Troy Deeney has applauded Rio Ferdinand for its 'meaningless' prediction that Manchester United will win only one of its final games of the Premier League.
Ferdinand expressed concern about his former club retaining his upper flight status after suffering his twelfth defeat of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium campaign on Sunday.
Ruben Amorim's men have fallen 15 at the Premier League table after James Maddison scored the only goal in United 1-0 defeat by the Spurs.
However, with 29 points after 25 games, and 31 points behind Liverpool leaders, the Red Devils are now only two points above the descent zone, sitting ahead of West Ham and Wolves.
During his podcast on his YouTube channel, Ferdinand shared his concerns about a possible shock drop for the championship and predicted that the Red Devils will only win one of his final matches of the remaining league.
However, Ferdinand's evaluation has been eliminated by Deeney, who suggested that the old back center was only fishing.
Troy Deeney has failed the statement of Río Ferdinand that Manchester United could be relegated this season
The former Manchester United defender shared his concern that the Red Devils could only win one of his 13 final matches in the League.
Premier League giants have won only 29 points of their first 25 games in the division
“I just saw our producer because he knows that I'm going to the city in this,” he started in Talksport. 'He is trying to get me on the clicks now.
'I think Rio is full of nonsense in this situation. I guess you are trying to say they are currently playing, they really can't win anything. I only think this is still Man United, they will gather it.
'If you look at the games they have left to play; Everton this weekend, I imagine in that game. Ipswich, I imagine in that game. Arsenal, have already shown that they can put in a result against them.
Leicester will also beat. Forest and Man City are obviously difficult, but they have also defeated the city. They will beat the wolves.
'And they will overcome West Ham, so there are already four. I only think that with Rio it is to try to overload it, but there is no need to do so.
'I have seen it make games in which Arsenal criticizes, but the next day does not make that Man United game because he does not want to criticize them too much. Enjoy the podcast but not that.
The presenter Jeff Stelling said that Ferdinand can only have shared the opinion to attract the listeners to their podcast.
His cutting words followed Ferdinand's affirmation that the Amorim side is in danger of suffering the first decline from the club to the second level in 51 years.
Eight of the Losses of Man United have been under the new manager Ruben Amorim, who assumed the position in November
“Manchester United is fighting absolutely at this time,” he said. 'Only Wolves and West Ham separate my club from the descent places. Do you realize that we are so close?
'Someone said we need 11 points just to stay awake and I'm starting to think like that.
'The only place in which I am potentially get something, and I am not even saying a victory, is Leicester. We have already slapped Leicester a couple of times this season, so we have his number.
'You usually look at the accessories list and you can see where the points come from.
'We simply look at the list of accessories and I am not seeing direct victories, I am not looking at it thinking that there are three points here and that there are three points there. That is the problem.
Eight of the defeats of the Man United League this season has been under Amorim, who replaced Erik Ten Hag at Old Trafford in November.
After the disastrous result against the Spurs, Amorim urged that he is mostly concerned about the place of the team at the League table, instead of his possible departure from Old Trafford after just a few months.
The Portuguese did not have 12 squad players, but most importantly, it did not have a large number of key figures in the center of the field, such as Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Christian Eriksen.
United has now fallen 15 in the Premier League, only two places above the fall zone
Despite completing the Patrick Dorgu firm for £ 29.4 million LECCE during the January transfer window, United remains in a worrying financial situation.
Several players have abandoned the side during winter, including Marcus Rashford and Antony, who completed loan movements to Aston Villa and Real Betis, respectively.
Previously, Amorim admitted that United will have to sell players to make new acquisitions during the next summer transfer window.
In this case, the Red Devils can consider selling the young Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo, who have attracted a great interest of Chelsea and Napoli previously.
Both academy products could be objectives again due to the fact that 100 percent profits are worth under the PSR rules.