Rio Ferdinand feels sorry for one Man Utd player who is ‘massively disrespected’ time and time again

Rio Ferdinand has singled out the Manchester United player for whom he has a “feeling of indescribable regret.”

This season has been another difficult one for the Red Devils, as their performance in the domestic arena has continued to be disappointing.

At the beginning of the 24/25 season, it was anticipated that Erik ten Hag would continue United’s success in the FA Cup and bring the club back to the top of the Premier League table.

On the other hand, it could be argued that United has deteriorated for the worse, and the Dutchman was ultimately fired in October.

Following his impressive performance at Sporting Clube de Portugal, the club made the announcement that Ruben Amorim would be taking over for Ten Hag.

Nevertheless, the forty-year-old has had a difficult time up to this point because he is still having trouble putting his playing style into action.

As of right now, the Red Devils are in 15th place in the Premier League, which is 34 points behind Liverpool, who are currently their leaders.

Ferdinand, a former United defender, recently expressed his sympathy for Bruno Fernandes, the club’s captain. Fernandes has been an important player for the club ever since he joined in 2020.

On his podcast, he stated, “Bruno Fernandes is treated with an incredible amount of disrespect.” An attempt is being made to find flaws in his performance by all of this talk about him not being a suitable candidate for captain.

There have been a total of 46 goal involvements since he has arrived, with 28 goals and 18 assists in his first season. During his second season, he had ten goals and thirteen assists. The third season, with 14 goals and 13 assists. At this point, he has ten with twelve assists. The message that this conveys to me is that it is yelling one thing: output and consistency. These are the things that this individual brings and delivers.

Ferdinand continued by saying, “Some of the things he gets called out for, his body language, etc. and so on… yeah, there could be improvements there, but that is borne out of frustration, that is borne out of not being helped.”

The phrase “You know what? ” is the source of that. In this place, I’m f***ing doing my job, and look at the statistics! To add insult to injury, no other player in the Premier League has created more opportunities than he has since he signed with Manchester United. It is not Kevin De Bruyne; nobody else. Ever since he signed, he has helped create more opportunities than anyone else. When you put a human face on that, you would be frustrated, and you would be p***ed off that the club is signing players who haven’t been able to deliver what they’ve promised.

During the first half of the 24/25 season, Fernandes has participated in 38 matches across all competitions, scoring 10 goals and assisting on 12 more.

The match between United and Ipswich Town will take place at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening, marking United’s return to its Premier League competition.