Rio Ferdinand has come out all guns blazing after Manchester United's humiliating 5-0 loss to arch rivals Liverpool and questioned whether the club even has an identity any more.
Ferdinand was watching on
along with millions around the world as United were painfully torn apart by a
heavily rotated Liverpool team, and went in at half-time four goals down with
the match out of sight.
During the majority of the
match Ferdinand was venting his opinion via Twitter on social media, though has
now discussed the match in full via his Five podcast.
Speaking along with his
brother Anton, Ferdinand reflected: 'It was an embarrassment. I've been
there, we got beat 6-1 at home by Man City. But we had an identity to fall back
on in a couple of weeks.
'This is the problem for this
team, they're struggling to find an identity and who they are.
'These are the questions,
when you watch the game, you think 'what are we?'
'Is the manager giving the
players the right information? And if so, are the players not taking on the
information?
'That's what the manager
needs to get to the bottom of because at the moment it looks like a team just
thrown together.'
Many former United players
turned pundits have been reluctant to criticise their ex-team mate Solskjaer
and the complex job he has on his hands, but Ferdinand was quick to question
the methods of coaching.
They look like a
team you watch and think ''are they coached properly?'', ''are they taking in
the information?'
'They'll be embarrassed
today. Their pride. They're going to have to have big meetings, they're going
to have to talk.
'It's very disappointing and
not a nice place to be as a Man United fan. The best teams all had an identity
and they all know who they are.'
The result leaves United in
seventh place in the table with Solskjaer's job now coming under intense
scrutiny.
Former Chelsea boss Antonio
Conte has emerged as the early frontrunner to take over at Old Trafford should
Solskjaer receive the axe, while former Real Madrid man Zinedine Zidane is also
linked.
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