{"id":299236,"date":"2023-12-13T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299236"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:24:16","slug":"rio-ferdinand-insists-man-united-need-wingers-who-want-to-provide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/rio-ferdinand-insists-man-united-need-wingers-who-want-to-provide\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand insists Man United need wingers who &apos;want to provide&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Rio Ferdinand names FIVE wingers Manchester United could sign in January to help end Rasmus Hojlund&#8217;s Premier League goal drought&#8230; but only ONE player is from a team in the top half<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rio Ferdinand named a shortlist of wingers Man United should sign in January<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ferdinand added United need to sign players who &#8216;want to provide&#8217; for Hojlund<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Will Marcus Rashford EVER be the real deal? Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has named a shortlist of Premier League winners that he believes Erik ten Hag should attempt to sign in January.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag presided over a busy summer of recruitment during his second season at Old Trafford, that included the arrival of 20-year-old Rasmus Hojlund from Atlanta for \u00a372m.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fanfare surrounding the Dane&#8217;s arrival, Hojlund has endured a mixed start to life at his new club.<\/p>\n<p>The striker raced to the Champions League goalscoring charts, netting five times in his first four games prior to United&#8217;s unceremonious exit from Europe following defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, things haven&#8217;t been quite as prolific on the domestic front for the young forward.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78907275-12858893-image-a-45_1702464572015.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Rio Ferdinand insisted Rasmus Hojlund would have &#8216;five or six&#8217; Premier League goals at this stage if Man United had wingers &#8216;who cross the ball&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78907261-12858893-image-a-46_1702464653244.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dane has still yet to open his Premier League account for United since arriving for \u00a372 this summer<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>After missing the first three Premier League games due to injury, Hojlund made his debut in the club&#8217;s defeat to Arsenal before being denied a goal due to VAR\u00a0in his first start against Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Vibe with Five podcast, Ferdinand insisted that the addition of a new winger in the upcoming transfer window could be the catalyst for Hojlund to break his duck in the league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If Man United had [Michael] Olise, Jack Harrison, [Dwight] McNeil at Everton, Jacob Murphy at Newcastle \u2013 any one of those four wingers, I reckon [Hojlund] would have five or six goals by now,&#8217; Ferdinand said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78907283-12858893-image-a-54_1702464747096.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"195\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78907295-12858893-image-a-55_1702464747097.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"195\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78907325-12858893-image-m-53_1702464740025.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"195\"><\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand named Michael Olise, Dwight McNeil and Jacob Murphy as potential transfer targets for United in January<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why? Because they cross the ball. All four of those boys, their first thought is, get the ball, head down, either beat the full-back and cross or give me a yard and cross the ball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He [Hojlund] needs service. [Jarrod] Bowen [is another option for United]. These guys want to provide, we&#8217;ve got wingers who either want to get a shot off, shoot, beat someone.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Of the five players named by Ferdinand, Jacob Murphy and Jack Harrison currently have the most Premier League assists this season with three each.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight McNeil has registered two, while Jarrod Bowen has one, and Michael Olise has zero though his season has been curtailed by a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12858893\/Rio-Ferdinand-names-FIVE-wingers-Manchester-United-end-Rasmus-Hojlunds-Premier-League-goal-drought.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Ferdinand names FIVE wingers Manchester United could sign in January to help end Rasmus Hojlund&#8217;s Premier League goal drought&#8230; 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