The Joe Cole Cast Ep. 8 | Rio Ferdinand shares the truth behind his move from Leeds to Man United

Joe Cole is joined by his long-time friend and former teammate Rio Ferdinand to talk about their time together at West Ham, the truth behind his move from Leeds to Man United and the secret to United’s success under Fergie.
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[@Trancemusiclab]

I have to say, as a long time Leeds fan, watching Rio at Leeds was amazing. Absolute rolls royce of a player. Great mentality, great captain and just ozzed class. He was so good to watch, carried the ball well and had a goal in him. Not one of us liked losing players to man utd, but i've nothing but respect for him. Top player

[@solshields]

He was much better at Leeds than he was at Man U. Very lucky Vidic and Evra came and won him some titles at Man U. Him, Brown, Blanc, Silvertre, the Nevilles all awful in those barren years after Irwin and Stam left. O'Shea the only decent one. Those years at Leeds were the only time in his career where he wouldn't have those lapses in concentration and hand teams goals. If he played like he did at Leeds for the rest of his career I would probably put him above Maldini as the best cb of all time, apart from that one mistake v Brazil he was brilliant at world cup 2002 too

[@the_stathi]

Brilliant conversation. Love Joe as an interviewer.

[@AlexRichie]

Duno I’m still warming to him can’t lie

[@thomaslangley1571]

Top top player, top top bloke. All the best Rio Ferdinand.

[@mp9305]

Rio really loves his whatsapp groups, he constantly mentions it in conversations

[@shanginadildo]

I think he realises its relatable

[@TheUnleetGamer]

Do we really believe he's still tight with 6 of the day one boys? I have doubts.

[@brodogoks2526]

@@TheUnleetGamer yeah

[@JW-db8bz]

Don't we all

[@Linkn12]

I reckon he’s always active in them 😅

[@thesealeynetwork]

I wish this was longer.. 👏🏾

[@brodogoks2526]

Yeah

[@LUFC273]

Rio and Lucas Radebe had to be one of the best center back partnerships ever, shame it never lasted long

[@matthewratcliffe6812]

Strong player and a stronger human being

[@Maj1794]

Top class defender in his playing days and a top class person 👍🏼

[@jeremiehaas1895]

This is one of the best podcasts out there 👍🏻👍🏻

[@cubz619]

whys rio dressed like he's going on safari 🤣🤣

[@Gaggyboy8]

As a United fan how I wish we still had Rio in our defence, he is without doubt the best central defender this country has ever produced he is world class

[@brodogoks2526]

Yeah

[@CVR2023]

Love this! I know there are so many podcasts now but this has the two mates feel to it and both can relate to the situations. Great podcast 👊🏼

[@solshields]

Joe Cole is very relatable. Imagine a Weekly podcast with Harry Redknapp, Defoe, Rio, Joe Cole. I think it would be the most viewed on youtube

[@luke1697]

Unreal player 👏 Always felt safe with Rio at the back for united. Rio had it all

[@Barrmy1969]

Brilliant interview here. As a West Ham fan it absolutely answers all the questions I have had about Frank Lampards awful treatment. I always wondered why the derogatory remarks about him seemed to be so loud. It was coming from other more senior players. Frank was world class. They had no class. I really wish Rio would start mentioning names, because I would make sure I never uttered their name in the same sentence as West Ham ever again

[@highflameKO]

Completely agree about missing player rivalries

[@solshields]

Players like JT, Ashley Cole and Rooney were villified based on rumours so can't blame players for wanting perfect PR these days

[@iandecastro6661]

I rate his style so much. I strive to put on fits every day like him

[@rubyluger.]

These podcasts need to be longer!!!

[@maxfrasier]

They are ! Full version on line

[@ve2834]

Proper London boys! Get nostalgic seeing this interview.

[@davidbowen6284]

Can't remember which world cup it was, i think it was 2002. Rio was brilliant he even overshadowed Sol Campbell who was impeccable for England.

[@dennisnichols3432]

Legend and a class player Rio ☝🏿🤴🏿💯🚀

[@theonewson1987]

Rio is so good proper liking all his content

[@GhostofCTC]

Anyone noticed how much Rio looks like Robert Downey jr’s character from Tropic Thunder in this

[@thrilla72]

Lol

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

I always thought that after i saw tropic thunder

[@enzioreggiori3877]

Top class this player Rio

[@leesmith6779]

Enjoyed that boys

[@abuwilliams7228]

Great Pod Man

[@yousefmohamed-qs7ev]

Icl i was so invested into this

[@GeoManRaddTitan]

Rio and jaap......... madness!

[@ianhunter412]

Yeah yeah yeah Cole

[@ravisoodi]

Rio’s dress sense is so dope 🔥

[@steverayner29]

its really not

[@kevob]

I thought I had clicked on a Shaggy video by mistake when he first walked in 😃

[@ravisoodi]

@@kevob hahahaha!

[@DoinBitsSince81]

Looks like he stayed over David Hayes house unplanned

[@DrSpasticat]

Rio says he misses the rivalries between players but that's one of the main reasons england didn't win anything too many cliches in the squad

[@SoapCapital]

Because they are winning loads now lol

[@rossbrady4880]

Still no win fuckal

[@pranchalmishra5402]

love the bgm at the start..pls let me know whhat its called, where can i find it?

[@tomasbrice9195]

Really enjoying this podcast

[@truthwinsuk8056]

United legend rio

[@fcbarcelona0809]

“YEAH “

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Good sit-down that

[@tarelakentebe465]

Would love to hear from Joe and his move to Chelsea

[@antboa]

rio has own own channel called 'Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE' and has talked to joe cole for an hour

[@brodogoks2526]

@@antboa yeah

[@ozzyosman28]

Joe Cole as Premier Minister would be fun to see 😂

[@MartyMcElwee]

The best to ever do it.

[@thenoisyneighbour]

West Ham had many gems

[@no-ei2dx]

Right at the end, riots should have said Maldini! Imagine that partnership

[@solshields]

When he was thinking in my head I was saying 'Maldini, Maldini, Maldini'. Jt and Maldini would be my all time cbs

[@Tee9156]

Everybody and their mama have a podcast these days.

[@bigboy4333]

My Mama don't

[@benfitzpatrick3303]

Joe Cole: Yeah yeah yeah yeah

[@yohannesmisikir7056]

Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney are the epitome of Man United.

[@coconwa]

For me , the best career form of Rio Ferdinand was @ Leeds United, he was unplayable but Man U gave him all d trophies he won .

[@shesbaldbutiwould]

no chance 2008-2010 his peak

[@coconwa]

@@shesbaldbutiwould, what do u know about football? I’ve Ben football fan since 80s but more into it , in d 90s. Is like mo salad @ Roma was unplayable in seria A but Liverpool gave him all d trophies he deserves.

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

I think the ballet training helped his football skills tenfold

[@rilamountain9311]

It baffles me how it's hard for ex- England players to pin point why it didnt work out for us. Tactics ok but really was that it? Can we say the football boots or the balls were the problem? Come on. But it is a shame, the team was amazing

[@TheDoosh79]

It would be a cracking program to get all or as many as possible from that "golden generation" team sat down in a room and talk about it now and see if they could figure it out.

[@thrilla72]

@@TheDoosh79 No need, Scholes and Lampard have answered it. The other teams were just better and the midfield should have been built around Carrick and Hargreaves. No need for a show.

[@Magman-qw3gy]

Media pressure

[@solshields]

What it was, was bad coaching. They all blame Sven but he actually took it up a level. Keegan and Hoddle trird to rely on the old guard. While Sven actually played the best 11. Coaching in England was awful before they got spanked by Germany in 2010 and they said okay we need to copy Germany and Spain. Back in the day England fought they could just win through grit. Players like Phil Foden and Sterling would have been told to play two touch or they would have been benched like Joe Cole and any inventive player before Rooney was. It was all get it up to Shearer or Heskey up front get it out to Beckham and everyone get in the box LOL

[@curryeire]

One of these days Joe is going to slip in a "Yip" and our heads will explode...Yeah yeah yeah

[@darrenporter1850]

It's like a boys club with a group of players and all their mates getting all the Football jobs.

[@thrilla72]

That's how life works, especially in a field that relies on popularity and doesn't have specific qualifications.

[@darrenporter1850]

@@thrilla72 True. I know this as just been interviewing last 3 weeks. Same rules in my Field unfortunately and fortunately.

[@Judecollins88]

Please does anyone know what make Rio’s clothes is ? If anyone can let me know the brand or where I can get it from. Thanks

[@johnandrews4144]

What I'm time for guy fawkes???

[@DJLioness]

Fear of God.

[@johnsantos6948]

Great conversation :) only 780 likes :/

[@timeless4369]

The white Usher is back

[@careyscates3516]

Rio Rio

[@scottquinn1983]

Sinclair, Lampard. Carrick, Cole, Ferdinand, Di Canio, Johnson. WTAF

[@BenPickin]

Big United fan and love Rio but I found what Cole said to be a little disrespectful to Vidic with the Jaap Stam & Rio partnership claiming they would only concede 10 goals a season. Vidic was a monster and certainly held his own and personally I prefer him over Rio! All in all though another great podcast👍

[@offmerocker1467]

As a Leeds fan, I never really rated rio, didn't get all hype. He was average at best and just lucky enough to play in good teams. Matteo, Radebe and Woodgate was far superior although the later had his problems

[@topcat6762]

Joe, please, cut down on the "yeah yeah". Just nod and remain silent 🤫

[@Shaggy-8392]

England was flat because of the midfield. Gerrard & lampard are too similar. No balance. Neither can dictate or set up play. Both are attacking midfielders. Midfield controls the game.

[@GIBBO4182]

Is Rio really in a WhatsApp group with lads from a council estate? I’m calling BS

[@mediacenterman8583]

Yes. He is still a man of the people.

[@GIBBO4182]

@@mediacenterman8583 😂😂😂

[@XavierJAlexander]

Why not ? Such a random and pointless thing to make up

[@MrPlenty1]

He’s in a WhatsApp group with his friends from there. We don’t know if they are still living in a council estate and why would that matter anyways if he’s still friends with them 😄

[@brodogoks2526]

Yeah

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

Hoddle would have made him even better for England Sven limited him Rio would have been better at Barca too

[@zinhooo.]

Ok

[@pjr7661]

Podcasts have the same guests these days.. the market will be saturated soon

[@likeitis5662]

Everyone doesn’t need a padcast 😂 Jesus lol

[@Leon-th2vv]

Yeah😅

[@craigbennett3627]

might have brought in 30 mill but could have handled it better!

[@alspenlow6399]

The minnows,england are hardly giants of the game,one majority tournament won in your history and that was on home soil

[@StephenCarrIsBald]

I met Rio Ferdinand outside old Trafford in 2007 and his breath stunk of poo

[@spreadthelove77]

Prob coz your mum was sat on his face 20 mins before…

[@paulfitness5157]

Rio wasn't a great centre half

[@sajilobajilo513]

Why does Joe Cole always speak like he’s got a big gulp of spit in his mouth??

[@michaelh7533]

Never won anything Man Utd won things and Rio played for them

[@bigstones5710]

Best center half my hole,he was useless

[@francishughes3422]

Erm…. Ok mate

[@davideves1831]

GREAT INTERVIEW from a LFC fan.