Manchester United in 2003 after breaking through as a teenager with Sporting Lisbon.United famously traveled to Portugal to play Sporting in a pre-season friendly that year.And that is where Ronaldo really peaked the interest of Sir Alex Ferguson as he ran poor utility defender O’Shea ragged for a whole half of football, leaving him "in bits".Ferdinand then revealed how it came about that Ferguson made sure to snap him up straight after the game, delaying the whole travelling squad.
As part of EA SPORTS and COPA90's 'Stay Home. Play Together' campaign, Ferdinand told current England stars Mason Mount and Declan Rice : "We played against Sporting in 2003, we get in at half-time and John O'Shea must've needed an oxygen tank next to him. "He.
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