Evra hails Allegri as agents contact Man Utd

Manchester United Champions League winner Patrice Evra is full of praise for sacked Juventus coach Max Allegri.

Evra played for Allegri, who was dismissed on Friday at Juve, and there's claims from Turin that agents are already in touch with United.

He said: "He has incredible flair. More than Ferguson. Allegri always knows how a game will go before it starts. In the return leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League in 2015 in Dortmund, he predicted everything. Crazy.

"Before the match, he told us: 'This is a friendly'.

"Whereas, a few days before against Genoa, he was yelling at us as if it were in a Champions League final. Allegri is like this: he is obsessed with lesser games, he doesn't care about big matches."

Interestingly, former Juve GM Jean-Claude Blanc is now working as an advisor to United through Ineos.