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RIO STAYS

Manchester United recently underwent a major change in the coaching staff after the departure of manager Sir Alex Ferguson. The arrival of David Moyes has also brought a significant amount of coaching staff from Everton, while the club has also decided to hand out coaching roles to 2 of their legends. Phil Neville and Ryan Giggs will be part of the coaching staff in the upcoming season. Neville will be a full-time coach at United, while Giggs is the player coach at the club. Defender Rio

Ferdinand, who is also one of the experienced members of the squad, has said that the intensity of training has increased dramatically under this new management.

Moyes is known for an incredible training regime during his time at Everton, and it seems that he has implemented the same at Old Trafford as well. The Scot has spent the last 11 years at Everton and he has said that the change that has come about has reenergised him as a manager. Moyes will be taking charge of his first United game in a friendly match. The club will be playing in five different countries over the next few weeks as part of their pre-season tour.

Ferdinand still has one year left on his contract.

“It is a bit too early to compare, but I think the intensity of training has gone up. As a new manager comes in, the players want to impress the new coaching staff, but it has been very hard — we have had some double days — but very fair. The lads have enjoyed it and that’s the most important thing. We’re getting into the new things asked of us and we’re really enjoying it. We want to make a good start to the season,” said the defender, who played a key role for the club last season.

MOYES LOOKING FORWARD

New Manchester United manager David Moyes has said that he is already forward to working with defender Rio Ferdinand, who recently signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United. Ferdinand’s future at Old Trafford was under major a cloud of doubt due to the fact that he had only a few months left on his contract. However, United offered him a new deal after the announcement of his international retirement came about. Moyes will be has to be content with the departures in the form of Ferguson and Paul Scholes.

The former England midfielder will be retiring for the second time in his career. Even though he is 38 years old, he continued to have a major influence in the team. Due to these departures, Moyes reckons that it is extremely important that United managed to hold onto Ferdinand. The 34-year-old defender is not expected to continue playing football for a long time, but this one year could be extremely vital in the settling process of Moyes. Moyes has seen Ferdinand form an incredible partnership with Jonny Evans at the back, which was crucial to Manchester United winning the title in the absence of Nemanja Vidic for long periods of the season.

“Rio has had one of his best seasons with the club and even from the outside you can see what a big character he is in the dressing room, so I am delighted he has signed a new contract. I am looking forward to working with him,” said Moyes. Moyes will be replacing Ferguson who has been in charge of Manchester United for the last 26 years. Moyes himself as being a manager at Everton for the last 11 years. This is his first managerial job at the club and he is yet to win a major trophy.