Rio Ferdinand has slammed Gareth Southgate for suggesting Jadon Sancho lacks experience on the big stage and hopes the manager is ‘brave’ with his selection for their final group game against the Czech Republic at Euro 2020. Sancho enjoyed an excellent Bundesliga season, finishing with eight goals and 11 assists […]
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Rio Ferdinand claims he was rocked by Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest in Denmark’s Euro 2020 opening game against Finland and has suggested the player will not play again. Eriksen collapsed towards the end of the first half of Saturday’s game in Copenhagen and had to be resuscitated by a defibrillator […]
Rio Ferdinand believes Gareth Southgate made a huge mistake by selecting Manchester United skipper Harry Maguire in his Euro 2020 squad. Southgate finally picked his 26-man squad on Tuesday afternoon, with Maguire included despite his recent injury issues. The 28-year-old missed the Red devils’ final five games of the campaign […]
Former Manchester United skipper Rio Ferdinand hailed ‘immense’ Reece James after Chelsea’s Champions League final win over Manchester City. James produced an outstanding performance to help Thomas Tuchel’s side secure a 1-0 victory in Porto and win the Champions League for thesecond time. Ferdinand told BT Sport: ‘He’s a product […]
Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand applauded Unai Emery for ‘snuffing out’ Bruno Fernandes during Manchester United’s Europa League final defeat to Villarreal. Edinson Cavani cancelled Moreno’s opener to take the game showpiece to extra time but United came up short in the penalty shootout, with David de Gea’s decisive spot-kick […]
Rio Ferdinand says Chelsea and Manchester United need to go for PSG’s Marquinhos if they want to sign a central defender, describing him as a big-game player. The two Premier League teams are in the market for a new centre-back, with United reported to be in talks to sign Villarreal’s […]
Rio Ferdinand says Chelsea are his favourites to win the Premier League next campaign and is convinced Timo Werner will ‘bang’ in front of goal despite his profligacy in his first season. The blues have been outstanding since Thomas Tuchel took charge, losing just one of his 15 Premier League […]
Rio Ferdinand has been impressed with Joe Willock who is currently on loan at Newcastle and suggests Arsenal should have kept hold of the player for the second half of the campaign. Willock, 21, has shown glimpses of his quality since breaking into first-team at the Emirates in 2017 but […]
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has backed Paris Saint-Germain to go one step further than they managed in Europe last campaign and finally end their wait for Champions League glory under Mauricio Pochettino. The French side have had an inconsistent domestic season this term but in Europe they have proven […]
Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard will go ‘nowhere near’ Arsenal this summer window and would prefer to stay at West Ham United. That’s according to former Red devils captain Rio Ferdinand, who believes Arsenal fans wouldn’t accept Lingard at the club given his history with the fanbase. Lingard has already […]