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Rio rules out retirement

Rio Ferdinand has insisted he will not be retiring at the end of the season as he hopes to stay on at Manchester United.



The 35-year-old returned to the side for the 4-0 success against Norwich City and produced a flawless display alongside Nemanja Vidic in Ryan Giggs' first game in charge.

By emphasising the fact that a trophyless season is not acceptable at Old Trafford, the defender is convinced the club will put things right in 2014/2015.

"I’m going to continue playing," he told reporters. "Whether it’s here, I don’t know. But I hope so.

"When you have been successful, you don't ever want to look on a negative perspective or from a negative viewpoint. You always look at it and think: 'What can we win and what do we want to win?'

"That will be no different next season, I am sure. Whoever is here, whoever is managing, the aim of this football club is to win trophies and we have done that consistently for the last 25 years. Long may that continue."

Interim boss Giggs clearly has the backing of his long-serving team-mate and there is a determination to end the campaign on a high.

"It is too short a time for us to notice any major changes," explained Ferdinand. "The sessions he [Giggs] has put on have been good and we have enjoyed them. It is always natural when there has been a change in the coaching or management team, invariably, that the intensity goes up because everyone wants to impress and everyone wants to play in the first game for the new manager. This here is a new chance and a new opportunity. That is no different now than what I have seen over the years with different teams and with England.

"Giggsy has got a big responsibility now and it is more important to look forward, with all of the lads getting behind him to make sure that we finish the season as well as possible, give the fans something to smile about and also give him the rewards that his career deserves and in his first dip into management.

"I haven’t looked at the league table for ages because it is embarrassing," Ferdinand conceded. "I don’t want to see where we are. That is down to us as players and we take responsibility for that as much as anyone else. We are where we are. We have to take some form of responsibility and we do. We are not shirkers, we are not people who don’t take responsibility. I don’t think you get to where many of us have got to in our careers and won what we have won without taking responsibility. This is no different."

Ferdinand will feel he should have played more often this season but does he think it has been the most difficult spell of his successful career?

"I don’t know," he replied. "It has been the most disappointing. That is a better way of saying it. We haven’t won games and we are used to winning, that is what we play for and that is what we go to training every day for, to prepare to win. We haven’t done that.

"You have got to accept some decisions that have to be made. Some managers play you and some managers don’t, everyone has got their personal preferences. That is football. Just as a whole, looking at it from a team perspective, we are not where we want to be so that is disappointing."

[bbfan1991]

Jones' debt to Vidic

Phil Jones admits Manchester United team-mate Nemanja Vidic has been a huge influence on his career.



The skipper is departing Old Trafford in the summer after agreeing a switch to Inter Milan under the Bosman Ruling but is continuing to teach his younger colleagues some valuable lessons.

Vidic started alongside Rio Ferdinand when interim manager Ryan Giggs selected his first team at the weekend, with Jones deployed at right-back and impressing in helping to keep a clean sheet against Norwich City.

When asked by United Review, the official matchday programme, about the biggest thing he has learned from Vidic, Jones replied: "It's just his all-round game. From his communication to his passing to his tackling to his heading, he's got some many great attributes.

"You learn off him every day in training, even if he doesn't say anything, you just watch and learn. He's been a huge influence on my career at United and has really helped me along the way. I owe him a lot and I am grateful for everything he's done."

In terms of the defence as a whole, the key to success is continuity and consistency in the England international's opinion.

"There are different elements to it," he explained. "Communication and concentration, of course, but I think you always want to have a settled back four. That helps everyone in the defence and it's something that's been difficult for us at times this season because of injuries. We all just want to keep improving defensively and as a team as a whole."

Nice words by Phil Jones about Vida. I shall miss Nemanja Vidic playing for United, what a legend he has been for us!

Nemanja WOAHHHHH, he comes from Serbia, he'll ****ing murder ya.

[bbfan1991]

Evra: Munich goal special to me

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...ant-to-me.aspx

Nice. Patrice Evra's passion for United is so great and what a story about him telling Adnan Januzaj about the Munich Air Crash.

[bbfan1991]

Anders: Let's end season well

Anders Lindegaard says it is vital that Manchester United end the current season with a winning run and take some momentum into the next campaign.



The Reds have the chance to build on the triumph over Norwich at home with two more outings at Old Trafford - against Sunderland on Saturday 3 May and Hull on the following Tuesday night, before rounding the season off away to Southampton.

That 4-0 victory over the Canaries, in the first game of Ryan Giggs’ temporary tenure as United manager, boosted spirits but the Danish goalkeeper agrees it’s important to not lose focus and ensure home advantage is utilised to full effect in the next two games.

“I think we could definitely gain something from doing that,” said Lindegaard. “In these last few games, we can put some markers down and have something to build upon next season. It’s a great opportunity to win back more confidence for the team and the fans.”

The 30-year-old is also convinced that the guidance of the most decorated player in the club’s history has set United up for a good end to the campaign.

“I think this situation to do it in is almost perfect,” assessed Anders. “We have someone guiding us like Ryan Giggs who everyone on the planet respects for what he has done in his football career.

“I must say he’s been great and he has handled everything very professionally. He seems to have stepped in with a huge amount of authority and respect. He doesn’t in any way seem overwhelmed. It’s probably the most difficult management job on the planet right now and he’s been doing great.”

[bbfan1991]

Juan Mata's blog from yesterday, he talks about the United win vs Norwich and the sad death of Tito Vilanova, plus he also mentions the results in La Liga.

http://juanmata10.com/News/4171/And_years_fly____

[bbfan1991]

This from Mata yesterday too, it was his 26th Birthday.

@juanmata8 Gracias por vuestros mensajes, he pasado un gran día! Thanks for your birthday wishes, had a great day! #26 pic.twitter.com/nRUOL52QgZ



And DDG's message to him, love their bromance!

“@D_DeGea: Happy birthday bro @juanmata8 It's a pleasure to share the day to day life with you!!

[bbfan1991]

“@CH14_: Happy birthday juanmatagarcia !! Un honor compartir la cancha contigo crack!!!!!!!! Disfruta tu día! / El placer es mío CHICHAGOL

[Ryan57]

WAYNE ROONEY fears he may be forced to play second fiddle to Robin van Persie should Dutch coach Louis van Gaal take over at Manchester United.

And according to reports, should van Gaal become United boss he wants van Persie to be his captain, not Rooney.

Rooney was due to gain the armband with current skipper Nemanja Vidic heading to Inter Milan in the summer.

But now his chances of being the main man in Manchester are under threat, with van Gaal certainly not shy of making big decisions.

[Brother Leon]

Rooney should never be captain anyway. Rewarding his greed and lack of respect with 250k a week and The armband is absurd. I would give it to Jones if he could just stay fit honestly.

[Ryan57]

Wouldn't mind Rio being given another year.

Moyes absolutely destroyed his season by, seemingly, ripping up the fitness plan that was put together for him whilst Fergie was in charge. Playing him in 7 of the first eight games of the season was absolutely ridiculous.

[Ryan57]

Giggs says he might make a cameo appearance in the no doubt boring, and nothing to play for, game against Hull.

[Brother Leon]

The game against Hull is basically just a farewell to Rio,Vidic,Evra and Giggs...bloody hell

[Ryan57]

Would like Evra to remain as back up, but I doubt he will. Anyone but pissing Buttner being in the squad next season.

[Brother Leon]

Surreal how different the squad will be next season. **** knows where the leadership will come from.

[Ryan57]

Rio Ferdinand will lift the lid on the David Moyes era at Manchester United in a new autobiography to be published in the autumn.

The 35-year-old defender is coming to the end of his time at Old Trafford and is expected to tell of the ups and downs of his career in the book, which will be called '#2sides: Rio Ferdinand - My Autobiography.'

With the former England centre half heading to the World Cup finals in Brazil as a TV pundit and new manager Louis van Gaal expected to clear the decks at United, Ferdinand may have played his last game in a red shirt.

His book will cover the disastrous Moyes era at United after the former Everton manager succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson last summer and may shed light on the dressing room division that led to his sacking.

Ferdinand has been in and out of the team all season, playing a role in 22 matches in all. His most frequent appearances have come in the Champions League, including the first leg of the quarter-final tie with Bayern Munich.

In total, Ferdinand has played 444 times for United, scoring eight goals. He has won six Premier League titles, two League Cups and the Champions League in 2008.

The autobiography, ghost written by David Winner and released by Blink Publishing, is out on October 2.

I look forward to him dishing the dirt on Moyes' useless tactics.

[Ryan57]

De Gea Valencia Jones Smalling Büttner Carrick Fellaini Kagawa Januzaj Lawrence Wilson.

Wank team as well. Fellaini, in a dream world, making his final appearance for the club before he completes a £75 move to Rangers.

[Brother Leon]

Adnan,Lawrence and Wilson..nice to see.

[Novo]

We haven't even got £75 to spare, the players are starving and wasting away, ship in some fruit for us from the market and forget about the time we destroyed Manchester

[Ryan57]

If I give £100, would that give me entire control of the club? I'd take you back to the top again and treat all the players to a McDonald's for a wonderful season.

[Ryan57]

Disgraceful refereeing. Figueroa just wiped put poor Adnan.

[bbfan1991]

Happy with a win for United's last home game of the season. It was emotional too because of it being Nemanja Vidic's last game and probably Ryan Giggs too.

WOW what a night for young lads James Wilson and Tom Lawrence making their debuts, especially JW scoring twice.

Adnan Januzaj MOTM for me and delighted RVP came back with a goal. I hope David Meyler gets a ban for his stamp on Adnan!

Vidic and Giggs' speeches at the end got me emotional.

I will be glad to see this disastrous season end, sad about the end of an era but also excited about a new one about to happen at Utd and a big overhaul also.

[bbfan1991]

Report: United 3 Hull 1

http://www.manutd.com/en/Fixtures-An...ch-report.aspx

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Jones hurt against Hull

Phil Jones suffered an injury blow in the first half of Manchester United's final Barclays Premier League home game with Hull City.



The defender, who started at centre-back alongside Chris Smalling, hurt his shoulder when colliding with Maynor Figueroa as he attempted to reach an Adnan Januzaj corner.

With the World Cup finals on the horizon, England coach Roy Hodgson will be anxiously awaiting an update on the problem, which led to Jones heading straight for the tunnel and the club have confirmed he was taken to hospital.

It presented substitute Nemanja Vidic with a chance to step into the breach, to a rousing ovation, as he prepares to say his farewells to Old Trafford ahead of a summer move to Inter Milan.

I hope that he is OK!

[bbfan1991]

‏@ManUtd After handing debuts to James Wilson & Tom Lawrence, Giggs said: "You've seen a little glimpse of the future." #mufc

[bbfan1991]

Giggs added during his speech on the pitch: "This is what this club's about. We never stand still. We always give youth a chance." #mufc