What has the wonderful world of social media had to say about the QPR defender’s latest incident?
Rio Ferdinand’s career as a fantastic defender continues to be overshadowed by his descent into self-parody. The latest Rio controversy involved him referring to someone’s mother as a “sket” on Twitter, leading to a £25k fine and a three game ban.
As if the whole situation, from the tweet to the punishment, wasn’t farcical enough, Twitter users have also weighed in with their take on the situation.
As always, Paddy Power’s twitter piped up about the incident:
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This United fan clearly still feels aggrieved about the FA banning Rio, who had done nothing more sinister than miss a simple compulsory drugs test:
Rio has stayed quiet on the incident, and is clearly keeping himself busy while banned:
This user imagined the potential damage to his Fantasy Football team:
But it was this user who really summed up the whole farcical situation, with her perfect use of the “tears of laughter” emoji: