Rio Ferdinand has urged Manchester United to sign four players in the summer transfer window.

Following a disappointing start to the season, United have been one of the most in-form teams in England since Michael Carrick’s appointment as caretaker manager in January.

Carrick has taken the Red Devils back into the top-four places and it has been suggested United could even catch local rivals Manchester City and finish second.

Manchester United are yet to decide on Ruben Amorim’s permanent replacement but whoever gets the gig will look to bolster the squad in the summer.

Ferdinand has revealed his four ‘priorities’ for United, urging his former club to sign two midfielders, a new forward and a full-back when the transfer market reopens.

A number of top midfielders have been linked with moves to Old Trafford as Casemiro has announced he is leaving and Manuel Ugarte has been tipped to follow the Brazilian out of the exit door.

‘If United go and get four players in the next window and two of those are starters, then I think that’s a realistic transfer window,’ Ferdinand said on his podcast.

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