Rio Ferdinand says Manchester United must stand by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

It is the worst start to a season in 30 years at Old Trafford, but the former defender does not think Solskjaer should pay with his job.

"There's no way the club would have thought this would be rosy straight away, they're not naive enough to think that it was going to be a situation where he just changes it overnight," he told talkSPORT.

"This is definitely something where there is going to be early pain, there is going to be a situation where the results are not going to go our way, especially with the new recruitment that they've started to go with younger players.

"That's why I don't see there being a change straight away, I'd be very surprised if I wake up, open a paper or an app and see that he has gone so quickly."