EVEN Rio Ferdinand appears to have lost faith in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, describing Manchester United’s results as “not good enough.” The former Old Trafford defender was one of Solskjaer’s most forceful supporters in the media, after he was appointed as interim boss in December 2018. But after United’s abject 2-0 defeat to Burnley, who won […]
EVEN Rio Ferdinand appears to have lost faith in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, describing Manchester United’s results as “not good enough.”
The former Old Trafford defender was one of Solskjaer’s most forceful supporters in the media, after he was appointed as interim boss in December 2018.
But after United’s abject 2-0 defeat to Burnley, who won at the Theatre of Dreams for the first time since 1962, Ferdinand had no praise left.
Clearly furious with the nature of the defeat, he raged in the pundit’s chair about the lack of competence from the club’s hierarchy.
It came against a backdrop of mass fan protest in the Stretford End, as the ‘Glazers Out’ movement grew even louder and fans left after 80 minutes.
Asked if Solskjaer should still be in a job, Ferdinand said: “The results would suggest not.
“I’ve played with Ole, he’s an ex team-mate of mine.
“But the results that are being churned out are not good enough.”
It marks a big comedown from Ferdinand, who bashed the BT Sport desk after Manchester United’s stunning comeback Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain and told Ed Woodward to give him the job on a full-time basis.
But he backed the under-fire Norwegian up on one big point.
Ferdinand added: “I will give him a little backing in one sense: injuries to big players.
“McTominay was the outstanding player before he got injured.
“Pogba’s a huge player, most expensive player here, now Rashford is injured in the form of his life.
“So he’s had some big players injured, but still the big amount of money that has been spent to come off the wings.
“We’re relying on an 18-year-old at half time to come on and change our fortunes, that’s where we’re at.
“Look at the team now and the four best players this season are home grown talent.
“Williams, Greenwood, Rashford, McTominay before he got injured.
“That speaks volumes about the recruitment, how shoddy it’s been.”
