Rio Gavin Ferdinand, the famous 1.88m England defender, completed his British record 30 million pounds' (US$47,27 million) move to Manchester United from Leeds United on July 22. Rio accepted that his controversial move from Leeds, where he was team captain, to their bitter rivals was a bold step. “It wasn't an easy decision. And opportunities like this don't come around all the time. I thought it was a step on the way to improving me as a player.” The picture shows the new signing Rio(left) holds up his new shirt with manager Sir Alex Ferguson during a news conference.

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著名英格兰后卫，身高1.88米的里奥·加文·费迪兰德于7月22日以英国创纪录的3，000万英镑（合4，727万美元）的天价从利兹联队转会到曼联队。里奥承认说，从身任队长的利兹队投到冤家对头曼联队，争议多多，实为大胆之举。“下起决心来可不容易。这样的好机会并不总是有。我想，这是提高自己球艺所迈出的一步。”图为新闻发布会上新签约的里奥（左）举起新球衣与球队经理阿历克斯·弗格森爵士合影。