Troy Deeney applauded Rio Ferdinand for his “nonsense” prediction that Manchester United will only win one of their last Premier League games.
Ferdinand expressed his concerns about what his former club retains his high -flying status after having undergone his 12th campaign defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Sunday.
The men of Ruben Amorim fell in 15th place in the Premier League table after James Maddison scored the only goal of the 1-0 defeat of United by the Spurs.
However, with 29 points after 25 games and 31 points behind the Liverpool leaders, the Red Devils are now only two places above the relegation area, sitting closely in front of West Ham and Wolves.
During his podcast on his YouTube channel, Ferdinand shared his concerns concerning a potential shock in the championship and predicted that the Red Devils will win only one of their last championship matches.
However, Ferdinand’s assessment was reprimanded by Deeney, who suggested that the old central back only fished clicks.
Troy Deeney made the statement of Rio Ferdinand that Manchester United could be relegated this season
The former defender of Manchester United has shared his concerns that the Red Devils could earn only one of their last 13 games in the League
The giants of the Premier League won only 29 points out of their first 25 games in the division
“I just saw our producer because he knows that I am going to go to town on this subject,” he started on Talksport. “He is already trying to put me on the clicks.
“I think Rio is full of nonsense about this situation. I guess he is trying to say that how they play currently, they cannot win anything. I just think he is still a united man, they will come together.
“If you watch the games, they have let play; Everton this weekend, I want them in this game. Ipswich, I wanted them in this game. Arsenal, they have already shown that they could get a result against them.
“Leicester, they will also beat. Forest and Man City are obviously difficult, but they have already beaten the city too. They will beat the wolves.
“And they will beat West Ham, so there are already four. I just think that with Rio, it is this thing to try to overcome it, but there is no need to do it.
“ I saw him make games where he criticizes Arsenal, but the next day, he does not make this game United because he does not want to criticize them too much. Take advantage of the podcast but not that.
Animator Jeff Stelling then said that Ferdinand may only have shared opinion to attract listeners to his podcast.
His cutting words followed Ferdinand’s assertion that the Amorim team may undergo the first relegation of the club at the second level in 51 years.
Eight of the losses of Man United are noted under the new manager Ruben Amorim, who took over in November
“Manchester United has absolutely difficulties at the moment,” he said. “Only wolves and Ham West separate my club from relegation places. Do you realize that we are so close?
“Someone said we need 11 points just to stand up and I’m starting to think like that.
“The only place where I see us potentially get anything – and I don’t even say a victory – is Leicester. We have already slapped Leicester several times this season, so we have their number.
“Normally, you are looking at the list of devices and you can see where the points come from.
“We just watched the list of matches and I don’t see pure and simple victories, I don’t look at him thinking that there are three points here and there are three points there. This is the problem.
Eight of the defeats of the Man United League this season went under Amorim, which replaced Erik Ten Hag in Old Trafford in November.
After the disastrous result against the Spurs, Amorim insisted that he is mainly worried about the team’s place in the league table, rather than its potential outing of Old Trafford after only a few months.
The Portuguese was without 12 squad players, but above all, it was without many key characters in the midfield, such as Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Christian Eriksen.
United now fell in 15th place in the Premier League, just two places above the fall area
Despite Patrick Dorgu’s signature for 29.4 million Lecce’s sterling pounds during the January transfer window, United remains in a disturbing financial situation.
Several players left the side during the winter, including Marcus Rashford and Antony, who have completed moves to Aston Villa and Real Betis, respectively.
Earlier, Amorim admitted that United will have to sell players to make new acquisitions at the next summer transfer window.
In this case, the Red Devils can consider selling young Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Main, who previously aroused a strong interest from Chelsea and Napoli.
The two academic products could again be targets due to the fact that they are 100% of the profits under the PSR rules.
