What Sir Alex Ferguson did after Man Utd player refused to shake his hand after cup final snub

Sir Alex Ferguson's surprising response to a Manchester United player who snubbed his handshake after a cup final has been revealed.

13-time Premier League winners Ferguson had plenty of run-ins with players over the years and would not take kindly to any type of disrespect.

And back in 2007, he was snubbed by one of his very own players following the FA Cup final at Wembley.

United were beaten by Chelsea, with Didier Drogba scoring the only goal of the game in extra time to give the Blues a fourth FA Cup triumph.

But afterwards Patrice Evra decided to not shake the hand offered by Ferguson, having been furious at not featuring in the showpiece.

Ferguson had initially told Evra he wouldn't be playing in jest before confirming he would be starting at left-back and supporting Cristiano Ronaldo.

Yet the following day Ferguson announced he had changed his mind and proceeded to start Gabriel Heinze, who played the entirety of the showpiece - much to Evra's anger.

"In 2007, we had the FA Cup final at Wembley against Chelsea and I remember the day before the game, Sir Alex Ferguson told me that I wasn't going to be playing.

Speaking on The Overlap, Evra said: "There was an article in the papers saying that I was a drug dealer, a fighter and that I was part of a gang, so the boss told me that he couldn’t play me in the final because the Glazers told him to leave me out. He turned around and told me that he was joking and that I would be playing on the left with Cristiano Ronaldo.

"The next day, I got a knock on the door and it was the boss telling me that he wasn’t going to play me and that he was going to start Gabriel Heinze instead. After five minutes of the final, he told me to warm up, but I never came on and I was fuming. I took my medal and threw it on the floor. The boss came to shake my hand and I didn’t shake his hand."

Many would have expected Ferguson to punish Evra for his actions given the high-profile fall-outs he had with the likes of Roy Keane and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Evra refused to shake Ferguson's hand after the FA Cup final. Image: Getty

However, Ferguson proceeded to apologise to the Frenchman, who wanted to leave the club in that moment.

He continued: "Two weeks later, he called me to say sorry. He said he made a mistake. After that game, I called my agent and told him I didn't want to play for United anymore and that it was disrespectful. This was the moment I was going to leave United."

Evra was only in his first full season at United but ended up staying put and making 379 appearances for the Red Devils, winning five Premier League titles and one Champions League.

He left for Juventus in 2014 and later turned out for Marseille and West Ham before hanging up his boots.

Evra and Ferguson maintain a good relationship to this day and have reunited in the stands at United games.