Losing stars will not hurt Manchester United, says Ferdinand

11 April 2012

Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United can use their experience of rebuilding to cope with the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.

The pair left United this summer, for Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively, but the defender has seen plenty of stars leave in his eight years at Old Trafford.

"We've lost two very good players but United are a club that move on and has remained successful," he said. "We've done that in recent years when we lost players like David Beckham and Roy Keane."

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