Sunderland is Manchester United Retirement Club
Gary Neville's and Paul Scholes retirement from football should come as a shock to all, especially when you factor in that they both had two years to play retirement football at Sunderland.
Heck, even young players who did not make it at the 'Grand Old Club' have been retired early to Sunderland. Let's take a roll call:
Heck, even young players who did not make it at the 'Grand Old Club' have been retired early to Sunderland. Let's take a roll call:
- Steve Bruce (yes, he qualifies)
- Frazier Campbell
- Phil Bardsley
- Kieran Richardson
- Danny Welbeck (loan)
- Wes Brown
- John O'Shea
- Darren Gibson (a matter of time)
- Anton Ferdinand (family ties)
I guess Nicky Butt did not get the memo, or he would have still been at Sunderland. Rio Ferdinand is so lucky that kid brother Anton is one of the worst defenders in the league, otherwise it would have been a 'prisoner swap' between both clubs.
Nothing like keeping it in the family and collecting retirement benefits with your fraternal connections! Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs will be next in 2012!
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