Rio Ferdinand explains how a PlayStation game helped Manchester United win trophies

Rio Ferdinand has credited a PlayStation game as one of the main reasons behind Manchester United's success during his time at the club.

The former England international spent 12 trophy-laden years at Old Trafford following his £30 million move from Leeds.

SOCOM, created by Zipper Interactive and released between 2002 and 2011, was a third-person tactical shooter video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP.

It was a game that brought the team together. in fact, Ferdinand is convinced it helped create a winning culture in the squad.

Foster began: "We always used to play a game it was at United, on the PSP for those younger listeners it was a handheld PlayStation.

"We would play Socom - an old school Call of Duty - we used to spend hours on this game didn't we."

Rio Ferdinand replied: "If we were doing an hours journey, ah that's not long enough you need like a two or three hour one so we can get amongst it, like two teams six versus six or five versus five, most of our squad other than the oldies like Gary Neville, Edwin and Giggsy.

"I actually still say part of us winning and our culture was down to that game. Trust me because we were all together in it, like hating each other at times and arguing, people throwing PSP's it was unbelievable."

"It was unbelievable," he said. "Me, Cristiano and Kieran Richardson done a celebration after one of the goals in testament to the game. It was unreal honestly."

Foster would also claim that others got involved on international duty, too.

"We got into it so much right, like with England for example there would be a wall we would go in separate rooms but we would have to sit with our backs against the wall just so we're close to the wall so it would go through the wall.

"You can't let them hear us because I'm in that room there or there, so what I would do from time is time you would have to go and revive your team mates, so if somebody died you would have to go and revive them.

"I would wait until I have killed somebody down there."

Ferdinand would call Foster "the most selfish player ever" when commenting on his former teammates exploits on the game.

Foster hit back, saying: "Lone wolf, so anyway I would watch him he's got revived, his mate has gone and revived him and then boom two more kills mate and then I would wait for somebody else to come and get them, easy pickings it was gold though."