Evra played with chicken in his boot

Former Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra has claimed that he played with chicken in his boot for four months while at Monaco. The French defender had sustained an injury in an international fixture, but then-manager Didier Deschamps needed him to play through the pain and club doctors suggested that putting chicken into his boot would help. “An opponent had stamped on my foot and damaged it badly. It’s too painful. I can’t play. I can’t even walk! But the team needed me, so the doctors tried everything to take away the pain. Nothing worked. Then someone from the club staff said, ‘Why don’t you just go old school?’ Everyone said, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘Just slide a chicken down his boot.’