Manchester United hero Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson used to give experienced players in his team a hard time because he knew they could take it.
Ferdinand discussed Ferguson's legendary hairdryer treatment in a coversation about Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel's treatment of Callum Hudson-Odoi.
The new Blues boss was critical of Hudson-Odoi, 20, after substituting him on and off against Southampton. And Ferdinand discussed the similarities between Tuchel's criticism and the legendary hairdryer treatment Ferguson used to give to his players.
He explained that Ferguson knew that if he criticised an experienced player like Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville or Wayne Rooney, they would react positively and want to prove a point.
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