Patrice Evra strangely reveals how putting chicken in his boots has won Man Utd's move

Patrice Evra revealed that the chicken played a bigger role in his life than a way to attract weird attention on the Internet, after claiming he was playing with a piece of poultry in his boot for at least four months.

Become synonymous with humorous – though sometimes questionable – messages on social networks, Evra, now retired, has put online a video filming him last winter to kiss him, bite him , spank and fondle it for a chicken that, apparently, would have no reason to be.

Well, if you thought it was the end of his poultry frolics, think again. Speaking in front of the players' rostrum, the former Manchester United defender revealed that an opposing player had been kicked obligingly to resort to other methods to relieve his pain.

"An opponent mired me in the foot and badly damaged him," he said.

"At the hospital, I told Didier Deschamps, Monaco coach," It's too painful. I can not play. I can not even walk! "But the team needed me, so the doctors tried everything to relieve the pain. Nothing worked. Then a member of the club staff said, "Why not just go to school?"

While most of us were potentially considering a replacement method, a club staff member urged the left back to place a piece of raw chicken in his shoe. Because why not

"He said, 'slip a hen into his boot. ' "It sounded crazy, but you know me, I'm open-minded," he added. To be honest, I think we're all already aware of that. "So I went to my local butcher's butcher said," What do you want? " I said, "A piece of chicken. But just a little bit. " He said, "A little? How to come? & # 39; I said, "I'm going to put it in my shoes."

"He just laughed. I went home with the chicken. I ordered new boots: one in size 42.5, the other in size 44. I pbaded the ball. [It] felt good. Painful, but agree. I ended up playing chicken in my boot for four months. I did not train with that – my mother would never have forgiven me for wasting food – but before every game, I visited the butcher. "Hello, Patrice. As usual, yes?

So successful was the Monegasque defender's illness at the time that he became a legend in the Premier League. Apparently, all he had to do was pick the courage to be different.

He concluded: "The chicken allowed me to play so well that in January 2006, I was signed by Manchester United."