{"id":24020,"date":"2024-12-10T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=24020"},"modified":"2024-12-10T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:00:11","slug":"rio-ferdinand-urges-manchester-united-to-be-brutal-with-players-after-dan-ashworth-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rio-ferdinand-urges-manchester-united-to-be-brutal-with-players-after-dan-ashworth-sacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand Urges Manchester United To Be &#8216;Brutal&#8217; With Players After Dan Ashworth Sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has criticised his old club for sacking Dan Ashworth this week and he wants some players to be treated similarly to the sporting director.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Rio Ferdinand Frustrated With United<\/h2>\n<p>Manchester United have been a mess both on and off the field at the start of this season and the sacking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/dan-ashworth-leaves-manchester-united-after-just-five-months-as-sporting-director\/\">Dan Ashworth<\/a> this week was the final straw for Rio Ferdinand.<\/p>\n<p>The former United defender was left baffled when Ashworth parted ways with his old club and speaking on his podcast this week, Ferdinand demanded more action from the club.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI just hope they\u2019re this brutal \u2013 as they have been with the staff that have been there for years and they\u2019re culling \u2013 with the s*** players that are there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"amp-readmore-target\"><em>\u201cIf there\u2019s any s*** players that are there, and the ones that have either been there too long and the ones that just ain\u2019t good enough, be as brutal as they\u2019ve been. 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And I hope they\u2019re like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Ferdinand Reacts On His\u00a0Podcast<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">INEOS need to be as brutal with the players\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Ashworth departs! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManchesterUnited?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ManchesterUnited<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7oa0vznZz\">pic.twitter.com\/c7oa0vznZz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rioferdy5\/status\/1866167101209145347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although the six-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/premier-league-tv-fixtures-for-february-announced\/\">Premier League<\/a> winner didn&#8217;t give any specific names of who he would move on from United, Ferdinand&#8217;s frustration with the current squad was evident.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand has been critical of players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/man-united-are-open-to-transfer-offers-for-marcus-rashford-in-january-due-to-one-key-reason\/\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> in the past and after it was reported that United could be open to offers for their academy graduate at the end of the season, he could be on the way out soon.<\/p>\n<p>Although he wasn&#8217;t too pleased with Ashworth being sacked, Ferdinand was happy with how quick the decision came from the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor better or worse, at least they\u2019ve made a decision. You look at the things that are going on \u2013 I think there\u2019s a lot of noise around the club. Ticket prices are going up, there\u2019s been the laying-off of 250-plus staff. They\u2019re very definitive and it\u2019s very much like, \u201cright, we\u2019re doing this\u2019.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are currently 13th in the Premier League table which is their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-uniteds-worst-starts-to-a-premier-league-season-ranked-as-erik-ten-hag-sacked\/\">worst start to a season<\/a> in over 38 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim&#8217;s team faces off with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-city-next-five-premier-league-fixtures\/\">Manchester City<\/a> in the derby on Sunday and a win against the struggling champions could completely change the mood around Manchester heading into the new year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has criticised his old club for sacking Dan Ashworth this week and he wants some players to be treated similarly to the sporting director. 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