The Next Ferdinand Phenomenon? Rio’s Son Takes the Premier League by Storm with Pro Deal
Brighton youth coach Bjorn Hamberg would not enjoy the timbre of this report, though, saying: “Tate Ferdinand is Tate Ferdinand and he needs to be play his game and have his pathway and career.
“For us as a team, for the under-18s as a captain, he is a big voice in our dressing room. He is obviously a leader in the back line and playing very well for the moment. I am really pleased for him as well.”
After coming through the youth ranks at West Ham, Rio became the world’s most expensive defender when he moved to Leeds for a then-whopping £18m in 2000.
Ferdinand reclaimed that record less than two years later when Manchester United paid £33.3m for his services.
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