Possibly the best defender in the world (Rio Ferdinand)

Member Name: paulie1975

Product:	Rio Ferdinand
Date:	04/01/09 (9 review reads)
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Advantages: Powerful, mature, responsible, quick, great passer

Disadvantages: It took him a while to get there

Rio has always been talked of as having potential to be one of the best defenders on the planet, as a young player coming through the West Ham ranks, he was marked out from an early age as a ball playing centre half in the Bobby Moore mode.

In his early days, Ferdinand was prone to making at least one mistake per game and was also prone to the odd error off the pitch, following an £18m move to Leeds he upped his game and became part of a fantastic centre half partnership with Jonathon Woodgate.

Following the on (and off pitch problems) at Leeds, Ferdinand moved to Manchester United for an incredible £30m, at times he showed himself to be the immensely talented player, at others he betrayed this with immaturity, in incidents such as the one where he was banned from the England team for going shopping rather than taking a drug test.

Recently Ferdinand has matured beyond belief being England's best Defender, the captain of Manchester United's league and Champions League winning teams.

Powerful, elegant, an attacking threat, an amazing defender, with pace to burn, skill, positioning and an eye for a pass.

Ferdinand is possibly the best defender in the world at the moment and he could actually improve further and become an all-time great!!!

As Leeds finances began to crumble, Ferdinand was sold to Manchester United for

Summary: Peckham's finest is now the best defender in the world