Rio Ferdinand, former Premier League defender, has praised Gabriel Magalhaes for mocking Ivan Toney on Twitter.
This follows the Gunners’ 3-0 victory over Brentford last week at the Brentford Community Stadium. It was a retaliatory tweet to Ivan Toney, who tweeted after their 2-0 win over the Gunners last season, “Nice kick about with the boys.”
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Rio on his YouTube channel said:
“Do you know what? I loved Gabriel’s tweet. I loved that banter.‘Toney hammered them last season with his tweet, now it’s Arsenal’s turn. It was lovely, I love to see it.”
“If I was playing, that’s what I’d be doing all the time. I would be smoking people on Twitter before the game. I’d take the fines, I would.”