'Park Ji-sung's best friend' and Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand is truly worried about Manchester United's relegation.
Manchester United lost 0-1 in Tottenham's away match in the 25th round of the English Premier League on the 17th (Korea time), showing a lethargic performance amid the departure of the main players. Tottenham in crisis have won their first two games in a row since September at the expense of Manchester United. Manchester United fell to 12 points from Ipswich Town (17 points), which is in the relegation zone, and to 15th (15 points).Leicester City (17 points) and Southampton (9 points) are ranked at the bottom of the list. Shortly after United's defeat against Tottenham, Ferdinand shared his heartfelt concerns about Manchester United's possible relegation to the Championship through his YouTube podcast.
He said "Manchester United is absolutely struggling at the moment. Only Wolverhampton (17th) and West Ham (16th) are keeping us out of the relegation zone. Do you know we're this close to the relegation zone?," he asked back. "Someone told me we needed 11 points, but I started thinking that way, too."Here, I'm looking at the rest of the match table and I'm seriously thinking about it. "Everton (away), Ipswich (home), Arsenal (home), Leicester City (away), Nottingham (away), Manchester City (home), Newcastle (away), Wolverhampton (home), Bournemouth (away), Brentford (away), West Ham (home), Chelsea (away), Aston Villa (home)" Eight of Manchester United's 12 losses in the league this season were caused by coach Huveng Amorim, who took office in November last year.
Ferdinand added "The only team we have a chance of winning is Leicester City. I'm not saying I'm going to win. We have already beaten Leicester twice this season, so we have an advantage against Leicester." "Usually, you can tell where the points will come from by looking at the match table. I don't see a clear win on the list of remaining games. I don't think it's like 3 points here and 3 points there. That's the problem."
After the crushing defeat against Tottenham on the day, manager Amorim expressed his concern about the team's league ranking rather than his future three months later. On this day, manager Amorim had to play without 12 Manchester United aces. The absence of key midfielders such as Kobe Mainu, Manuel Ugart and Christian Eriksen was fatal for the game. In the match against Tottenham, manager Amorim put his team's captain and ace Bruno Fernandes down to coordinate the game to build a 3-4-3 formation with Casemiro, but it didn't work. There was no fixer. Another Manchester United legend, Gary Neville, pointed out that it could take up to two years for United to adapt to Amorim's 3-4-3. "How quickly can manager Amorim adapt Manchester United to 3-4-3 tactics. The investment so far will open at least two or three transfer markets and we know the clubs at the end of PSR (profitability and sustainability regulations, allowing losses of up to £105 million over three seasons, and reducing points if they lose more than this amount). Having lost £300m in the last three years, they have to struggle to spend the money they need in the transfer market. There has been a lot of waste in the last few years." In the January transfer market, Manchester United acquired Lecce's Patrick Dorgou for £29.4 million, but the financial situation is still a crisis. During this period, Marcus Rashford and Antony left for Aston Villa and Real Betis on loan, respectively. Manager Amorim admitted that he had to sell players to recruit new players in the summer transfer market. In this case, you may need to sell Garnacho and Kobe Mainu.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
