Give Patrice Evra credit. He said what all of us football followers have long known on the eve of the big Man Utd-Arsenal clash on Monday night football.
"For me, (Arsenal) is a football training centre. I watch their match, I enjoy it, but are you going to win a title afterwards?" Evra said on French television channel Canal Plus.
"Our real enemy is Chelsea. They can win the title. We are more attentive to Chelsea’s results than Arsenal’s."
But wait, there's more from the French superstar.
"I hear them being compared to Barcelona. Barca play beautiful football but they win," said Evra.
"In 20 years, people are not going to remember Arsenal’s football. People remember trophies. We can lose against them on the 13th (Monday) but at the end of the day, there is nothing, no trophy, nothing.
"Arsenal is a big club that has not won anything in five years: that is a crisis."
Arsene Wenger came up with come lame defense for these remarks, something about "respecting his opponents," blah blah blah.
But does anyone really disagree with Evra? If Chelsea go down 5-0 to Tottenham on Sunday, guess what? They are still a bigger threat to Man Utd. And Spurs may be also. Arsenal? TBG is calling it right now, they will crash out of Champions League no matter who they draw.
What do you think? Is Evra being too harsh or is he spot-on? If you are being honest with yourself, you know he is right.
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