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Rio Ferdinand thinks Sven Goran Eriksson was “disrespectful” to his former Manchester United and England team-mate Paul Scholes when he opted to play him on the left wing. Eriksson, who managed England for five years between 2001 and 2006, often moved Scholes out to an unfamiliar left-sided position in a 4-4-2 with Steven Gerrard and […]
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Newcastle fans have no right to criticise Mike Ashley unless they themselves buy the club off him. Rio Ferdinand knows that’s a load of balls and that really does matter. “It’s his club.” Rio Ferdinand’s preposterous attack on Newcastle fans in his latest YouTube show has a lot of problems, and we’ll get to […]
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Rio Ferdinand believes Mike Ashley is doing “what he thinks is right” for Newcastle and says if the fans are unhappy they should “round up money” to buy the club. Newcastle have a fight on their hands to remain in the Premier League with both Ashley and Steve Bruce receiving regular stick from the Toon […]
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Rio Ferdinand has insisted that West Ham midfielder Jesse Lingard is capable of playing for “any top team” in the Premier League. Lingard came through the ranks with Manchester United and before breaking into their first team, he had impressive loan spells with Brighton and Derby County. The Englishman made his debut for the Red […]
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Rio Ferdinand has questioned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s decision to rest players for Manchester United’s FA Cup quarter-final against Leicester City. The Red Devils were knocked out of the FA Cup at the hands of Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester at the weekend. Mason Greenwood scored for the visitors to cancel out Kelechi Iheanacho’s early goal, but second […]
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Rio Ferdinand thinks the decision to bring “experience back into the team” is one of three key differences between Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel and Frank Lampard. Tuchel is now 14 matches unbeaten since taking over from Lampard towards the end of January with Chelsea into an FA Cup semi-final and Champions League quarter-final. The German […]
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Rio Ferdinand also recognised that Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland are capable of causing Man City lots of problems on the counter-attack. Pep Guardiola’s side booked their place in the last eight of the Champions League in midweek. They beat German outfit Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 on aggregate to advance. They have been drawn to face […]
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‘Don’t want to jinx’: Gary Lineker gushes over Everton man whom Rio Ferdinand called ‘top-tier’ – originally posted on Sportslens.com Gary Lineker has showered heaps of praise on Everton defender Ben Godfrey on social networking site Twitter. The popular football pundit was following the FA Cup clash between Everton and Manchester City on Sunday, and […]
Rio Ferdinand has quickly moved to dismiss false claims that he thinks Harry Kane is past his sell-by date. Jamie O’Hara, in discussion with Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist on talkSPORT, said he was “surprised” that Ferdinand didn’t think Manchester United should move for Kane this summer. United, along with Manchester City and Chelsea, have […]
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Rio Ferdinand insists Kai Havertz “will get there” for Chelsea and likened him to one of his former Manchester United teammates. The German – signed for £72million from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer – has struggled for form and fitness in his first season at Stamford Bridge, but is starting to find the form which […]
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