You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.
"Rio Gavin Ferdinand" is an English professional Association football/footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers F.C./Queens Park Rangers as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back/centre-back. He played 81 Cap (football)/times for the England national football team between 1997 and 2011, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads.
Ferdinand began his football career playing for various youth teams, finally settling at West Ham United F.C./West Ham United where he progressed through the youth ranks and made his professional Premier League debut in 1996. He became a fan favourite, winning the 'Hammer of the Year award' the following season. He earned his first senior international cap in a match against Cameroon national football team/Cameroon in 1997, setting a record as the youngest defender to play for England at the time. His achievements and footballing potential attracted Leeds United A.F.C./Leeds United and he transferred to the club for a record-breaking fee of Pound sterling/£18 million. He spent two seasons at the club, becoming the captain (association football)/team captain in 2001.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous athletes! More Rio Ferdinand on Wikipedia.You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.
He's a fantastic player who's done very well in Scotland and he's an absolute handful.
He's a quality player.
There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.
I played against him in training every day and he used to elbow me, kick me and head-butt me.
We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all.
I had a chat with the manager to get a clear picture about stories in the papers [about being dropped].
When we played together at West Ham I thought we had one of the best strikers in the league in John.
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