Manchester United have seen their first bid for Mason Mount rejected by Chelsea, according to reports.
27.05.2023 - 06:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ask any Manchester United fan, Rio Ferdinand is a club legend.
The centre-back was undoubtedly one of the most talented defenders of his generation and his transfer remains one the club's best pieces of business in decades. But the controversial switch from Leeds United was not an easy one to push through.
With the two clubs sharing a bitter rivalry across the years, the Elland Road outfit were initially uneasy about negotiating with United for the former West Ham defender. Then-Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale dug his heels in and played hardball and at times it looked as though United would miss out on the talented centre-back.
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The Yorkshire side had been fighting among the upper echelons of the Premier League with a talented side featuring the likes of Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell and Alan Smith, and had become one of the division's strongest sides off the back of increased spending by Ridsdale. The club harboured ambitions to challenge United, and so there was a real wish to keep hold of their best players rather than lose them to rivals.
But after the club failed to qualify for the Champions League for a second successive season in the 2001/02 campaign, manager David O'Leary was sacked, with former England boss Terry Venables replacing him. Leeds needed to balance the books following their financial gamble and their star players started being linked with moves away - among them were reports linking United with a move for Ferdinand.
But the move proved tricky, not least because of the Roses derby rivalry between the clubs but because Ridsdale genuinely did not want to part with the England defender. And it fell to
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