Rio Ferdinand Suggests the Manchester United Player Who Should Aspire for Captaincy

Rio Ferdinand, a Manchester United legend, believes Marcus Rashford should have been named captain when manager Erik ten Hag relieved Harry Maguire of the armband in the summer of this year.

Ten Hag had made a big decision to relieve Maguire of the responsibility and install Bruno Fernandes as captain.

Fernandes has proven to be a divisive choice so far.

The Portuguese midfielder further undermined his position by getting himself suspended for Manchester United’s clash against Liverpool this coming weekend by collecting his fifth yellow card of the season.

“If I were him [Rashford], being at the club that long and with the status he’s got in the game when the captaincy came up, I’d be wanting to have that armband because I think he’s got the experience and the gravitas to do that,’ Ferdinand told talkSPORT.

“We can talk about if he’s world-class or not, but all of these players need to go out there and graft—that is it.

“Wide players, irrelevant of ability; none of the players like Beckham, Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Valencia, etc. They didn’t want to be on the same side of the pitch as where the gaffer was because they would be drilled, chasing back and running after people.”