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2:08Hello, everybody. Good morning and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news as Ruben Amrim sends a strong transfer demand to the board. And it's not just about incomings. We're talking Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, who apparently Amrim does not want in pre-season, certainly doesn't want them at Carrington or on the tour. Talking about Carrington, a very significant departure. Nick Cox, who is the lead on our youth development, which has been fantastic in recent years, he's going to Everton. How significant is that? Also, we've been linked to a new midfielder who plays in Brazil.

2:46We've been linked to him before. Apparently, we're back in for him. we'll also be discussing how quickly you think Manchester United need to move in the transfer market now apparently Arsenal are moving quickly on a striker remember they're playing this first game of the season has that prompted them to get moving on their striker and should it be prompting Manchester United whose CEO Omar Barada has already said they're very relaxed about taking time on transfers because it's good for the club is it good for the club do we need to move a little bit quicker Al Hallel have been talking about Bruno ahead of their game against Real Madrid tonight.

3:20Their CEO has spoken about him as well. And we've got a few other bits to talk about in relation to Mbermo and Eketike, who apparently Man United have now got a free run at as well. So a few bits to get into on the show this morning. Busy morning. We've reacted to the fixtures. We've already done a video on that, but we can sort of circle back in because I do think United need to get moving quickly. And I think starting off, Ruben Amrim certainly does want to get quick moving quickly now this is an interesting story that i've read in a few outlets this morning i'll give a shout out to um one football because this is where i've seen it um so basically napoli have got an interest in uh jayden sancho and and there's an update from fabrizio romano actually that we should probably start with in relation to jayden sancho because obviously people will go this is the most credible update so manchester united will give priority to selling jayden Sancho on permanent deal before opening the door to loans.

4:17Napoli are among the clubs keen,

4:23but are not willing to pay his current salary, early stages and more clubs in the race. So Napoli certainly are in the race for Jadon Sancho. They just don't want to pay the fee and they don't want to pay the wages. It's not a good start, is it? But that leads lovely into this article on one football. And it's very, very interesting. So it's coming in from transfer intermediary Vincenzo Maravito, who is a transfer intermediary. Obviously, he's involved in the Italian game and potentially what's happening with Napoli and Sancho. But he's warned Manchester United that they've got to lower their asking price for Jadon Sancho.

5:04The Red Devils agreed a loan obligation with Chelsea last year. And despite that going quite well, and he scored in the final, he wouldn't agree to a move. So obviously Chelsea had to pay us 5 million and he is back. However, the interesting thing is it goes on to say that Ruben Amrum has no appetite for integrating the winger back into his squad and Sancho has been told to find a new club by the end of the transfer window. Multiple Saudi Arabian clubs and Napoli have recently been linked with a move, but it's been relayed yesterday that United are looking for 30 million pounds, which I just don't believe that we're looking with that.

5:42Anyway, this Vincenzo, the transfer intermediary in Italy, has said that Ruben Amrim has made it very clear he does not want Jadon Sancho or Marcus Rashford in pre-season training. But as a consequence of this, Manchester United are going to have to lower their expectations for Sancho because they cannot be asking for 25 million euros for a player who has one year left on his contract and earns 80 million euros per season. the operation therefore has to change and we will see what happens in the coming weeks what's that on my bloody leg it really hurts

6:23anyway so I think that's a very interesting update obviously Fabrizio leading on Man United and Napoli's interest but the salary expectations of Jadon Sancho aren't going to alter but I'm more interested in that Ruben Amirim is putting it out there that he doesn't want these players in pre-season. Whether it's Marcus Rashford, whether it's Jadon Sancho, I would presume Ganacho and Anthony would be in that as well. That's four players. That's a lot of players. It's a lot of bloody wages as well. But how quickly can Manchester United move on these deals? I think it's a huge problem just how short a period of time we've got to get moving.

7:06If I'm Ruben Amrim, I'm looking at the middle of October. So it's the middle of June, July, September, sorry, July, August, September, October. So I've got four months where I'm going to play four of the best teams in England and I've got a transfer window. It will go ridiculously quickly. I've basically got two months until the start of the season. And in one month, I'm going on tour. so I look at the Sancho, Rashford, Garnaccio, Anthony situation how many of those players are we going to take on the tour? None of them should be going on the tour every single one of them is a problem because they're not part of the plan and they're in the dressing room and they're smiling and they're laughing and they're integrating that dressing room and it's not what your plan is and it just holds you back so it's not just about the incomings it's about the outgoings as well but when I look at Jadon Sancho and I look at Marcus Rashford, I think Ganacho and Anthony are different.

8:05I think there is a queue of clubs looking at them and we should get the money back on Anthony and we will make a profit on Ganacho. But with Rashford and Sancho, their wage is so massive. It's so difficult to move them on. And then it's like, what are we going to do with them all pre-season? Headlines, they're back, they're not back. It's just problematic. So it's not always about, we're playing Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea in the first five games. We need to be ready to go. for pre-season. Yeah, we do. We need those players for the AMRM system in, but what are we going to do with Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Ganacho, if they're rocking up for training at Carrington?

8:44It's just a mess. And I think that, again, I'm tired of saying it myself, but it is only 24 hours old. You've got Omar Barada, the CEO, saying, we're relaxed. It's better for the club that these deals take a long time because we can make more money. Football is just not that. It's momentum, it's confidence, it's morale. You don't want players that are not part of the future in the training ground, integrating and infiltrating the players that you want to have the right mentality for your future. And you also want your players in that are going to be part of that future. I can see a situation if we don't put the foot to the ground, pedal to the ground and accelerate.

9:27I can see a situation where we haven't got our players in and we've got a load of players that we don't want here on the tour as well. And that's a double whammy. We haven't got the players that we need and we've got the toxic players back. It's just not great. And they've got to get moving. They've got time, but they've got to get moving. But the thing that concerns me is you've got Barada saying we're relaxed. We like to take our time on stuff. We don't. We need to move very, very quickly. John Eastwood says we need a goalkeeper. You know what, John? I actually thought about this this morning.

9:58I can understand why we're not getting a goalkeeper because there's just no way. There's no way we're organised enough to do that, is there? You know, we spoke about this in the March international break, how Amrim wants to replace Inanna, wants his own guy, but it's all about whether the club can do it and they can't. They just can't. We're in the striker, we've got one signing, we've sold nobody, we've got a massive start to the season in the middle of August. Forget the window being open till the end of August. The window for me closes at the end of July. If we haven't got our players in by the end of July, we're done.

10:36I don't want to hear people saying the transfer window has only been open a couple of days. August the 31st is an irrelevance, an absolute irrelevance. I think the transfer window for Manchester United closes on July the 31st. Because if we haven't got the players in by July the 31st, they're a fucking waste of time if they come in in August. They're no use to us coming in in August. What's the value of bringing a player in in August now? Season's already started, no pre-season, ridiculously hard start to the season. They're of no value. They're of no value at all. So, yeah, I think that we've got to get moving, really.

11:17Goodbye, Shank. Why is it only ever us who have players more motivated by the wages than by winning, says McAlvis. It's a toxic club. Worst case, we do a Chelsea. Stick the unwanted players in the under-21s away from the first team. So Jim would love that, says Josh. Daniel Shabar, I hope you're doing well, says, let's be honest, Mark, there shouldn't be a club in crisis video on that. It's for who loses the Man United game. I hope it's for Arsenal. And Sudif says, our hectic fixtures at the start will be used as leverage by the club we are negotiating with. now they know we have to do the deal quick i think this is a very very very intelligent comment so um apparently um couple of news stories this morning um we have now got a free run at Mbumo and Eketike Spurs are out of the race they've dropped out of the race i don't think they ever were in the race but Spurs are out of the race for Mbumo so we've got a free run at that and also with Eketike because Liverpool are looking at different options and Chelsea are looking at different options.

12:18Man United apparently now got a free run at Eketike and Frankfurt are willing to do a deal which might not be as much as 100 million euros. So we've got a couple of players there whether you want them or not where apparently we've got a free run. What does a free run mean? It means the player will come to us because it's their only option and they want to come. So you're only negotiating with the team. But as we've seen in the past we had a free run at Bruno, we had a free run at Sancho. We had a free run at Agate. We had a free run at Harry Maguire. Still took us six weeks to do it. So that's, I think, what Sudev is talking about.

12:57If we wait to do deals in August and we have a bad start to the season, we become desperate. So our negotiating position becomes a problem. It is in everybody's interest to get these deals moving quickly. And if we're trying to save 5 million here or there, I don't know what we're thinking about. I really don't. I know the club's in debt. It's not my fault. It's not your fault. I know the club wants to save money, but I'm not really bothered about that. I want these players in for pre-season. So if we've got clear runs at players like Mbermo or Eketike, then we need to be getting them done quickly and moving on to other deals.

13:33Because if we wait until July, August, we become more desperate anyway, especially if we had bad starts to the season so i think it's a good point by sudev uh didu robinson hackney embermo mateta equals euro competition says christian and marky mark apparently arsenal have apparently agreed personal terms for sesco if true should open the door for assigning jokeres says christian reed yeah i i saw this it's coming out of sky sky build uh sorry build Germany that Arsenal are getting very close to signing Sesco which would then give us a free run at Jocares as well I just I don't I think we just need to focus on the news that we've got this morning but I think everybody has to surely be on the same page surely we don't have any Man United fans this morning sat there going, it's only the middle of June.

14:29We've got plenty of time. We'll get the players that we need in the end. I can't be arsed with that record anymore. We've watched that record. We've seen that movie so many times over the last few years. We have to do something new. We have to get these players in. I would love to just sit there with Sir Jim Radcliffe and say, look, it's not sensationalist. It's not, you know, hyped up fans. We actually have seen this and so have you if you're a bloody United fan, which you make out to be. We've seen this every year for the last 10. Deals done too late and impacts the start of the season. Ten Hag's first season lost his first two games.

15:06We didn't have a good start last season. It directly, Van Gaal didn't have a good start. It directly impacts your start of the season when your transfer window is done late and your pre-season is a waste of time. I can't remember it was last season or the season before or both where we were doing the watch-alongs for the US tour and we basically sat there at the end and went this was just the PR this wasn't a pre-season this was just a PR campaign we did nothing stylistically we did nothing most of the players we picked won't be part of next season the the US tour either last year or the year before was actually just a waste of time and we can't afford for it to be a waste of time it's got to be systematic and it's got to be using the players that are going to play that game against Arsenal we've got to utilize it so you know maybe last night was a little bit different but I think this morning the pressure is on the club they can't just go we're taking our time they've got to put the foot to the pedal and and get moving as Nico says the league fixtures give no excuses for a proper pre-season with early signings and outgoings i think i i you know check out the video we did but i think it's the best thing that could have happened to us getting arsenal chelsea and man city in our first five games is the best thing that could have happened to us because we've bought players so many times late in the window and the club just can't sell that as a good idea they can't and if they do they're not ambitious this is this basically this is an experiment in how ambitious this football club is.

16:46Because if they take their time on transfers, we are what we always know we are. We're a commercial football club trying to save money. If we want to be successful on the pitch, these deals need to be done quickly. And we're not asking for something unique, by the way. Liverpool have already got Frimpong, Kerkhez and Verts lined up. They will be in for pre-season 100%. They might not have had the here we goes, but they will be in by the end of the month. they'll probably have a forward in by the end of the month. Do you know why Liverpool get their business done early? Because Slott wants it done early.

17:18He wants them there for pre-season so he can work them hard with the current players and integrate them for the start of the season so they can hit the ground running. What we're asking of Man United is not rocket science. It's just to run yourself as a football club. Please. Sancho wanted out. Let him go. We need stronger minds, says Samir. Shornick says, why is Nick Cox leaving? I remember his interview with Beth, one of the brighter lights in our hierarchy. And Christian says Lemens, Hackney, Robinson and Bermot Mateta. Eric Mamm says, did Glazers leak Jokeres wanting Arsenal rumours to make United fans dislike Jokeres and dodge buying a striker?

17:53Classic manufactured consent, says Eric. Thank you very much for that. I look, I think in relation to Nick Cox, this might not be something that massively interests a lot of you. But I actually was quite shocked by this news this morning. So Nick Cox is a very, you know, he's very, very good at what he does at Manchester United as the technical. He's going to be the technical director at Everton, apparently. And apparently he's turned down numerous other jobs. But at Manchester United, he's had a huge, huge, huge part as the academy director. Massive influence on so many players coming through and there's a whole load of others there.

18:36Really, really well liked. he will leave a huge hole in the football club the departure has been described as amicable with strong relationships apparently being maintained with Barada and Wilcox he has turned down a lot of jobs in the past and it sometimes does happen when you're very good at your job you get offered a better job and as a technical director that's not youth football is it so it could be as simple as the jobs come up and it's a good job basically it's Wilcox's job at Everton so you can understand it but what I would also say is and I don't think it's necessarily the same for Nick Cox because his job was never in jeopardy but Manchester United has changed a lot in the last year a lot of people have lost their jobs the dynamic the camaraderie the feel it's not the same the morale in the football club is not the same Now, I'm not saying Nick Cox is leaving because of that, but, you know, Manchester United isn't a well-run football club at the moment, as we know.

19:41And he was never in danger of being one of the people that would lose his job. And maybe he just wants a different job. But, you know, it is a big loss and he will be a big loss. And I think it's worth mentioning when you consider Man United's always been about the youth. And actually, we've had some good young players coming through and there are some good young players coming through. Glad to be part of this community. My nan worked at Old Trafford for years and told me stories. United will always be in my blood, even when they stress us all out, says Caleb. Hope you're doing well, Caleb. Hi, Mark.

20:09Is it Rios, the midfielder? Well, I'm just about to talk about that now. So give me sport, give me strength. Manchester United have been linked to Richard Rios. Nottingham Forest are looking at signing him. We were linked to him a year ago. Plays for Palmares, 25, holding midfielder, but is actually Colombian. interesting player and I think he's a player that many of you have mentioned certainly last summer as a player you would like to see come to Manchester United obviously we've spoken about Palinja formerly of Fulham now at Bayern good relationship with Amorim he's been mentioned as a potential midfield option obviously he's 30 so a 25 year old who can play that position with that you know South American fire is something that's you know intriguing The issue with this is, is that the price that's been quoted is£85 million.

21:03So yet again, like Malik Fafana last night, I sort of look at it and go, we ain't got the money for that. so I mean that that's just my reaction to it straight away it doesn't mean it's not going to happen I'm not sitting here saying no no no that that can't happen but I do sort of look at it and go how can it happen is it just the case yet again that this is a player that's looking for a move and his agent is doing his job and as part of that job you always throw Man United in because Man United will bring attraction I mean I think I've said it before I've definitely said it before. I don't know whether I've said it recently, but I know a few agents.

21:43I know a few journalists and obviously know a few people in the industry from doing this for a long time. And one of the consistent themes you always get told, because as a fan, it's something I've said many, many times, why do Man United always get linked to players that we're not in for? And from an agent's point of view, if you're the agent of Richard Rios and you are negotiating with Nottingham Forest and you want a bigger fee so that you get a better commission and better wages for your client, then the best thing you can do is say, Manchester United are in for your player. Because with all due respect...

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24:01Everton's, Fulham's, Bournemouth's of this world if they're in for a player like Richard Rios or Nottingham Forest they just don't have the reach on radio, news, fan communities you put Man United in there your player is getting spoken about on a much bigger scale and it doesn't matter that Man United aren't interested it just piques the ear you reach more people and a Juventus might go ooh, or a PSG or someone like that. And that's why they do it. They use our name to reach a bigger audience about a player that they're trying to move. We're not in for Richard Rios, in my opinion. We're not. I just think we are being used to try and circulate a story to a bigger audience in the hope that they'll catch a club that will pay a little bit more money.

24:49And ultimately, agents, players and selling clubs want bidding wars. They don't want to deal with one club. Look at Embermo. Brentford would have been desperate for Spurs to be in that race so that they can push that money up. If it's just Man United and Brentford for Embermo, it may still take a bit of a while, but it's a harder deal to negotiate a better price. Rob, Always United says, I really rate Agathe, Mark. I think Agathe next season will be a big player for us. I think he needs a pre-season. I think it's been a really challenging season. It's a bloody hard job playing in the midfield for Manchester United, which is exactly why I think we should be looking at midfielders, maybe like Rios, Wharton, these other players.

25:36I think we do need a midfielder. But that, I mean, look at Casemiro. Casemiro, how many times has he looked completely shit because he's exposed on his own? And I think Agartha, I think playing next to Bruno Fernandes is a really difficult job. He's got no defensive discipline at all. He's running around all over the pitch. When you play in midfield, you want to play next to somebody who is covering that side of the pitch or covering you or supporting you. You don't want to play somebody who is here, there and everywhere. Stretch Armstrong, he's going all over the pitch. So I think it's a difficult job to play with Bruno anyway.

26:13It's a difficult job to play in a Man United midfield, which hasn't been a very good midfield for quite a while. so I think Agate will be better next season but we do need another midfielder if Agate got injured I'd look at our midfield too next year and I'd go look at the opening games of the season you're going to play against Declan Rice and Zubemendi you're going to play against Man City's midfield and Chelsea's midfield with Casido Enzo and all that lot and we're going to go Bruno and Agate or Bruno and Casemiro or Bruno and Mainou. I think our midfield is not as strong as it needs to be.

26:48I think we're going to be stronger in the attack and I have confidence in our centre-backs, but the midfield for me is an area and I think it's an area for Amrim. It's just probably an area that the club are saying, let's see what we can do later in the window. We might do something, we might not. I still think we've got to move somebody on though. We'll see. Tomo says, I fear that the board isn't working to our time frame. We heard that from Barada. Three seasons to be ready, he says. Problem, slow and steady, rarely wins the race in football. Oh, so what you're saying, Tom, is that we want to get ready for this season, but Man United might be willing to suffer more to build slowly.

27:26So there might not be the progress that we want this season. Well, we'll see. Doesn't mean that we shouldn't demand it. I really rate Agathe Marks, as Rob always United. Christian Riley, thank you very much. thank you and welcome to the members club thanks for getting your badge in and supporting the channel um it was rios yes thank you very much uh those who want to sell bruno even after the manager want him are glazer sympathizers selling our best player to save jim and the glazers says ryan mate i'm not a glazer sympathizer ricky is not a glazer sympathizer it's a different opinion to yours that's all it is um please don't make accusations like that that are very offensive if um i'm not a glazer sympathizer i'd have sold bruno i'm happy bruno's staying well i don't know whether look i'm i'm happy with the situation because the manager's got what he wanted i always said we need a manager that is given what he wanted and he wanted bruno to stay so it's on amram and i'm happy with that because the manager when he gets sacked or is successful should be able to stand there and say i did this so i'm happy that bruno's staying for amram and i like Bruno.

28:38He is our best player. He is our captain. But I would have sold him and I wouldn't have sold him because I'm a Glazer sympathiser. I'd have sold him because we're not doing business because we haven't got money. We're not buying a midfielder or a goalkeeper because we haven't got money. If we'd sold Bruno, we could have got a midfielder, a goalkeeper and a striker and done it all before pre-season. So I would have done it. I might be wrong, but I would have done it.

29:06Dylan says I love the channel I love the fans I'm just getting tired of excuses when are we going to learn and Hitton says Arsenal would be more desperate to start the season with a full squad than us I don't see this striker start saga extending beyond July the 10th what do you think well look compare Manchester United to Arsenal let's see how long it takes Arsenal to get a striker now they've got a really tough start to the season Arsenal correct me if I'm wrong but I think Arsenal have got Man City in their first five games as well as Issaway. So they've got a really tough start to the season.

29:39So there's no way Arsenal are going to be negotiating for a striker into August. They'll get it moving. Is FIFA today, Bart? It's not today, it's tomorrow. I'll give you some more detail about that, but it will be a live stream tomorrow about four o 'clock. Emily Derry, five million here and there can be offset by better revenue generated from better performance on the pitch in the league and qualifying for Europe as Emily. I think the big thing I would always say to anybody that defends the Glazers for taking their time on transfers or defends Barada when he says it's better for the club to take our time on deals and get better value for money.

30:17I would always say this. The simplest explanation is the January transfer window. And it's happened many times before. I remember Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being top of the league in January. It actually happened. we didn't really do anything in the January transfer window and I remember a particular stream where we were all saying we're not going to win this league title anyway but we're top of the league now if you spend money in January on two good players we could win the league but if we don't spend money on those players we won't win the league well we didn't win the league and we didn't buy the players but even more of a lesson is look at January.

31:02We brought Dorgu in. We let Rashford go. We let Anthony go. We were so short on attackers because we had injuries to people like Ahmad. And I remember saying, we should be spending 20 million to bring another attacker in of some shape or description, whether it's a loan or not. Because if we spend that 20 million pounds in January and we win the Europa League, it's 20 million spent to make 100 million in revenue. Well, we didn't spend the money, we saved it, but we didn't win the Europa League. And this is how business people can't think like this. So you could spend 10 million to get him Burmo in early, or you could save 10 million and get him in on August the 31st.

31:53but if you get him in early and he scores you 20 goals that's going to put you higher up the league and earn you that money back and you might be in Europe and you'll earn more than that but if you save that 10 million he doesn't have a pre-season and he has a bad start and you don't move up the league they can't figure that out they just see the bottom line and Emily's correct like football is football is not a business in the sense of a spreadsheet it's all about momentum it's all about confidence it's all about timings which is why Liverpool do it I'm not making up a scenario why are Liverpool getting all their business done in June because they want every player that's new in that training ground from day one ready to learn and get going it's not a theory it's a fact Copenhagen's Victor Froholt should be on United's list 19, 30 million can play anywhere in the midfield even the win runs consistently over 13 kilometers per game he's a talent to Sam well you'd hope that Man United would be looking at it certainly um just on Al Halal Bruno by the way they're playing Real Madrid tonight at eight o 'clock and their CEO was talking uh he was talking about Bruno he didn't name him specifically but he said look in relation to the type of player that we want to bring in we want to bring in the best players in the world and bruno fernandez fits that bill uh we we are not going to not go for players and we're not opposed to going for players um that might say no to us because we want to bring those sort of players in so look i mean i don't think we needed that confirming that they wanted him i don't think we needed it confirming that he thought about doing it but that ambition was there to do it um obviously man united didn't want to nada says we need a sentiment field uh bruno in the pivot with casimiro as backup makes me crap myself why isn't anderson from forest talked about kino play style and carrick calmness uh interesting observation there um darkwood says i just found out and boomer has played wing back before i think it'll be very interview sorry sorry i think it'd be very interesting to see how we actually utilize Mbemo because he may well play as a wingback.

34:16He may well play as a striker. Not as a striker, as a number 10. I certainly think...

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36:16I certainly think it's hard to predict when you're talking about a player of the quality of Mbermo and where he's going to fit in. I've got my guard at interview later Any tips? Says MMA takedown Same as any interview mate You've got to go in there Do your homework Be confident And be yourself Yeah Under Ten Hag In January You played Arsenal and City With a chance to close the gap But we just got Weghorst and Subitzer on loan And fell away Says Glenn C Story of Man United isn't it

36:55Oh Jadon Sancho somebody in the live chat just said do you think we'll get a transfer fee for Jadon Sancho and somewhat I'm not confused I just think it's I just think I think it's a nonsense I know Fabrizio's put it out this morning that Man United are prioritizing a sale of Sancho before a loan I don't know whether I'm missing something here but I've said this numerous times we're not selling Jadon Sancho we may as well loan him now we're not selling Jadon Sancho it's not going to happen I don't know what it is that we waste our time on this nonsense every single year

37:41Ericsson last year Lindelof last year Man United are trying to sell them Casemiro this summer Man United are trying to sell them They've got one year left on their contract. They're earning good money. They're going to run their contract down so that in 12 months, which is not long, they get all the money. So if I play for Manchester United and I'm on a really good wage, so I'm Mark Goldbridge, 250 grand a week. Amram doesn't like me, but I'm on 250 grand a week. And in 12 months time, I'm free. My agent rings up and says, Napoli want you. They're willing to pay 15 million to Man United. They'll give you a five year deal, but it's 150 grand a week.

38:29What do you think? I'll tell you what I think. Why am I paying you to be my agent, you absolute prat? What? I'm on 250 grand a week, guaranteed for the next 12 months. You want me to sign a four-year deal on 150k a week and let Man United take 15 million. How's about I sit on my ass for 12 months and earn 200, in fact, even better. How's about I go on loan to Napoli for a year, see if I like it, earn 250k a week because that's what my contract says. and in a year's time, if I like it at Napoli, they can buy me the 15 million and I'll get the 15 million, not Man United. And then I'll take the 150 grand a week.

39:18That's a good idea. Yeah, and I'm not the bloody agent. And this is what I don't think people understand. Jadon Sancho had an offer from Chelsea, probably around 150 grand a week. And he said no. To play in the Premier League, in the Champions League, with Chelsea and be in London, he said no. Why on earth is he now going to say yes to Napoli on the same wages? He's not going to do it. Man United, and it may be genuine because it's coming from Fabrizio, are Man United that stupid that they think Jadon Sancho's going to allow himself to be sold he's running his contract down 100 % the the only deal you can do is a loan deal you can't do a sale it won't happen unless he wants to go to Saudi it won't happen if he wanted to go to a club and sign a contract he'd have gone to Chelsea he is not going to take a pay cut and allow you to make money when he can have that money in a year and keep his big wage for another year.

40:31It's a loan deal. And if we've got people in our football club that think they can sell him, then we're in more problems than I thought. That is a loan deal. Run down your contract. You may as well loan him tomorrow. Because if we're going to waste our time for two months trying to sell him, we're absolute prats. He is not going to get sold, is he? Unless I'm missing something and if he does get sold, I'll say look I must have something there it's just not going to happen not going to happen I think Rashford's different as I've said before because he's a little bit more desperate he wants to go and play for England in the World Cup he needs a pre-season so unless he's going to apologise to Amorim and work really really hard every single day and I don't even know if Amorim would accept it he needs to be out of the club very very quickly yeah Rashford Garfield says Rashford number 9 I'd hate that I'd absolutely hate that because he's not a number nine.

41:27Rashford's a winger. That's his best position. And it would make a mockery of what we're trying to build as a football club. You can't go from January, where the manager is basically saying this player's attitude is bad and he's lazy and he's not good enough, to August, he's now my number nine because I haven't got any money. The message would be ridiculous. and thankfully I think Marcus Rashford will be the person that doesn't allow that to happen because he's got his own pride and his own determination to forge his career elsewhere so I don't see it happening but never say never at this point loaning Sancho makes more financial sense we'd move more of a loan fee and contributions towards his wage as emily emily yeah we're not making any money we're not getting a transfer fee I think we need to be realistic um Anders says Owners said we'll do well business in the summer.

42:17Didn't sell Bruno and a slow on transfers because they're tight, but we didn't need Bruno sales as Anders. Thank you very much. I'll tell you what, I'm absolutely loving the shows this week. I hit a point on Sunday where I read the comments and I completely agreed. I was like, we're talking about Embermo, Yocarez, constantly. I'm bored to shit. I think the last three days, the Barada interview, the fixtures, different types of conversations. I'm really, really enjoying it. I know I'm not enjoying, I am getting a little bit stressed, but I am enjoying having different types of conversations because that's what it should be about.

42:56And I think we were just getting locked into this Jocares and Burmo and it does drag me down. So it must drag you down when it's the same story, closer than close, concrete, you know, it's just good to be able to talk about different things. And as I said, that is a tough start to the Premier League season when you've got to play Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City in the first three games. I actually think people are being disrespectful to Fulham as well. I think Fulham away is a really bad game because it's their first home game. I was looking at this as well. Fulham are a good team. They haven't sold anybody yet.

43:35So they're still a good, good team. Their first game of the season is away. And they're away to Brighton. So that's a tough game for them, first game of the season. Their first home game of the season is us. So that will be tough. That's the sort of game we lose. It is. It's Brentford away all over again, isn't it? At least we'll beat Brentford. That's a tough game for them. They haven't got rid of anybody. They're still the same team as last year. They're not like Bournemouth or Brentford who've been decimated already. They've still got their manager and they've still got every player that they had before.

44:15So I think that's a difficult game for them. But the positive, what I was saying is, we as fans will never agree. And we as fans will always debate. And therefore there will always be division. But I know which side of the divide I'm on. And you can choose yours. but I am not going to sit here and humour and accept and be relaxed about it's only the middle of June the transfer window doesn't close till the end of August to me we're back in pre-season training in three weeks two and a half weeks if we haven't got new signings in and we're still negotiating when they're on the US tour we're fucked we're absolutely fucked you can't bring players in a week or two before your first game of the season it's disgusting did it with the Litton Masraoui last year you can't do it we need to keep previous seasons in our head you can't sign players a week before the first game of the season and pretend that's going to make an impact it doesn't their fitness levels their understandings look at the Liverpool model like I said you need your new signings in the States with their teammates, building.

45:32And you know what? It's not just about the training. It's not just about the pre-season games. It's also being in the hotel, being on the plane, traveling together, getting to know each other, becoming friends. These things are really important. If we're going to ignore that, I fear for Amarim. Now somebody in the chat said Do you think Amrim will still be the manager at Christmas? I think Amrim will still be the manager this time next year You can hold me to that But What my observation is Is that Barada From the little I've seen of him Ain't the best at understanding The temperature of the fans But he is very good at bleating out what those above him want.

46:24And he's very focused on that. And he doesn't focus on us. I think even if Amarim had a really, really bad season again, the club would just blank out the noise and focus on the plan. So I'm not saying that it can't be really bad. I'm not saying that it won't be really toxic. I'm not saying that we're not going to suffer even more. But I don't think they'll be sacking Amarim. even if we lost all even if we lost four out of the first five I don't think his job's in danger even if we're in the bottom half of the table at Christmas I don't think his job's in danger whether it should be or not that's a different thing but I think they're going to stick with him stubbornly no matter what which isn't not always the best thing by the way I don't I wouldn't sit there and say that's the right decision yeah I'll make my own mind up I don't want to be hammer him out but if we were losing and things didn't improve and the confidence was on the floor I wouldn't stick by a decision just sticking with a manager because you're stubborn you stick by a manager because you're looking at a vision that's going to get there um it's sink or swim those first five games I think sometimes it's really easy to be melodramatic in football isn't it we're not being melodramatic we're not being sensationalist it really is sink or swim those first five games are sink or swim they're about as hard as they can be you're never going to get Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, Man City, Chelsea.

47:48That would be ridiculous. But that's as hard as it could get whilst being realistic. Arsenal at home, Fulham away, Burnley at home, Man City away, Chelsea at home. That is about as hard as it can get. And after those first five games, we'll pretty much know how the season's going to go. And it will be sink or swim. The momentum will be set. I said six points out of 15 any more than that would be very good any less than that you'd be in trouble I think six out of 15 wouldn't go down that well but the important thing is even if you did lose three out of five if you were playing well and just not as good as those better teams you've still got momentum but if you're playing bad and losing and the confidence drops you're in big big trouble but as I said before I'm not going to apologise for saying this the club the owners, the CEO the director of football it's on them it's about how ambitious they are if I was in charge I'd be like I want Embermo, Jocharez, Cunha in for pre-season I want a goalkeeper in for the tour and I want sales done by the end of July and they would be my non-negotiables I get the feeling the club are look, as long as we get it done at some point let's just make sure we save a bit of money and we'll find out we'll find out UK Darren says we're going to get 13 points out of 15 I mean, I'd love it I would love it

49:32look, not because we're going to win the league I'd love it because I'd start to think about top four Pangas says Good call, Mark. Has been nice having something different to the usual repetitive stories. I feel much better about myself yesterday after listening to Ricky and his outrageous takes. It was a good show. It was a good show. What if we would tie the first five? I'd take it, says Jacob. It would keep us on it. I mean, five points from 15 is not a great start, but you would be unbeaten, I suppose. Patrick Lynch says, I feel like Fulham away will be the barometer of how our season will go.

50:02These are the type of games that we need to win if we want European football. Spot on. Spot on. having eketike with these fixtures sites uh not good says and at this point loaning sancho i've done that from emily um and this says owners said we'll do business in the summer didn't sell bruno and are slow on transfers because they're tight uh done that one as well okay we are back at two o 'clock uh today um and potentially seven o 'clock or i might just do eight o 'clock i was going to do Real Madrid against Al Halal, but I might just have it on the screen at eight o 'clock. I don't know whether, I don't know whether, I don't know whether anybody's watching the Club World Cup anymore.

50:41I mean, I gave it a chance and I really have just got no motivation for it at all. Emily Derry says, I said this yesterday, this relaxed penny pinching approach costs us in transfers because it puts us on the back foot, which knocks on everything else. It's all about momentum, Emily, all about momentum. Take care, everyone. We'll speak to you a little bit and And stay safe. And I'll speak to you soon. Fantastic show again. Really enjoying it. Speak to you in a bit.

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