Former football player Rio Ferdinand has removed the names of Roy Keane and Gary Neville from the combined Manchester team since 2000. In addition, he also chose 7 members of Man Utd to be on this list.
At 10:30 p.m. today (March 3), the whole football world will turn to Etihad Stadium to witness the expected confrontation between Man Utd and Man City in round 27 of the Premier League. Before the Manchester derby, former midfielder Rio Ferdinand selected the 11 best names of the team from 2000 to present.
Rio Ferdinand chose many faces who worked side by side with him at Man Utd to join the combined squad of the two Manchester teams (Photo: Dailymail).
In particular, the former English midfielder chose 7 Man Utd players in this list including Van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes, C.Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. None of these players are still playing in the current Man Utd squad. Man City has 4 players selected: Sergio Aguero, Rodri, Kyle Walker and De Bruyne.
The fact that Rio Ferdinand chose twice as many Man Utd players as Man City brought a lot of controversy. Because many bright faces like Man City like Vincent Kompany and Yaya Toure all deserve to be honored.
However, on the other hand, two Man Utd legends like Roy Keane and Gary Neville are not on the list, also creating controversy.
Combined lineup of Man Utd and Man City according to Rio Ferdinand (Photo: The Sun).
Of course, this is just Rio Ferdinand’s own opinion. Notice that most of the selected Man Utd players were with him during the peak of their career (the generation that won the 2008 Champions League). Therefore, it is understandable that they are favored by this midfielder.
At this time, Rio Ferdinand believes that Man Utd is completely inferior to Man Utd. The famous midfielder of English football commented: “It will be a long day. Etihad is always a difficult destination. Man Utd can go there without confidence. I predict they will lose at least two goals.” convincingly”.
