Rio Ferdinand spotted two Man Utd players doing extra training during Old Trafford visit

Rio Ferdinand has revealed helium spotted 2 Manchester United players doing other grooming connected a caller sojourn to Carrington.

The Old Trafford fable visited United’s grooming crushed past week to interrogation Erik 10 Hag and admits helium was tense fixed his abstracted interrogation with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo, who near Manchester United for the 2nd clip astatine the extremity of 2022, criticised Ten Hag’s mentality and said his erstwhile nine indispensable ‘rebuild everything’ to get backmost to the top.

‘The manager says they cannot vie to triumph the [Premier] League and Champions League,’ helium told the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast.

‘As Manchester United coach, you cannot accidental that you’re not going to combat to triumph the league oregon Champions League.

‘Mentally [you can] accidental possibly we don’t person that potential, but I cannot accidental that. We’re going to try, you person to try.

‘What I privation for Manchester [United], it’s what I privation for maine – [to be] the champion squad they can. I emotion that club… I’m not that benignant of feline that forgot the past.’

Given Ronaldo’s disapproval of Ten Hag, Ferdinand was apprehensive up of his sojourn to Manchester United’s grooming crushed but says the Old Trafford brag was ‘absolutely fine’ and focused connected the occupation astatine hand.

Ferdinand said the ambiance astatine Carrington felt arsenic ‘clean and arsenic axenic arsenic I’ve seen it for a while’ and was heartened to spot Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford taking portion successful an other league aft grooming finished.

‘He [Erik 10 Hag] was perfectly fine,’ Ferdinand said connected his latest YouTube show. ‘I liked what I saw erstwhile I went successful the different day, the environment felt arsenic cleanable and arsenic axenic arsenic I’ve seen it for a while. 

‘I was walking and talking to Erik 10 Hag really aft grooming had finished and 2 players were connected the transportation doing extras. 

‘They were cracking up and laughing, having a competition, joking around. Bruno [Fernandes] and Marcus Rashford. It warmed my bosom you know, I swear. 

‘We’ve talked truthful overmuch astir Rashford and astir however helium doesn’t look happy, and I’ve said it myself, we request to spot a smiling, blessed and joyous Rashford to spot the champion of him.

‘I stopped the interrogation astatine 1 constituent to look astatine Rashford and said, “this isn’t the Marcus I spot connected the weekend”, and the manager said, “This is the Marcus I spot each day, that we spot here, that we know.”’ 

Rashford, who endured a mediocre 2023-24 campaign, opened his relationship for the caller play successful Saturday’s 3-0 triumph implicit Southampton.

Fernandes is yet to people for Manchester United this play but has 2 assists. The Red Devils instrumentality to enactment connected Tuesday nighttime successful the EFL Cup against League One broadside Barnsley.

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