The confessions of Rio Ferdinand, former Manchester United defender

Rio Ferdinand, the former Manchester United center-back, admits that drinking has played a huge role in his life as long as he has been active.

Rio Ferdinand got off to a great start with his drink at West Ham

He acknowledged this, speaking openly, even in front of microphones and cameras about his addiction and the depression he had fallen into after the death of his wife, Rebecca.

While he played for West Ham, there was no day he didn’t drink. “I could drink unknowingly and after consuming ten mugs of beer I would easily go for vodka. At West Ham there was a real drinking culture.

Football, alcohol and discos

I drank a lot after every game and I think since then I started to have memory gaps. People were asking me the score of the match and I didn’t know what to tell them.

It was a crazy routine then. Football, alcohol and discos. That’s how I lived. Nor did it seem possible to me that I could have lived differently than drinking every day. ”

Depression and car accident

At first I drank a lot at night after I put the children to bed. Until one day I woke up and couldn’t bring them to school. I even had a car accident. And I realized I couldn’t go on like this. I had a panic attack.

When I went on vacation, all I had to do was pack my bags, because Rebecca took care of everything. Even I wondered, “How do I go to the doctor?” I had only seen the club doctor. I had no idea ”
He managed to stop drinking

However, Ferdinand understood in the 12th hour that if he did not change something in his life, it would be very difficult for him to take care of the children. And he managed to force himself to stop alcohol. It wasn’t easy, but in the end he could still tell his life to set an example for young people not to make the same mistakes.

Rio Ferdinand was very impressed by the extraordinary order in Cristiano Ronaldo’s life while they were colleagues at Manchester United. He was amazed when he saw ten people in the Portuguese man’s house and asked him who they were. Ronaldo explained that he has a chef, physical trainer, doctor or personal trainer. That’s why when he left for Real Madrid, it was the best in the world.

He could play Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona

In 2008 he was called by Pep Guardiola to Barcelona who had just managed to win everything in Spain and in Europe. However, the Englishman rejected the offer, considering that Barcelona is a team in transition, which had only a moment of genius.

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