{"id":67542,"date":"2025-05-02T05:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/67542\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T05:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:07:16","slug":"rio-ferdinand-hails-nonchalance-of-man-united-star-following-lengthy-injury-lay-off-after-he-returned-against-athletic-bilbao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/67542\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand hails &#8216;nonchalance&#8217; of Man United star following lengthy injury lay-off after he returned against Athletic Bilbao"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Rio Ferdinand has hailed the &#8216;nonchalance&#8217; of a returning Man United star\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>\u00a0Ruben Amorim&#8217;s side secured an all-important 3-0 win in the Basque Country<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>LISTEN NOW: <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\">It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a> Ian Ladyman reveals his pick for best goalkeeper this season &#8211; and it&#8217;s NOT Alisson Becker\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-604\/zac-campbell.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZAC CAMPBELL<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:02 EDT, 1 May 2025   |  Updated:  18:47 EDT, 1 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rio-ferdinand\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f98f4ba0-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Rio Ferdinand<\/a> has hailed the &#8216;nonchalance&#8217; of a <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/manchester-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f97f1f00-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> star who made his return from injury in the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/europa-league\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f9987360-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> semi-final win against Athletic Bilbao.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ruben-amorim\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f9934340-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Amorim<\/a>&#8216;s side secured an all-important 3-0 win against the Basque side in what was a febrile atmosphere at San Mames.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Portuguese manager will be delighted to take such a healthy advantage to Old Trafford against a side who boast the best defence in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/la-liga\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f99761f0-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">LaLiga<\/a> this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, the home side made their task more difficult when they were reduced to 10 men on 35 minutes, shortly after <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/casemiro\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f9842810-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Casemiro<\/a> had opened the scoring for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dani Vivian was sent off for a foul on <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rasmus-hojlund\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f98dec10-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasmus Hojlund<\/a> inside the penalty area, with the spot-kick duly converted by <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/bruno-fernandes\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f983b2e0-26d6-11f0-a345-6f431bc3c46b\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruno Fernandes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking on TNT Sports, Ferdinand singled out one returning player for praise following a lengthy injury lay-off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-92e128c0ba2b055f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97934459-14670047-image-m-4_1746136436721.jpg\" height=\"383\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Rio Ferdinand praised the 'nonchalance' of a returning Man United star against Athletic Bilbao\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Rio Ferdinand praised the &#8216;nonchalance&#8217; of a returning Man United star against Athletic Bilbao<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e97e2c1b91434231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97934443-14670047-image-a-2_1746136410922.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim's side secured a vital 3-0 win in the Basque Country to keep their hopes of Champions League football alive, after what has been a disappointing season at Old Trafford\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ruben Amorim&#8217;s side secured a vital 3-0 win in the Basque Country to keep their hopes of Champions League football alive, after what has been a disappointing season at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a1a06db992aca76\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97936941-14670047-image-m-36_1746139584482.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amad Diallo impressed on his return from injury, which comes at a superb time for Man United\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amad Diallo impressed on his return from injury, which comes at a superb time for Man United<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/teamsheet\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TS_636_Desktop_Promo_Slim.png\" width=\"636px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Noting the return of Amad Diallo, he said: &#8216;I&#8217;ve missed him you know. I&#8217;ve missed Amad. His nonchalance sometimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He wants the ball under pressure, plays with a bit of risk.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Red Devils had been without Diallo since he suffered an ankle injury in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was initially feared that the problem would rule the 22-year-old out for the rest of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, he was introduced as a replacement for Patrick Dorgu with six minutes remaining on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It remains to be seen whether or not Diallo will start in the return leg at Old Trafford next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But United have boosted their chances of\u00a0salvaging something from their miserable season lie in the Europa League, which could also grant qualification for the Champions League and a much-needed cash injection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Red Devils earned a late draw against ten-man Bournemouth on Sunday which saw them inch closer to 40 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The lacklustre tally represents the club&#8217;s lowest at this stage of a Premier League season in their history.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyMailSport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Rio Ferdinand hails &#8216;nonchalance&#8217; of Man United star following lengthy injury lay-off after he returned against Athletic Bilbao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand has hailed the &#8216;nonchalance&#8217; of a returning Man United star\u00a0 \u00a0Ruben Amorim&#8217;s side secured an all-important&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7439,92,94,98,15038,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-67542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-amad-diallo","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-rio-ferdinand","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114436508497414238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}