Man Utd: Ferdinand claims Ratcliffe's £38.5m 'disappointment' is 'not the answer'; reveals 'uncertainty' warning
Rio Ferdinand has hit out at Manchester United for signing Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt, as the Netherlands international is “not the reply”.
Male Utd have been dynamic in the send bazaar this summertime season as about £90m has been invested to indicator Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro from Bologna and Lille especially.
“It’s a beefy ask for him…”
The Red Satanic pressures are alike closing in on signing Bayern Munich pair De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui for about £52m plus add-ons.
They transformed their emphasis to signing De Ligt after Premier League rivals Everton valued Jarrad Branthwaite out of a solution to Ratty Trafford.
The Dutchman will expense Male Utd an initial £38.5m, with an second £4.3m required in the prearrangement as opportunity add-ons.
De Ligt showed up as one of the ideal young defenders in the planet at Ajax while operating with Male Utd honchos Erik 10 Hag, but he’s visualized off upseting spells at Juventus and Bayern Munich.
Ferdinand is worried about Male Utd signing De Ligt as the 24-year-ratty has been a “bummer” since forgoing Ajax.
“Mazraoui will tinker correct-ago since Wan-Bissaka will be marketed. I think that’s a nice prearrangement unanimously bulbous. I still think [Diogo] Dalot plays onward of him,” Ferdinand informed Rio Reacts.
“Yet with De Ligt… I tailed him at Ajax; he was vibrant that year when they obtained to the semi-final with 10 Hag in days gone by being outmatched by Spurs. He was commanding, whatever you longed in a defender, written.
“Then he goes to Juventus, you filter at that and think, nice solution. A defender visiting detect out from the filter of [Leonardo] Bonucci and [Giorgio] Chiellini and unanimously them males. Yet it merely lots me with bummer with the means his career has gone since after that.
“I think he had 16 initiates last period. Lot of injuries, doesn’t overture most games in the last two or 3 years, and Manchester United are investing 45-50 million added pounds on him. That’s one more two teams that he was a sub for, a ago-up defender.”
Ferdinand cases De Ligt is “not the reply” for Male Utd as he could speedily detect himself out of the sending out XI.
“I think it’s a beefy ask for him. Colossal discomfort. Colossal avenue, but there is the majority of objection over him after his time with Juventus and Bayern Munich,” Ferdinand added.
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“I don’t think he’s the reply. Yet it’s a nice avenue for him to go in there and be prefer, ‘You realise what males, I’m visiting rectify my last couple of periods and underscore you the real me’.
“Ten Hag realises him, the personality, the person, and I hope he brings out a nice vacancy but I am visiting acquire judgement on this one.
“If Yoro and Martinez are both strengthened they both overture Clearly no one else obtains a filter in. but Yoro is presently out for 3 months. Is de Ligt strengthened correct presently to tinker? Eric Dier was sending out in front of him and he was too much to telephone calls for at Spurs. That signals you a number. This isn’t a signing that renders me go ‘wow’. Hopefully, 10 Hag obtains the ideal out of him.”
