The
football world is continuing to mourn Ray Wilkins, the former England
captain who died on Wednesday at the age of 61.
Wilkins' former Queens Park Rangers team-mate Les Ferdinand led the tributes
on Thursday.
Ferdinand, who is now director of football at QPR, told Sky Sports News:
"Ray had a massive influence on me as an individual, as a player and as a
person.
"I have ultimate respect for him. Coming back to this football club [as
manager] he changed what was going on here.
"His professionalism, the way he was, he was a superstar in our changing
room but you would never have known it because he was so humble and so
respectful of others.
"I've just got the ultimate respect for him."
Neil Warnock also spoke of his memories of Wilkins ahead of Cardiff's game
against Wolves on Friday:
"He had that burning desire to win things and yet he never had a bad word to
say about anybody, obviously it is not in my vocabulary, but we had many a
laugh over issues in football.
"Hopefully we will have a minute's applause tomorrow, I've asked if we can,
but I won't be clapping I will just be quietly thinking about my times with
him.
"We've had social times as well. The conversations at 11 o'clock at night
sometimes stick in your mind more than anything else and I'm looking forward
to thinking back to those times.
"He will be sadly missed."
A minute's applause will he held before all Premier League games this
weekend, as well as at the EFL Trophy final at Wembley on Sunday between
Lincoln and Shrewsbury.
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