Les Ferdinand special: How Man Utd move was blocked, losing Newcastle's number nine shirt and why leaving is his biggest regret

Transfer Talk

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4.5 • 886 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Host Dharmesh Sheth is joined by former QPR, Newcastle and Spurs striker Les Ferdinand for a special episode of Transfer Talk. The former England international reveals all about his playing career, including how a potential transfer to Man Utd was blocked. Ferdinand opens up on his move to Newcastle, his relationship with Kevin Keegan and why losing the Magpies number nine shirt hurt him. He also reveals why he regrets leaving St. James' Park and explains why his move to boyhood club Tottenham did not turn out as well as he had hoped.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Transfer Talk, brought to you by Bet 365, where every nail biting Neil-Neil, every bizarre
0:06.8	VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap in, false start, dead heat,
0:13.2	and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.
0:16.7	From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsports.
0:20.0	Whatever the addition of the Transfer Talk Podcast, a special addition. We've got the technical
0:35.1	director and the director of football here at Queens Park Rangers, Les
0:37.7	Ferdinand. Could that be Sir Les? Could you just explain how that came
0:42.3	about first of all before we carry on?
0:44.0	It was Sir Les saying I was labelled by the Queens Park Range of supports.
0:50.0	Newcastle Port was thinking they were the ones that labeled me, Salez, but no, it started here at
0:54.6	Queens Bowl Rangers.
0:55.9	And I think it was a mix up in a charm, but anyway, it came out of Salez and it stuck with me
1:01.0	ever since.
1:02.0	Been called a lot worse worse I must admit up and
1:03.8	down the country it's not a bad name but so I'm by my own supporters that's how
1:07.7	my professionally you know what we're going to do is the Transfer Talk
1:10.6	podcast so that the clue is in the name we wanted to take you back to your
1:14.4	career and this is when you reveal all to us all the moves that happened and all the
1:19.7	moves that didn't happen as well that you weren't allow to talk about back in the day.
1:23.2	Let's go back to the beginning first.
1:24.8	You began your career.
1:25.9	Not sure I can go back that far.
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