Despite leaving his beloved Manchester United this week Rio Ferdinand remains in high and competitive spirits as he takes on City superstar Sergio Aguero on a promotional tour of Singapore.
The Citizens may have had the upper hand over their cross-town rivals this season, but there was no lack of competitive spirit when the pair went head to head oversees.
As part of the tour for telecommunications company SingTel, the Premier League duo have been taking part in a number of challenges ranging from a crash-course in Singlish, colloquial Singaporean English, to showing off their best football tricks.
Durian just got eaten with some coconut juice in Singapores MaxwellFood centre.Loving the culture! #SGGameOn RT RT RT pic.twitter.com/dkEo7HkSNn
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) May 15, 2014
The former England captain jetted off to south east Asia immediately after being told that his career at Old Trafford was over, having not received a contract extension.
Ferdinand and Aguero have been tasked to capture selfies while engaging in the series of activities and encouraging fans to re-tweet them.
The footballer with the most number of re-tweets wins the challenge.
Tai chi in Singapore’s oldest town! #SGGameOn pic.twitter.com/6Z2ONaRts2
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) May 15, 2014
Both Ferdinand and Aguero are getting in the spirit of things with their twitter profiles filled with pictures of their various challenges.
Ferdinand challenged Aguero to prove his mettle in the video as they invited fans to get up close and personal with them at the event.
#RioFerdinand vs #SergioAguero: Guess who’s struggling with Singaporean hawker food? https://t.co/r0bMoR1iye pic.twitter.com/dmwhHWDEKX
— Yahoo Singapore (@YahooSG) May 15, 2014
The centre-back met up with super star striker Aguero just after the Argentine celebrated winning the Premier League trophy for the second time in three years.
Aguero did not travel to Abu Dhabi with the rest of his City team-mates for their end of season friendly with Al Ain in order to take part in the promotional tour.
Both Ferdinand and Aguero have encouraged fans to nominate activities that embodied Singapore’s culture so that the pair can go head-to-head.
The players also asked their fans to take selfies showing off their football skills, with the hashtag #SGGameOn.
They will then select the best tweet and the lucky individual will be treated to a meal at an exclusive restaurant.
Practicamos Taichi !! We trained Taichi !! #SGGameOn pic.twitter.com/WLpNQslHBz
— Sergio Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) May 15, 2014
Main image courtesy of Samsung and Singtel via YouTube, with thanks.
