Rio Ferdinand 'to interview Jackson'

Rio Ferdinand has revealed that he has arranged an interview with 50-year-old popstar Michael Jackson.

The England and Manchester United footballer was called by Jackson and invited to one of his summer concerts at London's O2.

Ferdinand recently launched a digital lifestyle magazine called No.5. Rapper 50 Cent appeared in the first issue.

"I was shaking when I got off the phone. It was a real surprise," the footballer told the BBC.

"I'm hoping to interview him for a later edition and he's invited me to one of his concerts to come backstage and speak to him about it.

"The first album I ever owned was [Jackson's] Bad, so that says it all. I got the album when I was living on the Friary estate in Peckham - who'd have thought that one day I might be meeting the guy?"