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Patrice Evra has ruled himself out of returning to Juventus as a coach or a director in the wake of Igor Tudor being sacked by the club. The former Manchester United defender delivered a savage assessment on the current squad in Turin and called upon them to take responsibility. The Frenchman spent three years with Juve after leaving Old Trafford and made 82 appearances for the Italian giants. Evra has been retired since 2019 and spent a year as a free agent before coming to that decision, and is in no rush to return to the day-to-day life of football just yet. Luciano Spalletti is set to become the club's new head coach, months on from announcing his own sacking by Italy in a press conference . Juventus currently sit eighth in Serie A with 12 points from eight matches. Admitting he is too selfish to return to the frontline of football, Evra compared Juventus' situation to his own experience of seeing David Moyes getting sacked at Manchester United. By removing the manager, the players no longer have excuses, in his opinion, though the 44-year-old is not convinced they will respond. “Dear Juventini, I saw some messages from people saying they want me as a director or a coach, but I retired four years ago and won’t go back into football," Evra said on Instagram . "This is because I would have to sacrifice everything for football, and I am enjoying myself too much right now. I am a happy man and therefore I will be selfish about it. “I just want to go back on the sacking of Tudor. Thank you coach for everything. This is a message for the players. “When they fire the coach, it means you haven’t done your job on the field. It only happened to me once in my whole career, when I was at Manchester United and they sacked David Moyes. I felt like s**t, and I hope the players right now at Juventus feel the same way, because they’ve gone through three or four coaches in a couple of years now. “You are at Juve, you have to take responsibility. The problem is this doesn’t work on the new generation, it is a soft generation. So all the commentators and pundits who are ex-players are wasting their time talking to them. “We were football players, we played for passion, for the shirt, for history, to put food in the mouths of our families. This generation are athletes more than players. They are brands, they are rappers, fashionistas, get involved in politics. There are too many distractions. “This is why I am not harsh on them, as we didn’t have those distractions. We would eat, sleep, play football, that’s it. The world has changed, not just football. “Juve have changed completely, we have lost the real values. I remember my first game with Andrea Agnelli, I was happy to see the history everywhere, we had Pavel Nedved, Platini, others. “One day I will return to football, but not now. I am just saying this because when you play for Juve, you have to sacrifice everything, including your family. “The best league I won in my whole life was with Max Allegri in 2014/15, I think we were 13th in the league, lost to Sassuolo, many players wanted to get rid of Max, but I saw the same thing at United when they tried to suggest Moyes was the only reason they were losing. “Remove the coach, now there is no excuse. If you don’t want to stay there at Juve, then leave. You are too soft.” Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
