Sir Alex Ferguson says that Rio Ferdinand must reform his style of play – English Premier League
Manchester United’s manager has singled out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 and made it clear that the Englishman must improve on his performances to retain his place in the Manchester United starting line up. Sir Alex Ferguson spoke ahead of United’s
2-0 win over Otelul Galati as he said that Ferdinand’s loss of pace means that the defender needs to change his style of play.
Rio Ferdinand has been a permanent fixture in the Manchester United line up for the past half a decade now ever since his move to Old Trafford from Leeds United. The former West Ham United defender has risen to fame at United and
has won every trophy there is to win in the English league as well as in Europe. Sir Alex has been trustworthy of the Englishman who has previously hit the media spotlight for the wrong reasons.
However United’s 6-1 defeat to Manchester City recently appeared to be a turning moment for Rio in the Manchester United camp as fans have begun to question his ability to sustain his fitness levels and perform week in and week
out on a consistent basis for Manchester United. Sir Alex started with Ferdinand and handed him the captains arm band in the absence of both http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 and Vidic as United won the match eventually by two goals to nil against Otelul Galati.
Ferdinand was impervious at the back as the English Premier League champions retained a clean sheet. Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 said about Ferdinand, "Rio is almost 33 and has obviously lost the yard of pace he had five years ago. But that doesn't
mean he cannot tailor his game a different way. He cannot rely on his pace now. That is obvious. But he is still one of the best footballers in the country in terms of his use of the ball. He still has great presence. He can still tackle and can still head
the ball."
Sir Alex might rest Ferdinand on the weekend now as the 33 year old played a full match against Otelul Galati. United play Sunderland in their next league fixture on the weekend after which the international break is supposed to
kick in until the end of the third week of November, 2011.
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