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Evra: Ferguson threatened to dump entire Man Utd squad after winning 2008 Champions League

Juventus fullback Patrice Evra has revealed how Sir Alex Ferguson threatened to rip up the 2008 Champions League winning Manchester United team.

United beat Chelsea on penalties in Moscow to seal their second Champions League crown under Ferguson.

But as Evra has revealed, Ferguson's 'pep talk' on the team bus surprised him the most.

"I thought to myself, "We've just won the Champions League, he congratulates us for two seconds", Evra told UEFA's Champions League magazine.

"Manchester United is a club with a winning culture. When you win a game it's not fantastic, when you win the league it's not fantastic, when you win the Champions League it's not fantastic, it's normal.

"That's the culture Sir Alex Ferguson imposed on Manchester United.

"For him, we were there to work and to win. That was the DNA of Manchester United."

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