Former Manchester United chief executive David Gill left Rio Ferdinand in stitches after he named the hardest player to work with at Old Trafford.
David Gill was an influential figure behind the scenes at Old Trafford for legendary former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The former FIFA vice president was appointed to the role of chief executive in 2003 after Peter Kenyon left Old Trafford and moved to Premier League side Chelsea.
Gill played a key part in transfers for Ferguson and the ex-United chief executive previously named his two favourite signings at the Premier League club.
The UEFA vice president and treasurer left Old Trafford in 2013, with United legend Ferguson also retiring from managerial duties at the same time.
During his appearance on Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE, Gill dropped his two cents on Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe after their minority stake purchase in United.
The former United chief executive also revealed his five favourite signings at the Red Devils while he worked with Ferguson at Old Trafford.
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Gill on hardest United player to work with
Rio Ferdinand quizzed David Gill on who was the hardest player to work with at Manchester United and the UEFA vice president had one name on his mind.
Gill told the United legend he ‘already knew the answer’ to his question and the pair shared a moment of silence before saying the same name.
Both Ferdinand and Gill said United legend Gary Neville, with former Red Devils defender Ferdinand bursting into laughter.
“Hardest? Well, you know the answer to that, don’t you? Gary,” Gill said.
Responding to Gill, Ferdinand responded: “Why is he so difficult to work with? He don’t stop talking.”
Gill added: “No, he doesn’t. No, no.
“They’re all… it’s like anything you know, the most important thing is you had individuals.
“They were a whole load of personalities, they were all gonna have issues. I’m probably hard to deal with.
“But they all want Man United to do well, so… probably Gary, but who else?”
Neville on Gill’s influence at United
Neville has previously talked about the influence of Ferguson and Gill and how the pair might have swayed his mind on retiring sooner than he did in his career.
“I finished the previous season to when I did retire with a really good last 10 or 12 games,” he told Sky Sports in 2020.
“Conned maybe me, the manager, David Gill into well, ‘Look, there’s one more season in me.’
“I’d made my mind up I was leaving. If I’d finished then, it would have been perfect and I actually went on and took another season, and that last season obviously finished in January.
“I retired in January, which was an absolute disaster.”
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