Rio Ferdinand 'hated' Ian Wright's wind-up tactics when they faced each other
Ferdinand has stated he hated playing against Arsenal legend WrightCredit: GettyHe would later play alongside Wright at
in the 1998/99 season - after they had squashed their beef with Ferdinand taking exception to his methods.YouTube channel, the six-time Premier League winner declared that he dreaded his battles with the 59-year-old. Recalling one particular encounter, he said: "We had a corner and I was staying back on the halfway line marking Wrighty and as they were setting up he was just looking at me."And I’m looking over him because he’s only small, and he was looking at me trying to be a wind-up all screw-facing me.what are you doing?’ and he was just laughing, and I thought, 'I hate this guy'."
He added: "I finished the game and I remember I went back to my mates on the estate and saying 'I can’t stand Wrighty, he ain’t what we thought he was man, the way he treated me like that'. "It wasn’t until a year or so later when I met him again with England, where he said 'Nah man, that’s the game, that’s what we do! I’ve got to get under your skin’.
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