Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has questioned manager Ruben Amorim’s decision to start Mason Mount ahead of Alejandro Garnacho in the Red Devils’ UEFA Europa League final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.
Recall that Tottenham defeated Man United 1-0 in Bilbao to win the Europa League and qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Amorim started Mount ahead of Garnacho against Spurs.
But when Amorim introduced Garnacho in the last 20 minutes of the encounter, the Argentina international was arguably Man United’s biggest threat.
Garnacho caused problems for Tottenham and stretched their backline.
Speaking after the game, Ferdinand was convinced Amorim made a mistake by not starting Garnacho, adding that the Portuguese was responsible for bringing Mount into the midfield.
According to the former England defender, United didn’t have anyone running in behind as a result of Amorim’s decision.
“That is one thing I will question about the selection today for Man United,”;; Ferdinand told TNT Sports.
“Ruben Amorim was responsible for bringing Mason Mount into that midfield and we didn’t have anyone running in behind.
“Garnacho has done that all season, you can say what you like about his end product and his finishing but he does give you that threat stretching teams and we didn’t really see at any point Spurs stretched int hat sense.”;;
Garnacho has scored 11 goals and provided 10 assists for Man United this season with only captain Bruno Fernandes outscoring him.
