Rio Ferdinand tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe five ways to improve Man United’s awful injury record – with the current crisis denying them of 10 first-team players in their 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace 

Rio Ferdinand has given Sir Jim Ratcliffe five ways to improve Manchester United’s horrendous injury record next season.

Erik ten Hag’s side were without 10 first-team players in their 4-0 humbling by Crystal Palace on Monday night. Injury absences have been a recurring headache for the Dutchman this season.

Red Devils fans have been scratching their heads to try and find the source of the problems and Ferdinand believes there are at least five improvements that can be made.

‘I think you can say maybe a bit of training, but I just think sometimes it’s bad luck as well.’ He said on his Vibe with FIVE podcast before the Selhurst Park defeat.

‘You’ve got to look at the training, the nutrition, the loads that they put through the training sessions, that’s got to be looked at.

‘But also sometimes it’s down to bad luck as well. I would definitely be looking and analysing through data, all those areas. Nutrition, the loads through training, the amount of training, the time in training and also game time and game load.

‘Is [Erik ten Hag] putting too much on players through too many games? I don’t know, it’s difficult. That’s the job of INEOS, to go in there and to check out that data and to find out because it has been a problem. We can’t have this repeated next season.’

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