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ยท27 May 2022
John Terry vs Rio Ferdinand: Chelsea and Man Utd legends get into Twitter argument

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ยท27 May 2022
Rio Ferdinand and John Terry have got into a Twitter argument following discussions over the best central defenders in Premier League history.
Earlier this week, .
Rio put himself as No.1 before putting Nemanja Vidic in second, Van Dijk in third, Jaap Stam fourth and Terry in fifth.
Van Dijk also put Ferdinand first but had Vincent Kompany in second, Stam in third, Terry fourth and Sami Hyypia fifth.
However, it seems Terry wasnโt too impressed with his rankings.
The Chelsea legend appeared to respond on Instagram with a host of stats along with the caption โOpinions are great but stats donโt lieโฆโ
But Ferdinand was having none of it.
He took to Twitter to write to Terry: โ@JohnTerry26 The moment one has to start pushing their own records and stats itโs really time to start addressing the fragile ego. Your lucky I even put you in the top 5 after the racism case with my brother so be thankful you made it.โ
Terry responded with โA fragile Ego is putting yourself at Number 1. @rioferdy5 Thanks for putting me in your top 5.โ
Tasty.
Terry was investigated by police in November 2011 after an allegation of racial abuse against QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.
Terry was given a four-game ban and a ยฃ220,000 fine by the FA but he was cleared in court and has always denied abusing Ferdinand.
Rio previously described Terry as an โidiotโ in his 2014 autobiography.
Terry also told The Times how he attempted to reach out to the Ferdinands after the incident: โItโs disappointing to read and hear that Iโve never reached out.
โI tried to phone Rio and Anton on numerous occasions, literally the same night [as the game], the day after, and that week after the incident.
โThen about three, four years ago, I see Rio on the beach in Dubai, so I approached him and said, โHave you got five minutes? Iโd like to talk to youโ. He was like, โI donโt want to talk to you, JT'โ.
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