Manchester United, Ferdinand: “Garnacho and Rashford would do well to leave”

Manchester, 22 January 2025 – Marcus Rashford e Alexander Garnacho are the two most discussed names of the Manchester United in terms of the transfer market. Both have several admirers both in Europe and in Italy: the former is strongly supported Milan, who is looking for a profile that can strengthen the offensive department, while as regards the second, the team closest to him at the moment is Napoli. In fact, the Neapolitans have identified the Argentine winger from Manchester United as the perfect replacement for kvaratskhelia, passed to PSG for 70 million euros.

The former captain of the Red Devils intervened on the situation of the two players Rio Ferdinand, who wanted to give some advice to the two Manchester United players to talkSPORT. “Rashford’s face shows that he hasn’t enjoyed football in the last three years. If I had to give him any advice I would tell him to leave Manchester United,” said the former defender, before adding: “He should look McTominay and follow what he is doing: he is enjoying life and having fun again while playing football. I want to see these guys smile, play well and have fun”. On Garnacho, however, Ferdinand's words were: “He is probably thinking that he does not want to leave Manchester United, but that if he did he could enjoy himself more”. The clear example of the former Red Devils player is Scott McTominay, who, after twenty-two years at Manchester United between the youth team and the first team, left England to move to Napoli, where he is proving to be one of the best of the team.

With the Neapolitans, the Scot has scored 5 goals and 3 assists in 18 games in Serie A and has immediately become one of Conte's key players. If Garnacho were to decide to join Napoli, he would find himself back with the Scottish midfielder, with whom he was a teammate from 2022 to 2024. According to Ferdinand, what makes the difference is above all the pressure on Manchester United: the Red Devils are in thirteenth place in the league. Premier League with 26 points won so far, a sidereal distance from the European zone. The coach is also affected by this situation Amorim, who took over as Manchester United coach after the dismissal of Ten Hague. Ferdinand described the former Sporting Lisbon as a great coach who did a fantastic job at his previous club, but what you experience at Manchester United and in the Premier League is completely different to what the Portuguese manager has been through so far.