Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand responds to Jadon Sancho’s shock message to Marcus Rashford

Rio Ferdinand believes a big of Manchester United exiles are flourishing elsewhere present ‘the shackles’ are off.

The likes of Anthony Elanga, Scott McTominay and adjacent mega-flop Antony are enjoying caller leases of beingness pursuing their departures from Old Trafford.

Erik 10 Hag’s astir costly signing, branded 1 of the astir disappointing signings successful Premier League history, has enjoyed superb commencement to beingness connected indebtedness astatine Real Betis, scoring erstwhile and registering 2 assists successful his archetypal 2 games.

McTominay, meanwhile, has played a cardinal relation successful powering Napoli towards the Serie A rubric and Elanga has been likewise influential implicit the people of Nottingham Forest’s stunning run that could yet extremity successful Champions League qualification.

Sancho, too, has shown signs of getting his vocation back connected way astatine Chelsea having been frozen retired by Ten Hag arsenic a effect of their narration breaking down astatine the commencement of past season.

Marcus Rashford volition assistance a stint astatine Villa tin person a likewise transformative interaction connected him after helium was deemed surplus to requirements by Ten Hag’s successor Ruben Amorim.

The 27-year-old made his debut arsenic a 2nd fractional substitute during Sunday’s FA Cup triumph implicit Tottenham and instantly appeared to person a outpouring successful his step.

Sancho was intelligibly delighted to spot his aged teammate backmost successful enactment for the archetypal clip since December 12 and responded to Rashford’s Instagram post with one-word connection that simply work ‘freedom’.

‘You look astatine Antony, he’s got a man-of-the-match show and a extremity and assistance successful 2 games,’ Ferdinand said connected his Rio Presents podcast.

‘McTominay is playing similar primetime Jude Bellingham astatine the moment. You’ve got Elanga, who’s a flying winger.

‘You’ve got each these players that are leaving the nine that are looking similar new, dynamic footballers due to the fact that the shackles are off, and the unreality and the unit of Old Trafford, the badge, each that that brings, is allowing them to spell ‘you cognize what, wow, what a quality that is’.

‘You’re astir apt going to spot the aforesaid from Rashford. It’s astir unlocking what has unlocked Old Trafford for these players to perform.’

Rashford looked crisp during his energic cameo with chap January enlistee Marco Asensio providing immoderate delightful moments, brilliantly combining with Morgan Rogers to terrorise the Tottenham defence.

Andres Garcia and Doyen Malen, 2 different caller additions, started the crippled astatine Villa Park with Villa brag Unai Emery pleased to spot the brace instantly adopting his gameplan.

With Villa warring connected 3 fronts, the Villa brag was pleased to spot his caller additions each supply a telling glimpse of what is to come.

‘Andres Garcia and Malen some played successful the thought we had,’ Emery said.

‘They were accordant and focused. As well, Marcus Rashford and Asensio, we watched their accomplishment and however they helped america and volition assistance america again successful the adjacent months successful the antithetic competitions we volition face.

‘We are successful a caller mode aft the changes we did. We are demanding due to the fact that we inactive request to amended owed to immoderate tactical issues and however we privation to vie successful the Premier League.’

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