The Red Devils boss has consistently called out individuals for poor displays on the pitch, most recently claiming Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard lack maturity ahead of Saturday’s fixture with Crystal Palace.
The United boss told the press four of his players lacked maturity in the build-up to Saturday’s draw but the ex-defender is unhappy. Jose Mourinho‘s criticism of his Manchester United players is having a negative effect on performances according to Rio Ferdinand.
“Do you expect to have players on your side or do you expect your players to go ‘hold on a minute, my manager is hammering me in public again’?
“What he’s said might be true. He’s behind closed doors, he sees these boys day in, day out. He might look at those four or five kids and go ‘you know what, this is exactly how I feel about you’. He’s got that right to say that.
“But I think behind closed doors, in the changing room, embarrass them in front of the team. You don’t get positivity doing that publicly and the fans don’t like that either.”
Indeed, many United fans were calling for Mourinho to be sacked after his side’s lacklustre start to the season and his handling of a rift with former vice-captain Paul Pogba.
The Portuguese coach looked to have turned things around with impressive wins over Newcastle, Everton, Bournemouth and Juventus, but the 3-1 defeat to Manchester City before the international break and the latest 0-0 draw with Palace spells fresh trouble for the Reds’ boss.
United face Young Boys in the Champions League on Tuesday night at Old Trafford where they surely must win to help calm tensions around the club.
Source: Goal.com