Rio Ferdinand has revealed Manchester United’s “problem” amid fears over relegation.
A depleted Man United squad – missing 12 senior players – including Amad, Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte – slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham on Sunday.
That was an eighth loss in 12 Premier League games for the Red Devils and Ruben Amorim’s side have slipped to 15th as a result after starting the weekend in 13th.
Though, Man Utd remain 12 points clear of the relegation zone with 13 games remaining. Four of which are against sides below them in the table.
Whilst the idea of a club the size of Man United battling for survival is seemingly unthinkable and, in truth, highly unlikely, Ferdinand says he is beginning to fear the worst after going through his former club’s remaining fixtures.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ferdinand is concerned that he can’t predict more than one victory: “Manchester United are absolutely struggling at the moment. Only Wolves and West Ham separate my club from the relegation places. Do you realise we’re that close?
“Someone said we need 11 points just to stay up and I’m starting to think like that. I’ve got the fixture list here and I’m looking at the game and I’m being serious here. Go through it.
“Everton away, Ipswich at home, Arsenal, Forest away, Man City, Newcastle away, Wolves, Brentford, West Ham, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Leicester.
“The only place I potentially see us getting anything – and I’m not even saying a win – is Leicester. We’ve slapped up Leicester a couple of times already this season so we’ve got their number.
“Normally you look at the fixture list and you can see where the points are coming from.
“We just looked at the fixture list and I’m not seeing outright wins, I’m not looking at it thinking there’s three points here and there’s three points there. That’s the problem.”