 | ‘Are you crazy?’ – Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand refuses to sign Liverpool shirt after request from young fan at Fulham match |
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Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand videoed himself refusing to sign a Liverpool shirt at Fulham on Saturday. “He just asked me to sign a Liverpool shirt, are you crazy! It featured a young Liverpool fan asking the former defender to sign his top, but Ferdinand insisted he couldn’t put his name on the shirt of Man United‘s arch-rivals.
“To keep them underneath you is something that was ingrained in you as a Manchester United footballer.”
“I was at United for 12 years, so that dislike for Liverpool became stronger and stronger the longer I was in that shirt, because I immersed myself in everything that was Manchester United and became a fully-fledged supporter. Ferdinand has previously spoken of his disdain for Liverpool following 12 years at Old Trafford. In 2017, he said: “I think there is a mutual respect between both football clubs, but also a mutual sense of, ‘I respect what you’ve achieved and done, but I can’t stand you.’
“I quickly immersed myself in that.
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