MANCHESTER UNITED legend Rio Ferdinand believes he would be worth a staggering £170million in today's market.
The 44-year-old won six Premier League titles and one Champions League during his time with the Red Devils.
He formed a solid partnership with Nemanja Vidic and both were regarded as arguably the best in the world in the mid 2000s.
Ferdinand believes he would cost a world-record fee for a centre-back if he was around these days.
He told the Vibe with Five podcast: "£100m would be cheap for me in today’s market.
"£170m, £400,000-a-week. That’s what I’ll be now.”
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Fans were left divided by his opinion of himself, one said: "He cost United £30m 21 years ago, so I’d say he’s not a million miles away from his valuation."
Another added: "People underestimate how good this guy was. One of the first ball-playing defenders and the GOAT Premier League centre-back."
However, some disagreed: "Rio would be an average in today's game. Every defender now is better than him on the ball, John Stones makes him look like Titus Bramble."
A second replied: "Hope he understands how the modern game has evolved, guy would struggle."
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Ferdinand began his career at West Ham before being signed by Leeds in 2000 for £18m, which was then a British transfer record.
After just two seasons he was bought by United for £29.3million with add-ons seeing the figure rise to £33.3million.
It made him the most expensive British signing and defender again for the second time.
The £170m that Ferdinand thinks he would be worth today would mean only Neymar's transfer to Paris Saint-Germain for £198m in 2017 would be more pricey.
The current Brit record is held by Jude Bellingham following his £115m switch to Real Madrid this summer.
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