This video will go viral in 2022 when half a dozen of these boys will be at the WC and England may well be in contention. Shout out to Rio for this great speech.

Sancho just chilling there not knowing he's about to be £90+ million 🤣

I think i could listen to Rio tell his football stories all day long

wow. ferdinand goes deep. great insight.

They all look thrilled

Didn't expect Ferdinand to go into such detail. Always rated him as a footballer, admittedly I felt he lacked intelligence outside the realms of being a CB, until now. Before he tries to be a manager, I hope he can someday do this to Man Utd's youth prospects.

Rio teaching Sancho about CR7😍 Welcome to United Jadon! Hopefully the next No.7 legend

Crazy to think the U16s sitting there will have basically no recollection of the 2002 world cup ..I'm old.

Well they just won the under17 world cup so obviously took his advice on board!

smart and eloquent. Do not believe the stereotype that all footballers are dumb.

It’s funny because in October 2017 90% of the players in this room win the u17 World Cup

Spot on about Messi & Ronaldo

Mad to see alot of these boys breaking into their first teams, i remember watching this 2 years back and not knowing a single face...

Rio was one amazing centre back in his prime. Rate him up there with the best. A real silky smooth centre back that linked up with midfield.

waiting to see him as a manager!! , boy 'o boy he will be #Motivational for players 💯

Everything he said was absolutely spot on especially about Messi and Ronaldo

It's clear to see that Sancho has taken everything Rio said and also foden

WOW! This is DEEP. I never knew Rio was so driven. What a movivation

Smith rowe in the audience aswell. Nice to see this ageing well

Amazing Q & A. Best video watched this month. Love it when you're talking about your visualisation technique - making your opponent the last thing you thought about as you put your head on the bed.

Jadon Sancho, Phil Foden, Ryan Sessegnon and Emil, sitting there.. Sancho now playing for Dortmund and got his debut for England senior team. Phil Foden playing many first team matches for city and Ryan being a starter for fullham. Emil also doing bits

You see what Sir Alex did to Rio!! You best believe sir Alex made Rio think like this.

Way cool for the youth. Rio is a top role model

you can apply these lessons to life

all these people saying how the lads are slouching in their seats and look disinterested, well maybe they're in at least some awe that an England legend is taking time to talk to them, and maybe they're getting comfortable and ready to listen, not everybody has to sit up straight to show they're listening, not one of them took their eyes off of him during hat talk

Lucky to get advice off such a great player. Loved hearing his stories and shows success comes with hard work, his Ronaldo example is gold.

It is amazing how deep Rio Ferdinand goes into a story and the insight he gives is extraordinary. I want to hear similar stories from Lamps, Stevie G and John Terry.

Foden, sancho, smith-Rowe many more talents there just sitting there now being some of the best talent in the uk

Suarez or Aguero, I'd pick Suarez because aside from goals, he offers more to the team, he has limitless energy, he will press defenders for days w/o getting tired, he's tenacious, agile and very durable, never gets injured. Aguero is probably the better striker, as in the way Ferdinand described him, on his day, full fitness, not having to chase people or drop deep to receive the ball, when the whole team is playing well and he's receiving service, he's the best #9. But while Aguero needs almost perfect conditions to be spectacular, Suarez could play for QPR and drive them all the way to their targets just with his tenacity and quality.

Great watch, Rio spoke very well and you could tell the lads were captivated....looks like the FA is finally doing the job correctly and has the trophies to prove it..long may it continue.

Great talk. Rio is one of the best all time PL defenders!

interesting to see all these players who in my prime were the man and the route they are now taking. Spot on and great advice. something anyone can learn from

Brilliant work Rio

It’s so weird to se this in 2021 just look at sancho and foden now they are ⭐️

Well done Rio, this is amazing for the youth

Don't think the kid with the blonde quiff at 1:34 realizes how lucky he is to be getting such a lecture from such an amazing former player

Great insight indeed. Inside the mind of a winner and a leader. I hope those u16's got a lot from that.

Rio is class. Can see how he made such a success of himself because of how he talks about the game.

Legend, great words for young footballers, especially defenders

Foden and sancho what talents and foden what a performance in the ucl semi

One of the best vids ive seen

I have always admired Rio Ferdinand !! and I'm a Spurs fan !!

Top video. Honest and insightful

They won the under17 world cup......I remember which was held in India....in 2017...foden was the player of tournament...Brewster was the golden boot ..

Excellent insight, well presented.

Wow one of the best upcoming talents itw in that room.. Sancho is near Skipp too

And then they win the u17 World Cup

this is absolutely brilliant #Rio #

Rio pours his heart out and the kids just sit there looking gormless,If this is england's future then I fear for england's future

What a talk. There is a man who thinks on the pitch. Clever guy.

Amazing insight from Rio 🔥

What a legend!

This was beautiful I hope Rio becomes a coach one day.

These players are still so Young and talentens 2018

Whose hear when sancho is playing for Man U now

Great stuff from Rio.

What a great guy

this is great and should be doe more! this how we can improve grass root football!

This is good. I can not only relate this to football but to other areas of my life.

BCFC fan here, total respect for this Guy could be a great Manager one day.

Well spoken Rio.... Hope they realise how good this opportunity is listening to one of England's best ever defenders

Great motivational video

One of the best

Best insight ever

This speech is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Rio is genuine class.

Love this

Rio is great....well done lad.

This guys a legend

Crazy to think when Rio was speaking to them they had no idea that some of them would go on to win the World Cup 2 years later

this is deep mate. I just learnt a lot

This is a mad video , even a young smith rowe in there too 🔥🔥

Incredible to see this group of players win the World Cup.

great stuff rio

He has every quality to manage a Premier league team

HERO

I've watched this about 20 times now .

Phil-foden , Ian Carlo , Ryan sessongeon , Jadon Sancho , Danny namaso , Nya Kirby , steven sessongeon

To think some of those people are some of the best young players in the world is crazy

I see Phil Foden, Jaden Sancho & I think that's Sessagnon at 0:05 there. Brilliant.

Great insights

Quite a few of them sparked now like sancho, smith rowe, sessegnon etc

Respect

Amazing

I use to play football with someone called Jack Nolan but he managed to get scouted for Portsmouth Fc and progressed to play for England and he is at Reading now. Liverpool offered 100k for him but he wants to play for Southampton soon. Honestly he plays Lm and is brilliant

I love how even from the start foden was on the vids title

Rio the OG!

I’d keep listening to him for days

his style 👌

great video

Brilliant

He's sooo rago! lol love it!

Powerful

I hope and pray English clubs and the FA invest in these young players and build on that winning thing

man i love this, i want this so much for my country that my country, we, paved the way out for our best players, i am turkish guys and gals, we ve been there in 2000s, we were coping with the century year old nations, we had beaten Arsenal in the final, we got UEFA cup, because all these guys had been playing at the level since 90, i mean they got A team level as long as it was 96'. And four years more playing at the the top level as same as the Italian, Spanish, and English teams, i am sorry but the Italians were the top back in then, Serie A was the top league, they were collecting everything. And there was Bayern Munchen, that was something out of ordinary for me in that time. In 99, they lost champions league in 2 minutes and that was crazy, i couldnt believe my eyes, it was Man Utd that made it possible, İt was Sir Alex running down the bench, That was the point I started what was English football , i mean how could that it be possible to win a game like that has the utmost importance in that much period of time ? I couldnt find the answer, i was 9 , my mind was elsewhere. But i kept asking how? What made that red and white shirt guys got over the purple and red guys from Germany ? I kept asking this while we had been thourgh the second champions league final, All that year this question kept my mind busy. And i am thankful to Man Utd for making me that busy with the football.

crazy to see some future england faces. Phil foden Ryan sessegnon one of them looks like jadon sancho

look at them all sloping back in their seats

Class that

he was one of the best center backs of my childhood years, fabio cannavaro, alessandro nesta, and rio ferdiand were the ones for me. From his career i can remember that he was an arrogant fella ,full of fun but never thought that he could ever be able to deliver this kind of speech, man, this video again proves that you were best at what you were doing thruout your career, simply this is a man just delivering exactly what he was doing, (not really throwing an advice).

I've really taken to Rio since he's retired.