FER BLIMEY
Rio Ferdinand tells Man Utd chiefs to be ‘brutal’ with the ‘s*** players’ and ‘get them the f*** out quick’
Ferdinand is not the only former player to hit out at the club
RIO FERDINAND has demanded that Manchester United get the "s***" players the "f*** out" of the squad.
The former Red Devils defender has insisted that the club needs to be brutal with the playing staff.
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Ferdinand, 46, is hopeful that the ownership takes the same attitude with the underperforming stars as they have with directors.
His X-rated rant has come following the decision to axe sporting director Dan Ashworth after just five months.
He said: "Confusion is the first thing that comes to mind.
"I just hope that they're this brutal as they have been with the staff that have been there for years and that they're culling.
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"I hope they're this brutal with the s*** players that are there.
"If there are any s*** players that are there, and ones that have either been there too long or the ones that just aren't good enough, be as brutal as they've been.
"Get them the f*** out quick.
"I hope they're like that. For better or worse, at least they've made a bloody decision.
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"That's the way I think about it. But you look at the things that are going on.
"I think there's a lot of noise around the club.
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Inside Man Utd chaos amid Ashworth departure
THE blame game has another victim as things go from bad to worse at Old Trafford.
Manchester United’s first sporting director, Dan Ashworth, arrived in the summer and is gone before Christmas.
SunSport exclusively revealed last month that there was trouble at mill.
That the new senior management team were already blaming each other for the mess the club were in.
Chief executive Omar Berrada and Ashworth were trying to wash their hands of it all, claiming they had arrived too late after serving their gardening leave.
New part owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said making decisions was all down to them. Meanwhile, Jason Wilcox thought it was all a mess under previous boss Erik ten Hag but was part of the team that encouraged him to stay after every other candidate ran for cover.
There is word Ashworth did not favour appointing his successor and new head coach Ruben Amorim, preferring an English manager with more experience in our game. Perhaps that was why ex-England gaffer Gareth Southgate’s name was always mentioned after they worked together at the FA.
Either way, Saturday’s showing against Nottingham Forest, after their second-half capitulation at Arsenal a few days previously, proved too much.
"Ticket price are now going up, there's been laying off of 250 plus staff and again, they're very definitive.
"They're like, 'We're doing this. We don't care about the noise'."
Ashworth left the club after showdown talks with the club locked in a blame game for the poor start to the season.
Manchester United announced the sacking with a blunt 53-word statement and insisted it was a "mutual decision".
Gary Neville slammed the statement as "not a good look" in his own brutal rant.
The Red Devils' shocking start to the Premier League campaign saw the end to Erik ten Hag's reign as manager.
The Dutchman was axed after the defeat to West Ham in October and then replaced by Ruben Amorim.
Since the Portuguese coach was hired results have continued to be inconsistent.
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His first game ended in a 1-1 draw against Ipswich before victories against Bodo/Glimt and Everton.
However, the club is now winless in their previous three games with the latest ending in a 3-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford.
Ten Hag's Man Utd signings
The Dutchman has brought in 21 players since moving to Old Trafford in 2022
2022-23:
Antony, (Ajax) £86m
Casemiro, (Real Madrid) £70m
Lisandro Martinez, (Ajax) £46m
Tyrell Malacia, (Feyenoord) £13m
Christian Eriksen, (Brentford) free
Martin Dubravka, (Newcastle) loan
Wout Weghorst, (Burnley) loan
Jack Butland, (Crystal Palace) loan
Marcel Sabitzer, (Bayern Munich) loan
2023-24:
Rasmus Hojlund, (Atalanta) £72m
Mason Mount, (Chelsea) £60m
Andre Onana, (Inter Milan) £47m
Sofyan Amrabat, (Fiorentina) loan
Altay Bayindir, (Fenerbahce) £4.3m
Jonny Evans, (Leicester) free
Sergio Reguilon, (Tottenham) loan
2024-25:
Leny Yoro, (Lille) £52m
Manuel Ugarte, (Paris Saint-Germain) £50m
Matthijs de Ligt, (Bayern Munich) £45m
Joshua Zirkee, (Bologna) £36.5m
Noussair Mazraoui, (Bayern Munich) £12.8m
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