134: BIG Striker Bid! Mbeumo Deal Day!

0:00Hello everybody, good morning and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news. We're talking a huge call in the transfer window as Manchester United are looking at Sesco and Jackson. I mean, the contrast between this is like a date with Margot Robbie or an evening with diarrhoea. It really is a huge call for Manchester United. And on one hand, you're excited and the other, you're terrified. We're also going to talk a big update around the goalkeeper. One player that looks like they're off the menu. Midfielder. We're linked to a midfielder, but I'm not sure you're going to be happy about this.

0:37outgoings, incomings and a big week for Manchester United. We're heading on to the tour tomorrow. Can we get more players out? It's also a big deal day because Marcus Rashford is about to complete his move to Barcelona and Brian M. Bumo will be announced as a new Manchester United player today. The media work is being done and he will be on that plane tomorrow. So it will be today at some point. Will it be one o 'clock, two o 'clock, three o 'clock rock? We don't know. We'll find out. And And a little bit about Jokeres as well that I've got for you. So get your comments in as usual. Lots to get into.

1:08But we're going to start... Oh, I'm in the Manchester studio, by the way. If people are going, where is he? Well, I'm in the Manchester studio. I've got a little guest for you who's going to come on in a minute. Anyway, let's get into it. So the first place I want to start off with really is Pletigol. Florian Plettenberg, obviously based in Germany. And the reason I like this update is because he has got good contacts in Germany. and obviously we're going to be talking about Sesco. So he had this to say. He said, There are talks with interested clubs and it is our understanding that Man United are targeting Sesco.

1:42He is one of two targets to be their new number nine and the other one is Nicholas Jackson. I cannot close the door to possible Chelsea interest, so let's see what happens in the next two or three weeks with Sesco. And I think that is realistic. Welcome to the members club, by the way, Eshmi Diki, Peter. Appreciate that. But yeah, look, I think I don't like this story. I would rather it was Sesco, Moani, Watkins and maybe an audacious bid for Jochores. I do not like Nicholas Jackson being in this conversation and he's in it too much. And the reason he's in it is because Man United are considering it.

2:23We can't deny it. It doesn't mean it's going to happen, but we can't deny the fact that we're definitely interested because Romano's spoken about it, Pletigold's spoken about it, other journalists and outlets have spoken about it. So we're definitely looking at it and it's concerning. And I would say if you don't want this, scream and shout and let it all out, do a tweet, do a post, whatever. Get in the comments. United will monitor it. They're very aware of these sort of things. And it won't necessarily stop them doing it. But I think they need to realise that for a lot of United fans, we're adamantly against this.

2:57It's not one of those deals where you go, oh, I might get convinced. Like, we're adamantly against this. And look, I know it upsets people like Rio, who doesn't like the fact that players might not be wanted because it might upset their friends and family. But they're paid handsomely. And we have paid a lot of players over the last 10 years a lot of money and they've not delivered. We don't want risks and we don't want players that have been at other clubs and they don't want them. And that's what Nicholas Jackson represents. Forget anything else. Forget his finishing. Forget who's DMs he slides into.

3:28The most important thing about Nicholas Jackson to me is he's a Chelsea player they don't want that we're going to fund a rival. And the hypocrisy and stupidity of funding Chelsea is amazing when we're meant to be a football club that wants to be where Chelsea are. You can't be where Chelsea are if you give them money for players they don't want so they can buy better players we can't get. you just don't do this and the thing is if Nicholas Jackson was Victor Jokeres and for some reason Chelsea didn't want him I'd say let's do it but he's Nicholas Jackson there are multiple players we could get who are better than him who are at clubs that I don't mind giving money to but I don't want to fund Chelsea and it's interesting what Pletigold says because he actually says I can't close the door on Chelsea going for Sesco so what you're basically saying is Man United might go for Jackson and then that'll give Chelsea the money to go for Sesco.

4:26So I think this is really logical, really logical that we do not do this deal. And I think that sometimes we can't change the owners. We can't stop the stadium being knocked down. Maybe you don't want to change the owners. Maybe you want the stadium to be knocked down. We can't change those things. But we can be vocal about things and we can be vocal about this. And I think it's an absolute crime that we're looking or being linked to this. You know, I'd need to shut it down. And also, am I not right in saying that people don't talk about... It's funny when people talk about Nicholas Jackson to Manchester United and they talk about Sesco.

5:03And as we understand it, Sesco's price... The price is important. That's where I'm going with this. Get your comments in, of course. I'll read them out. But the interesting thing about Sesco and Nicholas Jackson is that with Sesco, we know the price is around£70 million plus add-ons, right? It's a lot of money, but contextually, Liverpool have just paid 78 for Eketike. Jochenes is going to go for about 60. Benjamin Sesko is in a different scenario where he's a bit younger. And Leipzig have seen what Wurz have gone... It's very relevant what Eketike has gone from Frankfurt. Because Eketike is around the same age as Sesko.

5:46And he plays in the same league. And it's a Bundesliga team. So you can't compare Jocares' deal or Ossiman's deal to Sesco's deal. You've got to look at Eketike. And Eketike's gone for 78. So if you can do the Sesco deal for 70, it makes sense. So I haven't got a problem with that fee. We probably can't afford it. And I'll talk about that in a moment. But no one talks about the price for Nicholas Jackson. Most people don't want him. Most people are terrified of it. But I think the people who want him don't actually figure out the price. AC Milan were looking at him a couple of weeks ago and Chelsea wanted£100 million.

6:25I heard somebody on social media last night go for£30 million. I think Nicholas Jackson's worth a punt. Where have you pulled£30 million from? Your backside. Shove it back. It's not£30 million. Chelsea aren't going to let Nicholas Jackson go for£30 million. I don't know what they paid for him, but they will want more than what they paid for him. Now, if anyone can tell me in the chat what they paid for him, I'd appreciate that. But they're going to want big money. Big, big money. Ryan is always in the chat. He's a Chelsea fan. Ryan, you're doing Chelsea's work here. You're not his agent. He says, Nicholas Jackson loves Champers.

6:5950 million, please, Sir Jim. Loving the 10am studio show, Mark, says Nick B. And looking good, Mark, Champers, Champers. Love that. There we go. Ryan's up on the chat. This is what we can do in the studio. We can put it up on there. So, yeah, I don't know what Chelsea actually paid for him. Let me have a look if we've got anybody in the chat telling us this. But it is worth considering that the...

7:30They paid£32 million for him. Thank you very much, Paul Govia, Reagan, etc. They paid£32 million for him. So they're going to want£50. They're going to want£50, minimum. I'm out. Forget about it. And I tell you what, if they sold us him for 40, look, let's close the Nicholas Jackson story down and talk about Sesco and everything else and Ndidi and everything. I've just ruined the story there. Let's close this down. Most of us don't want him. He's not particularly good. He's a Chelsea reject. We shouldn't be funding Chelsea. And there's probably sliding into idiots DMs and all that. There's big, big reasons not to want Nicholas Jackson.

8:15But if Chelsea did us a deal for£40 million, they're selling him cheap because he's crap. If they try and sell him at value, they're going to want£50 million plus. If we're paying£50 million plus for Nicholas Jackson, why can't you find another£15 to get Sesco? Why wouldn't you just offer Villa that for Watkins? Why wouldn't you pay less than that for Mawani? So I'm out. This makes no sense at all. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Let's talk about Sesco, though, because I have to say, in relation to Benjamin Sesco, this is obviously the better option for Manchester United. We need to just talk about the Jokeres story yesterday because I'll forget.

8:55And we also need to talk about the Sesco fee. We can't afford Sesco. Do you want to pop on? There's somebody who wants a cameo.

9:10You're not actually in it, you have to come behind me mate. Seb's with me today, kneel down a bit, show him your kit, there we go. Yeah, touching the badge, he just gets it. Lovely, lovely stuff, there you go. What are you going to go and do now? Um, probably sit down. Alright, okay. You could have sat on that white chair behind me, he'd be in the background. it looked bored but do anyone anyway so with sesco the price for sesco is around 70 million pounds and we can't afford it we can't afford it so what we've got to do is now don't worry he's not truant you're not to get me in trouble it's it's the holidays now with sesco we're gonna have to fund this by sales and I I would imagine Ganacho is key.

10:06Rashford, Barcelona will happen and that will save us a certain amount of money on wages. Mbumo will be done today. But if we're going to get Sesko, we're going to have to create money to do that. I am encouraged because Romano keeps talking about it. Again this morning, we've got talk about Favell. I'm absolutely convinced that in the boardroom at Manchester United, it will be Sesco, the number one. But the problem will be, I think Barada, I think Wilcox, I think Favell, I think Amirim, they're all going to be saying Sesco. But the guy who writes the check, Joel Glazer, he might be saying Nicholas Jackson.

10:51And I'll tell you who would definitely be saying Nicholas Jackson, Mr. Champers, because he's a Chelsea fan. No, I don't know. But financially, it might just not be doable with Sesco. and that's when it becomes a problem for us. So we have to bear that in mind. I think it's obvious anybody's going to go Sesco over Nicholas Jackson, but it's going to come down to finances and whether we can do it. Now, interestingly, what I was told last night, because great eight o 'clock show again last night, of course. But what I was told last night was obviously we had something from the, you know, the Rashford story yesterday about it not being true.

11:28so I was like well what's this Jochrez story and what I was told is that Amrind wants Jochrez he's always wanted Jochrez why wouldn't you want Jochrez Amrind wants Amrind wants a striker 100 % he wants Jochrez he's worked with him he's a brilliant player he suits his system Amrind wants Jochrez De Lapp's off the table Osman's off the table of course he wants Jochrez but Jochrez wants Arsenal now if Man United find the money to go for Sesco or if they've got £50 million to go for Jackson of course they'd offer£60 million for Jokeres but Jokeres is lying on a beach in Mallorca and he wants Arsenal so in relation to the brief from Sporting Man United haven't put a bid in Man United haven't done anything I think what Man United are basically saying is if he had any interest in coming to Man United and was becoming frustrated with Arsenal then we'll get involved but we can't get involved at the moment.

12:29And that's basically what Jokere's Man United situation is. Of course, there's an appreciation of the player. Of course, Amrim would want him. And of course, Man United would be willing to do a deal with sporting that probably is better than the one Arsenal are doing. But the player would have to say he wants to come to Man United and he's not at the moment. So that's where we are with that. So it's going to come down to money still. And I think that's why this week's really big because we don't do a lot of deals when we're on tour. And a lot of the players we're trying to buy are on tour. So I think there is time.

13:01I think that the striker situation is not going to get resolved in the next two days. It's not going to get resolved in the next two weeks. And I think that's why Pletigold is talking about the next two to three weeks. Because in two or three weeks, the players will be back. We will be back from tour. So what happens over the next few weeks is United start having these conversations. But Sesko, Jackson, Watkins, Mawani, they're not playing against Villa. They're probably not playing against Fulham. They might not even play against Burnley. This is Agate time. This is Amrabat time. This is Casemiro and Anthony time.

13:37This is back end of the window on a key signing again because we can't get these deals done quickly now. We still need to sell to buy and we're still very slow. So I think regardless of what strike you want, who you hope it's going to be, it's very obvious it's going to take a bit of time for United to do it. So we'll just have to wait and see what happens. I just hope over the next coming hours and days it becomes apparent who we're in concrete talks with because Liverpool are all in on Eketike and maybe Isak. Arsenal are all in on Jochrez. Man City are not looking at a striker. Chelsea I think would have to sell Jackson to get a striker but then they've got De Lape and Pedro.

14:17So from a Premier League point of view I think we're probably the it's strange because we finished 15th but we're probably the most attractive Premier League club for a striker now even though we're not in Europe even though we finished 15th I think we would be if there's a player that wants to come to the Premier League I think we are in a good position so let's see what happens with that given the time left loan and buy option is the most is the best there David Benson says if it's between Sesco and Jackson and we can't do Sesco because of price I'd rather just go with what we've got and revisit in January.

14:49I agree. I completely agree. Given the time left, loan plus buy options, says Tech, is the best option. And Ethan Brownie with the Super Chat says, we should trust our scouts. Sesco on the radar for 12 months. Pricey, yes, but could be very transformative. It will rely on player sales. Thank you very much, says from Ethan. Tom Best says, Manchester United are getting ready for the championship. Glazes out. And Red Devil Girl says, Sesco's sloppy passing worries me. is in the developing category again and we need instant impact. Watkins should be number one. As long as it's not Jackson, I think we can all sleep easy on that one.

15:26But look, there are other things that need to be done. In the goalkeeper situation, something I thought was going to happen that then wasn't going to happen looks like it's going to happen. Costa of Porto is now heavily linked to Manchester City. They're looking to move Ortega and Edison and bring in Trafford and Costa. So big money from one of those top four clubs being spent again. And it looks like Costa's off the table for us anyway. But I again, I think this is there is a running theme in this transfer window. United are financially restricted and Amorim is not getting plan A. And I think Amorim Planes would have been Kenda, would have been Jokeres, would have been Jumlin, would have been Costa.

16:14And he's going to not get these players because they're literally going to rivals, aren't they? So Lemans, as we spoke about last night, looks like being a good option for Manchester United. I don't think we've... I'm pretty sure he was on the thumbnail last night and I never even spoke about him. Did I speak about him on the show last night? I don't think I did. That just reminded me. I don't think I actually spoke about him. So, Belgian goalkeeper, Royal Antwerp, isn't it? Early 20s. Romano was talking about him yesterday. £18 million. I just think go and get this deal done. Again, I don't think there's many people in Europe that can offer him what we can offer him.

16:58There aren't really any clubs in the Premier League that have a pathway to the first team. Maybe Villa, if they were to sell Martinez, but that gives us time. If Lemans comes to Manchester United, he is a young goalkeeper with the potential to be top class, who will go into that Manchester United side as an instant competitor for a goalkeeper that nobody really rates. He could be Man United's number one goalkeeper in the next 12 months. 17 million is not bad. If he's well scouted, as somebody just said there, this could be a great option for everybody. So keep your eye on that one. I think Amrim would love Costa.

17:35I think some of you would love Emi Martinez. But in the circumstances, quantity is probably more important than quality in the sense that we do need a goalkeeper. We do need a striker and ideally we would need a midfielder as well. So keep your eye on Lemans because it is being mentioned by the key players like Fabrizio Romano, etc. So hopefully that something can happen with that. Any truth in Forrest's interest in Sancho's is Ghost92. I don't think the source is very good on that, no. Rory says Lemans 81.5 % safe percentage versus Inanna's 69%. Look, I'm sort of conflicted on this. What would you rather do?

18:20Would you rather go for an Emi Martinez who's experienced, you know, he's 32, 33, or would you go for someone who's 10 years younger and clearly isn't as experienced, will need a bit of patience, but could end up being a top-class goalkeeper in the next two years and being our goalkeeper for the next five to ten? I've always been on board with the latter because Inanna's not going. If Inanna had gone to Saudi, I think you'd go for Costa or Emi Martinez. But because Inanna won't go, I think Lemans makes most sense because Inanna's not going to go anywhere. So Lemans comes in. We will be patient with him.

18:59He is going to be cheaper and we can build that potential out. So that's where I would be comfortable going with, if I'm being completely honest on that one. On the midfield, by the way, I completely missed this this weekend and it is worth mentioning. Let me just bring it back. Where was it? It was Ben Jacobs, wasn't it? basically Ben Jacobs saying that Ndidi is still a consideration for Manchester United and he would be available for around£10 million. But interestingly, this is the first time I've really noticed this, Ebola, which is a Portuguese outlet, and I don't trust Portuguese outlets.

19:36However, you never know. They could be right. They're saying that Manchester United are eyeing a transfer for sporting midfielder Jormland, Danish midfielder obviously played under not under Eric Ten Hag obviously played under Ruben Amrim at Sporting and if I'm being completely honest with you I'm very very surprised as I've said before why we haven't signed any player from Sporting in the past

20:06but I don't see how we I don't see how we afford that. I'm just having a quick look if there's anything about the fee. I'm pretty sure he's got an£80 million release clause, but I don't know. I don't know how you afford that. I don't know how you afford that. I mean, I'd love it, but I don't know how you actually afford doing that. To me, it makes very little sense. Apparently, Amas and Morehouse both set for loans this summer which I think is good for them Rashford is in Barcelona to compete his loan move for 30 million euros

20:54I'm trying to get a little bit more on this Yormland story

21:01I can't see a fee I'm pretty sure he had an 85 million release clause but

21:10I guess we'll have to wait and see about that one. Yeah, let's see. I mean, of course I would take him. I think the midfield is interesting. I mean, look, on that story from Ben Jacobs about Ndidi, I've got to be honest. I know he's not 38 and it feels like he is. I think he's 28. Ndidi was a player four years ago who you thought was going to be Kante. Ndidi was a player four years ago that you thought was going to be like one of the best midfielders in Europe. That hasn't happened. And I think there's some romanticism that he's still that player. He's been playing for Leicester for the last couple of years and he's just not been mentioned.

21:51I think he's living off a name and a reputation that doesn't exist anymore. And I think if Man United are going to go for players like that, I mean, this is a classic Everton signing. This is not a top four signing. This is not a team, Spurs aren't going to look at this, Villa aren't going to look at this. I don't think even Brighton are going to look at this. We shouldn't be looking at this. Yeah, he had a great reputation a few years ago, but that's not going to solve our midfield problems. The midfield problems that we have at Manchester United are easy to explain, and all of you good people have done it, and we spoke about it after the game on Saturday.

22:25The problem with the midfield is Casemiro's too slow, and Bruno's not a midfielder. Now, we either look at the solutions we have, and I would like to see, I can think of three combinations that work better than Bruno and Casemiro. Bruno and Agate, Manu and Agate, or maybe Casemiro and Manu. But Bruno and Casemiro doesn't work for me. So we either look within, and if we look within, that means breaking up the Bruno-Casemiro partnership and maybe moving Bruno back to number 10. Well, that's not going to happen. So signing a midfielder to me is confusing because if you bought Jumland and you stuck him next to Bruno, I'd still say that's imbalanced.

23:07So that's my problem with it. I want to see Rasmus with better support. I still believe in him, says Gaz, and I think he could be huge with time and support. As a Liverpool fan, I would take him for 40 to 50 million. Gaz, there's a lot of people saying, please put that offer in. Rajaf says, do you think a goalkeeper and a midfielder are more important than a striker now, considering the amount of goals we've added with Kunya and Mbumo?

23:33Rajaf, I don't think we've added shit with Mbumo and Kunya. What they did at Wolves and what they did at Brentford doesn't translate here. We've brought players in before who've scored goals and they don't score goals at Man United. That graveyard shift's been running for about six years. So just because Kunya and Mbumo score goals for Brentford and Wolves doesn't mean they're going to score goals here. We definitely need a striker. 100 % need a striker. And that's why we're looking for a striker. Whether it's a priority over a midfielder or a goalkeeper, I'm changing my mind every day. Last night I was saying goalkeeper.

24:09Saturday I was saying midfielder. This morning I'm saying we need a striker. We need all three. We need all three. I think the one that's most unlikely is a midfielder for the reasons I just said.

24:22But I think we definitely need all three. What we do need, and I saw Romano mention Chelsea, somebody mentioned Villa over the weekend. What we do need is Ganaccio to find a club. I'm very, very surprised, actually. I want to talk about Ganaccio for a couple of minutes because Rashford's gone, Sancho's nearly gone and Anthony's got offers. Malassia, I'm not surprised, very difficult to get rid of. Might have to send him off on a free or another loan. But Ganaccio, when it came out that Amorim had said to him, you better pray he can find a football club, I genuinely knew at that time he had a football club lined up and it was Napoli.

25:05His reluctance to go to Italy and stay in the Premier League was naive. Because Amorim was obviously on to something. because the interest from Premier League clubs isn't there at the level we want. Now, Ganaccio will say, well, they are interested, but you've also got to acknowledge that Aston Villa, Tottenham, Chelsea, they're looking at Ganaccio at a much, much cheaper price than you're thinking or I'm thinking. They're looking at 35 million quid. they might be looking at 30 and add-ons. They're looking really, really, probably 50%, 40%, 30 % lower than what Man United want, which is somewhere around 60 million quid.

25:55And this is the problem. His price is not correct in this market. The scary thing is, and the evidence is out there, let me know what you would value a Gennaccio at. I actually genuinely want to read some of what you lot... I will get into the super chats. Don't worry about that. There's a few people who've done it. But I actually genuinely want to read what you would value Ganacho at. Manish says 50. Jason, one of our members, says 40. A few 45s in there. so I'd say that yeah I'd say on average people are saying 50 million quid there we've got quite a range between sort of 40 and 60 if you were watching in January I was fuming that Man United had put that article out I think it was David Ornstein at the start of January that everyone was for sale and specifically Manu and Ganacho I was fuming that Man United were looking to sell a young player and I said to sell Ganacho, it's got to be 60 million quid in January.

27:05Because at that time, I don't want to sell him. He's only 20. And if you sell a player like that at 20 years of age for 60 million quid, and he develops like I think he will, at 25, you sell him again for 100 or even 70 that's 70 million pure profit because the 60 million has been paid off so and you've had five years of him developing scoring creating so I think 60 million in January was a fair fee it's amazing in six months that I actually think 35 is about all we're going to get How do you depreciate a player by almost, well, basically 40 % in six months? I genuinely think he was worth 60 in January and I genuinely think he's worth 35 now.

27:57Because the market dictates. And some people will say, well, look at Maduaki, he went for 52. Ganacho, Maduaki, you can have an argument about who's the better player. But it's not the player. It's the circumstances. We've publicly put Ganacho for sale. He's publicly said he wants to leave and walked around in a Villa shirt. And we publicly had issues where he's been dropped. So he's a problem player. And a problem player becomes devalued. United are holding on for a value that's not there. That's why it's quiet around Ganacho at the moment, because Man United are holding on to a value that's not there.

28:42I reckon if United said we'll listen to offers, we would probably get offers around 30 to 40 million quid with sell on fees and add ons. And United probably have banked for higher. But like the Rashford deal. It's about understanding the market. Accepting the market and getting the best you can out of the market. And there's a lot of you that weren't happy with Rashford going on loan and not being sold. But actually, that's the best we could do out of a bad situation. And hopefully he'll do well at Barcelona and we'll get rid of him for 26 next year. It's not what we wanted. This is a player that would have gone for like 80 million a couple of years ago.

29:32But that's what the market dictates. And with Gannaccio, I think United need to do the same. And they'll get criticised. They will get criticised because he was worth a lot more in January. But where we are now with what's gone on, if we take£35 million with substantial sell-on clause and a couple of add-ons, I would take that deal today over waiting to the end of August and doing it anyway. Because if we do it today, it helps us do other things. We've just got to get realistic. That's my stance on Ganacho. We've just got to get realistic. who do you think is better Ganacho or Alanga I think we'd all take Alanga at Man United at the moment over Ganacho because of but I think Ganacho has got the better talent I certainly do agree with that but you know you've got to be realistic we've spoken about Sesco we've spoken about goalkeepers we've spoken about midfielders and we certainly do need to be bringing money in to Manchester United very, very quickly.

30:39And if we don't, then it's going to hinder us in doing deals. Let me just sort this out. I'm going to put my live chat on my phone because it's bending downs, causing me problems. Marlow says, we have a midfield problem, not a striker problem. Hoyland is not to blame. the amount and the quality of chances he was given last season was abysmal. Even Erling Haaland would struggle. I mean, I do agree with you to a certain extent on that one.

31:18I'll come back to that Rasmus one. I do agree with you to a certain extent. Rizik says, good morning, Mark. Trust you well. Nicholas Jackson makes me want to throw up. Gosh, he is so useless. And Chelsea value him at 50 million. Ganaccio, 12 months ago, 90 million. Now 48 million. There we go. And Mojo's in the house. We should be making more signings and good ones. Our net spend is zero at the moment, says Mojo. I don't know how you figured that one out.

31:46How's our net spend zero when we've bought two players? Lots of people agreeing with Marlowe, though. Yanni says seven Premier League matches. Rasmus had zero shots. So Marlowe's basically saying we have a midfield problem, not a striker problem. Rasmus is not to blame. The amount and quality of chances he was given last season was abysmal. Even Erling Haaland would struggle to score goals. I actually do obviously agree with that because I've always felt that there's a player in Rasmus and I would love it if he succeeded at Man United even now.

32:27However, I think it's a great point by Marlowe. And I think Amorim could have looked at Rasmus and said, I'm going to build better chances around him and I'm going to make him a better striker. And he's my striker. And he could have done that. And maybe that's what Marlowe's talking about. But we also can't dismiss the fact that if the manager says that's not the striker for me, then he must be given a striker that he wants. It's the same as somebody saying, I think Inanna could be a good goalkeeper or I think Bruno can work in the midfield. Like what we think is relevant, but what the manager thinks is the be all and end all.

33:06So I'm detecting Amarim doesn't want to do that with Rasmus and wants another striker and would like to move Rasmus on. That's what I'm detecting from the training ground. if Amrim comes out and says that's not what I'm doing I'm going to work with Rasmus then I'm happy but if Amrim says I want to replace Rasmus and bring a striker in then we have to support that it's the same as Bruno in the midfield like he decided not to take 100 million from Al-Halal and we have to hope he was right I don't want to be right about Bruno in the midfield I want to be wrong. I don't want to be right about Anana messing us up if he plays every game this season.

33:49I want to be wrong. And I don't want to be right about the striker situation. I want Amorim to be right on these. So whilst I agree with you, Marlo, that there was times last season that Xerxi and Rasmus, I mean, I did, I mean, I can pull it out again later, but that's what she said. But the point is, I did it a few times last year. Shots per game. You look at people like Haaland, it's over three. You look at Oli Watkins, it's over 2.5. For Rasmussen and Xerxi, it was like 1.2 shots per game. That's not service. People talk about movement, link-up play, but it's not service. And that has to change.

34:36And I think it will change. I think when you bring people like Kunyurin and Bumo in and you remove people like Rashford and Anthony and Ganaccio, who are selfish in a Man United shirt, they're selfish. They're not creators, they're shooters. So there will be better service into the striker, whether it's Xerxi, Rasmus or a new one. But Amrim must be given what he wants. Otherwise, there's very little point. In my opinion, he must be given what he wants. 20 ,000 watching your absolute legends this morning I hope you're enjoying the show get your comments in and we'll go through some of those as well what are you expecting today?

35:15what I'm expecting today is I can't figure out why that won't move down

35:29yeah I can't move them Super Chat's down to read them all for some reason. Oh, it's doing it now. It's alright. Got it. Or is it? It did show it, and then it disappeared. I might need your help, Greg. Bram's gifted a membership. Thank you very much. I'm used to touchy screens. Now it's asking me to type a word to look up the dictionary. Yeah, I want to move those up and down.

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36:10Yeah, we're cooking now. I'm still messing it up

36:17This is what happens when you're a Right, let's go back to the start. I've got some super chats to go through here Ryan we did yours Nick B we did yours loving the 10am studio thank you Joshua says have you seen Statman Dave's video on who we should sign in the midfield Hackney looks good I don't watch Statman Dave he hates me and to be honest I couldn't give a toss about stats let's get down the local park and play football and then talk about it let's not get a computer out and have a wank Nedim says He says he's going to the AFCON. Steph says, considering Chelsea were interested in Ganacho, it'll probably be 40 plus Ganacho is just trash at finishing.

37:02Good pressing and positioning. Look, Nicholas Jackson works hard. I think we all know that, but we need quality. You're telling me we can't raise 70 million? Absolute bullshit, says I'm Kenny. Regarding Eketike's fee, says Kevin, just take note of PSG's sell-on clause. Without that, he would have gone for a lower fee, says Kevin. given the time left loan plus buy option is the best most likely for sesco if we go for him says tech do we think do you think we'll get a goalkeeper by the end of the window feel sorry for amram not getting back it's been some amazing shows lately i've absolutely loved them they've been they have been great daniel i do think you'll get a goalkeeper i think lamenz is looking like the best option at the moment um with anana staying i think lamenz is looking like the best option and remember if we did get lamenz i think anana would start in goal anyway but it would you'd be looking to get him out of the team, which was going to cost us points, I suppose.

37:57I liked what Ethan said about trusting our scouts on Sesco, by the way. I know we read it, but I did like it. He's absolutely spot on about Sesco. He's been extensively scouted by our scouts for about three years. And I think people get mixed up between scouts and managers. We've scouted Sesco for a very, very long time. That's scouting. They then send the reports into the club, managers and the board assess whether they want to do anything about it. And we did look at Sesko last summer before Xerxie. And when Sesko said he was staying at Leipzig, we went for Xerxie. So this player has been in our mindset for a long time and he's been in the INEOS mindset.

38:39I think you've got to trust your scouts. Like if this is a striker that we've been looking at, then you're right, you should be looking at them. You shouldn't be pivoting to Nicholas Jackson who is literally plan J. In relation to De Lapp was plan A, Jokeres was plan B, Eketike, Osman, Watkins, whatever. Like, Nicholas Jackson's not part of the plan. Sesko's part of the plan. He's been scouted. Let's trust it. Red Devil Girl, we did that. Any truth to Forrest in Sancho did that as well. Is Lemens a play out from the back goalkeeper, says Liam? I don't know that answer to that question. I don't know.

39:18I'd like to go for Lemens and try and unseat Ananas as JR. Nigel says, Ndidi is the type of signing I do not want. Marius with a super chat says, good feeling United are only using Jackson to show the real targets we've got options so they don't take us for a ride, says Marius. Yeah, but you know what? For the sake of fans' mental health, why not use Mawani and Watkins? Don't use Jackson. It's just, it's terrifying us. I want to see Rasmus with better support. Says Gaz, I still believe in him and I think he could be huge with time and support. We did that one, didn't we? A couple of people saying that.

39:59Rajaf, we did. Alex says, don't know whether you mentioned this already before I can see Sir Jim and Barada going with Ollie Ball tactics this season based on the Leeds game. What? Don't know if you mentioned this already, but I can see Sir Jim and Barada going with olivore tactics this season based on the Leeds game? Well, they're not going to pick the tactics, are they? So, I don't think that's going to happen. If not, Sesko must beat Mawani better than Jackson, says Shane Moore. Is there anyone else decent left to go for apart from Sesko if Jacarez goes to Arsenal? I think this is a good question by Nick Webb.

40:45Putting it simply, Cesco's the best option out there now because he's a player that Chelsea have looked at. He's a player that Arsenal have looked at. So he's the best quality player out there in the striking situation. If you don't get Cesco, you are looking at Muanis. You are looking at Matetas maybe. You are looking at Watkins. The interesting thing about Mateta is, I've said Mateta, you've said Mateta, Mateta, Mateta. We all say Mateta. But the part is, the interesting point is, This is on the assumption that Crystal Palace would do a deal. I mean, he is a good... Nobody's looked at Mateta.

41:24Newcastle haven't looked at Mateta. They're looking for a striker. Maybe Palace are just saying, absolutely not, under no circumstances. So it's very quiet around Mateta, is what I'm trying to say. Is there anyone else? That was a good question, Nick, by the way. Not selling Bruno for£100 million will prove to be our worst mistake this season. And in recent transfer window history.

41:48I hope you're wrong on that, Simply Red, even though I agree with you that we should have done it. But in a sense, we do have to move on from it. David says, if we buy Jackson, that's another player going to AFCON. That's five players all gone for January. Surely that would destroy any season we have. Yeah, and we've only got the Prem.

42:08Ahmad, Masrawi, Inanna, Mbumo, Jackson would all go. Good morning, Mark. Trust you well. Nicholas Jackson makes me want to throw up. I've done that one for Rizik. Good point, though. Seeing Mark without glasses is like seeing Ronaldinho without football. Great showbred. I forgot I hadn't got my glasses on. I never wear my glasses in the studio, actually. Mark, you're helping to devalue Ganacho, says Jimmy.

42:35Jimmy, I love this blowing smoke up my arse. I love that you think that this community is that powerful. We are not devaluing Ganacho. The CEO of Napoli and Chelsea and Aston Villa are not watching the United Stand morning show. We are not devaluing Ganaccio. Walking round in a Villa shirt when you're a Man United player on holiday devalues Ganaccio. Saying you're 100 % want out and you'll never play for Man United again devalues Ganaccio. Man United leaking that you'll never play for the club again and good luck finding a club devalues Ganaccio. Ganaccio doing that interview after the Europa League final devalues Ganaccio.

43:14So we're not devaluing Ganacho. Ganacho's been devalued by the way the club and him have behaved over the last six months. Can I get a 15th birthday shout-out, says Cole Lamb. No. No, I'm only joking. Actually, it's from Nick Lamb. He says, can I get a 15th shout-out to Cole Lamb? Happy birthday, Cole. Hope you have a great day. Ian Tracy says, I think a keeper is the biggest priority position. I'd go for Le Mens. midfield will always be a big issue if Amarim insists on playing Bruno there. I agree with Ian on this. I don't actually, I don't understand the obsession with the midfield signing as much as I want one.

43:52Surely the bigger conversation is why do you want a midfielder when he's going to keep picking Bruno at the number eight? That's the biggest problem. Whoever you buy is still going to have to play with Bruno. The biggest problem is Bruno as an eight. It's not buying a midfielder. Like, that's the big issue, I think. Hoyland's issue is he wasn't what you need at his age, says Gaz. I'd rather sign the only fan person he was DMing than Jackson. At least they're able to score. We need to get players in now, not player, says CyberSpider. Must be forgetting how many times our attacks broke down because Rasmus or Ganacho would lose the ball with bad first touches or dribbling, says Abels.

44:34Both midfield and striker are an issue. Both issues make the other issues worse, says Josh Fox. Also, Mojo says, let me go back to that. We have made 23 million. Mojo's, break it down, listen to this. Mojo is explaining to us why we have spent nothing net. we have made 23 million from salon clauses save 50 million on Rashford wages that's 38 million and first installments on Cunha and Embermo is approximately 36 million yeah that that's great mojo but technically you're off a little bit because we won't get the wages on Rashford obviously it's each month we save it and also the money that we've made from salon clauses we don't get 23 million now it will be installments because that's how it will work.

45:28So technically, you know, if you're going to add those together, then you should have the transfer fees fully as well. But I get what you mean. There is money. Definitely. Definitely money. Bram's gifted a membership. Thank you very much, Bram. Hi, Mark. Any updates on the goalkeeper situation? I'd like us to bring in someone new, but I feel I'd rather promote Vitek. Well, he's clearly not going to use Vitek, is he? Slick. He didn't even use him at the weekend. Lack of service is down to selfishness, but also no elite striker. If it were hard to Holland or Jokeres yelling for it, the wingers would definitely pass.

46:01Well, look at Kunja yelling at Obi at the weekend. That's exactly why you want experienced players who won't put up with selfishness. And I think Obi was right to shoot, but it is an example of what senior players will do to younger players. And we haven't had people... And I actually have said this a couple of times. as captain I don't know why Bruno never bit the head off Ganacho, Anthony, Rashford when they kept cutting in and shooting for the last three years I don't know why Bruno didn't do it because somebody should have done it which is why I want an experienced striker I would take one midfield signing over a striker and a keeper says Garda and now you're devaluing the stand I think they do Jimmy Jack says well thank you very much for your support Loving the Sir Alex pictures and Sir Bobby behind, by the way.

46:54Nice to be in the studio. OK, so look, plans for today. We're back live at two o 'clock. We're back live at eight o 'clock. But at some point, we will be reacting to Brian Mbumo. I half expected it to be eight o 'clock this morning for some reason. Could be midday. Could be one o 'clock. Could be two o 'clock. Could be three o 'clock. Could be five o 'clock. Could be six o 'clock. But it will be today that we're reacting to Mbumo. I mean, at the end of the day. And we'll get a few quotes from Wilcox, we'll get a few quotes from Amarim, we'll get a few quotes from Envermo and we'll get to know the fee, which we already know.

47:28But it will be happening today. £20 ,000 is amazing. Thanks everyone for tuning in. Don't forget to keep getting involved and subscribe. Have a great day and I'll speak to you on the next one. Thanks for watching. Take care.