Rio Ferdinand fears Man Utd relegation as he makes gloomy prediction

Rio Ferdinand has warned Manchester United the threat of relegation is REAL - and fears his old club might not win again this season.

The fallen English Premier League giants plummeted to 15th in the table after crashing to their TWELFTH defeat of the campaign in Sunday's 1-0 loss at fellow strugglers Tottenham Hotspur. Ruben Amorim’s flops are only two places and 12 points above the drop zone and legendary defender Ferdinand believes the prospect of Championship football next season IS a genuine possibility.

He said on his YouTube channel: "Manchester United are absolutely struggling at the moment. Only Wolves and West Ham separate my club from the relegation places. Do you realise we’re that close? Someone said we need 11 points just to stay up and I’m starting to think like that. I’ve got the fixture list here and I’m looking at the game and I’m being serious here. Go through it.

"Everton away, Ipswich at home, Arsenal, Forest away, Man City, Newcastle away, Wolves, Brentford, Brighton, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Leicester. The only place I potentially see us getting anything – and I’m not even saying a win – is Leicester. We’ve slapped up Leicester a couple of times already this season so we’ve got their number.

"Normally you look at the fixture list and you can see where the points are coming from. We just looked at the fixture list and I’m not seeing outright wins, I’m not looking at it thinking there’s three points here and there’s three points there. That’s the problem."