MANCHESTER UNITED legend Rio Ferdinand said he would threaten to sue manager Ruben Amorim if he talked about him the same way he did with Marcus Rashford.
Rashford, 27, has not played for United since December 12, with Amorim, 40, leaving him out of the squad for every game since apart from one, in which he was an unused substitute.
The star forward was once again omitted on Sunday when Man Utd won 1-0 at Fulham and the Portuguese tactician was then quizzed about the player’s situation at Old Trafford.
The ex-Sporting Lisbon boss stated he would prefer to have 63-year-old goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital on his bench ahead of the out-of-favour England international.
Amorim said: “The reason [why Rashford is not playing] is the training, what I think a footballer should do in training, in life and every day.
“I will put [in] Vital before I put [in] a player who doesn’t give the maximum every day.”
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Ferdinand, 46, insists he would be furious if a manager ever spoke about him like that.
The ex-England international is adamant he would hold a press conference to bash those claims, if they were indeed baseless.
The popular pundit even suggested he would sue the head coach for questioning his “effort” if he was in Rashford’s shoes.
Speaking on his Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, the former United defender said: “If it isn’t true and it was me he said that about, I am coming out all guns blazing.
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“I’m holding a press conference, I’m coming out and saying, ‘I’m having no one chat about me like that in the media’.
“But you only come out if you’re 100 per cent sure that nobody can say you take the shortcuts.
“Sometimes I think in these situations, if you’re doing things right, communicate it.
“Because the manager can question how well or bad I’m playing, or my form, but if he’s questioning my effort, I’m sorry, I’m coming back out, next time I’m around any press people – ‘the effort, he needs to take that back or I’m suing him’.
“I would love to sit across the table from Marcus, look in his eyes and go, ‘Can you say that? Could you be confident enough to go out and do that? Because if you can’t, look at yourself’.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
