Guest #100 Rio Ferdinand: Addicted to Winning

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter · Jul 22, 2020 · 52m

We promised you a special 100th guest … so who better than Rio Ferdinand, a man with a Champions League, six Premier Leagues and 81 England caps under his belt. Rio was a centre-half so elegant that he could have played in midfield. Damn it, he could have played up front if he wanted.

He left Leeds to join Manchester United because he had a burning desire to win. He got his hands on the league title in his first season at Old Trafford but that merely fuelled the addiction. He wanted European glory. He wanted the Champions League.

At Leeds Rio had come close, scoring a sublime header in a…