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Rio Ferdinand implores Erik ten Hag to stop Wout Weghorst experiment.
Rio Ferdinand, a former defender for Manchester United, believes Wout Weghorst is not the ideal No. 10 for the Red Devils.
Weghorst has drawn criticism for failing to make an impression since moving to Old Trafford on loan.
Weghorst has only managed two goals and three assists for the team, and Ferdinand believes that he has both the creativity and play-linking skills necessary to succeed as Manchester United’s starting No. 10.
“I just think Man Utd’s No.10, a top team’s No.10 doesn’t look like a Weghorst in my eyes,” he told BT Sport. “Let’s look at it another way, if I’m [Jadon] Sancho, Bruno [Fernandes], [Alejandro] Garnacho, Martial and I’m sitting there watching him line-up as a no.10 in front of me, the no.10 shirt means something else, it’s a player that can create, has got guile, can get between the lines and get on the half turn and bring other people into play in that sense and get goals. He doesn’t offer all those things I’ve just said there… I think his best piece of play today was a tackle in his own box. That’s a no.10 – that’s not what no.10s are known for doing.”
Weghorst will leave Manchester United at the end of the current campaign since it is unlikely that he will secure a permanent deal with the club.
Ten Hag has made it obvious that he does want to add a goal scorer before the new season begins.
Prior to the summer transfer season, Harry Kane of Tottenham, Randal Kolo Muani of Eintracht Frankfurt, and Victor Osimhen of Napoli are all said to be targeted.
Ten Hag’s team will want to beat Wolves on Saturday at Old Trafford to return to winning ways in the Premier League.