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5 Jul 2025 · 44m · 20 chapters

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120: NEW Striker BID? Rashford & Sancho Transfer FRUSTRATION!

In short

Manchester United transfer and squad news—“famous five” (Rashford, Sancho, Garnacho, Anthony, Malassia) told they won’t return for pre-season; fallout with player reps; striker targets (Osimhen, Gyokeres, Watkins, Toney, Duran); and midfield speculation (Richard Rios) dismissed as fan theory.

Guests

None mentioned in the transcript (appears to be a solo host with live chat).

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Key claims

United briefed that the five want to leave; Amorim allegedly wanted them sold before Monday; Rashford interest from Barcelona and Bayern is “lower price”/not top priority; Osimhen is unresolved with no concrete talks, with Al-Hilal and Galatasaray ahead; Toney unlikely due to age/wages/fee; potential pursuit of Watkins if Arsenal deal for Gyokeres stalls.

Notable examples

Richard Rios not on agenda; Rashford losing the number 10 shirt 24 hours before news; comparisons to Arsenal handling of Thomas Partey; Anthony and Mason Greenwood press treatment; Bruno Fernandes attending Diego Jota’s funeral in Portugal.

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Chapters

0:46

Addressing Fan Theories About Richard Rios

Clarification about Manchester United's status regarding Richard Rios.

“And the fallout from the banning of players from pre-season continues.”
2:05

Fallout from Player Bans and Club Briefing

Discussion on the fallout from player bans and club communications.

“He would have to have somebody next to him like an Agate.”
3:41

Discontent Among Key Players at United

Insights into the dissatisfaction of key players regarding club statements.

“So there is unhappiness amongst the famous five, the Poundland One Direction, the boy band, or call them the shit band.”
6:11

The Brandification of Players and Fan Reactions

Exploration of how player branding affects fan loyalty and club dynamics.

“I mean, if it wasn't so bloody funny, it would be concerning.”
9:10

Current Striker Situation and Potential Transfers

Updates on Manchester United's striker situation and potential targets.

“Get out of the football club and jog on like we don't need any of this anymore really do we?”
10:41

Assessing Potential Striker Options

Analysis of various striker options Manchester United may consider.

“Ivan Toney has been mentioned a lot again in the next 24 hours.”
11:50

Predictions for Manchester United's Transfer Activity

Speculation on the likelihood of specific striker transfers and future plans.

“You would need a player that wants to come to Manchester United above anybody else.”
14:00

Initial Thoughts on Watkins Transfer

Discussion on the likelihood of Olly Watkins transferring to Manchester United.

“Mbermo where I sat there and went there's no way that's going to happen and I mean well it hasn't happened.”
15:00

Player Reactions and Club Dynamics

Analyzing the implications for players like Rashford and Sancho amidst transfer rumors.

“links to a player we don't tend to walk away so i i do just have this feeling that it that it might They might be an Ollie Watkins.”
18:00

Sancho's Future and Transfer Strategies

Debating Jadon Sancho's potential swap deal and his suitability for different leagues.

“Mikel says, do you really think the likes of Sancho and the other shit really are desperate to leave when they can't agree on wages with other clubs?”
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22:20

Youth Development and Transfer Needs

Exploring the importance of scouting young talent and immediate transfer needs.

“That's a very, very unexpected question, Vinny, to which I'm sort of stumped by that answer.”
23:50

Critique of Management Decisions

Critique of the management's approach to transfers and player development strategies.

“But I also think it will be a week where we probably get that Invermo deal done.”
28:00

Transfer Window Anticipation

Discussion on the inadequate planning for the summer transfer window.

“So in November, they should have known in the following summer that we're going to have to spend money and they should have had that money lined up.”
29:06

Striker Needs and Player Comparisons

Analysis of the current striker situation and comparison of players like Rashford and Mbermo.

“His percentiles are insane in the Premier League.”
30:38

Squad Age and Player Consistency

Debate on squad age and the need for consistent, hungry players.

“but he won Player of the Year off what he did at the start.”
32:46

Evaluating Current Squad Players

Evaluating the potential moves of players like Luke Shaw and Mason Mount.

“Mason Mount, you know, Mason Mount would be the right age, experience wise, always injured.”
35:38

Frustration with Player Management

Frustration over player management decisions and the need for squad changes.

“And people won't like this because I know there's a lot of people that like Casemiro.”
37:41

Transfer Window Assessment

Assessment of the transfer window progress and potential signings.

“Let me just put this in the live chat as well.”
42:03

Transfer Strategies and Player Evaluations

Discussion about potential player transfers and team needs.

42:54

Upcoming Matches and Club Insights

Preview of upcoming matches and reflections on club controversies.

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0:28Hello everybody, good morning and welcome to the United Stands. Manchester United as well. We'll also be talking about Jadon Sancho's swap deal with Douglas Luiz. Could that be happening too? We've got a little bit on Anthony. A lot of optimism around next week. I mean, I'm not going to put my hat on it, but there's a lot of optimism around Manchester United next week. And the fallout from the banning of players from pre-season continues. We've got some stuff coming in around that as well. So we will get straight into it without further ado. Let me just say, some people out there are basically putting out lies.

1:04It's sad, isn't it? You know, lying is not a good thing. You know, we teach people, we teach children at school, don't lie. You teach your kids, don't lie. And unfortunately, you're being lied to. We are not in talks for Richard Rios. This is a fan theory. He played well again last night. We're not in talks for him. We did a video ourselves a couple of days ago going, go and get him. But we are not in talks with Richard Rios. So if you're waking up this morning to stories about we're in for Richard Reyes, we are not in for him at all. Man United are not looking at him. We're not talking to him.

1:36As of today, as of this morning, he's not on the agenda for Manchester United. And to be honest with you, I don't agree with that, but I understand it. I watched him. I woke up early this morning. I don't know why I was up at half past six. I was watching the highlights of the game. I say extended highlights. I was skipping through the 90 minutes. watched him last week. He's a number eight. He's definitely wasted as a six. He can't play next to Bruno. Absolutely never in a million years. He can't play next to Bruno. He would have to have somebody next to him like an Agate. And we've made our choice.

2:10We've made our choice. We've got Meynou. We've got Bruno. We ain't buying Richard Rios as an eight. And he is an eight. And he can't play as a six. So forget it. Absolutely forget it. Unfortunately, I'd love to be wrong on that, But the more I watch of him and I haven't seen loads, he's so good going forward. He's got so much energy. You can't just have him sitting there as a six. Anyway, also want to get into this big, big story coming out this morning from numerous people. The Athletic again and Oliver Kay, but also Fabrizio Romano last night. The fallout continues. Before we talk about the striker situation, big news again this morning.

2:51this welcome to Manchester United, because a story can never be a story. It has to be another story and another story and another story. So we were happy last night with five players aren't going to be back for pre-season. Sancho, Rashford, Ganacho, Anthony and Malassia. We were happy with that, but it doesn't end there because players at Man United are mini brands. They're mini football clubs themselves, and they can't just deal with the fact that you're not coming back to pre-season find a club, they also have to have the last word. So we're now hearing things like this from Oliver Kay and The Athletic.

3:28Basically, where was it? I've messed up. Everyone laugh at me. I've messed up. Basically, Manchester United. So this is from Oliver Kay. There's three bits to this. That's why I've messed up. Manchester United's brief yesterday about Rashford, Ganacho, Sancho, Anthony and Malassia asking to leave has not gone down well among the players and their representatives, some of whom dispute the claim they have asked for a move. So there is unhappiness amongst the famous five, the Poundland One Direction, the boy band, or call them the shit band. Some of them dispute the fact that they've asked for a move and they're not happy that the brief yesterday from the club was that they want to leave.

4:23I mean, lads, who cares? Who are you trying to appeal to? There's no United fan who's losing any sleep at the fact that you're leaving. We don't care. We don't really care. But it then goes on to say, and I do care about this. Ruben Amorim, from the same article, Oliver Kay and The Athletic, Ruben Amorim wanted Rashford, Sancho, Ganacho and Anthony all sold before Monday. So two plus two is four. It's not Matic, Ricky. It's two plus two is four. Essentially what's happened here is Ruben Amorim's come in and said, what the hell are these lot coming back for? Brief it out that they're all leaving.

5:04They're not coming back for pre-season. Get rid of them. And United have probably said, well, we're not going to put it out there that you've banned them. So we'll put out that they want to leave. And basically, we've upset them a little bit. So which case I go, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ah, that'll teach you to do interviews the clubs didn't want you to do. That'll teach you to, you know, put out things like freedom. And that'll teach you to walk around in a villa shirt. So swivel on it. Swivel on it. couldn't give a rat's arse if you're bothered about United briefing about you wanting to leave.

5:40Two can play at that game. Go thing. Yeah, yeah. Two can play at that game. Absolutely. So you're not happy that the club have briefed that you want to leave, but you are happy to do unauthorised interviews. You're happy to lick the arse of Barcelona on holiday. You're happy to walk around in a Villa shirt, and you're happy to turn up late for training and you're happy to take your wage and not work hard, but you're not happy when the person that pays you says that you're leaving. Oh, come on. I mean, if it wasn't so bloody funny, it would be concerning. I mean, this is just exactly... These players need to take a look in the bloody window and so does their representatives.

6:22How bloody petty are you? You're not happy because the club's put you up for sale and yet you've behaved like silly little children for the last two years, some of you. Just grow up and go and build your career elsewhere. You want to go anyway. Just go. Get lost. I mean, this story should have been over. And I don't really want to talk about it anymore, actually. Bin them off. Bin the stories off. Stop leaking to your mates in the bloody press and move on because there's no... What's that noise? Oh, it's the sound of the world's smallest violin playing. Nobody gives a bloody shit whether you're upset about United briefing against you.

7:01You've played the game. If you play the game, then, you know, suffer the consequences. Simple as that. But one bit that I did find interesting from Oliver Kay and The Athletic was this. There is renewed interest in Marcus Rashford, particularly from Barcelona, after Nico Williams decided to stay. Bayern Munich has also been mentioned for both. But for both club, Rashford seems to be an option at a lower price rather than a top priority. So, look, brand Rashford ain't in a good place at the moment. Even Robert McCormack's thinking of taking the poster down. Never! I'll never do it. He's actually cemented it into the wall with superglue.

7:43But that's just another story, isn't it, about Rashford, whereby people at Barcelona are interested, Bayern Munich are interested, but he's not plan A, he's not plan B, he's probably plan C or D as a cheaper option. So that's where his career now is, isn't it? You know, you're not a priority for big clubs. You're a cheaper option if they can't get what they really want. You're a Sega Master System to a Sega Mega Drive. You know, you're a Nintendo Switch to a PS5. Yeah. You're a Jason Statham to a Brad Pitt You know, any more You are a

8:26Beans on toast to a lasagna Effectively And Romano also said that Marcus Rashford had been told 24 hours Before we got told that he'd had the number 10 shirt took off him So he'd have been prepped He would have been prepped for this And so would have his team But at the end of the day Honestly, if he gets a move to Barcelona, I'd be really happy for him and I hope he does well because that's what bitterness and playing the game isn't. I don't think any United fan really cares where he goes as long as he goes and starts his career elsewhere. What we're tired of is playing the game. This popularity contest, this brandification of Manchester United, we're just tired of it.

9:05And if we lose Garnaccio and we lose Sancho and we lose Rashford and we never get any of this shit again and we just get players that want to play for the shirt, brilliant because I do look at Liverpool and I do look at Man City and I think you know what most of the time their players just play football we don't really hear about agents leaking to the press to play against the club and you know try and divide fan loyalty I mean how many of these players if we're being completely honest have split the fan base purposely or not they have they cause issues in the fan base by having this player FC stuff and we just need to move on from it and the sooner the bloody better and that's why I think this is just a load of nonsense.

9:44Get out of the football club and jog on like we don't need any of this anymore really do we? Okay let's talk about the striker situation so where are we with the striker? Well Fabrizio Romano has spoken about Osserman overnight and basically said this, Victor Osserman situation is still unresolved and should get resolved in the next few days. With regards to Manchester United, there is nothing concrete at the moment. There are no talks. Al-Halal and Galatasaray are still the ones that you would consider to be ahead in the race, but Osman has not made a decision at this moment in time. So with regards to the striker, Jochores and Arsenal, that hasn't changed.

10:31We know what's going on there. De Lapp signed for Chelsea. Eketike is out of our range in relation to price. Osman, nothing really happening, although it could change. Ivan Toney has been mentioned a lot again in the next 24 hours. But I think that Ivan Toney, I mean, I don't see how that works. I really don't. If we're turning down John Duran, who's younger, why would we go for Ivan Toney, who is older and probably on around the same wage? again he's only been there for one year Saudi club would want a transfer fee and then you'd have to pay him considerable wages and people say well he won't want a Saudi wage he signed a contract for that Saudi wage and even if he reduced it by 50 % you'd still be paying a considerable wage I don't think Ivan Toni is really an option for Manchester United would I be surprised if Victor Osman became an option, I'd be bloody ecstatic.

11:30And I wouldn't rule it out, is my theory. I wouldn't rule Victor Osman out at all. I still think that you just don't know with Manchester United, we are such a strange football club in how we do business. We could go and sign Mitrovic, we could go and sign Osman, we could sign Calvert-Lewin, we could sign Jokeres. I don't know where we're going to go with this. But Osman not making his mind up about anything at the moment it just depends whether Manchester United can present a package or or even bother to present a package to him um it's a little bit like Richard Rios isn't it a lot of people think we should be signing him but we're not the scout we're not the CEO and we're not Ruben Amrim so Osserman seems feels like an absolutely perfect fit for United and you are talking about the difference between finishing eighth and maybe fifth but financially you just you do suspect that Man United might not do something about it but I think what Manchester United would have to do with Osserman, and we spoke about this a few weeks ago, they would need what we've got with Kunja and what we have with Mbermo.

12:29You would need a player that wants to come to Manchester United above anybody else. And then that allows you to negotiate. We can't, there's no point as, and I'll defend the club on this. I don't think Osserman's impossible. And I don't think Fabrizio Romano's saying it's impossible. He's just saying at the moment, United aren't in any concrete talks, but that doesn't mean that we haven't said these two things if you declare you want united and nobody else and your wages aren't ridiculous we will get the deal done with napoli it might take us till august the 31st but we will but we would have to be in that position i.e we would have to be in a position where victor osseman like embermo is saying i only want manchester united and I'll do it as a reasonable wage.

13:17Then you can go to Napoli and say, he only wants Man United, let's negotiate. I don't know. I don't know. I mean, he nearly went to Saudi last year. So I don't know whether we've got a player there that's going to look at it and go, I really, really fancy that. Stranger things have happened. What I actually think is going to happen with the striker situation, and I'm going to come up with a theory on this, is I still think that Jocarez just depends on Arsenal, of course. Boring story. we know that he could end up at Arsenal we don't sign him if he doesn't end up at Arsenal we'll probably have a go and if we do I think again it's the difference between eighth and fifth but let's presume Jokeres did sign for Arsenal where do we go next actually honestly I think Oli Watkins and that this is just pure opinion I just get the same vibe as I got with Mbermo where I sat there and went there's no way that's going to happen and I mean well it hasn't happened.

14:12I was right. But I think that, oh God, what have I done to me foot there? How have I done that? I mean, it's not bleeding, but there's just a big chunk of skin on like, you know, where you pass the ball. I don't know what happened there. Anyway, yeah, going back to that, I just have this feeling around Olly Watkins, a similar feeling that I had around Mbermo at the very start before the Ornstein bomber, where I was sort of like, we've got no chance why would he come to man united he suits newcastle better they've got champions league football so have spurs so have arsenal uh they can probably afford him we can't and then you find out oh we are going to do something about it so i don't know why i just have this feeling that we will pursue watkins because we are quite predictable i think when you get credible links to a player we don't tend to walk away so i i do just have this feeling that it that it might They might be an Ollie Watkins.

15:10Red Smurf has gifted five memberships. Thank you very much for that. He says, finally, I get the chance to watch a show live. It's been a while. God bless you all. Glory, glory, Man United. Hope you're doing well, Red. Wonder where you're watching from. Hope you've not been locked in a cupboard and you've just found the key to slip out while they go and get some breakfast. Rub says, morning all. Thank you very much. He's a Jose to Sean Dyche, says Jack, in relation to Rashford. Hitton, how you doing, pal? says my only complaint we're halfway done with the window they could have done this announcement a month ago and maybe monetized sooner now time's ticking Zane says they only play the victim now because they want it on their terms and a pre-season you know what I say bin off I think you're absolutely spot on Zane we sort of touched on it a little bit last night why would you if you were Marcus Rashford or Ganacho or Sancho have a problem with the club briefing that you're not coming back for pre-season and you want to leave why would you have a problem with that and the only and I think this is a great point because sometimes we just react to stuff and go we don't think why and I've got a video going out on that's football that I want you all to go and watch it you know 11 o 'clock and it's about Arsenal and Thomas Partey and how they've kept playing him and offered him a contract and now he's been charged with four counts of rape and you think about how Anthony was treated by the press and you think about what happened with Mason Greenwood and how United suspended him did Arsenal behave in the right way or the wrong way and through that video I want you to watch it because we've been through similar things with United when it comes out there are two sides to that coin there are always two sides to that coin and there is innocence or proven guilty but I want you to watch that after this but my point is we don't necessarily analyze everything we just jump in two-footed and then wonder why we get a red card like actually sometimes you need to survey the situation and as Zane said there United have briefed yesterday evening that those five players want to leave we're all intelligent most of us are intelligent human beings that would go very much doubt all five of them have walked in and handed the transfer request in I'm pretty much sure that Ruben Amrim has said he doesn't want him back for pre-season as well so it's it suits everybody so why as a player would you have a problem when you want to leave and the club have briefed it that you want to leave.

17:31I think their problem will be twofold. One, because they'll know that Amarim doesn't want them back. So why are they getting the blame for wanting to leave? But no one really gives a shit because no one's going to be on your side anyway. And two, the biggest one, so I'm not getting a pre-season while I'm finding a club. They're missing out, basically. They're missing out because, all right, the hardest thing they thought they were going to have to deal with last week was Ruben Amarim not talking to them. They turn up, they know some of the players they they know each other i mean amra sancho ganacho rashford could have just trained in a little group as part of the thing and got the pre-season get your head down work hard get a good pre-season and see what happens they now realize i'm not getting a pre-season i'm not getting a pre-season until i find a move and that damages their chances of having a good season being prepped etc they're suddenly out on the out in the cold and it's quite lonely um so i I think that's what it comes down to, really.

18:31Mikel says, do you really think the likes of Sancho and the other shit really are desperate to leave when they can't agree on wages with other clubs? Well, yeah, this is what I mean. I think time is their friend, isn't it? And whilst they're taking their time, then they could be having a preseason. Just watch that Rashford versus Luton clip again. Bullshit, says Christian. Proves to me that Sancho, Rashford and the rest of them are spoiled kids. Rashford done an interview saying he will leave, says Dazzo. Pratt Street boy is more Very good I like that Vaj Magni's getting married today Fantastic news And so is Mel B I hope you're not marrying her No there'll be a lot of people Getting married today to be fair Have a great day Congratulations to you And your other half We need a sister club To send our talent and youth to Says Christian Riley Thank you very much for that one Imagine all this Embermo weight Just for him to flop Says Abbas I don't think anyone's imagining that And Red Smurf says, Australia, mate, I think Ineos will try to make a point by signing Jokeres to back the manager they put in charge, though they don't look like the same old United owners.

19:35I do, I do, I do, I'm not doing a timeout. I do agree with you on that one. I do have this feeling and it might be complete naivety, but I do have a feeling that we've got a big signing coming. It just depends what they think a big signing is. they might think Oli Watkins is a big signing. I'd like to get Jokeres, but I see him going to the Arsenal. But Oseman is a dream. Please get him. It's an Obrina. This is tumbleweed. And Tom Best says, I don't like the fact that if we do well, the Glazers party. And if we do bad, the Glazers start to worry, but still don't do anything depressing. This is Tom Best.

20:13Thank you very much for your super chat. Drunk Bridge, Pub Bridge. Stayed for one more bridge. We got happy bridge last night. Take it easy, brother. Says V. I'm always happy, mate. I'm just honest about how I feel about United at Chime. at times. Just on Jadon Sancho, by the way, this is news. So Corriella Della Sport in Italy are saying that Manchester United and Juventus are getting closer and closer in their valuation of Sancho and Luis and that a swap is becoming more concrete. Look, I believe that when I see that. I would like to see Douglas Luiz at Manchester United because I think he's more defensively minded than somebody like a Bruno or a Manu.

21:01I fail to see how that actually works. A swap deal for a player that they only bought last year. And I don't even know how Sancho is and how even has a value really, but Man United are saying that he does. I mean, look, fundamentally, I suppose I've got to be fair there is a player there that in the league that is Italian and slightly slower he could become a real asset I think Jadon Sancho taking away all the freedom twat nonsense and the stupidity of not turning up for training on time and all that and the absolute disaster that his Man United tenure has been in a footballing sense taking all that away When you look at what made him exciting To us when we signed him There is a player there that has A technique, a skill When it comes to Dribbling And I think he struggles In the intensity and speed Of the Premier League I think if you stick him in a slower league And we saw it with Some of our players when we played in Europe I think Rashford at the start of the season Looked really good against was it Porto or something like that and I think that there is I mean I wouldn't lie I think if you Juventus or Lazio and you put Jadon Sancho on your wing he's going to be a better winger in the Italian league than he is going to be in the Premier League because it's slightly slower so look that I can see why people are looking at him and at some point he might grow up as well so yeah Vinny says with the team going on the US tour do you think they should look into younger players in American academies?

22:44That's a very, very unexpected question, Vinny, to which I'm sort of stumped by that answer. I mean, we should be looking at young players all around the world to bring into Man United's academy. So the answer, I suppose, would be yes, but it doesn't solve the biggest problem of all that we're not going to find players in American academies to help us next season we need to buy some experienced players um i do think that next week we will do a signing whether it's embermo or whatever because and this is i don't you know me i don't do stats but um stat stat man bridge um i said this to you yesterday morning statistically if you wanted a collection of four days where man united make most of their signings over the last 12 years July the 10th to July the 14th would be an optimum period so watch what happens in those four days I mean it's completely and utterly stat based and you could say prat based but I feel that next week back in training everybody's back in work we'll start we'll definitely start to get some info back again now it's gone dead in June because they've been on holiday but now that everybody's back in Carrington, I think we'll start to get a lot more information.

24:04But I also think it will be a week where we probably get that Invermo deal done. I don't know what, somebody said, do you think it'll happen today? We can do here we goes on a Saturday and Sunday. Depends whether Brentford are working the weekend. If they're not, then it won't happen. I wouldn't, I wouldn't, I wouldn't expect it, to be honest. I wouldn't expect it. But I think next week, surely something will start to happen because hopefully the...

24:37What happened yesterday will be a bit of a kick up the arse in relation to what we're going to do. I've just seen a picture of Bruno Fernandes arriving for the funeral of Diego Yotta and his brother Andre Silva, by the way. obviously Portuguese national team teammates and this sad event goes on to impact the world of football and beyond I mean what a beautiful tribute last night by Oasis in their first concert back in years in Cardiff when they were singing Live Forever towards the end a picture of Jota came up on the big screen which I thought was very fitting and just shows how football can unite and we grieve together when it's things like this.

25:29But yeah, Bruno Fernandes in Portugal at the funeral of Jota and his brother. Let's have a quick look at anything else that may have come in while we're live. Yeah, a lot of people saying Richard Rios is what we need in midfield. Look, I think there's a time and a place for those sort of conversations, but not now. The time and place now is not for speculation. It's not for fan-led theories. I don't need bloody clips of fans on TikTok going, this is why we need to sign Richard Rios. These clips belong in September, October, November, March, February. We're in the middle of a transfer window where we're failing.

26:13We've got to get things done. We're not in talks of Richard Rios. He clearly is a number eight. We've not sold Bruno Fernandes for£100 million because he's going to be our number eight. So as much as Richard Rios would be an interesting signing, there's a slight irritant attached to that because he's not a profile of player that we're going to buy. So we're just wasting time talking about it. We need to demand players now in the key positions. So goalkeeper, striker, what's going on? What's going on with those? They're the players that we need, 100%. Sancho is another Monopoly player. Too many chances, Mark.

26:50We're getting a lot of Monopoly jokes, Rico. Not that it's bad. I like the game. Lorden, thank you very much for your super chat. Thank you very much to Vinny as well. RedSmurf says, Can I get a shout out for my wife Amy and my daughter Maria, who roll their eyes whenever they hear your voice on my phone? Shout out to Maria and Amy. Match the Poundland 1D to the real members, says Lazy Parker. Mate, I'm not a One Direction fan. So Amrind wants signings, should have won the Europa League then, says Hans. No, I disagree with that. I think obviously winning the Europa League would have made it better for him.

27:27But is there not a responsibility on the ownership to have a plan for the manager regardless of the Europa League final? For example, you sack Eric Ten Hag two months after spending£300m on him. You sack Eric Ten Hag a few months after backing him instead of sacking him. £300m down the drain on a manager that you've now sacked. You then bring Ruben Amirim in who doesn't play that system and the players do not suit him at all. In the summer transfer window, you're not buying players for him. I don't think the Europa League final is that relevant because when they appointed Amrim in November, they knew they needed to build a whole squad and they knew they were appointing a manager that plays a different system.

28:11So in November, they should have known in the following summer that we're going to have to spend money and they should have had that money lined up. You're telling me we sacked Ten Hag, gambled on Amrim, all on the fact that he would get them Champions League football so they could spend some money. Come on. You need a better plan than that. I want to know where, I still want to know why we appointed Amarim in November if we're not going to give him a summer transfer window. And we're still waiting for that. Where is this summer transfer window that you knew in November that you needed? Where is this summer transfer window that you've been planning for ages?

28:44You needed to plan it for ages. So where is it? What is it you're doing? Where's your goalkeeper? Where's your striker? These are two imperative, essential signings that you've not made. And it's pre-season on Monday. So whilst the Europa League obviously would have given us more revenue and more pull, it wasn't guaranteed. So where is the plan? Drive down Villa's price for Watkins. His percentiles are insane in the Premier League. He still has it, says Red Devil Girl. Yeah, I would say at the moment we need a striker. And I just have this feeling it's just intuition. It's not based on information.

29:23I just feel that this Watkins story could develop into something more concrete. Yeah. Yeah, we did get your super chat, Tom. We've read that. I imagine I've done that from that. Do you genuinely think Embermo is a decent signing? I'm not so sure. Yes. I do a video last season on a Friday with Robbie where we predict the Premier League scores. scores and I spoke about it about March time and I said Mbermo's going under the radar massively he's one of those he's like he's like the person who you just pat on the head and say well done but nobody actually sits down and realizes what he's doing and I think what he did last season for Brentford is incredible goals and assists week in week out talking about people like Rashford we know Rashford's a spurt player like he has hot moments like two or three months four or five months and then off.

30:22I mean, people talk about that season with Rashford under Eric Ten Hag. What they don't remember is that the first season of Ten Hag, Marcus Rashford won Player of the Year. But after the Carabao Cup final in February, he went shit. He finished the season really bad, but he won Player of the Year off what he did at the start. It wasn't an entire season. and when you look at Mbamo, he did an entire season consistently, week in, week out, deliver, deliver, deliver. So I don't think he's overrated. I don't see him as a risk. I see him as exactly the type of player that you need to bring into Manchester United, the prototype, like Kunja really, experienced, mid-twenties, not quite in their prime, hungry and consistent with the right mentality.

31:13So give me Mbemo and Cunha over Sancho and Rashford every day of the week, every day of the week. Also, I don't think they are players that are going to come in and start putting out, you know, doing interviews that they're not allowed to do or wearing Villa shirts. I might be wrong on that, but I think they're exact. You'll notice I've never said anything bad or anything concerned about Mbemo or Cunha. Both of them could flop. that's how football works. I've seen great players flop at Manchester United. I've seen great players flop elsewhere. But I just think they are, in fairness, really good signings on paper.

31:56Well, we haven't signed Embermo yet. Abraham says, you keep mentioning we need experience, but our average squad is nearly two years older than the likes of PSG and Barcelona. Could it just be this lot is not good enough and will never be for the top elite level? Yeah, I think you've answered the question there, Abraham. because I wouldn't look at the average squad age as something that would bother me at the moment because Casemiro's in his 30s, Bruno's in his 30s, Maguire's in his 30s, Luke Shaw's nearly 30 now. We've got a lot of players over 25 that won't be here in a year or you've got question marks over them.

32:37what we need is more players aged between I would say 24 and 28 that are at the top of their game and are hungry and are consistent and that's again where Mbemo and Kunja fit in it's where a Jokeres or an Oseman would fit in as well so I'm not worried about the average age because I think you're absolutely right our biggest problem is you could be 31 and world class you can be 31 and a load of ass. You know, you can be 27 and consistent. You can be 27 and injury prone. Mason Mount, you know, Mason Mount would be the right age, experience wise, always injured. So I don't think it's about lowering the average age of the squad.

33:22It's about removing the players that aren't good enough. Some of which will be over 24. Thank you very much for that, Abraham. Very good super chat. Our owners think they're being smart, but seal the deal. It's a few million Says AW Mark Beasley says What's your thoughts On Luke Shaw Keep or sell Well we've got The famous five Who are obviously On their way out But as many of you Said last night And I would completely Agree with you You've got Andre Onana Who I think Should be Moved out of the football club If I'm being completely honest I'd give him Similar treatment You've got Luke Shaw Who is Also a player that I would want to move out of Manchester United as well.

34:08I think Mason Mount worries me. I mean, I wouldn't move Mason Mount yet. I've got to be very, very clear on that. I think with Mason Mount, I would say, let's keep a watching brief on that one because if he could somehow miraculously stay fit, then obviously I would keep him because I think he has got the right attitude in relation to when he actually plays. I think he's got the right skill set that he suits the system. I think Ruben Amrim really likes him as well. So I think Mason Mount would be a player that I would be happy to keep, but can he stay fit. I mean, look, honestly, I said this last night, we used to live in a time under Sir Alex where Player FC didn't exist and he would sell one of your best players and you'd just get on with it because that's what we would do.

35:07But if somebody said to me now, you can have£40 million for Mason Mount, take it or leave it, I'll take it because the risk is the injury. And of course, I'm going to take the£45 million and move on and get somebody who doesn't spend most of their time injured. Luke Shaw, again, when he's fit and he's 26, arguably one of the best left backs in the world. At his age now, with what's left on his contract, absolutely going to go nowhere near it. Would move him on in a heartbeat. So yeah, obviously I think there's a lot of frustration and there's a lot of conversation at the moment around the famous five, especially Sancho, Gagnaccio and Rashford but there are other players that need the boot as well who are probably if we're being completely honest getting away with it a little bit because they're not in the news as much but I think that yeah I think that certainly Shaw and Inanna would be two players I would move on and in fairness I would move Casemiro on if I had the chance I think there's your Richard Rios I think there's your midfielder.

36:23Somebody's got to go. And people won't like this because I know there's a lot of people that like Casemiro. But you can't sit there and say, and this is what makes me sort of confused sometimes. A lot of you say you want a midfielder. But if I sit here and say, well, kick Casemiro out and don't let him play and don't let him train. Oh, you can't do that. He's a model professional. Well, you're not going to get a midfielder then, are you? Somebody's got to go. somebody has to go out of Bruno, Casemiro, Agate and Manu well Agate is not going to go because we only bought him a year ago so someone's got to go out of Manu, Casemiro and Bruno and Bruno's not going so someone's got to go out of Manu and Casemiro to get a midfielder so I would if I was Ruben Amrim and I really want a midfielder I'd go I'm not playing in Europe next season which is where Casemiro does well because it's slower I'm going to use Casemiro in the Premier League.

37:16Okay, let's try not having him back for pre-season and see what happens. Imagine Anana and Bermot Ahmad Osman going to the AFCON, says Olymns. Well, we don't need to imagine it because it's going to happen. Obviously, they will all go to the AFCON. How many of them will be Man United players? I don't know. Ian O 'Connell, legend. Have a great weekend from Ian in Ireland. Hope you're doing well, mate. Thanks very much for your message. Really appreciate that.

37:46Let me just put this in the live chat as well.

37:56That part A video is live on That's Football now. I really would like if you get the chance today to go and watch it because we've been through this as a football club, Man United. Mason Greenwood got suspended, never even went to court. Anthony got outed and vilified by the UK press for weeks and weeks and weeks, never even got investigated. Thomas Partey has been playing for Arsenal for the last two, three years whilst being investigated for serious offences that he's now been charged with. And Arsenal Football Club kept playing him and offered him a new contract a couple of months ago. I think that, you know, I'd be very interested to, if you went and watched that video and put your comments in because I just think that what we've been through as a football club is different in a way, but the way we dealt with it, I think Man United dealt with it all in the right way.

38:55I really do. Imagine, okay, I've done that one. Should have sold Bruno and built the midfield around Maynou. He can learn off Casemiro and get him a quality midfielder next to him, says AW. I think if you want Richard Rios, Bruno would have had to go because I watched him last week against Botafogo for Palmeiras. And I watched a lot of the game against Chelsea this morning. And I thought you could play him in a pivot next to a Bruno. I think it'd be a bloody nightmare. He really wants to get forward. He can take free kicks. He's so energetic. He is going to be a player that signs for somebody else And we go, why didn't we sign him?

39:37And the answer is because we kept Bruno Because Bruno plays in this position He's not a six, he's an eight It's as simple as that Edward V has gifted five memberships, you're a legend Ryan says we could sell Collier Yeah, we're not going to sell Collier Well, I don't think Collier would be seen as a player That gets moved out to allow you to go and spend money like Collier you're not going to get a big fee for and he's not on a big wage I think if we're being completely honest the midfielder that we're going to have to move to bring a new player in would have to be somebody of value and that you won't get a lot of value out of Collier at the moment um Rob always United says I think United showed more dignity than Arsenal thank you very much for that um I think we'll end up signing Embermo, Jokerez and Emi Martinez no idea who the midfielder would be, says Tantric.

40:29Look, I think last night we got some positivity. Reuben Amarim basically said, these players aren't coming back for pre-season. You're banned. Brilliant. Brilliant. We want these players sold and Amarim does as well. The manager is in tune with the fans and he's done exactly what you and I wanted. He said, you're not coming back to pre-season. Some of us were dreading Rashford and Ganacho walking in, smiling with their boots under their arms next week. So brilliant from Amarim, brilliant from the club. That's a step forward. We're really failing on signings though. If they can now, from this point, deliver Embermo, Jocherez and Emi Martinez, I'd be happy.

41:04Wouldn't be ecstatic because it's not the perfect transfer window just because they do these deals late. They're still being done late and that's not acceptable. But if we got rid of those five players and we brought in Emi Martinez, Jocherez, Embermo, Cunha, I'd give this transfer window a six and a half. And some would say that's a bit low, but I would say that's about as high as it's going to get from this point because it's currently a one. We're not going to go from a one in the first week of July to a 10 in August. We've wasted five weeks of this transfer window. We're up against the clock now.

41:39We're not going to hit a seven. If we can hit a six or a 6.5, it's not good, but I'd take it. We get a goalkeeper and striker and Mbermo, I would take that now. We should be getting more. They should have been done sooner. we have already passed the point of messing up the window to a certain extent because of pre-season and we're not going to have a striker on the US tour and that's not acceptable but they just have to try and grab what they can really I think Delo has survived this summer as there's bigger fish to fry but he's been an issue so maybe one for next summer no Sonic I know somebody Sonic Lucy I know a lot of you would get rid of Delo but Amrim loves him can you influence the Rios move his mint as michael i would love to sign rios but i repeat what i said at the start people saying that we're in for rios and we're going to sign rios are doing it for weird reasons stupidity i don't know what it is really really good player he's a number eight and we're not talking to him he can't play as a six it'd have to be an eight and we've we're keeping bruno and we've got may new so we're not it would be like buying um another number 10 after embermo and kunya we just don't need it and we're not talking to him but I think he's a very good player um okay thanks everyone for watching um we are we have an eight o 'clock show tonight I'm also doing PSG against Bayern on That's Football later I'm going to give the Club World Cup another chance not the Club World Cup I just want to watch PSG play Bayern in a competitive game I'd watch it if it was a one-off anyway so I'm going to do that at That's Football but talking about That's Football links in the live chat get yourself over there now about this Part A video because obviously there's going going to be a lot of arsenal fans putting comments in and other clubs but from a united point of view i think we we're all coming from a point of experience we've seen what happened with anthony where he got named and shamed and never even bloody got arrested in the uk or investigated in the uk and you've got mason greenwood who obviously um got suspended by the club as well so go and watch it and put your thoughts in uh links in the live chat uh on that's football as well See you later And I'll speak to you in a bit

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05/07/2025 - Morning News! Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim is looking at new striker options as the fallout of banning players from pre season training continues.

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