This from The NOTW
United are so worried about the defender's safety, they are ready to give him a bodyguard.
Incredibly, Leeds fans on tour with the team in Australia yesterday were displaying banners with the sickening hate messages: "Rio is scum" and "We're going to get you."
Ferdinand, 23, has received two death threats since his move to Old Trafford was completed on Monday and senior officials at the PFA have been alerted. The police will be called in if the problem escalates.
A source close to Ferdinand confirmed: "Rio is cool enough to shrug most of it off – but these letters are more sinister, and have gone too far."