Rio Ferdinand dismisses 'mad tale' of David Moyes making him watch videos of Phil Jagielka

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has dismissed rumours suggesting that David Moyes made him watch Phil Jagielka videos during his tenure at Old Trafford. Former Everton boss David Moyes was handpicked by Sir Alex Ferguson as his successor at Man United after legendary manr anunced his retirement. Moyes' reign with Red Devils was unsuccessful and Moyes was sacked 10 months into his six-year contract after United were seventh in Premier League. 

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David Moyes never asked me to watch Phil Jagielka videos: Man United legend Rio Ferdinand

After David Moyes' unceremonious sacking, a number of strange reports soon surfaced about his coaching methods during his time at Old Trafford. One such report suggested that former Everton boss had made Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic watch Phil Jagielka videos in a bid to improve ir game. While Jagielka was reliable and formed a major part of David Moyes' setup at Everton, he never won major hours in his career while Vidic and Ferdinand were most decorated centre-back pairing in Premier League at that time. 

In a recent chat with 606 Sav Social, Manchester United legend dismissed rumours and suggested that thing like it happened. Rio Ferdinand said that Phil Jagielka was a good player but revealed that David Moyes never showed m his videos. six-time Premier League champion said that story was probably a 'mad tale'  which became a great meme. 

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re were a few heated meetings between myself, Vidic and David Moyes: Rio Ferdinand

While Rio Ferdinand revealed that re was truth to Phil Jagielka videos rumour, he added that he and long-time partner Nemanja Vidic did have ir fair share of heated discussions with David Moyes. former England international said that duo did t agree with Moyes' defensive setup among or things. However, Rio Ferdinand added that heated discussions with manr were a part of football and y certainly weren't first to disagree with his tactics. Ferdinand left Manchester United after his contract expired at end of 2013-14 season and played one season for Queens Park Rangers before officially hanging up his boots.

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