Patrice Evra won’t hang up his boots and ‘has plenty of offers’ to leave Marseille despite season-long ban for kung-fu kick on fan
Says agent: 'He’s not feeling great at the moment but his career will not end here. He doesn’t want to leave game in this way'
DISGRACED Patrice Evra is determined to carry on playing football.
The former Manchester United defender is reeling from a Uefa ban until the end of the season following his kung-fu kick on one of his own Marseille fans.
Rumours that the ex-Juventus, Nice and Monaco star was hanging up his boots at the age of 36 have been refuted by his agent Federico Pastorello.
Pastorello said: “Obviously he’s not feeling great at the moment but his career will not end here, he doesn’t want to leave the game in this way.
“He is physically stronger than he was five or six years ago and plenty of people have already been in touch with us.
"Patrice won’t be going back to Serie A after so many years at Juventus but we’re not ruling anything out, even Napoli, but that would be difficult I think.”
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Evra is considering an appeal against the length of the sanction.
France coach and Evra’s boss at Monaco Didier Deschamps described his penalty as “heavy” on Sunday.
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The former France captain was sent off before Marseille's Europa League defeat against Vitoria on November 2.
He struck a fan he claimed was abusing him.
Olivier Giroud hopes Evra can make a quick return to football and says he has "written him a message of support".
"I hope that he can bounce back," Giroud said after scoring in his country's 2-0 win over Wales on Friday.
"I've written him a message to send my support. We had five great years together with the national team and he has always been a leader.
"It's difficult to speak of what he did, but it was instinct, something full of emotion.
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"And I don't understand very well how supporters can come so close to the pitch like that.
"He's won numerous titles, he's a great player. I hope he can rebound, rediscover his happiness and finish in a different manner."
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