“Torres hit me once and they had to sew up my leg. I don’t like him”

Ferdinand River A few years ago he hung up his boots and now, having become an analyst in England, he is the order of the day.

Drawing on his experience, time and time again the former Manchester United man uses anecdotes and speaking for the ‘Live with FIVE’ podcast, the Englishman has produced a list of rival strikers he has disliked the most throughout his career.

Among them, strangely, was found Fernando Torresa Liverpool and Chelsea player during his time in the Premier League, for whom he didn’t have too many kind words. “I don’t like Torres. Once in a game he hit me in the leg while the ball was on the other side of the pitch. They had to sew up my leg.”admitted Ferdinand, who continued and explained that “the ball was too far and we had several clashes during the game. At the end of the first half I took my boot off, it was the worst thing I could have done. It was swollen my leg. They stitched me up, they gave me painkillers, I put my shoes back on and went back to the field. It hurt so much, I still have a scar.”

However, El Niño is not the only one who stands out in his chapter of the most hated. mario balotelliused to appear on these lists, also has its own chapter. “I hate Balotelli, I hate him. He did a couple of things I didn’t like with the fans and I thought it was rude,” Ferdinand said, before adding that “now we talk and he’s a wonderful guy.”

In the same list, Ferdinand He also brought in a footballer like Luis Suárez, a nightmare for any centre-back, as well as adding Robbie Savage and Kevin Davies.