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Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has identified two defensive recruits who he believes could help his old club turn things around.

United have conceded 40 goals in 29 league games this term - no other side in the top nine has let in more. Amid the struggles at the back under both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick, Ferdinand has called for his former club to add Marquinhos and Ronald Araujo to their ranks.

Araujo, who has less than 18 months left on his current deal at Barcelona, has been linked with United and a number of their Premier League rivals. Marquinhos, meanwhile, is closing in on a decade at Paris Saint-Germain but will have to wait at least one more year for another shot at Champions League glory.

Speaking on his Vibe With Five show, Ferdinand said United would need to be much better defensively against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League than they were against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. Captain Harry Maguire scored an own goal in the weekend victory, which relied on a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick.

"What’s killing for him is it seems week after week someone is questioning something about Harry Maguire, and it’s quite glaring," Ferdinand said. "There's moments in careers where everything you seem to do, there seems to be a problem."

Ferdinand was quizzed on defensive