Former Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand, has taken a swing at striker Romelu Lukaku, claiming the Belgian to be a ‘dream’ to defend against.
The United number 9 has not been at his best this season. He has failed to score in the last five games, and Ferdinand does not believe that things will improve if Lukaku keeps approaching the game the same way.
Urging the player to be a bit more intelligent, the former England international said: "When the ball is developing more in central areas of the pitch he just stands and really he’s got to be moving even if he’s sometimes standing offside," he told BT Sport, as quoted by Birmingham Mail.
"Make defenders think, and at the moment defenders are seeing exactly where he is, he’s not moving so you know what he’s doing and for a defender that’s a dream. You need players moving in behind, making your defender changing position and changing the eye line."
His former team-mate, Paul Scholes, echoed: "Lukaku is disappointing."
"His movement is non-existent at the minute. It looks like he needs coaching and telling where to run into. There was a couple of occasions when Paul’s [Pogba] hit good balls into him but they are not balls he is making a run for, they are balls that he’s been made to chase and Paul needs that."
Manchester United return to action against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on Saturday (today).
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