Blanc: Rio will show me the way forward

LAURENT BLANC believes he will be learning from Rio Ferdinand this season rather than the other way round.

The 36-year-old former French international has been called a model professional by Old Trafford chief Sir Alex Ferguson.

And, in the wake of Ferdinand’s £29.3million arrival from Leeds, Ferguson claimed the season his new signing would play alongside Blanc would prove invaluable to his aim of becoming the world’s best centre-half.