Ferdinand's magazine claims 'time is running out for Moyes' before he deleted it

True that.

if he's going public with that sort of thing you know damn well he's causing **** amongst the team

 

He was brilliant, but he has never been THE best in the world, or of his generation (seriously ffs).

 

Good one. Good defender, as usual a united player like Scholes ranked as one of the worlds best by United fans and English only, just like Cantona, another United legend but not even remotely a world legend.

 

No! Come on!

Nesta
Puyol
Cannavaro
Thuram
Carvalho
Terry
Vidic
Montero
Lucio

All better. He's on a par with Matterassi maybe.

 

Pretty much agree with every name on that list being better than Rio

 

Best defender of Rio's generation:
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Switch Montero (who? ) for Maldini and add Desailly too then I fully agree.

 

Fixed

 

He's the best defender in his family just about but only because Les played up front.

Best defender in the world? Only if based on Twitter posts.

 

I assumed Maldini of a different generation but actually he probably should be there.

 

Rio's career began in 96 so I'm including people who had played since then!

 

Its not even up for debate. He's considered one of the best defenders in PL history and one of the best on earth in his prime.

 

It is up for debate and it's hardly surprising it's only United fans who are going to agree with you.

 

Rio was better than them all. Nesta is the only one worth mentioning. Again, its not even debatable.

 

We'll let history dictate and history says Rio.

Your opinions are just wrong. Deal with it

 

Rio:

Honours
Club

Manchester United

Premier League (6): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
Football League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2008–09
FA Community Shield (5): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013
UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

Individual

Hammer of the Year (1): 1997–98
Premier League PFA Team of the Year (6): 2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13
Premier League Player of the Month (1): October 2001
ESM Team of the Year (1): 2007–08
FIFA World XI (1): 2007–08
London Youth Games Hall of Fame: 2010 inductee


Maldini:

Honours
Milan

Winner

Serie A: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
Coppa Italia: 2002–03
Supercoppa Italiana: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004
European Cup/Champions League: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07
UEFA Super Cup: 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990
FIFA Club World Cup: 2007

Runner-up

Serie A: 1989–90, 1990–91, 2004–05
Coppa Italia: 1989–90, 1997–98
Supercoppa Italiana: 1996, 1999, 2003
UEFA Champions League: 1992–93, 1994–95, 2004–05
UEFA Super Cup: 1993
Intercontinental Cup: 1993, 1994, 2003

National team

FIFA World Cup Third-place: 1990
FIFA World cup Runners-up: 1994
UEFA European Football Championship: Runners-up 2000

Individual

Bravo Award: 1989
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988, 1996, 2000
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990, 1994
UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2003
1995 FIFA World Player of the Year: Silver Award
Ballon d'Or Bronze Award: 1994, 2003
World Soccer Player of the Year: 1994
Serie A Defender of the Year: 2004
FIFA 100
UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2005
FIFPro World XI: 2005
ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2002–03
UEFA Champions League Best Defender: 2007
UEFA Champions League Achievement Award: 2009
Marca Leyenda: 2009

Records

Most appearances in all competitions (A.C. Milan): 902[39]
Most league appearances (only Serie A regular-seasons): 647
Most league appearances for A.C. Milan (only Serie A regular-seasons): 647
Most UEFA club competitions appearances: 175
Most UEFA club competitions appearances for A.C. Milan: 175
Most European competitions appearances: 168
Most European competitions appearances for A.C. Milan: 168
Most UEFA Champions League appearances for A.C. Milan: 139
Most finals played in UEFA Champions League – 8 (tied with Francisco Gento)
Youngest first-team player (A.C. Milan): 16 years and 208 days (against Udinese, 20 January 1985)[40]
Longest-serving player (A.C. Milan): 24 years and 132 days (from 20 January 1985 to 31 May 2009)
Record of minutes played in the World Cups: 2216[41]
Fastest goal scored in UEFA Champions League/European Cup final history: 50 seconds, 2005

Orders

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4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana:[42] 2000
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5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana:[43] 1991

 

Some idiots probably think Terry is better. that would instantly end any discussion and you would be laughed off the board.

He was also better than Vidic ( who was better than Terry ).

 

This, how those two went unmentioned until this is

Maldini best defender to play the game imo, Desailly was epic.

 

Literally the single most pointless post ever. Maldin played in the ****ing 80's a long ****ing while before Rio.

 

Agree, there'll never be another like Maldini!