Manchester United Must Be Careful With How They Use Greenwood – Ferdinand

Manchester United has to avoid overusing Mason Greenwood so early in his career because it could end badly the same way it happened with Michael Owen, according to Rio Ferdinand.

After Rashford’s recent injury, Mason could become a regular starter in the final months of the season, however, Rio feels over-relying on the youngster might make him suffer a decline.

According to Ferdinand, Greenwood is am amazing goalscorer and he has always found it easy to score goals but the club must tread carefully with how they use him.

He added that Mufc should learn from Owen who played far too many games from a young age and paid the price.

His words, “The kid [Greenwood] is a fantastic goal-scorer.

“All through the youth levels as a kid, he’s always found it easy scoring goals. He plays off both feet – he’s a fantastic talent, but he needs to be nurtured correctly.

“You can’t expect him to come in and play every game just because there’s an injury to Marcus and then put it all on his shoulders.

“A good yardstick is to look at someone like Michael Owen. He came through as a ‘boy wonder’, huge expectations [on him] and he played far too many games from a young age.

“I think that was a big factor in him having big injuries later on in his career, slowing him down. That’s something to look at, to make sure we don’t have the same mistake with Mason – nurture him the right way.”

“It [coping with the pressure] is difficult if he’s got no one around him with the experience to guide him,”

“You just hope he’s got players or staff in there that can help him and guide him through that period and allow him to understand the pressure isn’t [on] him. He’s too young.

“There’s other players in there that can take on that pressure on their shoulders and are experienced enough to do that. It’s up to other people to do that.”