‘Man Utd star took a day to kind his contract – mine went on for 3 months’
Rio Ferdinand was amused by the distinction in Manchester United contract negotiations between him and Edwin van der Sar.
Club legends Ferdinand and Van der Sar performed alongside one another from 2005 to 2011. During that point they gained 4 Premier League, two League Cups and a Champions League as team-mates.
Sir Alex Ferguson was nonetheless going sturdy within the dugout, whereas David Gill was overseeing the boardroom as chief govt. He appeared again on his time at Old Trafford on Ferdinand’s Vibe With Five podcast.
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Gill, 66, was requested how easily contract talks went throughout his tenure. He defined: “I feel contracts have been most likely harder these days, however through the years sure gamers went very, in a short time. You know, have a look at Edwin van der Sar.
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“Edwin would come in with his lawyer, his agent, and we’d do it in an afternoon. And I quite liked that actually, because A, it was done quickly, but B, he could hear some of the points I was making about what the club could afford or what the position was or what our views were.
“And he sort of heard it and was bright enough to say, ‘I understand that’, and with a bit of toing and froing, you’d get it done quickly. But other players were more difficult without a doubt. I wouldn’t put Rio in that category.”
Ferdinand held his hands up and admitted he wasn’t the easiest of players to deal with when it came to the negotiating table. “Mine was about three months,” he chuckled. “Edwin a day, I used to be about three months.”
Ferdinand was memorably stripped of the vice captaincy by Fergie when he refused to signal a brand new deal in 2005, incomes him backlash from supporters. He ultimately put pen to paper on a four-year extension, and earned a pay bump to £130,000-a-week with a brand new five-year deal in 2008.
