Month: April 2013

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who said a few days ago that he cannot see Rio Ferdinand playing for the England national team at the moment, has said that the decision taken by the England defender to not be part of the squad against San Marino as the correct one.

At 35 years of age, the international career of the former West Ham and Leeds United defender may well be over. He was not taken by the England manager, Roy Hodgson, for the Euro 2012. In fact, his last international tournament was back in 2006 when he played at the World Cup.

The football season is drawing towards what Sir Alex Ferguson once bafflingly described as: “squeaky bum time”, but this season Sir Alex’s nether regions would seem to be pretty secure – given the fifteen point advantage he has over Manchester City going into the final period of the season.