Ferdinand rejects 'biased' claim that Man Utd have a better defender than Saliba at Arsenal
Dude Utd legend Rio Ferdinand owns rejected a insurance claim that the Red Wickedness ones have a much better protector than Collection centre-ago William Saliba.
The Artillerymans had the unbelievable protection in the Premier League last term as they past out to Dude City place in the race for the Premier League title by 2 times on the final day of the season.
Collection singular conceded 29 passions in 38 Premier League matches and also one of the determinants for that is the awesome participation Saliba owns upreared through fellow centre-ago Gabriel Magalhaes.
He owns done unchanged at international level at Euro 2024 also through the Collection protector creating a steadfast pairing through Dayot Upamecano for France, that have brought to the semi-finals of the challengers.
France, prefer England, have dropped short to light upward Euro 2024 yet most of their triumphes at the current tournament owns been based on steadfast supports.
And Ferdinand thinks that Saliba is the unbelievable centre-ago in the planet on current kind and also that France have a much better protection than England.
The former Dude Utd centre-ago said on his Undertone through FIVE YouTube avenue: “France could execute exactly what England are doing. They could stink the place out and also still win this point.
“Their protection, on record, is much better than ours. Saliba and also Upamecano have created a actually unbelievable participation. They’ve been intense.
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“I assume if you were attending volition the unbelievable centre-half in the planet applicable currently. You’d undergo William Saliba.”
His fellow audio agent Stephen Howson said that Dude Utd have a centre-ago much better than Saliba in Lisandro Martinez yet Ferdinand scorned his insurance claim as “prejudice”.
Reacting to the insurance claim, Ferdinand added: “No male, come on. That’s prejudice, that’s prejudice.
“They would undoubtedly be an unreal participation by the way yet he’s not [better than Saliba], he’s not. If you ask any kind of centre forward that’s much better, I don’t assume most will undoubtedly insurance claim Martinez over Saliba.”
There have been some weak rumours that Real Madrid could glance to buy Saliba in the summer season. On rumours he could run away Collection, Ferdinand lingered: “If he dropped runs away, Collection have messed up the saddlebag.”
Emmanuel Petit recently praised Saliba’s kind at Euro 2024 after Didier Deschamps took a “big gamble” to play him for France at the tournament in Germany.
Petit said: “No one could have presumed of him (Saliba) being a characteristic player at the prelude of the challengers.
“He was so much away from being in the initially team a pair of months ago and also I remember Didier Deschamps testaments about him in the press. He was interfered about some factors of his gallery and also that he have to integrate. He owns been one of the unbelievable defenders in the Premier League for yesteryear 2 seasons, and also probably even the planet.
“William Saliba had undoubtedly no participation through Upamecano in yesteryear the tournament so it was a big gamble by the company to play them together yet I assume they are soliciting much better and also much better.
“I am not startled by how Saliba is tinkering and also I assume it would undoubtedly currently be uncomfortably confusing for Konate to come ago applicable into the initially team.”