Rio Ferdinand is tired of the toxic culture at Man Utd (Photo: Getty)
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS have been urged to undertake a mass clear out of Manchester United players this summer by Rio Ferdinand.
This follows the controversy surrounding Alejandro Garnacho, with Ferdinand labelling his actions as ‘distasteful’.
While one of United’s better players this season, Garnacho made headlines for all the wrong reasons last week when he liked a social media post criticising manager Erik ten Hag.
Ten Hag later claimed he had ‘dealt with’ the teenager, who it is said apologised to the Dutchman.
But the incident has yet raised serious questions about the culture within Old Trafford and whether Ten Hag and his current squad are up to the task of restoring United’s glory days.
Red Devils legend Ferdinand suggests the answer to that is no, and slated the young winger for his petulance on the FIVE podcast: ‘I hate even talking about his but you see Garnacho liking a tweet the other day.
‘It was distasteful and shouldn’t be liked in public, even if he does agree with it. Normally, the culture would set whether the kid makes that decision or not.
Alejandro Garnacho was slated for his ‘distasteful’ actions (Photo: Getty)
‘And if he does make that wrong decision is anyone in the changing room grabbing him and saying, “Don’t you ever let me catch you doing that again. We don’t associate with that, that’s wrong”?
‘If you think like that than speak to the manager face-to-face, don’t be doing it snide. This s*** is going on.’
There is hope among the supporters that the arrival of new minority owner Ratcliffe and his INEOS team can fix the club and great changes have already been made at boardroom level.
Many believe INEOS will sack Erik ten Hag at the end of the season (Photo: Getty)
Jason Wilcox as been appointed as technical director, while Dan Ashworth is set to become sporting director, but Ferdinand wants to see changes made in the dressing room and says they have a big call to make on who will be in the dugout next season.
‘INEOS, they’ve cleared the decks at the top, now they need to clear the decks at the bottom with the players,’ the former England defender added.
‘There are players in there who aren’t good enough, don’t know what it is to be a Man United player. There hasn’t been a culture that’s been set in there. There needs to be a new DNA set and the reset starts at the top with the new people who have come in.
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‘That INEOS DNA needs to come in and be very clear and that will just filter down through the club. And then they have to make the decision: Is this manager the right person to start implementing that and what players are we going to have spearhead that.
‘And then who is going to be getting in the shopping basket to get out, because there’s going to be a lot of them.’
For now, United’s focus turns to their next Premier League game against Sheffield United on Wednesday night.
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