{"id":291670,"date":"2023-09-22T16:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=291670"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:35:13","slug":"ferdinand-reveals-rooney-thought-vidic-was-terrible-when-signing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-reveals-rooney-thought-vidic-was-terrible-when-signing-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferdinand reveals Rooney thought Vidic was &apos;terrible&apos; when signing him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Who the f*** is this guy?!&#8217;: Rio Ferdinand reveals Wayne Rooney thought Nemanja Vidic was &#8216;TERRIBLE&#8217; and they both thought Sir Alex Ferguson &#8216;had messed up&#8217; by signing him and Patrice Evra<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ferdinand has revealed that Rooney doubted the signings of Evra and Vidic\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click here to watch the IAKO Battle of Old Trafford YouTube Special from the Mail Sport Studios\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Wayne Rooney\u00a0thought Nemanja Vidic was &#8216;terrible&#8217; and thought Manchester United &#8216;had messed up&#8217; when they signed him and Patrice Evra.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson brought Vidic and Evra to Old Trafford in the summer of 2006 but they initially struggled.<\/p>\n<p>The pair went on to become legends at Old Trafford, but after a single training session Rooney was less than convinced.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Filthy @ Five podcast, Ferdinand recalled his first training session with Man United&#8217;s new signings Vidic and Evra when they first joined.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand revealed: &#8216;I remember after one session, me and Wazza were walking around. He said &#8220;Who the f*** is this guy?&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/16\/75735025-12549915-image-a-30_1695396179040.jpg\" height=\"807\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand (right) revealed that Wayne Rooney (centre) thought Nemanja Vidic (left) was &#8216;terrible&#8217; during his first training session at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/16\/75735023-12549915-image-m-32_1695396209770.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair went on to win major trophies at Old Trafford and become club legends<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/16\/75735017-12549915-image-a-29_1695396174360.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rooney also criticised Sir Alex Ferguson for the signings at the time<\/p>\n<p>The Man United and England legend continued to reveal that Vidic looked unimpressive during his first training session before expanding on Rooney&#8217;s criticism of the signings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was terrible,&#8217; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Vidic and Evra signed in the same window and he (Rooney) was going &#8220;The manager has f***** it, he&#8217;s messed up, I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on with the recrutiment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0 Rooney was soon proven wrong as he went on to lift some of the biggest trophies with Vidic and Evra becoming key figures in Ferguson&#8217;s defence.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney will be hoping that his eye for talent has improved since 2006, with the former England international now in charge of DC United in the MLS.<\/p>\n<p>His side sit 9th in the Eastern Conference and will be looking to make a push for the MLS Cup play-offs by the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12549915\/Wayne-Rooney-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-Rio-Ferdinand-Patrice-Evra-Nemanja-Vidic-Manchester-United.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Who the f*** is this guy?!&#8217;: Rio Ferdinand reveals Wayne Rooney thought Nemanja Vidic was &#8216;TERRIBLE&#8217; 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