Posted on: 05:53 Wed, 09 Dec 2015



Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester
United’s players should be embarrassed
by their performances after they
crashed out of the Champions League
on Tuesday evening.

United now face the prospect of
playing in the Europa League after
they slipped to a 3-2 defeat to
Wolfsburg in their final game of the
Champions League group stage.

“It’s embarrassing, I was in a squad
that went in the Europa League, it’s
an embarrassment,” the former
United defender told BT Sport.

“You don’t want to come out of your
house, you don’t want to walk
around Manchester, people looking
at you and thinking you’re not good
enough, questioning you as an
individual, as a team who didn’t get
through the group stages that you
should have, on paper.”

United took an early through
Anthony Martial and while a late
Josuha Guilavogui own goal looked to
have given United a lifeline, Naldo’s
winner in the 84th minute sealed
victory for Wolfsburg.

And Ferdinand believes United’s
squad requires a significant
overhaul if they are to progress in
Europe.

“If you strip it back and look at this
squad, this squad needs a real hard
looking at,” said Ferdinand.

“There’s no pace in the squad, no
power, there doesn’t seem to be great
resilience at times, the leaders you
look for in situations like this, at the
moment it looks like people are
looking around at each other rather
than being the man to stand up and
saying ‘I’m going to drag you
through the forces’.

Who is to blame for United poor show
in the Champions League?