The controversial claim that Gary Lineker made about Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United has been met with a response from Rio Ferdinand.
As the holders of the FA Cup were eliminated from the competition on penalties, Manchester United suffered their most recent loss in the competition, which took place at home against Fulham.
Despite having a challenging beginning to his time at Old Trafford, Ruben Amorim has experienced yet another setback as a result of this.
In the aftermath of the match, Lineker made a reference to the fact that Jurgen Klopp had left Liverpool in a “really good state” for Arne Slot after his appointment, and he questioned whether or not Ferguson’s legendary tenure at Manchester United had come to an end.
The statement was made by Lineker during the BBC’s live coverage of the match between Manchester United and Fulham that took place last weekend. “If you look at Liverpool now, they’ve got a new manager in Arne Slot, and it’s testament to how Jurgen Klopp left the club in a really good state,” Lineker said.
During the final stages of Sir Alex Ferguson’s tenure at Old Trafford, it is highly unlikely that this was the situation. It is true that they managed to win the league during that particular season; however, it was not their best team, and a significant number of their outstanding players were nearing the end of their careers. He went on to say, “I believe that from that point on, they had problems.” “The academy wasn’t delivering the players that they were before.”
The two employees of TalkSPORT, Jason Cundy and Jamie O’Hara, discussed their perspectives on the claim that Lineker made about Ferguson.
And Cundy concurred with Lineker’s assessment, asserting that David Moyes, who succeeded his fellow countryman at Manchester United, was given a “terrible” team to manage.
O’Hara, on the other hand, was not in agreement and he refuted the claim.
Ferdinand, who enjoyed playing for Ferguson, has come out in support of his former manager, arguing that the Manchester United team that he left behind was a formidable group of players.
It was estimated that Sir Alex left a squad with an average age of 26.6 years old. He wrote on X, “Blend of youth and experience,” before listing the attacking players the club had on their roster at the time of Ferguson’s departure. “Blend of youth and experience.” “Our attacking players were… Rooney (27), RVP (29), Chicharito (25), Welbeck (22), Zaha (20), Nani (26), Ashley Young (27), Lingard (20), Kagawa (24), Valencia (27), Januzaj (18).”
In a different post, he declared that there were “19 international players.”
This was the third post that the former defender made, and it read, “Ps, we won the league by 11 points… Since then, there has been a lacklustre recruitment effort. However, I have read over the past few days that it is the fault of The Boss. Whoa, that is a bunch of nonsense…
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