Rio Ferdinand blasts Christian Eriksen for Man Utd comments – 'Don't be saying that s***'

Rio Ferdinand has joined Gary Neville successful expressing his interest astir Christian Eriksen's caller comments astir Manchester United's hunger and work-rate nether Erik 10 Hag

Rio Ferdinand has ripped into Christian Eriksen pursuing the midfielder’s startling admittance astir Manchester United’s work-rate.

The Red Devils are successful the midst of different situation pursuing a torrid commencement to the play nether Erik 10 Hag, who is erstwhile again nether mounting unit having narrowly avoided the sack successful the summer. Following Sunday’s wretched 3-0 decision to Tottenham, United are floundering successful 12th successful the Premier League.

They besides made a dismal commencement to their Europa League campaign, drafting 1-1 astatine location to Twente. After the match, Eriksen amazingly admitted the Dutch broadside showed much hunger, saying: “I deliberation they looked similar they wanted it much than america and that can’t beryllium right.”

Those comments were backed up by Ten Hag, but ex-United players, including Ferdinand, person been near appalled, insisting that benignant of rhetoric should beryllium kept successful the dressing room. Speaking connected his Rio Ferdinand Presents show, helium said: “Another large contented was the different day, proceeding Eriksen’s comments, ‘didn’t enactment hard enough’ oregon ‘they worked harder than us’, thing astir those lines.

“If you’re successful the changing country and your teammate said that, I’d beryllium saying, ‘listen bro, don’t beryllium saying that benignant of s*** outside. We tin speech astir this successful present but I don’t privation to perceive it retired there.”

Backtracking slightly, Ferdinand past added: “At United, I didn’t play successful a squad that didn’t enactment hard, that was out-fought. I don’t know, helium mightiness beryllium wrong his rights to accidental that.”

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Gary Neville was besides left shocked by Eriksen’s comments. Speaking aft the Spurs loss, the Sky Sports pundit said: "When I deliberation backmost to Christian Eriksen's comments aft the crippled connected Wednesday night, from idiosyncratic who's successful the dressing room, from idiosyncratic who's a precise elder subordinate who should beryllium trusted.

“When helium says that they didn't privation it and they don't privation it arsenic overmuch arsenic different squad successful a crippled of football, that matters much than thing that anybody other tin say.

"He's wrong determination [the dressing room], he's seeing with his ain eyes. We cognize what's happening successful determination can't beryllium large due to the fact that we spot it transmits into what's happening connected the pitch. That aged adage of what you bash successful grooming and what you bash each time successful your beingness comes retired present connected a Saturday oregon a Sunday is precise true.”

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