Rio Ferdinand set to bank huge windfall as Man United icon puts stunning house up for sale

Rio Ferdinand moved his family to Dubai last summer after leaving England following his departure from TNT Sports over a decade after becoming a television pundit

Rio Ferdinand’s seven-bedroom Kent mansion is up on the market eight months after the former Manchester United player moved to Dubai.

Ferdinand, 47, is said to have paid around £2.7million for the property back in 2008, the year he won the Champions League and a third Premier League title. Approaching two decades on, its guide price is £10.5million.

Selling at that price would see Ferdinand make almost £8million in profit on a house the family no longer lives in. They – his wife, Kate, 34, and children Cree, five, Shae, two, and Tia, 14 – relocated from Orpington last summer.

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The 12,500 sq ft property is in a gated enclave of Farnborough Park inside the M25, and its entire plot is around 1.5 acres. Despite the Mail stating that Ferdinand bought it in 2008, online listings state that Durtnells built it four years later, in 2012.

Inside is a gym and studio as well as an indoor pool complex. However, any new owner would need to reinstate the latter feature after Ferdinand went away from the original design.

He spoke about tax rises in the UK contributing to their move last year. Ferdinand even appeared on LBC to talk taxation.

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The pundit said: “If things like the health service, for example, were absolutely flying and working perfectly well, then I think people wouldn’t mind paying tax.

“But when there arethere’s things that are falling apart and going wrong in the country, then I sit there and go, ‘we pay towards tax, and is it really going towards the things that are actually benefiting the people that live here?’

“And that’s the big question that needs answering, I think a lot of us know the answer to that.” Ferdinand also spoke about the move being for their children.

He added: “In Dubai, it feels like they’re valued, and the lifestyle means that they’re happy and vibrant with good energy for the kids. Lifestyle, safety, weather – it’s just a new life.”

Kate said at the time: “A new chapter, a fresh start — because if we don’t try, we’ll never know. Ahhh!”

“We’ve talked about this for so long, and now it’s finally real… we’re here, we are making a new home in the place we met! Missing some of our specials already & a bit scared, excited & nervous — but more than anything, ready for fresh starts and new beginnings