Five things that can solve Man Utd’s injury crisis that has plagued Erik ten Hag’s squad

Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand has offered Sir Jim Ratcliffe a five-point plan to tackle the club's persistent injury woes.

Erik ten Hag's squad was severely depleted with up to 10 key players missing as they suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on Monday night, an issue that has dogged the Dutch manager throughout the season and contributed to their disappointing performances.

The conundrum facing United supporters is understanding why the team struggles to keep a healthy squad. Ferdinand sought to address this on his Vibe with FIVE podcast before the loss to Palace marked their worst Premier League tally of 13 defeats in a single season.

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He said: "I think you can say maybe a bit of training, but I just think sometimes it's bad luck as well. You've got to look at the training, the nutrition, the loads that they put through the training sessions, that's got to be looked at.

"But also sometimes it's down to bad luck as well. I would definitely be looking and analysing through data, all those areas. Nutrition, the loads through training, the amount of training, the time in training and also game time and game load.

"Is he putting too much on players through too many games? I don't know, it's difficult. That's the job of INEOS, to go in there and to check out that data and to