Rio Ferdinand has been slammed by West Ham fans for his comments on Declan Rice’s future amid links of a Hammers takeover.The Manchester United legend has a current connection to the club he started his footballing career with in east London nearly 20 years ago.PAI Capital have been working on an approach to David Sullivan and David Gold over the Premier League side, tabling a £400m informal approach last February.
During a Q&A session sent to football.London, business frontman Nasib Piriyev said that Ferdinand was ‘working with’ the organisation.
But this was not on the former defender’s mind when he was speaking about United’s recruitment policy, pointing out Hammers captain Declan Rice as a target this summer.
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