David Gill Full Exclusive Interview: My Time As CEO At Manchester United | Ownership & Transfers

[@rioferdinandpresents]

0:00; - Intro 1:20; - David Gill’s feelings on his time at Man Utd 5:12;- How the commercial side of Man Utd affected the players & David Gill butting heads with figures at the club 13:35;- The process of deciding & completing transfers 19:44; - David Gill’s proudest moment whilst working at Man Utd 24:17; - Sir Alex Ferguson’s standout characteristics & him giving David Gill the hairdryer treatment 29:25; - Did Keane and Beckham both have to go 31:57;- Rio Ferdinand’s drugs ban and how it was dealt with 36:00; - First impressions on Ronaldo and the struggle to keep him 39:40; - The transfer of Robin van Persie & transfers that almost happened 46:45; - David Gill’s exit from Man United & his view on how Man United have changed since his and Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure 56:48; - David Gill’s view on Man Utd’s debt issue under the glazers & player problems & leaks 1:03:00; - Does success mask issues and are Sir Jim Ratcliffe & David Brailsford the right people 1:09:10; - Quick-fire questions 1:12:28; - Outro

[@MrJeffHead]

After watching that I don't think Gill will be doing one of these again.

[@Stubbz83]

You showed us it all in clips already what’s the point

[@Dff158]

my source said INEOS r paying the untied stand and giving them interview with players. my source said mark didn't want to do it for the money but he did it to get interview's cos he want to be the only fan channel that get interview with the players.

[@MohsinKhan90s]

Defo made the most out of this interview 😂

[@1Forn61]

cheers for the full version.

[@Itskevooo17]

Can finally watch it!!😂😂 way better than 45 12 minute clips

[@ohiamyea6178]

I know he's retired...but christ what a breath of fresh air and to to answer the questions the way he did I totally get why Rio calls him Mr.Gill to this day...commendable human united needs more peoplelike him..the world does ffs..Good times r close at united..🔴⚪⚫

[@meeniman8980]

It looks like you guys listened! Thanks for finally giving us the full interview!

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Our pleasure!

[@markob53]

​@@rioferdinandpresentsHi Rio, need picking up in the morning pal?

[@Birdman686]

Feel like I've seen this before but over 8000 KZbin shorts 😂. No hate, you gotta make that cheddar. Great interview...

[@shanginadildo]

Poor rio must need a few quid

[@Mrbimdrummer]

David's wife was one of our volunteers in Trafford. She was such a nice human. Listening to David it must be a wonderful family to know. God bless everything you did for our club

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thanks for sharing!

[@dang6092]

Waving the glazers through the door?

[@mankydave67]

Love the “Mr Gill” reference from Rio. Total respect from Rio. Loved the David Gill with Fergie, era. Gutted they both retired at the same age. That was a massive problem that David Gill left at the same time.

[@danielpowell-ph5li]

Gill didn’t retire. He jumped when Fergie called time.

[@spacetime3]

Under appreciate United CEO David Gill true professional and someone who was invested in the club and history. Great Show for United Fans, Rios respect for the man speaks volumes too about him.

[@boreilly82]

Out-bloody-standing work here, guys. Thank you very much for delivering this interview and sharing with us.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alderazi7]

Next time please just post the whole interview instead of 20 Min Average videos. Rather have the whole thing, been vibing with Five from the get go, Keep it going 👍🏼

[@AlexGalloway1993]

Can't fault the lads for getting the views from one video across 6 separate ones.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Noted!

[@Ragnarlothbrok-]

This guy honestly deserves as much credit as sir Alex for reason United was soo successful in 90s clever football man brought best players

[@theboomletgroup8436]

David Gills response to Joel's question about Arsenal is Pure Pure Gold 😂😂😂😂😂😂💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾. A Red Through and Through 👹😈

[@MARTINDOWDS]

2 reasons why Utd were the Biggest and best club in the world, David Gill and Sir Alex . Those two ran the club and loved the club. both things that i really feel many clubs no longer have in place, have times changed that much that Clubs need 8 people to do 2 peoples work now and no longer do we see the passion for the club shown by Ceo's and managers. Maybe managers dont get time to feel that way with around a 3 year contract before exiting. we dont need players or people at the club who ask for passion, they must Demand that passion. the Culture is rotting away Utd from the inside. i hope Ineos can change that. A duo like Sir Alex and David Gill will never be seen at a football club again. times have changed for the worse i feel. Fantastic Interview, Well done Rio. The passion from Mr Gill sure does stir the passion inside us Utd fans.

[@Stubbz83]

Still the biggest club

[@baggiesikhsingh9871]

Brilliant podcast this. Just watched full episode and what strikes me is how intelligent, intellectual, authoritative, humorous, caring, and aware is David Gill. TopTop C.E.O, as a business or corporation you just know with David Gill ... You ARE in safe hands. Man.Utd still the biggest club on this planet. BoingBoingBaggies:-)

[@iam_nick]

Great episode, I think you guys need to get new mics and up the quality a bit on the setup!

[@nlizzy9071]

People talk about which ex player we should bring back if we could but Mr David Gill is the answer man😭😭😭 still love the fact that he comes to games with Fergie too he still has the club in his heart🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@AdityaKhuller]

Absolute goldmine of an interview! Also, I loved his emphasis on the PLAYERS being key to almost everything

[@jamesswinbanks]

Appreciate you putting out the full one.

[@R1chardH]

Great interview, you can tell his still in the game, tho with how he answers.

[@moorefootball]

Great to see the full interview. I know you guys had to split it up for views etc but 5 parts felt excessive - maybe 3 would have been OK.

[@wilseph1]

Need to stay true to the brand - Vibe with 5. Vibe with 3 doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@RishiJParmar]

Finally the whole thing... jesus christ

[@Saaarmbii]

Long form videos are better than the short form for sure

[@savage1717]

The underrated legend of the club, everything changed after he left up top. It absolutely hurts watching or hearing this, I won't be able to but brilliant effort n respect to everyone for pulling this off 👍🏻 Respect

[@TheRealTurkFebruary]

Sorry. I’ve already watched this interview in it’s originally aired 18-episode series.

[@mrc8985]

180*

[@1-B7]

Ste sitting that side so no one sees his black eye in future watching back the video 🤣🤣

[@anthonyjones7713]

I clocked that too 😂

[@SolaZeee]

Thanks for listening! Makes it a much easier watch. 5 parts and slow release was a terrible idea.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

No worries!

[@krizdennis]

Revenue hits hard 😂

[@deano1361]

The boss we need him now

[@user-yi4zd6gh5h]

guys, who was the smartest guy in a room to put these 72 mins in chunks?

[@aidangriffiths5075]

Made everyone want the full version and more eager to watch it then, purely out of annoyance 😂

[@alankennedy6066]

Rio looks like he's in love every time he looks at him and smiles

[@nohmanahmed4463]

So cool of the OG Mr Gill to sit down with Rio,still would like Rio to do more content❤

[@NomadJoe0323]

I can see why Rio would still call him Mr. Gill. Such a cool guy.

[@skankhunt-xv4ou]

Great content boys, but to cut it up like that just made nooooo sense, one a the biggest interviews and then decide to drip feed it to us??? Then release it all as one??? Hope y'all go back to original shows tbh

[@richmondasamoah1393]

Great interview I really enjoyed it. My take home is success covers a lot of whole issues. It means that in all thy doing strive hard to be successful in life. ❤

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chriskidney6374]

Great interview and really enjoyed listening to David Gill. Would have been much more enjoyable if you guys had just put it out as the full length interview, instead of chopping it to pieces for views.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Noted!

[@darrenpotter4339]

Thank you Mr Gill for your services to United!! ❤️ What a great episode 😁 Ps it was great to see Joel just get completely shot down when trying to turn the conversation to Arsenal 👏👏 He does my head in constantly interrupting with his shite views!

[@mohamstring]

They milked us with an 8 part series just to drop the full thing at the end😂

[@markmurphy501]

Yea the 12 min clip strategy was messy for us viewers but I respect the game of why it’s done, well done boys, great interview

[@Leechy-df8pg]

Gill & Fergi were the making of united's success. Comes across as a very fair bloke but knew his job and would be firm when carrying it out.

[@sheapyfpv8224]

Such a great interview and a massively under valued asset to uniteds success. It was fergie and gill that worked hand in hand to deliver such success

[@NomadJoe0323]

Seen parts of it already and can’t wait to see the whole thing

[@billdavies7243]

Newsflash you already have seen it all

[@MrJJuK]

thanks for the full version

[@michaelfoley7204]

Absolutely fantastic interview guys.

[@tonyjones4275]

OMG full interview I think you dropped a goolie doing all the separate episodes you have lost so many percentile viewers I nearly called it a day so many times but great to see such good content 🎉

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thanks for the view

[@ThunderChild91]

👏👏 thanks for listening to us! 😁

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Our pleasure!

[@Stubbz83]

@@rioferdinandpresentsI don’t do watching the same thing twice but fair play you got the view just from me clicking, love the Chanel though I watch almost everyday

[@rudosamusic]

Brilliant interview next time don’t chop it. KZbin is long format

[@eduardmoss8825]

As a united fan I love hearing from Gill. Interesting how is arms are folded through out. Why?

[@Raulgonzobonzo]

Absolutely fascinating

[@ohheyitskevinc]

Cheers for putting a copy up I don’t have to make a playlist for 😉

[@spleen9999]

Fantastic interview (and guest!) thanks for arranging! Not going to re-subscribe to the channel because most of the content is meh, but this is quality, cheers!

[@dovey6589]

Great interview, thanks guys.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TonyGEC7]

I didnt get the "Mr" Gill before as i hadnt seen him talk too much, after seeing this, i definately know why its "Mr Gill", in a different way to Fergie, Mr Gill commands respect!

[@dairefinnie1533]

Nothing about magnier mcmanus and Ferguson being solely responsible for the glazers taking full ownership of the club ? Nope ? Yea..Great interview 😂

[@markcroft5824]

Quality interview there Rio, a good insight into United and football, nice one 👍🏼

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Much appreciated

[@db-iu7qk]

Why not show the full version firslty

[@dawnmancaloriankeebals4262]

Did you watch the clips?

[@db-iu7qk]

I did.

[@dawnmancaloriankeebals4262]

@@db-iu7qk and did you watch the full version?

[@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915]

Good interview. Really classy. Good job all of you. Such a shame what’s happened to United recently. Hopefully we pay off some debt, stick with the manager at least for a bit longer, build a squad not a team, and benefit from Klopp retiring at Liverpool.

[@user-cr8uq1iy6f]

Come on David do your bit try to get Roy & Alex back speaking such a shame they don’t get on.. for the good of the club.. Roy has that winning attitude 💯

[@doctors8966]

Why didn't you just show the whole episode in the first place makes no sense Lol

[@robertdundee2011]

His responses often stunk of someone still on the payroll. 🇺🇸 💰

[@Joshua-yf6dw]

Lads should have just stuck this out as an entire whole interview first time. Those 8 mini episodes were not the 1

[@InbarajSuppiah]

The way the man speaks, you can see he’s a very intelligent man. I wish he had a CEO of this calibre for the last 10 years 😢

[@user-cr8uq1iy6f]

David Gill what a guy no wonder United hit the top,

[@1970fantasia]

Gill was a wonderful man

[@davidc7419]

Great stuff rio Class channel, no bs just straight to it

[@unknowng888]

Literally the most important non football man for Man Utd’s success in the Fergie era.

[@leemccccccc999]

Top chiefs executive but the bit he says about the glazers I don’t believe don’t blame him he can’t back stab them when he’s on the board

[@stephenfarrell1636]

Deadly interview💯

[@JayB_Cnt]

What was the thought process about splitting the podcast then putting out the full? Didnt see you ad a clout chaser rio

[@davidj777jns8]

Fantastic show guys. Thank you.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dandavey293]

This channel is so much better than the crappy intro music.

[@twomangame4170]

Danny on the money here 🎯

[@adamwillms14987]

Congratulations on the 1 milly! 🥳

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thank you!!

[@le_roi5868]

Rio, must get Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the channel! Would love to hear his vision, plans and ideas to take United forward and how this all fit in with Ineos Sport.

[@gazelliott2414]

jim is a fraud

[@brianogorman7752]

How frustrating for Gill watching Woodward floundering and rejecting his offer for advice and opinion!

[@stephenultradever6017]

Enjoyed this very interesting

[@manu-tonyo9654]

Mister Gill indeed :)

[@91vanced14]

Producer needs to be sacked for splitting them up...greedy and poor

[@raj8294]

Waited for this

[@shezaadkarim9123]

Grade A1 content. Thank you!

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you liked it!

[@Maheer.M]

Watching this for the second time and while David is too nice to get in the nitty gritties of some serious issues at United, I would have liked to ask him what he thinks of the current wage situation at the club in terms of it being among the top in the League while having little to no success to show for it.

[@garethkaye1500]

What a guy!

[@josephoneill5026]

Impressive guy

[@cabdikanikelvines722]

The good thing with Gill is that no matter how expensive you were as a player,he would never overpay for a player. That is why our club succeeded. Nowadays we have garbage and nonsense who come for money and not play for the badge

[@Ali-sj5pn]

Fantastic insight

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nookahatl4971]

Great job guys! Love this interview.

[@doomedhumanity31]

Gill in 2004: debt is road to ruin; 12 months later we get Glazers to work with him Gill in 2010: criticizes green and gold movement supporters Spent most of his time as top dog; cuts of all communication with fan groups and reps In 2013 he could see what was coming with SAF retiring and got out to further his interests with UEFA 2024 (20yrs after debt comment): we welcome INEOS to fix the mess, while not doing his best to prevent it from getting their in the first place

[@gazelliott2414]

him and fergie are glazer arse lickers

[@PMgfields]

The best CEO ever

[@bootch82]

“It all starts and ends on the pitch” it’s business 101; what is your core business? -> Does it sell? -> produce the best product -> $$$ Funny how the Glazers don’t know this

[@martin-d4h]

Fergie would never have got rid of Keane if he was still in his prime as a player, the video incident was just the excuse he needed, Roy was past his best and Fergie taking things into account decided it would be better for the club if he left. Roy was stitched up a bit, but he knew Fergie was ruthless, surprised Roy seems to have been surprised the way it ended, he of all people should have seen it coming.

[@MoSHus]

I assumed Eric Cantona would have been brought up at some point.

[@rendall1335]

Why wasn't this released in full from that start Christ

[@dpatel1964]

Brings back Mr Gill

[@abdulkaratela2454]

The roof has been leaking for 20 plus years... that says it all really. The acceptance of a leaky roof and crippled stadium is where the club are at right now.

[@Dan-Villa]

Part 19 of the Gill interview.....

[@wilseph1]

5 parts for Vibe with 5.

[@tinyspeaker]

So what parts have already been uploaded?

[@MichaelDavis-kf9lk]

He’s only second to David Moores at Liverpool for the most successful chairman in England. Not bad

[@WIZARDKILLER11]

Why did he leave with sir Alex? We should have had a better structure and plan in place for when Sir Alex left, even if it was for just a few years to try keep the club at the same level. That baffles me

[@paulf6973]

I was angry when you split the interview, and I'm furious that you've posted the whole thing now. I demand a refund #Gammon