Forma Manchester United player Patrick Evra sentenced to 12 months in prison.
Evra has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. AFP
Shocking news from France. Former Manchester United player Patrice Evra, reports ‘Le Parisien’, has been found guilty of one count of family neglect of his wife, Sandra Evra, between 1 May 2021 and 28 September 2023.
The sentence imposed by the Nanterre court is 12 months imprisonment suspended for the next two years, with provisional execution, as well as the payment of 4,000 euros to his wife for moral damages and a further 2,000 euros for legal costs. Evra has appealed the decision.
“I hope that, thanks to this decision, Patrice Evra finally understands that he is not above the law and that we cannot abandon our wife and children overnight. Even more so when they met when he was 15 years old and she followed him all over the world to support his football career,” Nathalie Dubois, a civil lawyer, told the source.
Meanwhile, Evra’s lawyer, Me Jérome Bursican, said his client disputes the facts: “Mr Patrice Evra filed an appeal knowing that he had provided his wife with a flat, a house with a swimming pool in the south of France and had lent her almost 2 million euros for her daily life. A sum she refuses to pay back”.
This is not the first time Evra has been in trouble with the law. He was already convicted by the Paris police court for a homophobic insult in February 2023.
The latest Arsenal transfer news and rumours as the race to sign Euro 2024 star and Spain international Nico Williams continues amid new interest from Barcelona
Nico Williams of Spain looks on during the UEFA EURO 2024 semi-final match between Spain and France
Nico Williams and Spain will be in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday after defeating France
Arsenal will be watching the European Championship final with interest for more than one reason.
William Saliba will not be in Berlin after France lost to Spain despite taking an early lead in the semi-final. But permanent summer signing David Raya could return to the club with a Euro 2024 winner’s medal around his neck.
The backup goalkeeper will not play unless anything happens to first-choice Unai Simon. However, one player who will almost certainly be on the pitch and playing a part in any Spanish success on Sunday is winger Nico Williams, who has starred throughout this summer’s tournament.
Arteta’s preference
Nico Williams is said to be the wide player Mikel Arteta would prefer to sign if the club add in that area this summer. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are all linked with the winger, but Barcelona are said to be the player’s preference.
It is far from a foregone conclusion that the player swaps the Basque Country for Catalunya, though. While it is true that SPORT reports Williams is ignoring interest from elsewhere, he wants his future sorted within the first week of August rather than waiting for a move and has set that soft deadline of his own.
football.london says: Arteta wanting Williams makes sense, and the club should remain ready to swoop in should Barcelona delay doing a deal. The player’s £47million release clause should be affordable this summer, and being able to offer Champions League football should position them ahead of Chelsea at least.
Having a Spanish-speaking manager who seemingly wants the winger would also give the Gunners an edge over Liverpool to be the first team to hijack any deal if Barcelona drop the ball. Not necessarily needing a winger should also allow Arsenal to position themselves to be opportunistic should such a situation arise.
United rival Arsenal
Manchester United reportedly are set to rival Arsenal in their pursuit of long-time target Ferdi Kadioglu. The Turkey international is said to have been the subject of bids from the Gunners and Borussia Dortmund last month. But the player had been until recently focused on the Euros.
United making it a three-way tussle for the Fenerbache full-back could reignite the race. It has previously been said that the player’s preference is the Premier League, seemingly giving Arsenal and their rivals the edge. But it is unclear whether United will outbid the Gunners’ reported £18million opening offer.
football.london: Kadioglu is impressively versatile and should be a strong signing for a sensible price should such a deal be done. Primarily a left-back, the expected signing of Riccardo Calafiori should now hinder any move, as the player has also appeared over a dozen times in seven different positions.
It is easier to list the areas he has not taken up – which are centre-back and centre-forward. So while, there is no chance of Kadioglu being the sought-after striker, at 24, he could become a crucial utility player that allows Arteta to keep a smaller squad and still compete.
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