{"id":9322,"date":"2026-09-28T19:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:11:35","slug":"man-utd-cant-be-bullied-rio-ferdinand-delivers-jj-gabriel-verdict-as-15-year-old-pushes-for-old-trafford-exit-amid-european-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=9322","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Man Utd can\u2019t be bullied!&#8217; &#8211; Rio Ferdinand delivers JJ Gabriel verdict as 15-year-old pushes for Old Trafford exit amid European interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Manchester United legend Ferdinand has delivered a glowing appraisal of academy starlet JJ Gabriel, though he accompanied his praise with a stern warning for the club\u2019s leadership regarding the player&#8217;s future. The 15-year-old forward has recently become the subject of intense speculation after his representatives reportedly informed United bosses of his desire to seek a new challenge away from Old Trafford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@rioferdinandpresents\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>on his YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><span>, Ferdinand expressed his awe at the teenager&#8217;s technical ability and physical projection. &#8220;First and foremost, what a talent this kid is,&#8221; the six-time Premier League winner stated. &#8220;It\u2019s crazy. I don\u2019t know where this kid\u2019s ceiling is. I\u2019ve seen him play, I\u2019ve seen him train, I\u2019ve listened to people who have coached him for a number of years and there\u2019s no doubt this kid is going to the top.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: &#8220;I think we need to understand the reasons why he wants to leave the club. It\u2019s not a 15-year-old making this call on his own, his family may have their reasons why.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United legend Ferdinand has delivered a glowing appraisal of academy starlet JJ Gabriel, though&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"two_page_speed":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2286567651-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}