Duncan Ferguson makes Everton career admission to leave Jamie Carragher in stitches

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballDuncan FergusonEverton icon Duncan Ferguson insisted that his reputation as a hard man was overblown as his discussed his career on Sky SportsEverton icon Duncan Ferguson insists he wasn't the toughest player in the Blues dressing room during his fearsome playing career, even suggesting that Liverpool great Jamie Carragher was a more fearsome prospect than him.Blues icon Ferguson carved out a career as one the game's most feared players his during two spells at Goodison Park between 1994-1998 and 2000-2006, scoring 72 goals in 273 games.Ferguson's no-nonsense style of play would regularly make life tough for defenders he faced, including Carragher, but the Scot says he has long been misunderstood.Appearing on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football alongside Carragher for Everton's 1-1 draw with West Ham on Monday night, Ferguson said: "People that don't know me think I'm the hardest man that ever walked this planet. Some of the rubbish that gets written about you, 'the toughest guy that ever played in the Premier League...'"He would then go on to further dismiss this notion, and pointed to his former Everton team-mates and a laughing Carragher as being tougher than him."I wasn't even the toughest guy in my dressing room, so I could never have been the toughest guy that played in the Premier League," continued Ferguson.

"I'm not even the toughest guy on his sofa, by the way."It's just a lot of rubbish isn't it? Yeah I was aggressive on a football pitch, that was part of my make-up really, and I got a few red cards along the way, including some stupid ones.

But it's not me off the field and it's not me on the training field. It's not me if anybody knows me."