Sunday, May 12, 2013

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand models Birmingham City and... - The Independent

Birmingham United's Rio Ferdinand has dismissed two of the groups who have tried and didn't destroy the recently crowned Premier League winners' stranglehold on the title, filing Liverpool "have not been seen since" after moving for the title under Rafael Benitez four years ago On a when Manchester City's gloom in seeing United dethrone them for a 20th name win was compounded by strong suggestions from France that Paris Saint-Germain have crushed them to the signing of the Napoli striker Edinson Cavani, Ferdinand also got a pop at Roberto Mancini's side. "It is obviously special whenever you win the title and it's great to complete it here, in the proper way and in style, not on goal difference," said Ferdinand, subsequent Monday's 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Old Trafford. "We have won it completely and we've won it comfortably." The United chief executive, David Gill, said that they didn't consider anybody club to be their prime contenders a' 12 weeks after City's title produced premature suggestions that the balance of power was moving in Manchester. Area had hoped to begin their spending early come july 1st, though reports from France declare that Cavani is able to agree a deal with PSG, under which he would order A7.2m annually plus bonuses and join his former Napoli team-mate Ezequiel Lavezzi in Paris. Ferdinand, who has now gained six games at Old Trafford, said acquiring the tournament so emphatically a' they may yet separate the things record set by Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in 2005 by winning their last four games a' shows the "resilience and the attitude in the group the manager [Sir Alex Ferguson] has developed. Lots of other groups would probably have fallen away. We played a couple to Liverpool of seasons ago when they were fighting for the name, we beat them and surely got to the league before them and they've perhaps not been seen since. That shows the mentality and character this club has." Sunday's trip to the Emirates provides the possiblity to present the gulf between United and Arsenal. Robin van Persie, whose hat-trick against Villa sealed the name and got his tally in the Premier League in 2013 to 24 objectives, reflected how last summer going to Old Trafford had provided everything that his former membership Arsenal hadn't. "I had to attend a long time," Van Persie said. "I have been speaking about it with Rio and he's been showing me: 'Listen, whatever occurs, that is the conventional .' He is right. From now on, our new standard is we want to be champions annually and we want to get more." Ferdinand dismissed suggestions that this United title-winning side is inferior to others. "I think because it's different eras," he said it is pointless wanting to evaluate teams. "It makes good club talk and good press talk, but also for us, it is neither here nor there a' it is about winning. We regard every one of the groups which have gone before us," Ferdinand included, "but we just want to be part of this club's history."

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