Manchester United manager David Moyes has dismissed reports that Rio Ferdinand will miss a training camp in Dubai amid claims the defender is set to retire at the end of the season.
A report in a British newspaper on Tuesday morning claimed Ferdinand, 35, had been left out of a five-day warm-weather training camp.
"What was written was a load of rubbish, complete nonsense," Moyes told of Ferdinand's reported omission.
The centre-back is out of contract this summer and has made seven starts in the Premier League this season.
Ferdinand had taken on Twitter on Tuesday to say "it must be another slow news day."
United had last week confirmed that Nemanja Vidic, who formed a long-serving centre-back partnership with Ferdinand, will leave the club when his contract expires this summer.