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Evra to the rescue! Ex-Man Utd captain slams Scholes, Neville and Keane over Carrick attacks

Evra to the rescue! Ex-Man Utd captain slams Scholes, Neville and Keane over Carrick attack
Evra to the rescue! Ex-Man Utd captain slams Scholes, Neville and Keane over Carrick attackPeter Powell / EPA / Profimedia

Former Manchester United captain Patrice Evra admits he's stunned by the way his old teammates have been attacking Michael Carrick.

Paul Scholes and Gary Neville have both been pulling apart Carrick's work as United manager, with the former taking great delighted in seeing his former teammate lose against Newcastle in midweek. Another, Roy Keane, has even dragged Carrick's wife into a public slanging match since the Geordie's appointment.

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Asked about Scholes' now deleted social media post this week, Evra told Stake: "I hope Paul Scholes' Instagram story is fake, I hope he was hacked.

"To be honest, I'm not surprised at that from Scholesy. He was the quietest player I've ever played with in my entire career. Now, in the media, he drops bombshells. I really don't understand the lack of support behind Michael Carrick, he's one of us and he's doing very well. There's been negative analysis from Scholesy, but also from Roy Keane and Gary Neville.

"It annoys me because we want to be in the top four, and those comments are unnecessary, but this is what you do when you work in TV. You can't be positive, you have to be negative."

Evra continued: "Michael Carrick's record is seven games, one draw and one loss. That's the situation right now, now Man United need to win their next game so they don't let that noise get to them, from the outside and from ex-players. Carrick is the man of the moment and has done really well. We should be behind him and support him."

 

It's easy to talk on TV

Meanwhile, the Frenchman also took aim at fellow former United captain Neville, who has created a media career for himself attacking managers - including those working at Old Trafford - despite his hopelessly short-run flop as Valencia coach.

Evra scoffed: "Most of these guys get a managerial job and get fired straightaway. I said to Neville: 'It's easy to talk on TV. When you were at Valencia, they asked you for paella, and you gave them fish and chips.'

"After three months, they said goodbye. People can't forget what they have done as a manager. As players, they're legends, but as managers, they haven't done a great job. So for them to speak and possibly kill the career of a manager, it's a little bit too much."

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