Rio Ferdinand says he ‘wouldn’t have the ability to point out my face’ if he were part of the present Manchester United team.
Sunday’s 4-1 defeat at home to Newcastle United ensured that 2024/25 could be the club’s worst season within the Premier League.
Even when United won their six remaining league fixtures, they might finish the campaign on 56 points – two shy of their worst ever tally (58 in 2021/22).
They’ll still win the Europa League and qualify for the Champions League but their quarter-final tie with Lyon could go either way after a 2-2 attract France last week.
Few players will come away from this season with any credit, perhaps leastof all Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.
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The misfiring centre-forwards have scored just three goals each in a combined 59 Premier League appearances to this point.
When reminded of this stat on his YouTube channel, a despondent Ferdinand said: ‘I wouldn’t have the ability to point out my face. I wouldn’t have the ability to return out of the home.
‘The best way I used to feel about just losing or drawing a game, I could be really embarrassed.
‘I’d be working hard and I do know they’re. I speak to guys on the club, they’re working really hard but for the time being that ain’t enough and I don’t know what they must do.’
Finding the back of the web has been the largest problem for Ruben Amorim’s side. Their tally of 38 goals is simply higher than Everton and the 4 bottom teams within the league: West Ham, Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Southampton.
Ferdinand did nonetheless defend the group of younger Red Devils including Hojlund and Zirkzee, admitting that the toll of playing for United and the environment they’ve entered is partly accountable for his or her form.
‘You discover out lots about players when the pressures on and the pressure is like no other club within the Premier League,’ the United legend added.
‘People won’t wish to hear that but it surely’s a fact. If you get to Man United and also you go into that stadium, that culture, that training ground, it’s a heavy place to be.
‘There’s an enormous responsibility in your shoulders. The history is heavy and a few of these players unfortunately don’t seem like they’re able to tackle that responsibility.
‘It’s turn out to be a burden for a few of these players moderately than a privilege due to the circumstances if the club and I feel sorry for them. They’ve to seek out a technique to work through that, otherwise these guys are going to be tarnished with this for the remainder of their lives.’
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