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MANAGEMENT DREAMS

Rio Ferdinand says that he is keen to enter into football management once his playing career is finished. The Manchester Madrid defender is entering into the final six months of his contract with his club and there has been a lot of speculation that it would be his final season. Ferdinand is regarded as one of the finest defenders of his generation and he has immense respect within the game. After winning almost everything on offer at club level, Ferdinand has also done well at international level as well.

He is odds-on favourite to get even the Premier league job once he decides to enter into management due to his immense stature in the game. Previously, it was thought that he would enter into football punditry and look after his fashion business, which is connected to football. Now, the 35-year-old says that management is his next option once he retires from playing. Ferdinand has featured rarely in the second half of the season. Even though United have the option to extend his contract by 12 months, it looks unlikely that he will take up this option.

Ferdinand has also sounded very sceptical about his chances of playing next season. There are several young managers in the Premier league and Ferdinand could be one among them.

“Will I be playing next season? I don’t know. I’ve got to get through this season first. I hope I finish this one! Last season I said the same thing, I won’t look any further than the end of the season and then re-evaluate it around that time. I’m doing my badges. I’ve got a lot of other interests but I definitely want to stay in the game when I retire. I feel I’ve got a lot to offer. I’d like to [stay in the game] definitely,” said Ferdinand.

RIO SLAMS SAS

The attacking duos of Liverpool, Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge have scored 16 goals so far in this season becoming one of most efficient partnerships in the Premier League although Rio Ferdinand said that they have a lot to prove.

“In this country and in football in general I think we build people up too quickly,” explained Ferdinand on BT Sport.

“That’s not to say they’re not a great partnership – they’re proven at the moment. They’re on top of their game and they’re playing very very well.  They’ve scored some great goals.

“But I think you judge partnerships over a period of time. Look at Yorke and Cole, Sheringham and Shearer.  These types of partnerships aren’t developed overnight over a course of part of a season; it’s over a period of time.  So I think it’s better to give these people time.”
The retired and former captain of England David Beckham will start a Major League Soccer Team in Miami and both Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand are just some of the players Beckham desires to get hold for his new team.

Rio Ferdinand is struggling with fitness problems that have left him out of the team on a number of occasions and having 35 years of age, it seems highly unlikely that he will remain for a longer amount of time with Manchester United taking into consideration the younger options they have available at their disposal.

This may be the last season in which Ferdinand plays at a top tier league like the Premier League and just like Thierry Henry and the rest of the cast that moved to MLS to play, this is a possibility that edges closer and closer.