France international has reflected on his celebrations.

He added: “I was like a kid! ‘I remember I was in Mikael Silvestre’s house and we were watching the game, I think it was Chelsea playing and if they lost, we were champions.

“I think they lost and we were champions and I start jumping around, and Mikael was looking at me thinking, ‘What is he doing?’ because he’d already won four leagues (was actually three) and I was screaming and he told me to calm down. I think your first one is so amazing.

“I’ll be honest, when you start winning the third one, the fourth and the fifth, you celebrate but not the same way. You celebrate because of the cameras and stuff, but it’s not the same. Ferguson taught us all to be like a robot.

“I don’t think I was a human being playing for Manchester United. When we won games, when I was doing something good, I wasn’t pleased. For me, it was something normal.”

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