Rio Ferdinand has launched a brutal attack on former club Manchester United's transfer policy ahead of their huge meeting with Liverpool next week - labelling it as an "absolute shambles".
New manager Erik Ten Hag continued his underwhelming start to life in the Premier League on Saturday evening as he followed United's 2-1 home loss to Brighton last week with an even worse performance during a 4-0 hammering at Thomas Frank's Brentford.
Individual mistakes, tactical ineptness and a failure to do the basics of the game all culminated in one of the club's most embarrassing defeats in the Premier League era. With his team propping up the league table, Ten Hag now faces the seismic task of preparing them to try and beat Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool at Old Trafford on Monday week (August 22).
