Rio Ferdinand apologised live on air ahead of Manchester United’s Premier League clash with Fulham on Saturday afternoon as he unleashed a passionate rant about Erik ten Hag’s current crisis. The Red Devils legend didn’t hold back as he ripped into the club’s struggles before kick-off at Craven Cottage.
“It’s more or less crisis time. I think that the manager is being questioned, and scrutiny is really on him for the first time in his tenure,” Ferdinand told TNT Sports.
“There are obviously problems throughout the club from top to bottom, but the manager and the players are in the spotlight more than the others because they’re the ones out here.
“In his press conference earlier this week, he said that the players understand his standards, but do they? Because they’re not getting to that standard, and they clearly haven’t been all season.
“I was just listening to him saying that they’re hard to beat, that his side are working hard, but they’re not. They’re clearly not.
“At Manchester United, working hard is the first thing you do – and to turn a situation like this around, working hard is an absolute given.
“There hasn’t been enough this season for me, and Fulham will be looking at them and will believe they can put the nail in the coffin.”
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