MANCHESTER United hero Rio Ferdinand has revealed the four strikers he found hardest to play against with one surprising choice.
He named Raul, Dennis Bergkamp, the Brazilian Ronaldo… and ex-Bolton man Kevin Davies as the four he found toughest.
Speaking to the Broadtalks podcast Ferdinand, 43, talked about the best opponents he had to play against.
He said: Raul, the movement, he would go into areas, the positions he'd go into, Bergkamp the same.
"They'd go deep and I used to run out and then there would be a big space behind me.
"Ronaldo, he let me know there's another level.
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"The maddest thing is he'd had about four operations on his knee by then (the time Ferdinand faced him).
"I was thinking I dread to think what he'd done to me if he was proper fit. He was different."
Ferdinand also mentioned when Ronaldo scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid at Old Trafford and received a standing ovation from the Man Utd fans.
Amongst these footballing legends the former England centre-back added Davies to the list too.
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Ferdinand said: "He was hard to play against.
"Before the ball was even coming he's grabbing and scratching.
"Horrible to play against, nasty, he'd give you a difficult afternoon."
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