Ferdinand: I told Man Utd to sign Godfrey before he went to Everton
Rio Ferdinand has explained how he told Manchester United to sign Ben Godfrey years before Everton made their move on the young defender.
Godfrey moved to Goodison Park last summer after impressing during Norwich’s relegation campaign the previous year.
The former Man United defender insists he told his former side to sign Godfrey after he had only been at Norwich for less than a season.
“Anyone had a chance to sign him because Norwich were going to let him go,” Ferdinand told Vibe with Five.
“Listen, I told you before I’d spoken to various people at different clubs, United being one of them as well.
“They could’ve had Ben when he was about 12 or 15 mil, when he just went to Norwich. He’d been there about half a season or a season. But listen, there are so many players we could look at and say, they were missed at that point and they had to pay more.”
Godfrey has been a revelation this season under Carlo Ancelotti and he has proved to be one of our most important players this year for one key reason.
The 23-year-old is so versatile.
When we had a defensive injury crisis earlier in the season Godfrey was being deployed as a right-back, centre back and left-back as each week went by.
He sometimes played all of these roles during the same game as Ancelotti tinkered with his backline.
Godfrey came of age during the win over Liverpool last weekend as he repelled everything that was thrown at him.
According to Wyscout, he won 100% of his aerial duels at Anfield as a mature performance helped us secure a historic 2-0 win.
With Man United’s defensive problems we think Ed Woodward might be kicking himself at the moment.
In other Everton news, Jamie Carragher has named an unorthodox man of the match from the win over Liverpool.