142: SESKO or WATKINS? Amorim's TRANSFER Showdown!

0:05Hello everybody, good morning and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news as Ruben Amorim faces an absolutely huge decision. There's clearly been a brief from the football club Manchester United this morning because we've got so many journalists talking about the striker situation and I think what we can take from it before we delve into all those different headlines is that Manchester United are homing in on Oli Watkins or Benjamin Sesco. Now, we have got a live chat. It is again a poll, sorry. It is again around 74 % for Sesco over Watkins.

0:45But that doesn't necessarily mean that Manchester United are looking at that as well as they look to bring down the price on Watkins so that effectively the choice could be paying£25 million less for Watkins than what you pay for Sesco. And as you know, with Man United, money does talk. We have also got huge updates on the goalkeeper situation, a concerning update on the goalkeeping situation. It's unbelievable that Manchester United could be settling with an honour for the season ahead. I mean, look, there's ambition and there's stagnation. And I think that's a shocking call if that's what they're looking to do.

1:24But it is in an article we'll talk about this morning. Also, we've got little bits around the midfield. uh Belieber and Yuland feature in that as well and a few other bits to get into but let's get straight into the big story this morning and as I said this has definitely come from the club because all these journalists are out in the US and they're all talking about the same thing so we can tell when it's a club brief um talking about that Beth uh interviewed Dorgoo overnight in the states in Chicago you can check that out on all our socials it's on the YouTube channel as well very interesting interview from him I think he's going to have a very good season we've spoken about that before but let's delve in obviously get your comments in but let's go through the news on our 10 a.m show so basically we'll start off with the Athletic they're saying that Manchester United striker list now only has two names and remember we've got lines from the Manchester Evening News the Daily Mail um the Athletic uh and ESPN all around the striker situation I mean is that not strange that they've all got the same you know story basically in the space of a few hours but slightly different slants on every story ollie watkins and benjamin sesko are the two names on manchester united striker list and they are the only two names on man united strikers list according to the athletic no decision has yet been made on which target to advance but united are in contact with both.

2:53The Athletic goes on to say Manchester United will not be signing Nicholas Jackson due to Chelsea's demands. I mean, look, I'm very happy about that. Can I just say I'm very happy about that? But I would rather the line be Manchester United will not sign Nicholas Jackson because he's shit, not because he's too expensive. I mean, the fact that that sort of makes out that we would sign him if he was cheap. We shouldn't be signing him anyway. But this is significant. It's Sesco or Watkins now my I will go through all the headlines and I want to get your comments as well but I'm just going to drop this in there as well because it is the United stand and it is all about opinion thanks everyone who's tuning in make sure you subscribe and smash a like the greats have you with us if you're watching live my stance is and I said this was it yesterday morning we have got and I know it's not the 24th as this is on me it's not on the admins or anyone it's on me it's laziness it's not the 24th I know it's not the 24th it's the 29th so but look my My stance on this is that if we play our cards right here, we get one of these two strikers and they're the best two strikers available now.

3:58You can't get De Lape. You can't get Jokeres. You can't get Osman. You can't get Eketike. You can't get João Pedro. So what's left in the market? These are the best two. I can't think of a better striker available now. So the fact that we're going to land on one of these two is something. The question is, which one do you want to land on? And would you be disappointed if Newcastle got Seska and we got Watkins? I think a lot of people would be. But what I will say is United need to make sure they get the best one. That's what they need to do. I know Watkins wants to come to Manchester United. I knew that last Thursday.

4:32We spoke about that. Sesko apparently favours Man United over Newcastle. I mean, we don't know whether that's true yet, but we feel it might be true. What we need to do is play one against the other. I mean, Arsenal did this very, very well with Jokeres and Sesko. Sesko was part of that. So he won't want to miss out again. So we're in a position here that if we can get both players wanting a Manchester United move and we play our cards right, which is a big ask when you're talking about Man United in negotiations of transfers, we should be able to manipulate the situation that suits us here. We should be able to.

5:08There's a lot of things at play. I don't really know what Leipzig is about. I think they're about the money. But Villa will be about a replacement. So there are pros and cons for both, which we'll come back to. Chris Wheeler in the Daily Mail says Manchester United believe they may be able to afford Sesco through player sales. I mean, that concerns me a little bit because we don't want to be waiting on this. And as I said last night, Newcastle are ready to go on this and it impacts EZAC to Liverpool. So we've got to be wary of how quickly Newcastle could move. if we need to sell to buy, that might fit in with what Laurie Whitwell was saying yesterday morning about Man United being calm and realising that they can do stuff later in the window.

5:50This is pretty impactive stuff. I don't think Watkins and Sesco are the sort of deals that you can do at the end of the window. I think Sesco and Watkins are the sort of players that against Arsenal, against Fulham, which are two difficult starting games, they could change games from losses to draws. they could change games from draws to wins I don't think these are the sort of players that you sit on the US tour and go well we'll have a look at this at the end of the window you know they'll buckle no we need to buckle up and actually get in the race Manchester Evening News are saying that it's all over the place I mean it's a brief but it is all over the place so you've got you've got the Athletic basically saying we're not in for Nicholas Jackson it's Watkins or Sesco they're the only two players we're looking at and obviously that Man United feel that they can afford to get in the race for both.

6:41You've then got the Manchester Evening News saying Ollie Watkins would be open to joining Man United, which we already know. We already know that. But they're also saying that at this moment in time, Man United favour Ollie Watkins. Well, I don't know about that. I know on Thursday he was the number one option, but I think last Thursday, you don't know what that detail is. If that was Thursday, Ollie Watkins would be the priority. as we led on. As of now, I've not heard anything further than what we got told on Thursday, but I don't know what that brief is. I don't think Man United has dropped interest in Watkins at all.

7:20I still think he's there. You don't know whether Villa are playing hardball, expecting to get what they want from Man United. There are so many permutations with this. As I say, you've got to use it to your advantage because what if Aston Villa know they're going to sell Watkins to Man United but they've looked at what Mbumo and Brentford did and they've gone we'll get 60 and then suddenly Man United go we're going for Sesco and they say to Villa we're going for Sesco unless you drop that price and if you don't we'll go for Sesco and Villa do need to sell Watkins and they go shit you can have him for cheap so which is exactly what Chris Wheeler is saying because he's saying in the mail that although Villa maintain that Watkins is not for sale united believe a bid of around 45 may be enough to persuade them to sell the england striker well look we'll take a break there and we'll come into the chat if we if it's if it's ollie watkins at 45 million and it's um benjamin sesko at 69 million that is a difference of nearly 25 million pounds and we have got people like obi coming through and i do believe that watkins will give us three years at the top and then what an ob we set the 20 then so that's when it becomes i said this i really like ollie watkins i always have i won't have anybody saying he's rubbish or anything like that his goals and assists in the last two seasons in the premier league defy criticism um if people think that's crap i'll have that for man united every week but a difference of 25 million pounds that starts me that does start making me think well you've got you've got money there for a midfielder you've got money there for a goalkeeper which we're going to talk about in a minute which is really concerning me so look it depends on what we can do uh ben jacobs has just dropped a tweet as well there's a lot for me to get through this morning so yeah please do by all means let me know if anything drops because we do have a structure but it is busy around united um matt law has just said as well sources close to negotiations over sesco currently rating newcastle as his most likely destination so this is what i mean it's all over the place um i was laughing my head off actually i i don't know i don't know that um i don't know the connotations of what this is all about but um um that's that's very misleading come back to that in a minute about homeland guys all going off this morning so this this was a tweet i read today um and it was from um uh scotty tridge on x basically saying youtube in the know account i've seen the plans for what united want to do next i'm very happy with those plans i can't tell you those plans yet to not damage the club but let me tell you people are going to be really happy i think a valuable update and i think that you know i don't know who that youtube itk is i I was just laughing about it because I'm like, this is the thing about Man United.

10:22People can make up nonsense to, you know, further their own needs, etc. If we get information, I'll tell you what it is. I don't see the point in not saying it. It's pointless. But my point is, whoever's sat there going, I've seen what the plans are. And when they happen, they're going to be really exciting. But I can't tell you what they are out of protection for the club. But they look really exciting. What's a crock of shit? If you know that United are going after Belieber, you would say they're going after Belieber. If you knew we were going after Sesco, you would say we're going after Sesco.

10:54What I do, and I think what you appreciate and do as well, is we react to what the story is most of the time. And occasionally we'll get little bits. But my point is that that story coming out from Matt Law, who this link is to Nicholas Jackson, to be fair, and he was wrong, is compelling. it is compelling because i think that you know he's saying that sources close to negotiations for sesco currently rate newcastle as his most likely done at their destination um ben jacobs update is on ganacho and uh sancho so it's not really i don't know why people are talking about ben jacobs update when we're talking about the striker situation because he's not actually talking about the striker situation and that's on our list for later so let's go back to what we're actually talking about thank you um so yeah i think this update from matt law is quite interesting because it says sources close to negotiations over sesco currently rate newcastle as his most likely destination and i think what i do and i think what most of you do as well is that you assess the situation on almost an hourly basis based on updates so what you've got here is Man United liking Sesco, liking Watkins.

12:15But I know as well as you do, in an hour's time, we might have an update from Ornstein saying he's going to sign for Newcastle. And in which case, we're on Watkins, aren't we? I'm not, I know I think United should do. And I think in the long run, Sesco is the better financial option if he's successful. If he flops, it's a huge flop. And it's about risk and reward. And I think in football, you take the risk. You take the risk. I think Watkins, I can understand it because it's cheaper. He's Premier League proven. But there is a risk attached to the fact that he's 30 and it could be deemed as quite short-termism.

12:56We're meant to be building a project. So realistically, I think we should be going for Sesco. But we could lose out. And this is what I mean. people can get really excited and they can start talking about how how Manchester United are going to do amazing things and you're going to be really excited and maybe we are maybe maybe we are going to get Sesco maybe we are going to get a goalkeeper and maybe we are going to get a midfielder and maybe these people who are saying I've seen the plans and I can't tell you the plans but they're exciting plans well I'm not jumping on that we've had 10 years of lies from the Glazers not gonna jump on your bloody plans that you won't tell me what they are that's like bloody that's like climbing into a tiger's cage isn't it and everyone's saying it's a great idea i'm not gonna do it what about this what about the flip side of the coin we don't get sesco we don't get watkins until the end of the window we don't get a goalkeeper and we don't get a midfielder and we start the season shit and it's a crap transfer window it's the 50 50 thing isn't it we don't know which way it's going to go and that's the honest answer um do you worry about that matt law update mark I think realistically, I don't know what's going to happen with the striker situation.

14:07I don't know whether we're going to get Sesco. I don't know whether we're going to get Watkins. What we do know is it's one of the two at the moment. And we're Manchester United and we should be in a position at this stage of July, two and a half weeks away from the start of the season, two and a half weeks away from the start of the season, by the way, two and a half weeks. we should be in a situation where we have a striker. So to be sat here two and a half weeks out from Arsenal going, hmm, it's going to be one of these two. Honestly, I think that's really late in my opinion. So I wouldn't say I'm sat here excited.

14:42I'm sat here going, well, I like both options, but how long? How long do we take on these deals? When do we get moving on these deals? That's what I would say. Let me carry on anyway, because there is some comments coming in. I just want to mix it up with news and with some of your opinions as well, because we have got some coming in. Would you, Sesco will need time to adapt to the Premier League, but United fans won't allow that to happen. But with Watkins, he won't need time to adapt, says Jay Fifth. Thanks for your super chat, Jay. I think that's a fair point. Dave the Brave says, I've got a bit of big update on the goalkeeper, by the way.

15:19Don't let me forget. I mean, these shows at the moment, they're exhausting. There's so much to get into, which is better than talking about Bruno and whether we should have sold him. I think we can all agree with that. It's sad that Dave the Brave says it's sad that only 28 percent of us are right. I presume that's the 28 percent that want Watkins. Mikael says, would you rather take Watkins and a keeper or Sesco? Watkins and a keeper. Definitely, Mikael. We're going to talk about that. Has Ben Jacobs actually got anything right this window? Just curious. I think he's had a very good window, Dave.

15:49I think he's had a very good window, actually, if you analyse it. did you see scotsman at seven valley railway says billy no dorian dave if you like trains though get into it dorian davies welcome to the members club thank you very much for joining and putting your badge in really appreciate your support um morning on the 29th of july mark glazes out says tom ram says hi mark if you were wilcox which one of the two are you going for now that we know the numbers and terms and why well we don't know the numbers and the terms but i would imagine And I would imagine, based on what we've been told, that Sesco is the player you go for, because Man United consistently, under Ineos, have put it out there that they don't want to buy players over the age of 26.

16:29And we haven't actually bought a player over the age of 26, have we? We haven't. So they said when they came in, they don't want players over 26. They've said it two or three times, and we haven't bought a player over 26. So I would presume Wilcox, sorry, Tesco. So I just watched Sesco highlights and I'm convinced. Maurice says, Marnie Mark, United's big problem is they still don't respect other clubs in the market. You don't insult Villa by offering a loan for Martinez if you want a good price for Watkins and Ganache. I don't understand why we did that loan deal offer. Max Dowman should join Obi in heaven at United, says Rajat.

17:07I mean, I think this Dowman stuff, I mean, he's a good player, but I just keep like we've known about him for a year. I don't want to talk about it. some fans say skip a striker for a goalkeeper and a midfielder but we shouldn't settle says john we need all three and we can't let inios or the glazers off the hook that easy i agree john i totally agree are we going to be a club that stop investing in wonder kids just because we've been stung once or twice before come on guys it's got to be sesco says lang morning mark great news sesco is coming says tony don't know who's told tony that but that's not the news i keep changing my mind experience versus raw talents as jr and welcome to members club john asher i don't think there's anything wrong with changing your mind on it by the way um i really really don't i think that um there are pros and cons to both and ultimately i don't want to lose out to newcastle so i would say that i want sesco because i think it ruins newcastle and their chances of fit and also I think it's an exciting one but if we got Watkins I wouldn't be unhappy apart from the fact that Sesco would be playing for Newcastle who I do think we've got an outside chance of stopping from finishing fit so in my opinion that I think that's a logical thing to do um let me just go through some more of this uh 45 million was what Chris Wheeler said that Man United are hopeful that they can get Ollie Watkins for this was the quote from Fabrizio My understanding is that Newcastle already spoke to the agents of the player of Sesco and they've presented the project.

18:38They are prepared to pay whatever it takes to get Sesco, which is obviously something we're not going to do. But Man United are in the race. They made contact on recent days after discussing Sesco internally. Now they're working on player side to present their project and to understand if they can financially make it happen. I mean, this is going to be the problem because Newcastle can just go, we really want you. Here's the money. We're not messing around. We're not going, let's see if we can beg, steal and borrow to find the money. We've got the money. We're in the Champions League. We want you.

19:11Come and play for us as our main guy. That could be quite compelling compared to, we like you, but we've got to move things around a little bit to get you. and we don't have Champions League football. We're sort of playing on the name. It might work. It worked with Mbumo. Newcastle wanted him and it might work on Sesco, but obviously it might not always work. So I hope it does. I hope it does. The club are effectively ruling. Oh, that's about the goalkeeper. I want to talk about that in a moment. Manchester United confident Benjamin Sesco would pick them over Newcastle. That comes in from Rob Dawson.

19:50So look, effectively, If you're tuning in a little bit late or you want a summary on what we've been speaking about, there's clearly been a brief out of Manchester United Football Club overnight because all of the journalists over there are basically talking this story. I think what we can do is cut through all the crap, summarise the lot and bullet point it. It's Sesco or Watkins for Man United as a striker, which is certainly better than where we were a week ago when Nicholas Jackson was still in the equation. the price for the price is sesgo's around 70 and watkins is somewhere between 50 and 60 watkins is open to coming to man united sesgo it's a little bit more unclear newcastle are ready to offer whatever leipzig want and they want him now and that's basically where we're at and ultimately i'd say the ball is in united's court because if sesgo goes to newcastle it means we haven't produced the goods, isn't it?

20:43I would be much, much more comfortable if we had the financial power to just offer what Newcastle are offering. But if we don't, that might be a reason that we miss out. Hopefully, we're going to stay in this race. As I said last night, I think the longer this goes on, the more chance we've got. Because if Newcastle are ready to go, and it sounds like they are, and they've done the personal terms, and they've got the money, and sesco says yeah let's do it the deal gets done the longer it doesn't get done feels to me like there might be a bit of waiting on manchester united and maybe that is why matt law in the telegraph is just put it out there that at the moment the indication is that newcastle are closer to a deal i think that's what the words wasn't it because well they are they're going to be closer to a deal because they've um they've got the money to do it um let me just have a quick look here um that's about sancho

21:41um there's another quote here from laurie whitwell he says i still think the negotiations or at least the conversations around what center forwards are going on we've touched on others that could be in the reckoning ollie watkins he's got the premier league experience that's just waffle to be honest that's there's nothing there it's just an opinion um we're not looking for opinion we're looking for a thing and what's this amaram is guiding his players slowly through training drills in chicago for pre-season after taking over at united he emphasized the gradual approach preferring walking and jogging over long videos for better concentration this method used in chicago focused on careful tactical discussions before increasing intensity in final sessions it proved effective okay well the proof will be in the pudding with that won't it um without being harsh um yeah sources close to negotiations over sesco currently rate newcastle as his most likely destination i i you know what i've played the game i ain't worried about that you know what reading that again i'm genuinely not worried about that because sources close to sesco rate newcastle as his most likely destination that's out there on purpose that's meant to make man united go if you don't move quickly you're going to miss out i think i ain't worried about that I'm not worried about that at all.

22:58What I am worried about is the goalkeeper. I want to talk about that next because I think the goalkeeper update has sort of been lost in what's going on with the striker and that's not okay. What will happen to Xerxes, says Nigel? I feel like he's less polished version of Berbatov, but he's very technical. I think he'll be a good player for us, says Nigel. We did speak about Xerxes last night, actually. What does happen to Xerxes? Really good player, very good, exciting player. I think he gets minutes, but does he start? And we don't have Europe. so at the end of next season how many minutes has he got and then is he sort of asking to go and that's the thing isn't it we've we seem to have settled Xerxes down at the club and now he's in for a battle to get a first team place uh Mojo says our financial situation means we should be going for Watkins plus a midfielder in around the same cost as Sesco thank you Mojo what um well I've got an update on the midfield actually Watkins price should go goes up if Sesco goes to newcastle says suddeth yes this is a great point actually if newcastle gets sesco done in the next 24 hours that leaves us totally locked in on watkins and gives villa all of the power we're stronger while there's two options and that's why we need to move quick because if newcastle gets sesco done quick everybody knows it's watkins it's a great point suddeth i remember barada told us we were finished buying overpaid stars so it makes more sense buying sesco for the future says fpl shrimp forget the striker center midfield and goalkeeper are more important says keel uh fpl shrimp says i've done that one i prefer watkins as d1 obi can learn more from watkins than sesco and hoyland says anand something would do like the watkins deal let's be clear do you think an honor starts against arsenal says dave the brave we're coming on to that and yes i do uh smee kings welcome to members club thank you very much for getting your badge in i really appreciate that Watkins is what Sir Alex would do tactical acquisition for the shorter term to underpin his longer term strategy Watkins is the guy before the guy Sesco could be the guy says Ryan and Sesco will need time to adapt we've done that one um okay right let me talk to you about the goalkeeper situation because this for me is quite an um what I would call a worrying update where is it so coming in from the Athletic the club Manchester United are effectively ruling out a move for Emi Martinez they've been told he can only leave on a permanent deal and the cost is not something United will entertain United have looked at goalkeepers but there is no sign Inanna will go So that parks an arrival in that position unless Behinder leaves.

25:46So effectively, Man United are gridlocked on the goalkeeper. Inanna won't go, Behinder won't go, and United won't bring a goalkeeper in, is what we're basically seeing there. And that is obviously massively concerning because, you know, I have to just do this. I think it's really important. when things are exciting and you get a here we go for um and bermo or you get man united or infosesco or watkins ultimately acquisitions and stories about players coming to manchester united are always going to get your enthusiasm running it gets mine running as well but sometimes you also have to look at the facts manchester united's transfer window regardless of what whether you should and i would advise you not to compare our transfer window to liverpool or arsenal or chelsea for that man i mean chelsea are about to spend 40 millions on 40 million pounds on a 19 year old from iax called hato i mean what a luxury what a luxury that is you've already bought a load of first teamers you can now go and spend 40 million euros sorry on a 19 year old centre-back with potential so yeah we shouldn't be comparing our well maybe we should be comparing it but you're depressing yourself the reality is man united came into this summer transfer window high priority striker goalkeeper we've got neither and it's nearly august midfield has been neglected completely uh also we've got the um we've got the um situation with emberno that took nearly eight weeks we paid 65 million pounds and he's not actually fit for pre-season because of it um kunya came in which was a positive and came in quite early.

27:33We've sold nobody. Marcus Rashford's gone on a loan. So I think that this transfer window, as we were talking about yesterday, if you were marking it at a 10, some would give it a form, some might give it a five, but it's certainly not a seven or an eight, which is what you would want at this stage of the window. So yeah, it's exciting that we're in for Watkins or Sesco, but nobody can say with any confidence what we'll end up paying and who we will end up getting. It might not go well, it might go well. But we don't have the goalkeeper. So as much as we might get excited about, oh, it could be Sesko, the latest brief around the goalkeeper is Anana's the goalkeeper.

28:11And that is completely and utterly unacceptable, in my opinion. It is unacceptable for a club of United's position, where we finished 15th and we're not in Europe, to be going, well, Anana won't go, so we're not going to buy a goalkeeper. Who are you? You know, I was down Old Trafford last week with Seb. I saw statues. I saw an amazing stadium. I saw, you know, statements of past glory and what Manchester United is meant to be about. And are we really sitting here in late July going, well, we can't buy a goalkeeper because Anana won't go. I mean, grow a pair. Grow a pair and actually do what any top football club would do, and that is replace a weakness.

28:57Regardless of cost, replace the weakness. And the thing about the goalkeeper is, look, I don't know, maybe Inanna won't be our goalkeeper next season. Maybe he will. But nobody can deny he's injured and we play Arsenal in two and a half weeks. He is going to play that game if he's fit. And that to me is a shocking start to a season against one of the best teams in the world. You know, walking into that almost go, it shows a clear and defined lack of ambition. And people can talk about, I've seen the plans. Well, I've seen the plans as well. I've seen the plans and I can't tell you what the plans are, but they're really exciting plans.

29:39I've seen the plans and I can tell you what they are. Ananda's still the number one and Ananda's playing goal for Manchester United. That's the plans, mate. That's not exciting. That's really, really worrying. So we can all stir the pot of positivity about speculation. But the reality is, I think it's disgusting that we're going into this season with that goalkeeper in goal. And also, can I just say, it's not just about Inanna. Our goalkeepers are not very good. The Inder's not that good. Inanna's not that good. We haven't even brought in somebody to challenge Inanna. Even if you want to replace Inanna and I do.

30:13Where's the guy to actually challenge him? You're telling me we're going into next season with Behinder and Inanna? I mean, it's disgusting. And what are we meant to do? Are we meant to go, oh, goalkeepers aren't that important? Of course they're important. So look, it's disappointing. As I said, the update from The Athletic is that the club are effectively saying that United have looked at goalkeepers, but there's no sign Inanna will go. so that parks the chance of the United signing a goalkeeper in that position unless Binder goes. Well, if Binder goes, we're buying a backup goalkeeper, aren't we, as well?

30:49I think, look, Lemens is there. I mean, this is just the harsh reality of the goalkeeper situation and how desperate it clearly is when you analyse it. We asked Villa to loan Emi Martinez. I find that incredible. What are we going to do? Are we going to ring up Brighton and say, can we loan Belieber? maybe we should bring up Leipzig and say can we loan Sesco maybe that's what we're going to do we talk to Sesco we agree the personal terms he wants to come to Man United and then we ring up Leipzig and we go yeah the player wants to come to us we're thinking a loan deal where you cover his wages I mean it's just incredible how how is how how are we trying to fill a goalkeeper position by asking a team who are our rival and better than us to loan one of their best players it's just madness um and then you look at lamens who could be a young goalkeeper with with with talent who is available for what 15 million quid we can't even do that unless be in the leaves so look it's exciting about the striker situation but i'm not gonna lie i'm very very concerned about the goalkeeper situation um and it's not a great update at the moment is it and and let's be clear people can spin a positive around that update but let's be clear the season's about to start we've done nothing so even if we do do something you're bringing a goalkeeper into a situation where they don't know the situation i can't believe we let the players choose at man united says john wow yeah i i agree i don't know what that's all about um keel says they're using united to get the sesco price up i hope not um derek says as mark said that athletic article is not news it's a british biased opinion with prices based on wishes same guys who told us we weren't in for sesco hey you know what derek um i don't normally well i sometimes do but i I can't cover it all.

32:49There's so much Manchester United news and you're absolutely correct. It was The Athletic last week that said we're not in for Sesco because he's too expensive. And then four days later, we are in for Sesco. So it's a fair point. Who will score the most goals for United next season, Watkins or Sesco? I think that's the most important thing given the situation. I think they both score goals if they're given service. And I think that's one of the biggest problems at United. What happened on the day we agreed? And Bermot, you said you couldn't talk about it without checking first. Suspense. I still can't do it.

33:22I'll ask again. It was basically a club that came in that wasn't Spurs in the last few days to try and get in Burma. Smitty, thanks for being a member for 59 months. Pranav, welcome to the United Stand Members Club. Really appreciate that, Pranav. I'm worried we're still two injuries away from a Lear Aperleague Final 11. God. Oh, what a statement that is. We're two injuries away from a Europa League final 11. And Derno and Kunja. Members special video comparison between the two, says Sherman. Are you doing it? Can't help but thinking Cesc goes the next Latan when I watch his highlights, says Smee.

34:07And what will happen to Zerxia? I've done that one from Zerxia as well. Let me talk to you about the midfield, because there are a couple of updates to bring you around that as well um look first and foremost um i saw the brighton uh i think it's the ceo or the technical director um he was talking about um the libra and basically said look um the way we operate everyone's got a price and we will always operate in the way that we get the best price for the club that doesn't mean that's going to happen but you know that's what we will do um i do know a couple of people that know a couple of people and that sounds really bad around like belieber and i think he would be open to coming to manchester united by the way but i think let's be clear about belieber and we have to be very clear about this this is a youtube influencer saying go and buy belieber and it's the same youtube influencer who said get the pen get the contract give him give him a massive contract for ollie and it's the same one who this is not a phone by the way who stood in a train station station a couple of summers ago and goes i'm hearing in the next 24 hours really good things about guitar so it's really good books um the whole believer story is because rio fernand has heard it from someone that believe is good and he's now making out like he's you know he's the best director of football in the world everybody knows believe is good you could tell me let's sign believer we were talking about believer last bloody november i think he'd be really good for man united but the reality is the only reason we're talking about believer is because rio ferdinand's done a video saying we should get believer that's it man united aren't negotiating with believer we're not looking at believer um so i'm going to do a video at two o 'clock saying we should sign adam wharton from a train station with a contract saying sign that whilst holding a phone talking about Qatar and saying let's sign Adam Wharton because it's about as valuable as the Belieber story at the moment um I would be very very happy with with either of them but we don't actually have anything logical around them at the moment price point Belieber three years left on his contract i definitely think that there would be competition for his um for him as well um i don't think man united would get a clear run at him so if i'm being fair and taking away all the speculation and all the bullshit about it's just somebody throwing his name out on a video i think united would need to find in the region of 80 million quid for him we're not doing that and if you did do that you'd be better off going to palace and saying look believe has been with 80 million would you would you take 65 for wharton because that that's that's that's it and i people have asked me to talk about it but that last couple of minutes is the truth isn't it it's just a youtube influencer saying let's buy believer there's nothing in it and he's really expensive and i i don't i don't see how that moves look some people love that sort of stuff i don't think in a real world and I think we try and live in a real world on this community I don't think that helps us we are without a goalkeeper without a striker without any sales we finished 15th and I don't think at the end of July talking about Belieber does anything we may as well talk about Rodrigo as well let you know let's talk about um signing one of the world's best centre-backs as well you know we're not in that position what we are in a position is that we've got about five weeks left of this window and in the real world we need to get players in and and that's not talking about someone like that's just not going to help is it i did see a story that i will bring in though and look i'm not a believer in this either and i see that's yeah i'm dropping down to this level now um let me talk to you about this one um so look there's a bit of um there's a bit of inaccuracy going around this report but thankfully the united stand did post it at about half past seven this morning so i can go to it and give you the actual um manchester united have made a bid of 35 million pounds for sporting midfielder morten jormland who is 26 but sporting want at least 50 million euros for the Denmark international who is also a target for Juventus now some people are reporting that this came in from BBC sports it didn't come in from BBC sport because if it did come in from BBC sport that would be quite a significant level of credibility it actually came in from Calcio Mercato in Italy and was mentioned on the BBC sport transfer gossip page so clarity that's not the best source in the world.

39:12And I think Amrind would love Jürgen because obviously it's one of his sporting players who knows his system really well. And I think if he adapted to the Premier League, he'd be a bloody sensation, to be honest with you. But there's two things I'd say about that report. One, Juventus want him, and it's an Italian report. So it will be very Juventus bias. and two since when does sporting want 50 million euros for a player that's got a 90 million pound or an 80 million euro um release clause so i i don't i don't really get that as much as i would like it to be true that would be half of what his actual value is and i don't think sportering it sportering are in a position where they need to sell so look i would love that and i think it's way more realistic than a believer at that price or anybody else but um yeah I I don't think that's gonna pan out for Manchester United in the way that we would like it to um and and I think as well I mean what what's your confidence around United getting a goalkeeper a striker and a midfielder I think they're absolutely essential with regards to where we are at the moment but what I will say is when you look at the time that's left and I'm so tired of doing this every year you start to look at the time left in the window sometimes you even look at the window and you go we need to sell six players and buy six players that's three months in a window that's about 14 weeks so we can time this that we've got to do a deal every two weeks and we go straight it away.

40:56We're not going to do that. And it was very obvious this year that we needed to sell six and sign six. And then we needed to be doing deals every two or three weeks. And we haven't done it. And what we've basically got now is we've got what? 31 days in August. We've got two days left in July. I think it closes on September the 1st. So 32. You've got about 35 days left of this transfer window, which is bang on five weeks. Five weeks to do three big deals in and about four or five out. There's going to be something sacrificed there. We're not doing that volume of transfers in five weeks, not with this negotiation team.

41:37So do I think we're going to get a goalkeeper, a striker, in a midfielder? No, no, I don't. I really don't. And if we do, I dread to think what they'll be because they're going to be desperation. You know, you might get Ndidi. You might get... I mean, I don't. I just don't. I just don't see it. I think we have, for whatever reason, whatever reason, I think we have strategically misunderstood this transfer window. And the scary thing is that this was actually a transfer window to make a big, big, big difference. There is no Euros. There is no World Cup, which is always an excuse and will be next year.

42:19The season ends next year and you're in the World Cup until the middle of July. And then it's preseason. And, you know, oh, we can't speak to the player, you know, on holiday ages and the other. This was a really good opportunity. And that is.

42:47I'm still here, aren't I? Yeah, you won't see Liverpool be able to do that again because of the World Cup. And I think that also, I think there was a lot of players available. I think there was a lot of goalkeepers available. There was a lot. I mean, look at the goalkeeping market. Look at the goalkeeping market. There's so many goalkeepers. I mean, I wouldn't take Ramsdale, but Ramsdale is available. Chevlier is going to PSG. Costa is at Porto. martinez wants to leave villa that's four goalkeepers straight away that are available there's loads of goalkeepers available there's bloody loads of strikers available i mean loads of strikers available um there's loads of midfielders available so i just think that we've strategically got this window wrong and it's probably underpinned by a lack of money if we're being completely uh completely honest but uh there we go i don't know why i popped out then not not in that sense of the word um yeah it's not tuesday the 24th i've uh i need to i just it's because i don't stream in the morning from my normal place at the moment so i just don't get organized but uh at the end of the day at the end of the day yeah no matter where we are as long as we got the champers flowing and uh you know we can talk about transfers that aren't gonna happen but you know it's the same shot uh houdini bridge says ryan what happens if sancho and ganacho stay next season says ryan sorry i'm going to come back to that ryan uh sorry but it's is there a chance that we can still get martinez will hoyland be sold if a new striker comes in and what's the chance of a striker and a goalkeeper i think we've covered all of that at this time no chance of martinez because we only want a loan uh rasmus i think depends on who the striker is and what's the chance of a striker and a goalkeeper well i hope it's gonna happen but it's not a great update around the goalkeeper that we're we're unable to get one striker sense midfield and goalkeeper are all major weaknesses core is rotten says ryan and the great thing about what ryan's saying there is that's the spine goalkeeper midfielder striker how are we not able to find a goalkeeper napoli has a great in mede but still bought malinkovic savage it can't be that hard replacing beinder says slazy in the os are so painfully basic at times as jk last summer they worked on the defense this summer it's the attack next summer it'll be the midfield and the goalkeeper um that was from jk You can neither confirm than I, but I read it was Chelsea suspense.

45:10No, it was a London club there. Play Heaton, says Kiel. And Mark, can you say happy 40th birthday to John? He listens to all your shows. I feel like you're part of the family. We hear your voice that often, says Gemma. Happy birthday to John. Have a fantastic day, you and the family. Thank you very much, Gemma Page there. I can't believe what we let the players choose at Man United. Yeah, there is another update I need to bring you here. Sorry, I was a little bit distracted because there is another update here. Come on, come on. You can do it. You can do it. Put your back into it. Oh, fantastic show last night on the 8 o 'clock show.

45:45We had 26 ,000 watching last night. Unbelievable. Then again, we've got 18 ,400 this morning. What a community. Thank you everyone who's tuning in. Make sure you smash the like and subscribe. Bit of an update from Italy. Everton, West Ham and Forest are all battling it out for Douglas Luiz. I tell you what, on the quiet, I think Forrest, I want people to get in the comments and come back at eight o 'clock, a bit of a homework. Teams that had a better window than Man United. I really want to discuss this on the eight o 'clock show at some point if we get time, and I still need to talk about the wingbacks.

46:20But I think Forrest have had a better window than United. Cunha and Mbemo are brilliant but they've bought a centre-back from Botafogo that looks really good they've bought a striker from Botafogo that looks really good both Brazilian and then Doi is going to replace Alanga and I think he's really good contextually they've brought three players in and they're looking to do more business so I think for a time you could look at it and go well it's just Chelsea Man City and Liverpool and Arsenal they're miles ahead of us and you know what do expect that's what some people say but i think other clubs are now starting to do better business than us that are around us and that's concerning because for i think for a long time you could go well couldn't you're in in burmo what have villa done what have spurs done what have forest done what have brighton done but it is starting to happen that other clubs are doing more and more business now um what was this ben jacobs update that people were talking about uh i know dortmund and Sancho have been linked um yeah Ben Jacobs Dortmund are currently debating whether to make an approach for Sancho Man United prepared to sell for 17 million which is lower than Chelsea's obligation to buy I'll never understand why people are going to pay money for Sancho I'll never understand that he's got one year left on his contract and he earns 300 grand a week surely the logical thing is he's going to run his contract down I don't know I'll never understand why we're getting a fee and why he wouldn't run his contract down i don't understand what that's all about at all um but there we go on that that's just an opinion piece um why don't you value opinion pieces from man united journalists um because their opinions don't matter to me because that's not what they are they're journalists um your opinions matter to me because your fans Journalists, I don't think they're even fans.

48:14And therefore, I don't think their opinions really matter. The only thing I'm interested from them is that they are clients of the club, most of them. And when they get briefs, that's interesting. But I'm not interested in their opinions. We can get our own opinions. My opinion on the striker is that nobody knows. I know because of what we were told last Thursday that Watkins is a priority. Is he the priority or have we pivoted to Sesco? I think there's enough noise to believe that we have, but I do think it's going to come down to finances. I don't, the scary thing is, if I'm being completely honest, I think United, when they're looking at the striker situation, are looking at the finances.

48:55And I think that happens too often. I think we're looking at the financial situation and going, can we afford it? And that shouldn't be the question. The question should be, what's best for us? If Cesco's the best option, you find the money. If Watkins is the better option, you do the deal. The danger is we pull out of the Sesco deal because of finances. Newcastle get it done really quickly, and then Villa have got us by the balls for Watkins. We need to play this situation to our advantage. We need to come out of this deal with a good deal. Now, whether that's you go to Villa and say, we're going for Sesco unless you do a deal for 45, and you do it, or you get Sesco.

49:36But we could end up in a really bad situation here. If we don't do Sesko deal and he goes to Newcastle, that leaves us very exposed with Watkins and it could take weeks. And we are talking about players here that can make a difference against Arsenal and Fulham and have had a pre-season. So I don't want to hear negotiations could go on for weeks. This could be, I mean, look, Arsenal is very difficult, obviously, but Fulham, if you've got Sesko or Watkins, that could be a really tough game where you win it. Three points. Thanks everyone for watching. make sure you smash a like on the video and subscribe absolute legends i'm going to be on terry's channel at 11 doing um straight facts and we're back at two o 'clock and eight o 'clock tonight can't wait do your homework on teams that have had a better window than united definitely and i will try and get talking about wingbacks he's got a really good conversation about that but as you know on the eight o 'clock show you lot come up with good stuff um take care have a fantastic day make sure you subscribe i'll speak to you all later Thank you.