Rio Ferdinand called Man Utd 'dead team' and said he'd never play for them in toilet chat with fan

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Rio Ferdinand hated the thought of playing for Manchester United when he was an up-and-coming star at West Ham.Three years prior to his multi-million move to Old Trafford, the defender said he told a United fan that he would "never" play for Sir Alex Ferguson's side, though admitted his stance was born out of jealousy."Frank Lampard and I went to Magaluf one year, it was FA Cup final weekend and Manchester United were playing Newcastle," Ferdinand said speaking on William Hill’s Stripped Podcast.READ MORE: The Queen told Sir Alex Ferguson no one would repeat Man Utd's historic treble"I was in the toilet and a United fan came up to me and went 'I bet you’d love to play for us, wouldn’t you?' and I went 'never would I play for Man United ever, dead team, no chance.' "That was because I was jealous as they just kept winning."Ferdinand became the world's most expensive defender a year later after Leeds paid £18m to bring him to Elland Road, though it wasn't long before he was glancing enviously at the red half of Manchester again.Where does Rio Ferdinand rank among the greatest Premier League centre backs?

Let us know what you think in the comments section below."I first spoke to Sir Alex [Ferguson] during the 2002 World Cup.

I played well in the tournament and I remember I was speaking to some of his players like Nicky Butt and they were saying 'you’ve got to come to Man United, it’s bigger than being with England'," Ferdinand added."My whole being of being a footballer was winning and up to that point I hadn’t won anything.

I needed to go [to Man United], I couldn’t waste any more time. I loved it at Leeds, but I needed to go and that was it."United broke the British transfer record to sign Ferdinand just a few days after.