Manchester United: Rio Ferdinand makes Sam Allardyce remark as crisis intensifies

A furious Rio Ferdinand has flippantly suggested that Manchester United appoint Sam Allardyce.

The ex-Red Devils defender was reacting to his former club's 4-0 loss at Brentford on Saturday evening – a result which left Erik ten Hag's side bottom of the Premier League table.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, FIVE, Ferdinand said:

"You watch the game and you look at it and you think, ‘Wow’. The players are nowhere near worth the money that [United] spent on them. They’re nowhere near worth what they’re probably paying them. There’s zero confidence in the building.

"You see after the first goal where [David] De Gea plays out, the next time he saw numbers on the backs of shirts, they ran up the pitch and just wanted it kicked long.

"Like, we might as well bring in some other managers like Big Sam [Allardyce] or [Tony] Pulis if we’re going to be [play] like that.

"You look at it and you say, 'This is not the Manchester United that I once knew'."

United's seventh successive defeat on the road has put them on their worst away run since 1936 – when they lost 10 on the bounce.

And things could be about to get a lot worse before they get better: next up, it's Liverpool at Old Trafford – a fixture in which United were trounced 5-0 last season.