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Ferdinand: QPR would be crazy to sack Redknapp

ESPN staff
October 16, 2014
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp signed Rio Ferdinand from Manchester United this summer © Getty Images
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Rio Ferdinand has backed under-fire Harry Redknapp and believes it would be "crazy" for Queens Park Rangers to sack the manager.

QPR have made a poor start to the season upon their return to the Premier League and currently sit bottom of the table, having secured just four points from seven games.

Speculation has intensified that Redknapp could be fired by the club, with former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood one of the names to be touted as a potential replacement.

However, Ferdinand, who arrived at QPR from Manchester United in the summer, believes the club need to stand by their manager.

"We are not even in double figures for the amount of games played yet," Ferdinand told the Evening Standard. "To push the panic button now would be crazy in my eyes.

"Harry still comes across to me as a fighter and a man with a lot of fight left in him. He wants to get the club out of this situation we're in. It's not for the lack of trying.

"No one wants to see their manager get sacked. It was not nice to see it happen to David Moyes at Manchester United last season and I wouldn't want to see it here. It's down to us as players, as well as the coaching staff, to start turning results around."

QPR's run of games over the next month includes clasges with Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City.

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