{"id":291114,"date":"2023-09-18T19:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291114"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:34:22","slug":"rio-ferdinand-slams-manchester-united-owners-as-disgraceful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/rio-ferdinand-slams-manchester-united-owners-as-disgraceful\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand slams Manchester United owners as &apos;disgraceful&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rio Ferdinand slams the Glazers&#8217; &#8216;disgraceful&#8217; handling of Manchester United and claims Erik ten Hag is attempting to manage a &#8216;fragile changing room&#8217; amid their poor start to the season<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rio Ferdinand has blasted the actions of Manchester United owners, the Glazers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The United legend labelled their lack of communication as &#8216;disgraceful&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has scathingly labelled the actions of Manchester United&#8217;s owners, the Glazer family, as &#8216;disgraceful&#8217; and pinned the blame for recent poor results on their lack of communication.<\/p>\n<p>United were dismantled by Brighton in a crushing 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Saturday as Roberto de Zerbi&#8217;s side dominated and took away a deserved three points.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is beginning to build on Erik ten Hag as early season struggles continue with United losing three out of five Premier League matches and facing the daunting prospect of travelling to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Former United defender, Ferdinand, believes wholesale changes are needed throughout the club to solve the crisis situation that has seen off-field issues wreak havoc inside the Premier League giants and slammed the club&#8217;s owners for their lack of action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don\u2019t think that any fan that watches football, not just Man United, but who watches football and sees what Brighton can do and sees Man United, walked into that stadium at the weekend and thought United would get three points,&#8217; said Ferdinand on his Five YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/19\/75566085-12532467-image-a-1_1695061315495.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has labelled Manchester United&#8217;s owners, the Glazer family (pictured), as &#8216;disgraceful&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/19\/75566079-12532467-image-a-2_1695061319615.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are in crisis mode after losing three out of five Premier League matches<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No chance. It\u2019s crazy. People are looking for a scapegoat, that\u2019s the way the media is right now people look for a scapegoat and go that\u2019s the reason.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I see people saying [Marcus] Rashford isn\u2019t working hard enough, or Bruno [Fernandes] is the captain. Ralf Rangnick\u2019s comments when he left were along the lines of this doesn\u2019t need medicine this needs open heart surgery,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No one looked at that comment and thought \u2018let me dig into that\u2019. It shows you that not one individual is going to solve this problem. We had Cristiano Ronaldo, what he\u2019s done in the game, and he can\u2019t solve it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We\u2019ve had a load of managers come in with huge reputations and they haven\u2019t sorted it out. Spent a lot of money and that hasn\u2019t sorted it out. We\u2019ve juggled the pack behind the scenes with recruitment teams and the structure and personnel and that isn\u2019t going to change it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There needs to be a unified approach for it to happen. One of the biggest problems is the ownership,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s controlling owners have been dangling the club&#8217;s availability since November last year when it was announced they were looking for additional investment.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent bidding war broke out between Qatari billionaire Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, however the Glazers are now believed to be reluctant to sell and instead want to wait in an effort to raise the value of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand, like many Man United supporters, wants an immediate sale of the club and blasted the Americans &#8211; who were last seen at United&#8217;s FA Cup final defeat against Man City &#8211;\u00a0 for their lack of communication that he insists is the root of current issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/19\/75566151-12532467-image-a-3_1695061326493.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag is beginning to come under pressure after a torrid start to the new season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/19\/75566153-12532467-image-a-4_1695061329103.jpg\" height=\"579\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand believes United&#8217;s problems are rooted to the Glazers refusing to sell the club<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These owners, the Glazers, I don\u2019t care what they say now. Since June we haven\u2019t heard from them and even then it was tepid. Communication in any line of work, in any business, is vital for a business to be able to flourish, to prosper, to function properly and their lack of communication is deafening,&#8217; stated Ferdinand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It\u2019s been disgraceful in my eyes. This is a fragile changing room, this is a fragile infrastructure, and there is new people coming in and out\u2026 this ownership aren\u2019t communicating to help that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We need communication now more than ever and they aren\u2019t getting it and that\u2019s where my anger and frustration comes from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Surely they love the it? Surely they love the club? But I\u2019m being led to believe no they don\u2019t it\u2019s just a business, cold-hearted. The silence speaks so, so, so much. It speaks volume,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12532467\/Rio-Ferdinand-manchester-united-glazer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Ferdinand slams the Glazers&#8217; &#8216;disgraceful&#8217; handling of Manchester United and claims Erik ten Hag is attempting to manage a &#8216;fragile changing room&#8217; 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