Man Utd's misery summed up as Rio Ferdinand makes Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland claim

Rio Ferdinand has highlighted the depth of Manchester United 's problems as he claims the Red Devils wouldn't win the Premier League even if they signed Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.

United fell to a crushing 1-0 defeat against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night to crash out of Europe 2-1 on aggregate. The result means the Red Devils will go a fifth season without silverware - the club's worst trophy drought in 40 years.

Atletico's Renan Lodi netted the winner at Old Trafford to send Ralf Rangnick 's side packing as United's disappointing season continued. Tuesday's clash could prove to be United's last Champions League outing for a while as they face an almighty challenge to finish in the Premier League 's top-four this campaign, despite Cristiano Ronaldo's heroics at the weekend.

The Atletico defeat was the latest in a series of setbacks for United, whose problems run deep. That's according to Ferdinand, who condemned the situation at his former club following their costly Champions League loss, referencing Mbappe and Haaland in order to highlight the extent of the United's woes.

"If United bring in Mbappe and Haaland this summer, it doesn’t matter, they aren’t going to win the league," Ferdinand told BT Sport. "It doesn’t matter who you bring in, it needs to be from the top down.

"Unless you get the right pieces... Jurgen Klopp took four or five years at Liverpool to win the Premier League, but you could see they were on the right trajectory. Man United have to get to that point."

United's fans again took aim at the club's owners on Tuesday night as chants rung of "We want the Glazers out" rung around the Theatre of Dreams. While the club's American owners have expressed no intention