RIO FERDINAND has admitted an alcohol culture in football when he was young means parts of his career are now just a blur.
Former Manchester United and England captain Ferdinand played 81 times for his country and was regarded as one of the best defenders in world football.
But the 40-year-old says he could have achieved more had he not behaved like “a lunatic” enjoying so much booze he would sink ten pints of Guinness before moving onto shorts.
In an interview with the Guardian, Ferdinand said: “I used to go through a load when I was younger.
“I could probably do eight, nine, 10. Then I’d move on to the vodkas.
“I could go through loads. I could go all day drinking, then wake up and go again when I was younger.
“I always say to people who ask if I have any regrets about playing, I wouldn’t have drunk alcohol.
“When I was younger I did. I was a lunatic. When I was at West Ham, elements of my career are a blur.
“People talk about performances and results at certain times in them games and I just sit and nod my head. I haven’t got a clue what they’re talking about. I don’t remember.
“Saturday or Sunday. It was a different culture. Crazy. The culture I was in at West Ham was a drinking culture.
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“Football and drinks and nightclubs, that’s the way it was. And that’s the way I lived at that time.”
By the time Ferdinand made his move from Leeds to Manchester United, he had started to pull back from the abyss and largely cut out alcohol during the season.
But he would still cut loose during the off-season with lengthy benders.
He added: “In the summers I’d drink for two weeks. Bang. Just keep drinking.
“Yes. I was lucky. I had a natural ability that could get me through that period of my life.
“But I got to a point where I had to make a decision to be more professional.”
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