Yes. Like it or not. He is indeed increasing well respected. In a similar way that David Beckham became ever more respected.
I live in the Middle East, surrounded by Arabs and Far Easterners, all of whom live and breathe Premiership and European International football. Rio Ferdinand commands tremendous respect. The commentators from Sky as well as all the ex footballers who pass through Dubai and feature on ShowSports clearly respect Ferdinand firstly as a footballer starting to approach Bobby Moore (OK maybe Tony Adams then) proportions (automatic unquestioned England place, solid quality defender, cool classy and able to play) second in developing as a leader (was our captain, has been Fergie's once or twice and is in the frame for England, no mean CV that and as well is starting to be an occasional spokesperson off the pitch) So, yes, increasingly well respected. but I thought Ian Harte, David Hopkin and Terry Yorath added a dimension to our side too! nif _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist is Michel Kitabdjian dead yet?
