NOTW:
"I decided to go with seniority this time but I think we have a potential captain in Wayne Rooney. I think there are indications he has the mental toughness and the winning mentality that United captains need."
And Ferguson did not even consider Ferdinand as a potential skipper before Neville got the job. He said: "Giggs was under consideration but you can't expect someone his age to be running up and down the touchline every game.
"Scholes did not want it and then there was Van Nistelrooy."