Ferdinand claims Fernandes is the ONLY United signing to have improved

Rio Ferdinand has slammed Manchester United's recruitment system and criticised the club's ability to develop players.

Ferdinand says the Premier League giants must 'get the culture at the football club right' to be in with a chance of succeeding on the pitch in years to come. 

As it stands, Manchester United are currently sitting seventh in the table and look increasingly unlikely to secure a Champions League spot for next season after their defeat against Everton at the weekend. 

Ferdinand says Manchester United's disappointment on the pitch has stemmed from their recruitment off it. 

He has also claimed only one signing - Bruno Fernandes - in the past decade has actually improved during their time at Old Trafford. 

Speaking on his FIVE YouTube channel, Ferdinand said: 'I just feel that, when you look at it, Man United – you can talk about training grounds and all that stuff – but please, you’ve got to get the football stuff right. 

'You’ve got to get the culture at the football club right, you’ve got to get the players that you recruit right.

'And if you look at the players that have been coming to this football club for the last eight or 10 years, if you were going to do a list of all of them on paper, how many of these players have come to this football club and actually grown in value or got better?'. 

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When asked whether Fernandes was the only player to have developed at Manchester United, Ferdinand said: ‘I would 100 per cent agree with that.

‘I don’t know any others that have come and you actually go, “Oh he’s actually miles better! We’ll get more money for him now!” There’s none.

‘And that goes down to coaching, that goes down