"Surprisingly, during my training sessions, I would occasionally switch things up and play as a defender," he revealed to manutd.com.
Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has explained why he would often train as a defender.AdvertisementAdvertisement“And my teammates were looking at me when I go to play as a defender. Rio (Ferdinand) would say to me ‘Berbs, what are you doing here? Go up there, man.’
“But I played as a defender because I wanted to know how the defender is thinking when he’s defending.”