Former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand admits to downing pints of Guinness before he would ‘move on to the vodka’ during boozy sessions at West Ham

Rio Ferdinand admitted he doesn’t keep in mind elements of his profession as a result of he used to drink copious quantities of Guinness and vodka after West Ham United video games.

The previous England captain revealed he was ‘a lunatic’ throughout the early levels of his profession and launched into day-drinking periods.

Ferdinand finally earned profitable strikes to Leeds United and Manchester United, however nonetheless admitted to spending two weeks of his summer time ingesting.

In an interview with The Guardian, the 40-year-old confessed: “I used to get via a load after I was youthful.

“I might most likely do eight, 9, 10 [pints of Guinness]. Then I’d transfer on to the vodkas.

“I might undergo masses. I might go all day ingesting, then get up and go once more after I was youthful.

“I at all times say to individuals who ask if I’ve any regrets about enjoying, I wouldn’t have drunk alcohol.”

The tradition round ingesting {and professional} footballers now’s remarkably totally different to the times of Ferdinand’s youth.

A product of the celebrated ‘Academy of Soccer’, the previous ballet dancer admitted to greater than holding his personal alongside his friends.

Requested if he drunk greater than most footballers, Ferdinand replied: “After I was youthful I did. I used to be 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 a clue what they’re talking about. I don’t remember.”

Although the former centre-half would never drink before games, he could be regularly found in the hottest pubs and clubs after West Ham had played.

“Saturday or Sunday – It was a different culture,” Ferdinand claims. “Crazy. The culture I was in at West Ham was a ingesting tradition. Soccer and drinks and nightclubs, that’s the way in which it was. And that’s the way in which I lived at the moment.”

After leaving the Hammers for Leeds in 2000, a record-breaking switch to the Purple Devils adopted simply two years later when Sir Alex Ferguson splashed out £30 million to make the teenager the costliest British participant and the costliest defender in historical past at that stage.

In September 2003, Ferdinand didn’t attend a medicine check and was given a £50,000 advantageous and an eight-month ban from the game.

Nonetheless, he stopped ingesting throughout the season after his transfer to Previous Trafford – however made up for it throughout the low season.

He added: “Within the summers I’d drink for 2 weeks. Bang. Simply preserve ingesting.”