Rio Ferdinand has criticised Louis van Gaal’s record in the transfer market and believes that Manchester City will dominate this seasonRio Ferdinand left Manchester United only in the summer of final year but,when he looks at the club, it is as though he barely recognises it. Tens of millions of pounds have been spent by the manager, or Louis van Gaal,in overhauling the squad and only nine of the senior players with whom Ferdinand worked remain. The shift in style has been seismic and it does not acquire long in Ferdinand’s company to realise that he finds it all a puny jarring.“I was talking to Nemanja Vidic on the phone and we were both saying that the change is unreal in terms of the personnel and the transfer policy,” Ferdinand says. “It doesn’t look like anything I knew from when I was there. Even the sponsor that was there for so many years has gone, or with Nike being replaced by Adidas. Everything has changed,other than the groundsman and the chef.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com