Trevor Sinclair has rapped former England teammate Rio Ferdinand over his criticism of Manchester United defender Phil Jones.
Ferdinand claimed the 29-year-old is taking an academy player's spot in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad and slammed the club and the defender for signing the new deal, with Sinclair claiming the ex-United defender went 'over the line' with his comments.
Sinclair told talkSPORT: "Of course he (Jones) is going to accept (the new contract). He probably has aspirations of getting into the first team.
"I look at Phil Jones I see a player that has been crippled with injuries over the years, all different kind of injuries as well.
"I don't see a bad egg, I look at him, I think he looks like a good pro, he's not going to cause lots of problems, he's got a family, he's got kids, he needs to try and maximise the amount of finance he earns in his career.
"Why would he turn down a contract of Mancheter United? I think the only people that need to be criticised are the people that offered him the contract because it has not worked out again.
"For Rio to come out and criticise him and say he should leave the club and he's holding down an academy player's opportunity to go into the first team, I'm not happy with Rio about that, I think he stepped over the line for me."
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