Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand feels Wout Weghorst is not the right No.10 for the Red Devils.
Weghorst has come in for criticism after struggling to impress since arriving at Old Trafford on loan. The Dutchman has only managed two goals and three assists for the club, and Ferdinand thinks that Weghorst also lacks the creativity and ability to link the play to be a successful No.10 for Man Utd.
“I just think Man Utd’s No.10, a top team’s No.10 doesn’t look like a Weghorst in my eyes,” he told BT Sport. “Let’s look at it another way, if I’m [Jadon] Sancho, Bruno [Fernandes], [Alejandro] Garnacho, Martial and I’m sitting there watching him line-up as a no.10 in front of me, the no.10 shirt means something else, it’s a player that can create, has got guile, can get between the lines and get on the half turn and bring other people into play in that sense and get goals.
He doesn’t offer all those things I’ve just said there… I think his best piece of play today was a tackle in his own box. That’s a no.10 – that’s not what no.10s are known for doing.”
