RIO Ferdinand didn’t get the welcome he was probably hoping for when he jetted back from Qatar – with wife Kate bursting into tears.
The football legend, 44, has been at the World Cup as one of the BBC’s top-tier pundits.
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But after England’s elimination at the hands of France on Saturday, he flew home to surprise Kate and the kids.
It came as a shock to former Towie star Kate, 31, when he pitched up at their Kent mansion while she was in the gym.
Rio told followers: “I just got home and she’s crying. She’s pleased to see me. I look horrendous, I feel horrendous, she’s crying.”
Kate replied, hiding her face: “I didn’t know you were going to be here.”
Rio tried to film his wife, saying: “She won’t look. Go on, show us you’re crying. Go on, show us your tears.”
She posted the clip online writing: “We got a surprise visitor. I was in the gym and the dog started barking so went to the door and Rio was waiting there.
“Nothing normally gets past me, so this was such a shock I just burst into tears.”
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The Ferdinands later went on a family trip to Lapland UK to celebrate being reunited back at home after England left the World Cup.
Kate and Rio posed together for a selfie at the Christmas-themed attraction.
She wrote alongside videos of their son Cree meeting Father Christmas: “Daddy joined us for a magical trip to @laplanduk, we had the best day!”
Rio criticised England manager Gareth Southgate for not being proactive with his substitutions against France before leaving Qatar.
He said on his Vibe with Five podcast: “I think he’s been pitch-perfect, touch-perfect in almost every decision he’s made up to this point.
“But you get into a game like yesterday where this is really where it matters now, and I think Gareth Southgate came up short in the tactical element in terms of substitutions.
“That’s part of tactics, making substitutions, and in-game management and deciding games with substitutions at the business end of a tournament, I think he would hold his hands up maybe in retrospect
“Gareth, in the moment, wasn’t proactive with his substitutions, he was reactive.”
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