Inter Milan are reportedly interested in signing French defender Patrice Evra. Evra has reportedly sold his house in Manchester as he yearns for a fresh challenge abroad after four glorious years at Old Trafford.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has handed the Frenchman time out after a tumultuous World Cup with the French national team, and Patrice Evra could well make use the time to negotiate a possible transfer for himself.

Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is believed to consider Evra as a back-up signing in any case his pursuit of Chelsea's Ashley Cole collapses.

Meanwhile, Inter manager Rafael Benitez has reportedly joined in the fray to sign the 29-year-old as he looks to fill the gap at the left-side of his defence.

Evra came in for a lot of criticism for the team’s performance at the World Cup. But none can argue that he is the best left-back in the world. As a result there are always transfer rumours surrounding him.

It comes as no surprise when, The Daily Mail reports that Barca as well as Juventus are interested in adding the player to their armoury, suggesting that the former Monaco defender could be considering whether his future still lies at Old Trafford.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was recently reported to have given the full-back an extra week off to recover from the shambolic campaign in South Africa.

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Speaking after France’s 1-1 draw away to Tunisia, Patrice Evra has declared himself to be relatively pleased with the tie, despite a below par performance from les Bleus.

For a long period of the game the Carthage Eagles held the upper hand, having been given an early lead by the predatory Issam Jemaa. A second half header from William Gallas drew the sides level, and Evra has confessed that he never felt seriously threatened by the opposition.

“We knew that we wouldn’t lose the game, and we proved it,” he boasted, according to Ligue 1’s official website. “We were able to get back up to speed after a period where we slacked off a little. All in all, I’m rather satisfied. We didn’t panic and continued playing our game.

“The goals you concede early in games are due to a lack of concentration, but we were able to put things right.

“Our objective is to not lose any games between now and the World Cup, and so far we’ve managed to do that.”

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Patrice Evra is convinced fellow Manchester United full-back Rafael will emerge stronger for his red card torment against Bayern Munich last week.

Yet Evra is confident the Old Trafford outfit will gain a major benefit in the long run, as he is convinced Rafael is destined for great things. Evra said: "It is a good experience for Rafael and he will definitely be a better player because of what happened."

He added: "When he gets some experience he will be different class. I know Rafael's mentality. I am sure about him. He has a lot of hunger. This was just part of the development process. He will go on to become one of the best right-backs Manchester United have ever had."

Evra was older and more experienced when he arrived at United in a £5million deal from Monaco in January 2005. Yet even he struggled at first, which is why he feels confident about Rafael.

"When I came here I was 24. I was already playing with the French national team and had reached the final of the Champions League with Monaco," said Evra. "But the first six months were difficult. It was a big slap in my face.

Patrice Evra has admitted Manchester United's "over-confidence" cost them last season's Champions League final against Barcelona.

United are aiming to stay on course for a third straight final by overcoming AC Milan at Old Trafford on Wednesday to book a quarter-final place.

Ahead of that game, which will see David Beckham face United at Old Trafford for the first time since his 2003 exit, Evra admitted United's arrogance cost them against Barca.

"First and foremost, Barcelona won because they played really well," said Evra. "But even so, I'm frustrated because I feel that we didn't show the real face of Manchester United.

Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra has questioned the team's attitude after they were eclipsed by Liverpool at Anfield.

Evra was left frustrated at the manner of United's first defeat in 12 games in all competitions. Goals from a fit-again Fernando Torres and substitute David Ngog in the second half ended a run of four losses for Liverpool.

"I'm always happy to play at Liverpool, I am not scared," he told MUTV. "We also have a lot of experienced players, who are used to big games. But we did not show the Manchester United spirit."

He added: "The advice was to play our football but we did not do that and I do not know why.

"Liverpool were aggressive but we did not play and that is why it is so frustrating to lose.

"Normally we create at least five or six clear chances in a game but we only had the one when Valencia hit the bar. It is not enough if you want to win against Liverpool."

United defender Nemanja Vidic is set for a one-match ban after being picking up two yellow cards.

Evra, however, agreed with Ferguson that Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher should have been dismissed for a challenge on former team-mate Michael Owen when he was clean through.

"I do not understand why Carragher only got a yellow card for fouling Owen when I think he was the last man," said the French defender.

"But I look more at the display of Manchester United and the display was poor."

Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Patrice Evra, Ji-sung Park and Darren Fletcher will all miss United's Champions League trip to CSKA Moscow.

The five players - many of them probable starters in Sir Alex Ferguson's strongest line-up - were absent from the squad flying out of Manchester on Monday afternoon. The sports betting markets have placed United as slim favourites in the match.

Sir Alex referred to Giggs, Rooney and Evra's possible absences on Saturday, when he spoke to MUTV following the Reds' 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers.

"Ryan Giggs has got a knock and is a doubt," Sir Alex said. "We've got to try and get Wayne Rooney ready for Wednesday but we'll see him on Sunday (against Liverpool). We'll have to look at Patrice Evra, he may be a doubt."

Like Rooney, Fletcher missed the Bolton match after picking up an injury while on international duty. Meanwhile Korean sources report that Park is being rested as a precaution due to a water on the knee problem. The club has not confirmed this but Sir Alex may clarify matters in his pre-match press conference in Moscow (Tuesday, 17:30 UK).

Other possible absentees mentioned by the boss on Saturday were Dimitar Berbatov - "I think he will be all right" - and Nemanja Vidic - "I'm hopeful Vidic will be all right, but he'll certainly be ready for the Liverpool game." Both have flown to Russia.

The full United squad to face CSKA Moscow on 21 October is as follows: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster; Neville, Rafael, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Brown, J Evans, C Evans, Fabio; Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Anderson, Nani; Owen, Berbatov, Macheda, Welbeck.

Patrice Evra expressed his disappointment after France supporters booed the team off following their 1-0 friendly defeat to Nigeria.

The Manchester United defender added that the French fans could learn lessons from their English counterparts who he insists applaud their team even in defeat.

Nigeria shocked France in St Etienne on Tuesday and even with the likes of Franck Ribery, Nicolas Anelka and Karim Benzema at their disposal Raymond Domenich's side had no response.

Evra played the full 90 minutes of the match and declared that the fans whistling throughout the games is only going to have a detrimental effect on the side.

"I am disappointed with the behaviour of those so-called fans," he told skysports.com.

"They should be supporting their team instead of whistling. Manchester lost a big game at Old Trafford against Liverpool 4-1, however the fans still applaud us off the field.

"They understand there are off days in a football team's life. After that defeat we won the league."