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    A tiny chicken fillet may have been the difference between Manchester United signing one of their greatest players and missing out. <\/p>\n

    The thought of touching raw chicken is so vile to many that the term \u201cchicken phobia\u201d became a highly discussed point on TikTok. However, one of United\u2019s and the Premier League\u2019s finest defenders may owe his entire career to his unusual tactic of playing football with a raw chicken fillet in his boot. <\/p>\n

    Considering his previous antics with raw chicken, you may not be surprised to hear that Patrice Evra was the individual who played with the flesh in his boot. But while the Frenchman is known to b rather eccentric, there was method in the madness<\/p>\n

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    In an interview with the Players\u2019 Tribune in 2019, he said: "An opponent had stamped on my foot and damaged it badly. In hospital I told the Monaco coach, Didier Deschamps, 'It\u2019s too painful. I can\u2019t play. I can\u2019t even walk!'<\/p>\n

    "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\u2019t you just go old school?' Everyone said, 'What do you mean?' He said, 'Just slide a chicken down his boot.'<\/p>\n

    What other bizarre superstitions and habits can you remember? Let us know in the comments section below<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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    "It sounded crazy but, you know me, I\u2019m open-minded. So I went to my local butcher. The butcher said, 'What do you want?' I said, 'A piece of chicken. But just a tiny one.' He said, 'A tiny one? How come?' I said, 'I\u2019m gonna put it in my boot.' He just laughed.<\/p>\n

    "I went home with the chicken. I ordered new boots: one in size 42.5, the other in size 44. I passed the ball. Oh. That felt okay. Painful, but okay. So I ended up playing with chicken in my boot for four months.\u201d <\/p>\n

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    His performances for Monaco saw him earn a \u00a35.5m move to United, where he went on to make 379 appearances, winning five Premier League titles, three League Cups, a Champions League and the Club World Cup – amazing what difference a raw chicken fillet can make.<\/p>\n

    "I didn\u2019t train with it \u2014 my mother would never have forgiven me for wasting food \u2014 but before every game I would visit the butcher. 'Morning, Patrice. The usual, yeah?' The chicken enabled me to play so well that, in January 2006, I was signed by Manchester United.\u201d <\/p>\n