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Rio Ferdinand claims 'devastating' Fernando Torres developed a style of football that was designed to 'hurt' his former Manchester United teammate Nemanja Vidic

Rio Ferdinand says Fernando Torres was one of the only players in history that was able to cause his former Manchester United teammate Nemanja Vidic problems.

Under Sir Alex Ferguson, Vidic and Ferdinand formed a formidable centre-back partnership that any goalkeeper would have been thankful to have.

However, the Serbian international struggled when coming up against Torres and Ferdinand believes this was because of the former Liverpool striker's style of play.

Rio Ferdinand says Fernando Torres (right) was one of the only players in history that was able to cause his former Manchester United teammate Nemanja Vidic (left) problems

Ferdinand says that Torres possessed a style of play that was built to 'hurt' his former Manchester United team-mate.