147: Bruno DEMANDS Transfers! Sesko DEAL Day?

0:04Hello, everybody. Good morning and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldberg. I don't know why I did that. Hello, everybody, and welcome to the United Stands. I think I'm doing bloody theatre. I think I'm bloody phantom of the opera. It's Monday morning. Hope you're all doing well. Welcome to the United Stands. This is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news and could be a big week for Manchester United. Bruno Fernandes has called players out as lazy as he demands more transfers. Omar Barada spoke last night. We'll talk about what's going on there. Are Manchester United doing enough?

0:33What's the fallout from the draw yesterday? Ruben Amrim has called the tour perfect, and I actually agree with him. What's going to happen with Benjamin Sesko? We're expecting deal day to day. All I can tell you about that is I'm planning on going to the shops at one o 'clock, David. So expect ten past one, Hornstein-Bomba, if you know, you know. But what's to get into this morning? And of course, I think that if you watched the game with us last night, it was a really enjoyable US tour. It was a really enjoyable watch along. and look that there are more questions than answers at the moment we don't have the goalkeeper we don't have the striker and I think the midfield has become more of a problem than it was when we got on the tour and so many people are talking about that and the thing about that is you know when you've got the mainstream talking about it content creators talking about it you're talking about it you know it's because it is a thing and I think coming out of this US tour The midfield was a problem before.

1:27It's now arguably our biggest problem because when you look at the last two seasons, that's where we've been dominated by. And I'm not talking the traditional top six. I'm talking Bournemouth. I'm talking Crystal Palace. We get dominated in the midfield. OK, let's let's get into it. So what's going on with Cesco, says DSG? Well, look, what do you think is going on with Cesco? The latest with Cesco is what we spoke about on the Watch Along last night. Newcastle need a decision today Leipzig want us to bid and Man United want Sesco to make a decision so it's that sort of merry-go-round which I think culminates in a decision today it might be tomorrow but the agent's been there since Saturday night Manchester United are obviously interested we haven't made a bid yet despite some reports from left not left field sort of you know not credible German sources.

2:21So I think we will get some sort of development today. I mean, it's still very early in the UK, it's only 10 o 'clock. That's why it's the 10 o 'clock show. But I think we will get some sort of decision today. I think I was listening to Craig Hope, who is a Daily Mail journalist for Newcastle, actually out in Seoul, where Newcastle have been. And I detect from him that they are worried about Manchester United. And they're even talking about Ramos from PSG now. So I think already Newcastle are talking about alternatives. And we've seen that before when the Eketike deal didn't go their way. They moved away quickly.

2:53They moved away from Jao Pedro quickly, Liam Dalat quickly. I just wonder if Goncalo Ramos of PSG, I think I could see being a good signing for Newcastle. I wonder whether that's where they're going to go, because I am confident that Man United are going to get that deal done. And look, maybe that is misplaced confidence, but that's where I am this morning. I think Manchester United, just listening to Berada last night, listening to what we've done over the last few days, it doesn't make any sense for Manchester United to basically publicly say we've won Sesko, which is what happens when David Ornstein gets a story, and then sit back and watch Newcastle bid a bid that's not actually that big and miss out on Sesko, who surely would value Man United over them.

3:35So I think it will happen. That's where I am with that. But look, after the game yesterday, and this feeds perfectly into this, Bruno Fernandes, after the game yesterday, saying our performance wasn't the best off the ball. We were a little bit lazy. We have to avoid that because the laziness you can pay at any moment. So captive Manchester United calling out players as lazy. One thing that you could never call out Bruno Fernandes for, I mean, I think criticism of Bruno is always valid because he's not always the best player. even though he is our best player he's not always the best player he can have bad games but lazy I never think you could accuse Bruno of that so it's interesting that he's already talking about stuff like that he also mentioned transfers I'm going to mention that in a minute but I wanted to start off on the comments that were a bit lazy because I think when the captain of Manchester United is calling out players as lazy and using laziness and lazy in the same sentence he's definitely saying they're lazy and look he's talking about the movement off the ball but this is pre-season and I think that a lot of talk has been done around Bruno Fernandes and whether we should have sold him.

4:42I detected yesterday from Bruno a real petulance from pre-season that probably, like Ricky was messaging me last night about it, saying it was a horrific tackle. And it was. He should have got a red card for it. You don't kick a player on their heel when you're five metres away from the ball. It would be a VAR red review in the Premier League, absolutely, if you didn't see it and very unlike Bruno as well and also he was throwing his arms in the air at the end when he's putting a cross in that no one can get on the end of and it was a very petulant Bruno performance in the second half explained by his frustration after the game where he's talking about laziness now people automatically say well Bruno this Bruno that Bruno this but this is what he had to say about transfers he said we needed more quality to get everyone to step up a bit more to have to do more to get into the starting 11 and I think that's what the club and the manager are trying to do and hopefully we can get one or two players more to help with that that is a very political answer from the captain of manchester united saying we haven't done enough we're not ready which is exactly what you have been saying over the previous weeks and months to be fair so listen to this from bruno fernandez we needed more quality to get everyone to step up a bit and hopefully we can get one or two more players to help us do that so he's basically saying look at the end of last season, we weren't good enough and we haven't done enough in this summer transfer window to give us that kickstart.

6:03And I've played a game today and I've seen laziness on the pitch. That's basically Bruno Fernandes saying, look, I could have gone to El Halal. I could have gone to Al Nazir. I could have earned huge money. I could have had an easy life ahead of the World Cup. I've stayed here because I want to stay in Europe. I've stayed at Manchester United. He's probably been told at the end of May when he decided to stay at Man United that we're going to have a big summer please stay here we're going to have a big summer he's probably sat there going not regretting not going to Saudi but he's probably sat there going so so where's this where's all these players then where are where are where is all this change that's going to come in and and and you know get me this um this momentum and look I can see people in the chat saying Bruno this, Bruno that, but you can't call Bruno lazy.

6:50He runs everywhere. Maybe he's indisciplined at times, but he does run everywhere. Maybe he's petulant at times, but he does care. And also, is he wrong to say that there was elements of the performance that were lazy yesterday? Is he wrong to say that we haven't done enough in this transfer window? And I think that's a big statement from the captain of Manchester United. And look, we talk about Ruben Amrum being honest and speaking the way that we want to speak on many, many occasions. And I've got to say, listening to what Bruno Fernandes had to say after the game yesterday, I'm on board with it.

7:21I am absolutely on board with it. I think we haven't done enough in this window. And he's right. We do need to do more. And, you know, saying hopefully we can get one or two more in. I think realistically we needed five and we've got two. And let's be honest, Mbumo does not look much fit in any way, shape or form. I noticed that yesterday. He was a breath of fresh air when he got the ball. but he definitely couldn't have played another 10 minutes, let alone another 45 minutes. He looked like he was blowing out of his arse in the last 10 minutes of a 45-minute game. So even though Cunha's a good signing, and Cunha was an absolute invisible man yesterday up front, which was a waste, but Mbremo's not matched for it yet anyway.

8:04So although we've had two signings come in, we're not actually prepared as much as we should do. Garfield says Bruno was embarrassing. well look in relation to the performance yesterday that midfield is a huge issue for Manchester United isn't it um I don't I don't actually know what we're going to do about it um and look I I know Agate seems to be the sort of fall guy here but if if we think Maynou or Casemiro or Collier or Bruno are any better then you know you're not watching the games like there there is a collective problem with that midfield. I mean, I woke up this morning and even thought, for the Arsenal game, is it worth bringing Casemiro back?

8:46Even though he's got limitations, is it worth bringing Casemiro back? I don't know. But that's the sort of decision-making that you've got to make because it's certainly not ideal. It's certainly not ideal how we're setting up at the moment. um so look uh let me know your thoughts on that uh we've also got some comments coming in from omar barada but i also wanted to bring amram in next because amram spoke about the tour and um i actually do agree with him on this because basically what ruben amram has said is that the tour was perfect for us now before you start running your mouths off i actually agree with Amarin yet again and he's honestly because what he's basically saying is is that we've played well in a couple of games with there was there was aspects of playing well against West Ham there was a good performance against Bournemouth and then last night against Everton what he basically said is welcome to the Premier League you know we've struggled with the intensity and the pressing um and so basically what he's saying is it's been a perfect tour because whilst there's been positives there are also huge areas for improvement and as a manager you might look at that as a fan and go what's he talking about it's a perfect tour but as a manager and the conversations that you're probably having with Omar Barada, Jason Wilcox maybe even to Jim Radcliffe I don't think he sat there going yeah pump the pressure onto me we're going to win the league I think he's going to be saying to them look this is exactly what I'm talking about like we can do things.

10:23I mean, we're still very much the Manchester United side that on their day can beat anybody, but on their day can lose to anybody. And these games, I think, have been really positive for us because they're Premier League games and that's where we're going to play and that's where we've struggled, obviously. But the honest answer is, I thought West Ham had more possession than us and Everton were probably better than us. So I think when Amrim talks about it being a perfect tour, that's what I think it means. I think it means it's not been perfection from us and we're better than everybody. I think it's been perfect for him to see where the positives are and also where the negatives are.

11:05And I still think, obviously, there are some negatives for Manchester United. But give us your thoughts on that. Do you think Amrim's correct? I do. I think that after the Europa League final and after last season, you would have said, obviously he would have said i need a goalkeeper i need a striker he's got neither of those two he would have said these players are for sale none of them have been sold and although it's a luxury it actually is a necessity i think he will have said we do need a striker we do need a midfielder as well so certainly i sort of believe uh in what amram is saying there um thanks for who's tuning make sure you share the video mark bruno is not lazy but he is a mess on the pitch He cannot be the captain, loses himself, and the entire team does as well, says CEO.

11:50There was a brilliant comment on the watch-along last night about Bruno Fernandes, and I'll repeat it to those because some of you might not have watched it. Somebody said, Bruno is a brilliant player in a bad side, but in a good side or a better side, he becomes more exposed. And I don't know whether I am still here because I've got my mic on. I just want to plug in my thing or I won't be able to read your chat. I don't know whether I agree with that. I don't know whether I agree with that because logically you would say that Bruno will be a better player in a better side. But it was a comment that sort of sparked a conversation in the watch along.

12:34and I do sort of agree with it, that when you think about it, Bruno Fernandes has always been our best player in a very lazy, disorganised team. As this team gets better, does Bruno remain our best player? What should happen is that Bruno should get better with better players around him, but what he has to do is be disciplined and structured. I think when you look at Ole to Oli sides and Ten Hag sides, Bruno was the best player because we played counterattacking moments. You know, it was quite erratic. It was never that structured. Amrim definitely wants to play a structured system and Bruno can still be a good player in that, but he has to stop being erratic and has to become disciplined.

13:21And we've all said that into his 30s, he can't be everywhere. And what I saw from Bruno in the last half an hour of that game when he went to number eight yesterday is he was doing what Bruno's always done he was right back left back center back you know right midfield he was everywhere and that's when he gets frustrated that's when he gets tired um so I think it's a good point I think Bruno's always been our best player in a very unstructured erratic side but to be our best player in this team I think everyone has a role and I don't think you could you know the best example of that sadly was Kunya yesterday you know this is a new signing in pre-season that we've just watched have an average game?

14:03Already, the spark of the new signing dissipates because he's just had an average game against Everton. But why did he have an average game? Because we played him out of position. And this is why I don't really understand why we made so many strange selections yesterday. I know Amarim said, you know, pre-season's the time to try new things, but we haven't even established things yet. And I think when you put Cunha in that number 10 position off the left-hand side, that's where he's dangerous and that's where he will be exciting. But yesterday he plays up front and he struggled. Defensive midfield is a shamble, says Martin.

14:39Rushing around, getting nowhere. No end product. We need Sesko to hit the ground running, says Martin. I don't agree about the defence, although I must admit Ryan and Beth were at the game yesterday. They said independently that De Ligt was struggling as he left yesterday. So we could be looking at another injury there. And of course, Masraoui's still out. Xerxes missed the whole of pre-season. So hopefully that's not a bad thing. But I think the defence is decent. Yoro was good again. Dorgou was good when he came on. Obviously, Heaven's going to get better and better. Martinez will be back soon.

15:12I like De Ligt. Maguire's quite steady. Luke Shaw, you know, if he's your fourth or fifth choice centre-back, he's not a bad choice if he's fit. So defensively, I haven't got a problem. Goalkeeper, I have. You know, wing-back right side is still up for discussion. Mark, I've done that from Chio. Casado from Barcelona listed for 30 million thoughts, says Reece. I don't think we've got the money. Mark Rendell says, if we don't get Sesco and a goalkeeper, I think we're in trouble this season. I might be going against the majority, but I think we need to immediately forget Sesco and throw every penny at Belieber or a similar midfield as Pengers.

15:46I genuinely think that I've seen people talking about Hayden Hackney. I've seen people talking about Belieber and we're not the scouts. We're not in charge of the budget and we're not talking to these players. So I'm not going to disagree that either of those players might be a solution. But as of this morning, we're not talking to those players and we're certainly not talking about Belieber two weeks out from the start of the season for 80, 90 million pounds. And let's not forget, if you were going to do a deal for a Belieber or a Younglin, you might have got a deal in June that was not expensive.

16:20But in the last few weeks of August, when those clubs can't replace them, those prices are going to get stupid. So I wouldn't even waste my time talking about Belieber or Younglin. I think that I don't even know what we're going to do in the midfield. And there's probably a reason that we were getting linked to people like Ndidi, who was actually going to sign for Betziktas. which is Oli, isn't it? So I don't know what we're going to do in the midfield, if anything. I think one of the big stories around the midfield that people have completely missed is what we said in May. Ruben Amren wants a midfielder, but somebody has to be sold.

16:57Now, that somebody was considered to maybe Manu or Casemiro. Obviously, it's not going to be Manu. So really, what you're looking at is Casemiro. Now, Casemiro not going means we've always struggled to go into the midfield market. And for anybody that hasn't really thought about that, it's just so logical because a goalkeeper gets spoken about every bloody day. We can't buy a goalkeeper because Anana won't leave. Absolutely true. We can't get a goalkeeper because Anana won't leave. But we also can't get a midfielder because Casemiro won't leave. So that is something to hold in your head. When you're talking about Man United signing a midfielder, we do need Casemiro to go for that to happen.

17:43And that has always been the case, unless another midfielder goes. Now, we are looking to move Collier on. If Collier goes, we might be able to bring a cheap midfielder in or a lone midfielder and still have five. But the star midfielder that you're looking for was never going to happen unless we move Casemiro on. The fact that we've not sold any players and it's August the 4th is appalling. I'm going to give you some quotes from Barada in a moment, actually. We're going into deadline day yet again. We've not learned anything from past mistakes, says Nigel. False9Files says, four months ago, Radcliffe said Amrim does not have players for his system and only has half a squad.

18:19Yet we lost more players than we bought. It's a shambles, says Facebook. You don't have to dig deep to find out contradictions on statements from United. And when we talk about Barada's quotes in a moment, I would defend the club on this. I think when Sir Jim Radcliffe said that Amrim's doing a good job with bad players, I think he meant it. And I think that United wanted to have done more business than they've done now. They just can't do it. As I said, they want a goalkeeper and Arna won't leave. They want a midfielder, Casemiro won't leave. They want a striker. They've just been rejected by loads.

18:52So what would you rather have? A club that doesn't want to do business or a club that does want to do business but aren't very good at it. and I think we are the latter. I don't think Sir Jim Radcliffe and Omar Barada and Jason Wilcox are sat there going, there's no value in the market. We don't want players, which is what's happened previously. I think they do want players. We just can't move players out to allow us to do that. Bruno just plays and just plays to play. Yes, he's a machine, but he just needs to stay up atop more. When he tries to help in defence, it doesn't work, says the Moose one.

19:23Casemiro, Bruno, Delosho, Rashford, Garnaccio get gone. There's probably more, but I'm fed up with poor footballers. I'm pretty sure all of you are, says Ryan. Thank you very much. How long has Casemiro got left on his contract, says Ben? It's one year. We could have got Flecken for 10 million and Pelinio on a loan. Cheap way of taking care of two crucial positions. Even though I love Kunio and Mbemo, we've got our priorities all wrong this summer, says Wozak. Well, you still could have got Mbemo and Kunio and got Flecken and Pelinio. I mean, I suppose those options are very much the Oli Watkins options, aren't they?

19:57They help you out now immediately for one or two years. But in fairness, I ain't got a problem with that. But United have, under the INEOS regime, consistently said, we're not going to buy players over 26. Three years ago, we beat Liverpool 4-0 in pre-season. Eight months later, we have the 7-0. I refuse to make up my mind until the season starts, says Elliot, very intelligent of you. I'll sit here today and say I wouldn't be surprised if Man United beat Arsenal. And everyone laughs about that. But opening day at Old Trafford, 75 ,000 people, good fitness, bit of luck. And one thing we've had on pre-season, by the way, is a bit of luck.

20:41We've had a couple of soft penalties. Well, I wouldn't even say whether they're soft or not. We've had keeping errors. So you just don't know. Don't write off anything just because it's pre-season. The Moose one says, Bruno, be a way better player with a stronger team. We don't find players like that who give it all and never rest and complain. The other players will be judged by how their teammate is working harder than them. He sets the standard regardless of output, says the Moose one. Good comment. Am I the only one who sees Amarim's Portuguese buyers towards Delo? Will be a problem this season too, says Big Ron.

21:11I don't think you're the only person to see it, Ron. I do think he's a good player. Sorry, Delo. I do think Delo is a good player. but I think people are missing the point if they think Deleu is going to be sat on the bench all season now where you fit him into the team is a very very good point because going forward I don't know what's happened to Deleu over the last two years but going forward he seems to have regressed um you know in that first half against Everton there was nothing down the left hand side and I know he's not a left footer but there was nothing and then in the second half there was nothing whereas in the first half for 25 minutes Ahmad was just it was brilliant it was almost like he was you know it was it was exciting because Ahmad was obviously a right wing back but he was right up there with Mbermo and Kunya and he was right in the attack and you start to see that and you go I think this is basically what Sporting did this is what your wing backs should be doing and we've seen it with Dogu on the tour as well and I think when you get a glimpse of what Ahmad can do at right wing back and there are defensive questions of course but more pertinent when you see what Dorghu does at left wing back you put Delo there or even Masraoui to be fair or maybe even Luke Shaw and you sort of go this is too defensive and that's the problem with Delo for me but we'll definitely use him in certain games definitely we might I mean look do you want to have a little bet little you know no no money bet Delo starts right wing back against Arsenal.

22:49Convinced. Absolutely convinced, which makes us more defensive. And if you didn't watch the game last night, by the way, probably a bigger conversation here, because the hipsters might say different. We played counterattacking football yesterday. Absolutely, 100%. I'll die on that hill. We played counterattacking football yesterday. I think as bad as Agate was yesterday, I think he still needs to start us. We have got no midfielders who are defensively minded and have legs, as Sue. Defence and midfield have done that from martin as well yeah so let me bring in these comments from omar badada um yeah yeah muddy says after last night i'm a bit worried about the season ahead um look my thought is i agree with amram it's been the perfect pre-season because we didn't end it on a high we'll end it we ended it on reality.

23:40And we didn't lose, but we ended it on a reality. Overall, I think togetherness by not taking the likes of Gannaccio is a positive. I think fitness has clearly gone up. We've seen that with how lean the players are, but we look a lot fitter. We look a lot more composed, but there's a lot of work to do. And Rome's not going to get built in a day. We've bought two players. We've sold no players. We finished 15th. We got embarrassed by Spurs only three months ago. and maybe our expectations are too big because we're Manchester United, but honestly, are we really going to go from 15th, where we were getting tonked by everybody, to we're suddenly there?

24:20Certainly not off two signings, we're not. So I can see some improvements, but this is why I keep saying, I pitch United the next season somewhere between 10th and 6th. So 6th, 7th, 8th, ninth, tenth. That's 25 % of the Premier League positions I'm pitching as in. So there's a good chance I might be right. I certainly don't put us in the top five. I don't put us in the bottom tenth. So I put us somewhere between tenth and sixth at the moment. Based on what I've seen so far, I think that's about right. It was unacceptable to finish in the bottom half, by the way, and it would be incredible to finish in the top five from where we are at the moment.

24:58So I sort of think that is where we are based on the summer that we've had and the season we had last year and what i've seen so far but there's a big difference between finishing sixth and tenth there's a very big difference and that's what united have got to do and obviously i might reassess that as the season goes on but as things are at the moment that's that's sort of where i am with it let me just go through omar barada's comments here because i think you might find these summer interesting ones certainly talking about transfers he said um first of all he spoke about Coming back to a new look, Carrington, he says, for sure, it's really important milestone for us.

25:35We have invested a lot in improving the facilities. It's going to be best in class and really second to none in the world of sports. We're going to open it on Friday the 8th and we're very proud of what's going to look like. I have no doubt that it's going to positively impact the performance of the team. Look, this is something Ronaldo spoke about years ago, didn't he? The facilities at Carrington. We're now going to have best in class. Let me just say, so do Liverpool, so do Spurs, so do Arsenal, so do Man City. So having best in class will lead to marginal gains, but we're not about to get some magic pills that are going to make us play football better than everyone in the world.

26:09It's just catching up. And, you know, the positive is we've done it. The negative is why is it taking so long? So we will get marginal gains from this. And I think this is why when I hear comments like that, it fits in with what I just said there. I don't know what your thoughts are, but this is why I'm pitching United between 6th and 10th, because we are making marginal gains. You know, Carrington being best in class, it certainly wasn't. Fitness certainly wasn't there. Togetherness in the squad certainly wasn't there. These are all little steps. And the funny thing is, Sir David Brailsford was meant to be bringing these things in.

26:42Now, I don't know whether he necessarily has, but it will make an improvement. He said, of course, adding players helps. We've seen the arrival of Nthumo, Cunha and Lyon. They have adapted well. All of the signs are positive and we're cautiously optimistic. We hope we're going to have a great season. I mean look I haven't again I haven't got the word I haven't got I haven't got a problem with the words hope um from a CEO because I think sometimes we've had comments from CEOs that have just been you know ridiculed straight away um I think that's honesty you know some people would say when the CEO is talking about hope we need more than hope but honestly do you want him to do you actually want him to sit and lie because i think if he i think if he was to say yeah look we're really confident that we're going to get top four i'd be sat here going he's talking absolute shit i'd also say he said i think we're going to struggle to get in the top 10 he needs the sack so i don't actually have a problem with him saying we're cautiously optimistic and we hope we're going to have a good season because honestly i would love a ceo that says we are going to have a good season we've done all this business we're ready to go and you know we're going to have a really really good season and i would absolutely look that to be the case but what have we just spoken about then somewhere between 10th and 6th can't tell you where also we haven't had the summer transfer window that we needed to have so yeah you might not like the words of hope but um honestly i don't think he can give anything else i think that's a level of honesty um he was asked about the u.s tour now you might not like some of this but we'll read it anyway he said i wouldn't say there is one little highlight of the tour we've done 30 events over two weeks and i've really enjoyed seeing the activations with our top partners the launch of the away kit with rio fernand with adidas and we've done an activation with snapdragon as well which we will see next weekend in the snapdragon cup i did really i did really like watching the colors on niagara falls that was something quite special look he's a ceo he's there to make money um you know that that's what he's there to do on the tour he said it's been amazing it's been very good i'm really pleased with how it's gone the team has trained well the interaction with the fans the activations with our partners everything has been excellent the premier league has put on an excellent tournament so that's what you have to say about that um but he also has spoken about transfers as well and i suppose that's the biggest comment that we're looking for um and this is what he had to say about transfers.

29:14We have to do a lot of multitasking. We have a team back home led by Jason Wilcox, the recruitment team, that is working round the clock to ensure that we continue to find opportunities to strengthen our squad. There are a lot of late calls and early morning meetings to make sure that we stay on top of it. So look, this to me is the big thing. I really do think that that is such an obvious statement of intent in the sense that, you know, we're not panicking, but we're desperately trying to convey that we want to do business. And this is what I was saying a few minutes ago. I think in previous years, you get radio silence on signings because we don't want to make any signings.

30:01We don't want to spend money or whatever. We definitely want to make signings um if there's a negative it's that we're not able to get them over the line so when he's talking about we're actively trying to do things you know there's late night meetings there's early morning calls there's a team back at home working on it the reality is on the entirety of the u.s tour we've done no business again i said this on my match reaction last night it's absolutely nailed on prediction to say at the end of July now, right off transfers, because we just seem incapable. Although I think we have done it on occasion, predominantly most of our business happens in the first two weeks of July.

30:45And this year has not been that great. And Burma is just one, but we don't do business on tour. So the back end, you know, the back half of July and the first week of August is not traditionally that good. I think in Burma and Maserat, sorry, Masraoui and De Ligt were done after the tour, ahead of the first game in the next week or two last year. So we will do business in August, but the tour, we just seem unable to do it. And yeah, look, I mean, what can you say? We're having this conversation now. The minute we get Let's Go Sesco, we're all going to be very positive. And I think we are on the verge of that.

31:22So I'm very wary of going, it's not good enough. It's not good enough. But the point is, it's not good enough. And the point is, I think it's very clear from Bruno Fernandes last night. Ruben Amrum's been a bit quieter about it, but Berada there. It's very obvious that we are trying to do business and it's very obvious that we're going to do some business. The answer is we haven't done it as quick as we want and we haven't done it as quick as they want. That's very, very clear. We haven't operated as quick as we needed to. And I know it's a little bit boring and repetitive to say, look at Arsenal, look at Liverpool, look at Chelsea, look at Man City.

31:59But, you know, even other teams, I mean, Newcastle would have had a better window than us if they hadn't, you know, dropped the ball on every sign and they tried to make. Spurs have probably had a better window than us now because they've got Pelinha and Kados and they're still going to do more. So we haven't really done enough. The club clearly want to do more. Why we can't do more, I don't know. I don't know whether anybody will be able to tell us that. But what I do take from Barada and what I do take from Bruno is that we do want to do business. What business is we going to do? I think we're going to have to wait and see.

32:34And I certainly would say here, right here, right now, where everyone's talking about midfield this morning, I can't tell you who that midfield is going to be. I mean, give me some names. I don't know who that midfield is going to be. We can all talk about what we'd buy with 100 million. We don't have that. I don't think we've even got 50. I don't think we've actually got 30 to spend on a midfielder. So I don't know who that midfielder is going to be. Paul Reagan says, Mark, yesterday listening to your show mixed with cowbells driving in Switzerland. Today listening, waiting for a new tyre in Germany.

33:02Great show, says Paul. Thank you, mate. I hope you're enjoying your travels. Jamie Johnson says, had my stag due over the weekend, but back to reality now. I reckon we're diving into loan market to scramble for a midfielder, but it's needed, says Jamie Johnson. um sesgo choose i want to put my phone down to stunderbolt it yeah you know i do agree with you like make sure you've subscribed to the channel make sure you've got your notifications on because you know you can get a little bit over the top but ultimately everybody i spoke to a journalist this morning everybody's like that and everybody's like there's not like a it's not like when Man United are officially going to announce a player and you sort of start guessing midday, this, that and the other.

33:48This is going to drop and it could drop now or it could drop tomorrow or it could drop at six o 'clock tonight. It's going to drop at some point and everybody knows that. So you are sort of like waiting for it. And it's big as well, isn't it? Because I think the uniqueness of the Sesco deal and the exciting thing about the Sesco deal is that when you look at Ndomo or Cunha or even Dillett and Masraoui or Agate or, you know, Yaro a little bit. But Yaro was a little bit like this, to be fair. But the thing about this deal is we're not just waiting for the here we go or the Ornstein-Quamba on a player that we know we're talking to.

34:26We're actually waiting to win the race or lose the race. So the exciting thing about this, and I can't remember a transfer like this for a long time, is that apparently it's 50-50. Newcastle want fifth and so do we it's it's an exciting striker and if you don't get him both clubs are sort of like going where do we go next so not only are we waiting for a but for an update that's going to drop at any minute we're also we also have this unique stance of there is jeopardy there is big jeopardy in this if we don't get it done so it is it is exciting I think we're going to win though i mean i'm probably more relaxed than some that because i think i think we're going to win if we don't win i think there's a lot of people that are going to get heavily scrutinized um but i think we're going to win john united says right now at striker midfield and goalkeeper are non-negotiable if it doesn't happen serious questions and accountability are needed not only on the manager do you see us getting all three though john i i don't see us getting a goalkeeper, a midfielder and a striker.

35:37Maybe I'm wrong on that. Maybe we will, but maybe they won't be of the quality we want. But I think you've got to admit the transfer window closes in four weeks. So it's tough to do three deals in four weeks. At the quality we need, that's what I mean. I think you can do them, but at the quality we need, I think that's typical. Sue says, we never replace Carrick. And why does only Rodney get talked about as a player who wins City games, where it's one of the most important roles in football? Games are won and lost in the midfield, and our midfield ain't ready, is it? Stu, I have high hopes for the season, says the Moose one.

36:11I think we'll win marginal games like we always did back then. I figure top four. We finally weeded out the players that we are for team play. It's a new momentum. Moose one, I'm going to be absolutely honest with you. I liked your Bruno comment. I think that comment's really dangerous. I mean, I like the fact that you think that, but I don't know where you're getting top four from. I mean, I'm hoping you have the most unique hipster opinion out there that you've analysed the season, you've looked at the games, you've looked at Christmas fixtures, you've predicted injuries in other... But I can't see top four.

36:47I think it's just so dangerous to talk about top four. Yeah, I just can't see top four. I think at the moment I can't see top five. I think that's the whole point of getting a goalkeeper, a striker, and a midfield. It's to give yourself a chance. But top four with that squad, no. You're having a laugh. I think all I want to see this season is improvement. We're not winning anything. A top eight would make me happy with some January signings, says Adesik. You know what? As much as I backhammer him, if we're not in Europe again next summer, I'm not going to be happy. We can't afford not to be in Europe.

37:21I think it's embarrassing not being in Europe this year. and for a club the size of Manchester United when they've got really low-level tournaments like the Conference League and the Europa League, to not be in Europe at all is an embarrassment. So I don't accept not being in Europe. I think it's going to be challenging, but we have to be in Europe next season. It's an embarrassment this year. To not be in it at all, I think is an absolute embarrassment. Sorry, but Bruno not being disciplined is lazy, says JSD. when do you think the last game was that we were ready for the start of a season was trying to think during the match last night but struggled says mike we were always ready in the sir alix days because we had sir alix in charge and um you know we might not always start the season well under sir alix but we were ready for the season and you have trust that by may you'd be there or thereabouts and you always were um i think the last time we were ready for a season post sir Alex was probably Mourinho's first.

38:20We maybe weren't aware of it, but I think he had plans in place. He got signings done quite soon, apart from Pogba. I think we had a good pre-season. The results, I don't remember, but I think we were ready under Jose. But look at the quality of the manager. I don't think there's any shock or surprises there. So Sesco deal day is rubbish because it clearly ain't happening today. Just asking. No need to get offended. It's just Jared. We've just sort of answered your own question without giving me any clarity on why you think it's rubbish. The reason many people think that we'll get a decision. We won't get the deal done today.

38:59I agree with that. We'll get where he wants to go. We won't get here. I mean, look, even if Sesco chooses Manchester United today, we might not get that deal done until August the 31st. because you've still got to negotiate with sesco um so yeah i don't um i think if you're talking about deal day then absolutely i would probably say you're right um but i i'm still i am i am actually expecting um sesco to make his mind up today because the story and look it's a bit of a weird one as i say but it's exciting but it's a bit of a weird one because we are also covering another football club that we don't cover um so i'm following a lot of newcastle stories not keith but um and effectively the stories from the new so we're following this story and we're not just get your words out what i'm saying is normally with embermo you're following the man united journalists ornstein romano etc but because newcastle are in this race as well i'm learning stuff about this deal from newcastle journalists that Man United journalists aren't talking about.

40:12So from the Newcastle side, they want Sesco to make his mind up because the reason they bid early is because they want to try and catch Man United cold. They want to try and say, we've got the money, come and join us. We really want you in the hope that Man United will be saying, we really want you, but we need a couple of weeks to get some money. And the season's starting and Sesco might just go, they want me, they're ready to go, I'll go. So Newcastle need a quick answer because they're trying to not hijack, but they're trying to get the deal done quickly because they feel that Man United, quite rightly, are slow at transfers, whereas they're ready to get the deal done in a couple of days.

40:55We don't do deals in a couple of days. So if I was Newcastle, I'd do exactly the same thing. I'd be like, there's the money. It's in the bank. You can have it tomorrow. There's your wages. There's the squad. You'll be training. You'll be playing. whereas Man United might be going yeah we'll sort that out in a couple of weeks we'll try and get you in before the international break so Newcastle is trying to get the deal done quickly but part of that is they can't you know the longer it goes on the more it benefits us so Newcastle are about speed so therefore I think you know expecting something to come today is logical just on a couple of other things lots of reports about Anthony waiting for Bettis it's just a story that's just come out that there's an offer on the table from Betis for Anthony for a loan without a purchase obligation.

41:41Betis have no plans for any concrete action between the clubs at this stage, preferring to drag things out until the very end of the window. Bank United won 40 million euros. Betis don't see themselves in a position to pay. They also do not want to pay the player's full salary. I mean, it's an absolute piss take, if I'm being honest. And I understand that Anthony wants to go and play at Betis, but somebody needs to sit Anthony down and go, you're a Man United player, it costs us 80 million quid, you're on 200 grand a week, and you want to sit until the end of the window to go to a club that won't pay for you and won't pay your wages.

42:18Absolutely fucking do one. Get your training kit on, get back on the pitch, you're in the United squad, and we'd rather have you here than pay your wages and not get a transfer fee. If you get minutes, you get minutes, but you stay. You get to that point with it where would be in the pit. The piss is being taken out of it, really. And I don't put it in the same category as Ganacho and Sancho because I think Anthony genuinely just wants to go and play football. But you've got to remember who your employers are. And if Betis can't afford him and he can't even afford his wages, we're not a fucking charity.

42:53You've had five months out of Anthony. He was probably your best player in those five months. And you nearly got into fucking the Champions League and you played in a bloody conference league final. you've had your charity you either pay up or piss off like i i'm sorry i know that's really harsh but what was the last five months of the season about we we did that with bettis why would we do it again um and also if he goes to bettis for a full season what are the chances of him replicating that again he's on a high now is the time for us to cash in and make some money or or or get our money back so i don't like this there's too many players doing we know ganacho's doing it with Chelsea and we know Sancho's doing it but Anthony doing it as well I think it's a bit of a piss take to be honest these players and also as I said before why have we got I mean Ruben Amirim absolutely correct you know when Ruben Amirim talks about players that want a fresh challenge and they don't want to be here look at the players you're dealing with we've had we've had five weeks of pre-season and these guys are playing FIFA and running around on a pitch doing bloody shuttle runs they're going to do it for the next four weeks as well to get the move they want so they're going to miss two months of football in a pre-season to get the move they want it's just not the right attitude is it uh the moose one says sancho anthony gatcha ganacho any news what if they come back into the living room or locker room and amarin will suffer on those social media player fans we're almost there after these players leave it's the new era they won't be back ganacho won't be back sancho won't be back uh frank says would you be happy or angry or happy if we go and spend 150 million on deadline day i can see something like that happening i'll have a pint what you're having frank absolutely not i mean what i wouldn't i wouldn't be i would be happier than not spending anything but you'd have to ask the question why we've went waited so long uh sal says we are winning the league lovely stuff terry made a good point says glenn that the last time the less time left in the window the quicker deals get done well yeah logical um it's a bit like saying the um you know it's like it's a bit like being given a month to live and you know with every passing day the closer you get to debt um the problem is and i'll flip it around the less time there is in the window the less options that options they are and the more expensive they become so sesco deal done that from jared sesco choose i want to put my phone down uh done that one from jamie as well appreciate that um look the problem the problem i have is if we get sesco great and if we get a goalkeeper i can only see lamens and if we get a um midfielder i actually don't know who that's going to be at this point so um i think that's that's the sort of interesting things i would say at the moment it's um it's it's interesting to see what we're going to get done but look sesco could be the one that we get done first um and hopefully that we do uh any other news mark well i'm just having a quick scan around i mean ganacho is not going to happen anytime soon uh sancho it's gone very very quiet i think sancho anthony and ganacho are going to happen very late in the window aren't they if they're going to happen uh molassia we've not heard anything about uh look sesko hopefully will happen that maybe or maybe doesn't lead to rasmus going i think the concern another look everyone's speaking about the midfield but you know another concerning thing about yesterday kunya played about 70 minutes up front no service um apart from that one bit where we transitioned really well i think it was kunya uh we was kunya I think Mbermo played him in or Ahmad played him in.

46:53So very little service. Rasmus comes on, very little service. And that worries me because we've got Kunya and Mbermo who've got goals and assists at Wolves and Brentford and you start going, well, goals and assists are going to happen. And then you watch United in a pre-season game and you watch us play counter-attacking football and we're living on fumes again. and you know the style of play is important and I'm looking forward to the Fiorentina game on Saturday because that's at Old Trafford in front of 75 ,000 fans against an Italian side I actually want to see as you know Kunia and Mbimo are not going to get goals and assists if we play counter-attacking football like we did last night we need to get more on the front foot and I think he's tried in fairness he tried a few things out yesterday but i don't understand what they're going to offer us in the season um grizzly says your analogy only seems to be relevant for other teams the closer it is to the end of the window the less will take for ganacho and sancho says grizzly yeah because it's a great point it's a great point why is it that we'll end up paying more for the players we want to buy the less time there's in the window but our players will be cheaper the less time there is in the window well it's very very easy isn't it um we're bad at selling and we're bad at buying and that's something that we need to solve but also Anthony Ganacho and Sancho are banned from training that there is no September career at Man United so when you hit August 31st their careers are dead aren't they so whereas the Libre which we're not going to go for or Le Mendes or Sesco or Ollie Watkins or Hayden Hackney or Yulmland or any other player I mention they're all playing for their teams they're all valuable players for their teams they're all assets for their teams so I think that's that's why our players would depreciate in value because we're desperate to sell and that's why players that we're looking at could go up in value because those clubs have good relationships with their players and don't want to sell them anyway look thanks everyone for watching i really appreciate it this morning um that's not me if you can hear in the background got the needyans go to the toilet it's the radiator building work going on um thanks everyone for watching really appreciate it uh eight o 'clock shows are brilliant eight o 'clock shows are for the win so we have got an eight o 'clock show for you tonight looking forward to that obviously we've got two o 'clock show as well and if anything happens we will go live i'm just sort of thinking i am planning on going to the shops that's when so if i go to the shops at one o 'clock you can guarantee that's when it's going to happen so let's see great show everyone stay safe love the conversations what a show so many things bruno tactics midfield striker goalkeeper sesco sales amram saying it's a perfect tour i agree with him barada comments look really intelligent really pragmatic really you know good analysis so applaud you again absolutely loving the shows over the last few weeks take care stay safe make sure you subscribe because you want to be subscribed when we go live and i'll speak to you all in a bit thanks for watching