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'Wesley Brown, John O’Shea, Darren Fletcher… these days, everyone would have said: "f***ing s***, why is he playing for United?"' Rafael blasts modern fans' Twitter moaning insisting stalwarts of Sir Alex Ferguson era would have copped flak

Rafael da Silva has encouraged Manchester United fans to be patient with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s approach as he criticises their social media interjections.

The former United full-back believes fans are too quick to write off players who aren’t an instant success and claims that historic club players such as Wesley Brown, John O’Shea, Darren Fletcher would have been branded as 'f***ing s***' by the modern day supporter.

As United enter into the final week of the transfer window and the demand for new signings heightens, Rafael begs fans to 'relax and trust' the club and their current players as there is too much 'negativity' around 'good players' online.