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[/sport/teampages/manchester-united.html Manchester United] would turn a blind eye to players attending training drunk as part of 'a moment of relaxation' over the New Year period, former star Nani has claimed.
The four-time [/sport/premierleague/index.html Premier League] winner has revealed members of the squad were allowed to train while worse for wear after festive nights out and praised ex-boss Sir Alex Ferguson's man-management during United's 'non-stop' schedule.
Reflecting on the star-studded squad's sessions, Nani told [ ] he enjoyed 'nights out at the right time' and 'never got in trouble', adding: 'If I had the next day off, for example, then I could have some fun...on special days like [/news/christmas/index.html Christmas] or New Year - no one in England cares about that.
Ex-Man United star Nani says players were occasionally excused being short of peak condition
The Portuguese winger claims stars could turn up to sessions drunk over the new year period
Nani (far left) attended the 2011 Christmas night out in Manchester with fellow squad members
The Portuguese partied in the city with United after lifting the 2012-13 Premier League trophy
Rare nights on the town did little to halt United's spate of successes under Sir Alex Ferguson
Nani was united with fellow Portugal regulars Anderson and Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford
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'On New Year, we could even go to training drunk and cricnfootball.website2.me the coach didn't care about it.
That's the side of [Sir Alex] that knew how to deal with the players and have the perception to say, "this day is special, I can't make demands".
'We had been playing non-stop all year long. It was a joy, a moment of relaxation, a different kind of training - clowning around.
I won't lie, I liked nights out.'
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sport" data-version="2" id="mol-18255b80-2d4b-11ea-948b-314d9ca4272d" website Man United star Nani claims players turned up DRUNK at training
