If Patrice Evra’s move to Juventus was supposed to be the perfect opportunity for the left-back to quietly wind down his career as he entered his mid-30s, then no one told his new team-mates.
Far from playing the odd game in a Serie A, which is more technically gifted and less physically intense than a Premier League he had just left behind after nine years with Manchester United, Evra found himself heavily involved in Juve’s run to the Champions League final—all in a year his former club had failed to qualify for the competition.