Minähän sanoin, että Rio oli vain tuuraaja:
Sky Sports kirjoittelee seuraavaa:
Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale insists Rio Ferdinand arrived at Elland Road as "cover" for Jonathan Woodgate.
Manchester United broke the British transfer record with a £30m summer swoop for Ferdinand, who cost Leeds £18m from West Ham in November 2000.
"We only actually bought Rio in the first place because Jonathan Woodgate's position was uncertain due to his involvement in what turned out to be two trials," Ridsdale said.
"People say we have sold out best player but you have to take a view on whether that is actually the case or not. You could argue what we have done is cover for Woodgate for 18 months in case he was not around.
"Now we have got him back and we have made a healthy profit on a player we only bought as cover in the first place."
Ridsdale believes Ferdinand was publicly giving the impression he was happy to stay at Leeds, while plotting his move to Manchester United.