155: Baleba Or NOTHING! Amorim's TRANSFER Message!

0:03Hello everybody, good morning and welcome to That's Football. No, welcome to the United Stands. I am still Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news. I'm just going to close this draw. I've got OCD. I can't do it with the drawer open. Anyway, hope you're all doing well this morning. Thank you very much for tuning in. So we're going to start. We've got loads to get into. Marcus Rashford actually talking sense for the first time in about two years. Has the move mellowed him? And he's speaking about Manchester United and what's been going wrong. And he's actually very true.

0:36So we'll talk about that. But I want to start off with Belieba or nothing, Amarim's transfer message. It's very, very clear now that as of this morning, Manchester United have discarded a goalkeeper. They are going to stick with what they have and it's going to be Belieba or nothing. Now, is that the right call for Manchester United. I personally think it is. I'll explain why. We'll also talk about developments around Rasmus. Just literally in the last couple of minutes, Fabrizio Romano saying that that deal to AC Milan is actually getting closer. Talk shit. Talking about Man United in talks with Calvert-Lewin.

1:09We've also got an update on Anthony from Real Betis. We've got other bits about Sancho. There was something about Collier as well. It's the Carabao Cup draw live tonight at seven o 'clock. Loads going on. It's Wednesday, people. get bloody excited smash a like on the video get your comments in have your say the Premier League starts in 48 hours what do you think about that exciting times don't forget it's exciting at the moment don't be moody um okay so let's um where do we start well let's start off with let's start off with Ruben Amrim and what is clearly coming out of Manchester United we saw last night Simon Stone saying that Manchester United are not looking at a goalkeeper at the moment it is not a priority this is obviously a huge change on what the summer has been since the March international break we basically made the decision that we want to replace Anana towards the back end of last season we're now hitting the back end of the transfer window and that is no longer the case we can argue the whys and wherefores and everything like that but ultimately I think out of time is my analysis of this we have only got a couple of weeks left of the transfer window we're going to be negotiating with Brighton through the majority of that.

2:24There is no time and probably no money to go negotiating for Emi Martinez or Donnarumma. And I think as some of you alluded to last night, it may well be the case that United are just going to put this off until next summer and try and get by with what they've got. Now, is that a risk? It's only as big a risk as refusing£100 million for Bruno and sticking him in your midfield. It's only as big a risk as buying two number 10s and putting Ahmad at right wing back. All three of these risks could work, and Amrind could be absolutely spot on. Anana could make mistakes, but we could still get fifth, and then we replace him next summer.

2:58So I think as much as we can moan about it, and we can debate it, and we can say, I don't agree with it, I mean, the reality is we're going to spend£100 million on Belayba, and we won't get a goalkeeper. That's the message coming out of Mangunaya this morning. now I'm sure a lot of you would say well just buy a midfielder for 50 and get a goalkeeper as well yes that is another option another option is just keep your 100 million pounds in your pocket use it towards the debt and get neither well we can't have that um I think that this ultimately as of this morning and look you've got to acknowledge that I I still think let's wait till August the 31st or whenever the window closes and see if we do get a goalkeeper because I find it incredible that we'll go into the season with being Brandon Arna.

3:46But as of this morning, I think United's stance publicly is to put it out there that they're not looking at a goalkeeper and they're going to stick with what they've got. And the reason they're going to do that is because they've got to do one of the biggest deals in their history in two and a half weeks and they're not going to have money or time to do it. And I think also on top of that, Amrim's message is basically the club have probably said if you want the labour you won't get a goalkeeper and he's probably said fine and unless you're living in those shoes you can't well you can I can put you in those shoes now if you're the manager of Man United and you're told if you want 100 million pounds spending on the labour you're not getting a goalkeeper you can either spend that money and not get a goalkeeper or we can try and get both and Amarim's clearly going I think this player is so important I'll put up with what I've got.

4:39And you can't argue with that. I mean, I can do a poll on it. I think I will do a poll on it, but you can't necessarily argue with it because ultimately you want the manager to manage. I want the manager to manage. So if he makes this decision at the end of the day, as much as I don't even know what I would do, and I'll think about that in a moment because I want to get the news out and talk about that before I do opinion, I will say I will always respect somebody who makes a decision. I've worked in plenty of jobs in my life where you're under pressure, you know, it's fast paced, things are going off all over the place, you know, casualties, et cetera.

5:16And, you know, you look to those above you and the ones that you respect are the ones that make a decision because the ones that differ make things worse. If you make a decision and I respect that. So if Amram's decision is it's belaboring nothing, then, you know, we go, we move don't we so um i am going to set up a poll on this but um let me just uh figure out to do this so either or belabor and no goalkeeper or um other mid and goalkeeper that'll do very just keep just keep it simple basically um just on belabor as well i mean um i don't blame romano i don't blame David Ornstein. I don't blame Ben Jacobs.

6:05They do a lot of stuff. They get asked a lot of stuff. And the thing about an answer is you can only give the answer you know. And all they know at the moment is that we're in talks with Brighton and the Labour's agents. And that's where we are. Those talks continue. I suppose the positive is that they haven't collapsed. They're still going on. But there isn't really a hell of a lot to add in relation to that other than we're still in it. And we said this last week, didn't we, that Sesco's deal happened really quickly because of Newcastle. This deal is going to be probably quite slow because of the lack of competition and the need for Brighton to get the best price they can get and the need for Manchester United to get the best work that they can get.

6:51So I think it's interesting. um 75 of you are saying the labor and no goalkeeper so what we're posing here is is that it's very very clear this morning that manchester united and look we've all played the game i know as well as you know that we wanted a goalkeeper coming into this summer transfer window every journalist spoke about it we approached emmy martinez we gave a price to monaco we all know we wanted a goalkeeper and we all know we wanted to get rid of anana we also know that anana won't go so we also know that man united have found it difficult um but i think as of last night even i would sit there and go that's a brief from the club to simon stone that we're not in for a goalkeeper anymore so things change and i think this morning man united are saying they're not in for a goalkeeper now of course that could be a bit of spin to maybe bring prices down you know um maybe if an Aston Villa are thinking that we're going to go in for Emi Martinez and they're going to get a price for Emi Martinez.

7:55It might make them pick up the phone and go, okay, we'll do it cheaper. But that's speculative. I think at the moment, you've just got to say, as the thumbnail says, out of time. Logically, you're intelligent people. You've done so many transfer windows with us. You know how it works. We're running out of time. We know how long we take to do deals. We're running out of time. It is August the 13th. On the weekends, that's another four days gone. We've got like two, three weeks left in this window and we're meant to be getting a goalkeeper and a striker, sorry, and a midfielder. I think we're going to run out of time.

8:28And I think that's why the message has gone out that a goalkeeper is not a priority because I think United are trying to manage expectations in the fan base that you're not getting the labourer and a goalkeeper, which is exactly what I think Amarim has decided. I think, and in fairness to Sir Jim Ladcliffe, he's probably said, okay, at the end of the day, 100 million pounds i'm gonna have to cut down on the shampas um it's a lot of money and um i think that amarin's probably been told that is it's also not the model we want to do anymore so jim said a year ago we don't really want to be buying players for 90 million pounds anymore and here we are about to do that so he's probably said to him look you've had touching 200 million pounds on kunya sesko and Mbamo, you want another£100 million, that's basically£300 million.

9:18That's backing. Now, if you say to us, after£300 million, we didn't get you a goalkeeper, we would say, well, maybe you should have looked at some of the targets and gone for somebody a bit cheaper to get a goalkeeper. So I think that's what's happening here. And ultimately, it is Beléber or nothing. Now, we've got to live with the scenarios. I still think that Sheshko is a good signing. Kunia is a good signing and Bermos is a good signing. And obviously, Belaba would be a transformative signing in a very weak area. But unfortunately, it would mean we're going into a new season with a weakness, which you don't really want to do.

9:53But you've got to back the manager. You've got to back the manager. And if the manager is saying, I will go into this season with that goalkeeper, then you've got to do it. And as I always said back in March, when we broke it, that Amarim didn't want Anana anymore. It was never that he thought he was a knobhead or anything like that. Anana's very, very popular in the dressing room. He's very, very well liked. It's a technical thing. It's his ability. The confidence in the back five is not there. The confidence from the manager is not there. So that's why we wanted to do something about it. Interestingly, anyway, on the poll so far, a labour and no goalkeeper, 73 % of you.

10:33other midfielder and a goalkeeper 27 so look you can see there that nearly 75 of you watching this morning are with Amrim you would rather spend the money on Belaber and not get a goalkeeper and stick with Anana for another year than go for a different type of midfielder and get a goalkeeper I'm going to go in the minority I to be honest with you I think it's absolutely important to solve issues I think when I think when you spend a ridiculous amount of money on a certain player and you leave a hole in your team. I've watched so many seasons. I think when the season starts and the goalkeeper messes up, everyone's going to say we should have bought a goalkeeper.

11:07So I'm sorry. I'm going to do it again. I said we should have took a hundred million pounds for Bruno because I don't think he's a midfielder. And I'm going to say here, we should be getting a goalkeeper. And if that means we get a cheaper midfielder and a goalkeeper, then I would do it for the balance of the team. But you know, I'm in the minority. I put my hands up and I'm glad I'm in the minority because 73 % of you are basically backing the manager. And his decision, which I like. And I am backing the manager, by the way. I'm just saying it's a risk. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying it's a risk not to get a goalkeeper.

11:37But look, there's nothing I'd like more than Unana to start the season well, win the Golden Glove and be brilliant. I don't think people realise just, you know, ultimately for me, all that matters is Manchester United. And if this works, it's great. JR says, games are won and lost in the midfield mark. As long as we have a solid defence, we hopefully won't concede many goals. Have you seen Rashford's comments about Man United? Says John. I'm literally going to talk about them in a moment because it's a news show. Do you think Collier is good enough for the future? Says Fabio. Well, I read a story this morning that Collier could be off to Hull City.

12:14I think I know that Collier is surplus to requirements and that Amrim would like to move him on. I think what's likely to happen is that we will bring the labour in. Casemiro is refusing to go. so we will remove Collier and we will have a midfield five as Belaba, Aguarte, Manu, Bruno and Casemiro and Collier will be moved on. Get Belaba and loan Lemens with buy obligations as Ghost. What makes you think Royal Antwerp would loan us their starting goalkeeper? I don't think they would do it. I think we get Belaba this year and go all in for Costa next summer like Schofield and having that unbalanced midfield for another season would cause us more problems than keeping Inanna says McAlvis.

12:56I don't disagree with you, mate. The question wasn't that. The question was, would you get a midfielder like Beliba and keep Inanna or would you get a cheaper midfielder and get a goalkeeper? I didn't say one or the other. I said, would you rather get a goalkeeper and a cheaper midfielder or would you get Beliba and keep Inanna, which is different to what you're saying, because what you're saying is that I'd get the midfielder because Inanna isn't going to cause us as many problems. Personally, I think you solve all problems. That's what I'm saying. So technically, you're right. But what I'm saying is I would solve both problems.

13:29I don't see it as an either or. I see it as you essentially solve problems. We finished 15th last year. That's what worries me. Tyrus, thank you very much and welcome to Members Club. Seth Wynn says, bottom line, Amram is the manager. He is showing progress. So if that is his decision, we should get behind him 100%. Credit to an EOSIPA, Getber Labour will show that they trust Amram's vision. Exactly. You have to book back your manager, Seth. But it's going to be a bumpy ride for Anana. I don't think he really cares about it. but it's going to be a bumpy ride, I think, if it doesn't go well. Why do people not see that a new keeper would change the way we play?

14:02It's vital for us to be able to play the way Amren wants to. A new keeper would change how the defence plays and the midfield, says Mike T. Brian says, getting the new defensive midfielder and not replacing a terrible goalkeeper is crazy. It's like a first date looking for the business with your what's-it poking out your flies, no chance. Thank you, Brian. Disappointed if we don't sign a goalkeeper, but Inanna is better than Sanchez and Chelsea got fourth. Is it a risk, though, says Tom Smith. I think that is a very good point. This is exactly what I said last night. I still think you can get fifth with an honour, but on the other hand, it can also cost you fifth.

14:34So, yeah, it's a weakness in the team that hopefully won't be too damaging. Chip says, I think we will get a goalkeeper. They just want it out there and they aren't Donnarumma moves, so it doesn't look like a snub and keeps our expectations down, says Chippo. Could be to do with Donnarumma, you're right. Instufficient backing from Glynios again. Amrumma's not stupid. He'll walk away at the end of next season. wouldn't blame him. Wow, he's just about to get £100 million midfielder. Even I would say that that's, you can't say that's not a backing. And Wuzzy says, do you think there's a chance we get Balaba and Wharton over two summers, given it's likely that both Bruno and Casimiro will be leaving in 26?

15:10I mean, that's a midfield I think we'd all like to construct. Having said that, I think a lot of people are building a midfield of Manu in Balaba for the future. By any player, not the right hit players again, says Pizza. Thank you very much for that. And Anana has been training hard this offseason with a top-tier volleyball coach. We good, Brev, says Jeremy. The Labour will help our team more than a goalkeeper, says Jeremy. We want to get to a position like the other top teams, getting three and four on the regular and be good defensively. It could bite us in the tighter games, says Glen C. Okay, well, let's go back to the story here.

15:51so um there is a just just very very quickly here um and my understanding is from united sources that this isn't true so i'm actually going against fabrizio here so fabrizio has put out that um just before we went live ac milan keep advancing on rasmus hoyland deal with manchester united talks ongoing on player side to discuss the project as hoyland is opening doors to ac milan six million euros loan fee 45 million buy option clause and salary cover details revealed last week agreement closer now that's one for rizzio but the interesting thing is from the united side nothing has changed and there is no door being opened by rasmus so it's really interesting because obviously i would believe for rizzio over me but from united's side that's not the case nothing's changed since the weekend obviously united have spoken to ac milan and ac milan are interested in Rasmus, but Rasmus doesn't want to go at the moment.

16:49He doesn't want the AC Milan move at the moment. So it's interesting. I presume Fabrizio might be getting that from Milan because from the United side, they're saying that nothing's changed. So I mean, 6 million loan fees, crap. 45 million euro buy option. If anybody's falling for that, you're stupid, I'm afraid. I'm sorry. I'm not calling you stupid without evidence. literally a year ago we fell for a lie that chelsea had an obligation to buy sancho and sancho's man united players so buy option isn't obligation to buy and we know obligation to buy isn't worth the paper it's written on so for me the buy options are relevant the loan fee is crap and okay i'd expect them to cover his wages so we're basically going to get just under five million as a loan fee for a whole season for a striker that actually i would rather have sat on our bench and you know if rumors are to be believed we'd then use that five million to bring calbert lewin in i mean it's just a big no it's just a big fat no it's it doesn't make any sense at all to me that it's not even like um it's not even like we get good money from it is it so i don't know i don't know um but look by all means believe fabrizio but what i was told is that that deal is no closer than it was at the weekend and that there isn't any development around ac milan and rasmus at the moment so i don't know but look fabrizio is a go to the game so there we go uh exo says goldbridge is not a belaber shameful it's weird how people interpret things isn't it because i've been talking about belaber longer than most of you i mean you can go back to bats football at the start of last season where i was talking about this player belaber and how good he was um and how you know i think he's going to be an absolute superstar so him coming to manchester united would be a dream um what i'm saying is i want a goalkeeper as well i don't think it's acceptable to spend 100 million pounds on the labor and not get a goalkeeper i think you have to get both so you're not even even need to find the money or um we're going to leave it we're going into the season with a big risk but i will back the manager if he is making the decision that he would rather spend the 100 million on belaba and not get a goalkeeper i will back the manager it's a risk it's that it's a bigger risk it's as big a risk as putting bruno in the midfield as far as i'm concerned right let me talk to you about these marcus rashford comments because i think marcus rashford has come in for some deserved stick over the last um couple of months etc but the comments that he's come out with in an interview with um gary linica are quite interesting he said um he was asked for his assessment on manchester united and he said we've been well below where united sorry have i got the right bit here yeah okay i have so basically marcus rashford has been speaking to gary linica obviously he's moved to barcelona gary linica did that Instagram post didn't he at him and Lineker so Rashford's probably looking that and they've agreed to do an interview brilliant okay so he's given the interview and this is what Warkas Rashford has said when he was asked for his assessment on Manchester United at the moment he said we've been well below where United should be people say we've been in transition for years but to be in transition you have to start it first the real transition hasn't even been done but Liverpool went through this period they bought in Klopp and stuck with him they didn't win at the start people only remember his later years when he was competing with City and winning the biggest trophies to start a transition you need to set a plan and stick to it we've had so many managers ideas and strategies for winning that we've ended up at a standstill does it hurt yes 100 % but not just as a player also as a fan that is probably the most clarity we've had from Marcus Rashford in years and the funny thing is I have no issue with it at all he's absolutely spot on it's only what you and I have been saying for years.

20:51And the funny thing is it precludes him from our future because we actually have got the manager now that is going to be backed and stuck with and looked at Rashford and went, you're not part of my plan. For whatever reason, get out. So I think it's mature, intelligent, and correct for Marcus Rashford to be moving on in his dream move of Barcelona, but be able to reflect back at Manchester United in a positive way and give a fair and honest assessment that isn't about him because he's not part of this. He has literally been booted out of this, but he's still able to sit there and go, look, you know, and he doesn't name Amrind by name because probably there is a bit of, you know, an issue there.

21:34But what he's saying is, is exactly what Ineos need to do and the Glazers need to do. If you look at what Liverpool did with Klopp, they stuck with him. We've never stuck with a manager, Jose Mourinho, Eric Ten Hag, Louis van Gaal, I've been saying this, you've been saying this for years. We need to get off the hamster wheel and stop sacking managers. So Amorim needs to be given time to make mistakes and grow the club. And that's basically what Marcus Rashford's saying. The ironic thing is, he's absolutely correct and he's mature enough to say it, knowing that the person who's going to be backed and hopefully do what Jurgen Klopp did at Liverpool literally got rid of him in the first two months.

22:13So I think that takes a level of maturity to be able to reflect and go, look, I'm not part of this journey. I'm actually been booting out of it, but United need to stick with the manager. Otherwise they'll always be in transition. Now he doesn't name drop Amrim to be fair, and I wouldn't expect him to, but I think we can give him credit that in a way he sort of is. And look, this is what happens when it's a life lesson. This is what happens when you move on without regrets and without bitterness because he plays for Barcelona now and he's probably in a very good headspace and in his mind he'll be going well Barcelona are better than Man United which they are but they are better than Man United they're in the Champions League they've just won La Liga it's a fantastic club so whether you're breaking up from a relationship leaving a job whatever the key is not to look back with bitterness because that means you haven't moved on you need to move on and it appears to me like Marcus Rashford is moving on and he's able to look back maybe as a fan like he says in a logical way and go I don't need to put myself into this anymore because I've got what I want so I can look at Man United in a more refreshing and honest way and say look it's sad what's happened to them but they need to stick with somebody and properly rebuild um and i think he is alluding to amarin which i think there's certain players out there that would never say that um because they'd be so locked up with bitterness so i think it's refreshing um look i've had my issues with rash over the last two years i think he's behaved you know poorly on the pitch um you know i think this question marks around what goes on off the pitch of course um but he's certainly not one of those players that now i mean he's still a manganite a player technically of course but he's certainly not one of the i mean as i said like last season i think when if i'd have been the ceo of a premier league club i'd have been doing my best to get hold of him because i just believe there is a player there if he gets his mindset correct so you know i hope he does well at barcelona wish him all the best um it's it's it's a it's a breakup that needed to happen but it doesn't mean that either side needs to and look you know if he can speak like that then we can speak like that as fans with there's no need to hold any lingering toxicity because he's he's not here anymore so you know we all need to stop living in the past and start living in the future so i think it was a i think it was a an interesting thing that he said he also said that um there was something else he said as well a lot of people just coming out of the way the low par thing um he said when sir alex ferguson was in charge there were only uh there were not only principles for the first team but also for the academy so you could pick players who all understood man united's playing principles any team that's been successful over a period has principles that means any coach or player who comes in must align with those principles or compliment them uh united really wanted to win uh but if your manager keeps changing you can't hope to win the league you can win cups because you have good coaches good players who win your matches so i think what he's saying there is that um you know i don't really know what he's saying here i don't know whether he's saying that any team that's been successful has principles that means any coach or player who comes in must align with those principles or complement them i mean man united have got principles and i don't think amram aligns to them i don't i don't know whether of Rashford saying that to be honest but Man United principles are obviously wingers getting the ball into the box risky attacking football that's what the principles used to be um that's what we need to get back to so I think in a roundabout way that's probably what he's talking about to be fair um but very interesting and uh you know nice to have some positivity as I say we're about to start a pretty Premier League season if we can't be positive at the moment i don't know when we can be tyrus has just gifted a membership you're a legend pal uh tusha says we needed about three midfielders and about 150 million spent on it and now we want to bring in just one for 100 or over ridiculous and we'll finish about 10th i do i do disagree with you but where i do pose a conversation which is what we're here to do because it's not just about what i think you can obviously have debates and intelligent people are able to debate things that they don't necessarily believe, but they enjoy the debate.

26:46If I said to you, we've spent£300 million on Konya, Mbermo, Sheshko and Baleba, have we spent that£300 million well? Or have we spent... What I'm trying to say is, I think some people would say if you spend£300 million, I would expect to solve every problem out of the five problems we've solved for and left the goalkeeper. so that's the question isn't it is is it the best way to spend 300 million pounds um you would expect to be able to get a goalkeeper as well in that but we've spent 66 on sesco 65 on imbermo 62 on kunya and what will probably be between 80 and 100 on belaba there is no 30 40 million pound signing there um we've gone top level um the proof my opinion on that is it's a very it's a very difficult question to answer because the proof's in the pudding nothing is nothing is told in a summer transfer window it's christmas it's it's next may um i understand the conversation you know if you spend 300 million pounds how the fuck do you not get five players but when you look at the players we couldn't have got sesco any cheaper we couldn't have got embermo any cheaper we definitely couldn't got connor any cheaper and we're not going to get belabor any cheaper so what you're asking me to do is you're saying well if we spend 300 million pounds we should get a goalkeeper as well fine but i can't get those four players cheaper than i've paid so what you're asking me to do is sacrifice one of those players for somebody cheaper to bring a goalkeeper in and i'm not sure whether i'm willing to do that we can do without a goalkeeper if our midfield defense is compact i've done that one from chin thank you very much remember what the voice of reason said yesterday says sean turner i can't remember what the voice of reason said yesterday sean by belabor now and let him take bruno place in midfield sell bruno at the end of the season recruit most of the fee i think him and agate could be good says done um we need a done that from tusha chin who would you rather the sign donnarumma or ruddy cf26 uh surely we can afford john victor this is b16 yeah i don't know what's happened to him he was meant to be going to west ham and they left him at the airport didn't they could we wait till january for a goalkeeper says i'm kenny i don't want to do business in january i know this comes across as really stupid and people are going to go what are you talking about i don't want to do key business in january i don't mind doing january business because we've got a striker crisis or a midfield crisis like bruno came in because pogba and mctominy were injured um but i don't want to be doing major business in january i don't want to say let's go for our goalkeeper in january because i think you're halfway through the season then i think it's either now or the summer for a goalkeeper um that might be milan's offer but united don't have to accept it but then how desperate are we to recruit funds after big spend says emily derry uh mma takedown says it's their birthday today so happy birthday to them can you break the news to my woman i can't pronounce their name mate i've never how do you how do you pronounce that k-a-o-i-m-h-e i'm staying up watching the ufc this weekend and going to the pub sunday there you go i can't pronounce your wife's name uh or woman's name do we have to win silverware to keep amaranth says jack no no you don't win feel you don't win silverware in fifth and we'd all be having a party you don't win silverware in second and we'd be going bloody we'd be building a statue so i don't think silverware i i actually i think i think that's a bit of a red herring jack well done um silverware could be a shit season and no silverware could be a brilliant season second place would be build a statue carabao cup and 12th would be sack him so So, yeah, silverware doesn't always...

30:40The season we're having, silverware is somewhat irrelevant because we're not going to win the Prem and we're not in Europe. So another FA Cup and another Carabao Cup. Look, Van Haal and Ten Haal win the FA Cup and they've got a stack. So I don't think silverware is that important this season. It'd be nice. It would be nice to get fifth and win an FA Cup or a Carabao Cup, but I don't think it's that important. And we must take the cup seriously, by the way. we must take the Cubs seriously isn't Belaber another learner driver though Mark I think Belaber for me as a learner driver sort of falls into the Snesco category in the sense that when you look at someone like Rasmus who'd had you know a breakout season at Atalanta and then he's thrown up front for Man United at 20 years of age I think that's a learner driver it's unfair but when you're at 22 and you've had four years in the champions league you're still young and you're still learning and you still need patience but you're not quite a learner driver and the same with belaba look he's still young and he's still got a lot to do but he has had what a season and i want to say a half the year and a half in the prem so he's not quite a learner driver no um 28 months flew by excited for this roller coaster season ahead with our amazing community big up united stand hope for a couple more players i've got a story on antony i'm about to bring you thanks very much john for being a member for 28 months rajaf says check out my last super chat mark okay is it not anana who has forced ruben's hand by not wanting to leave and no one coming in for him says philip yeah i mean i don't really want to talk about that because i think it's um it's problematic for a goalkeeper that i will always admit is technically not very good but if he's our goalkeeper we need to back him and the funny thing with an honor is is that there are countless player ratings match reaction shows which are back on sunday i'm excited um where i've given an honor a seven or a 7.5 don't think i've ever given him an eight but you know an honor can have a good game there are times where we're tweeting great faith by an honor it can happen so i'm very aware if he's our goalkeeper there's not one part of me that's thinking oh i hope he makes a mistake like i want him to be the man of the match want to make loads of good saves i don't know i don't trust him but obviously that's the case so i'm not comfortable with what united are putting out there at the moment is that he's probably our starting goalkeeper for the season i don't really want to say that he's only here because he won't leave because that's like that's the negative but Well, I'd be a hypocrite because he's been refusing to leave for months.

33:21He won't go. He won't find a move. So, you know, it's, I think that's more of, you know what? I'm just going to say it. I don't necessarily blame Manana for that because Man United could have bought a goalkeeper in and said, fine, you don't need to leave. You're not going to be the starting goalkeeper. And then he would have left. So I think it's unfair to blame and honor because if you were in his position and you don't want to go and they haven't brought a goalkeeper in and you think to yourself, I don't want to go. I want to prove him wrong. And they don't bring a goalkeeper in. Why would you make the decision?

33:56Like if somebody said to you, you can be Man United starting goalkeeper next year, all you've got to do is just say you're not leaving. Then why would you not do that if you believe in yourself? Obviously, if the United go and buy Donnarumma or Martinez, you're going to have to go, okay, I tried. But in a way, obviously, if Anana had left, we would buy a goalkeeper. But just because he won't leave, United could have brought a goalkeeper in to force him out. I mean, it's not quite, I mean, some people would say it's only the same as Rasmus or Casemiro. It's not quite the same. Casemiro is on 300 grand a week and has a year left on his contract and will be very rich next summer when he's a free agent.

34:38um rasmus is 22 probably doesn't mind the fact that sesco's come in and wants to stay and compete for a place knowing that he's not going to start um anana is different because he has the number one shirt and no one's going to take it away from him until we buy someone which we're not going to do but look we're going to have to back him in goal otherwise it gets toxic if ananda if anana has a blinder this season would you still want him out next summer or would you give him another chance no you keep him if he put you'd have look for him to have a blinder he's got to basically rewrite history and you know he's got to become somebody that can palm the shots out of danger that can come for crosses that can distribute the ball that can get down to low shots if he can do all that he wouldn't get rid of him but do you think you know it's a it's a it's a reset isn't it completely uh glenn c's c says we want to get a position like the other top teams have done that one from glenn c appreciate that um but i was asked by rajaf that apparently with here we go rajaf says the prac the pragmatic decision would be either midfielder plus a new goalkeeper but the labor could be another euro like signing where we might be looking at something generational which is probably what amaran's choice is um mike says that the labor is far too important to miss out on anana is bad but chelsea just had a good good defensive record with sancho has also made the same mistakes belabry's generational player like sado can't miss out says mike there you go it's a risk that you know i'm going to move on to the anthony story but all i'm going to say is it's a risk um i'm relieved at that and the manager must be allowed to make decisions of course uh there's there's no um there's no doubt about that um and he's making big calls like ahmad's gonna be a right wing back some people think that's a bloody nightmare defensively some people think he'll spend a lot of time on the bench because he'll pick to low over him let's see you can't be benching ahmad bruno in the midfielder 100 million pounds rejected from al halal when you don't think he's a midfielder he's a number 10 it's a risk uh not buying a goalkeeper so you spend 100 million pounds on a midfielder it's a risk all these things will be analyzed week in week out on this channel because that's what fans do and i'll tell you what i can't wait i don't see it as a negative i see it as a positive um i think it's an exciting time before a ball has been kicked and because we're not in europe we're going to have so much time to analyze these decisions over the coming weeks and months so i am very very excited about it and you know it's it's exciting to have a manager that is making big calls and some of those big calls we'll agree with and some of them we won't because that's what loving football is all about and as i said nothing made me happier than seeing marcus rashford ganacho sancho and anthony not walking into Carrington with their boots under their arms smiling because they were banned.

37:42I think that was brilliant. You know how to tuck the money for Bruno if you're not going to play him as a number 10. Ahmad at right wing back, I don't think he'll play there every week. So how's he going to play as a number 10 when we've got him Bermot and Cunha? And putting Anana in goal all season worries me. But risks are putting Sheringham and Solskjaer on and winning a Champions League final that you look like you're going to lose. Risks are putting an honouring goal and finishing 10th. Like what my point is just because it's risky doesn't mean it's not going to work. And fundamentally, when you talk about what Marcus Rashford's saying about the principles of Manchester United, our principles are taking risks.

38:24So we've got a manager that's taking risks and we're sort of going, oh, it's risky. I mean, honestly, it's what Man United is. And some of you won't be as old as me. Some of you will be older than me. Some of you will be a lot younger than me. We've always been a club that takes risks and we're taking risks. So I'm not going to moan about it. I'm just going to say, let's get excited. Let's assess it. And let's see what happens because you can't argue that Amerim isn't headstrong, confident and taking risks. And I see that as a positive. And look, you know what? I love doing the nightstand. I love the community we've built.

39:02And there was times there has been times where you know you've got a midweek game in the Europa League you know what team is going to pick you know we're not going to play well and you sort of like part of me's like I quite like the fact that we're not in Europe maybe because I know we're not in Europe but like if we've played Everton on a Sunday at four o 'clock and we draw 2-2 I've quite liked the idea of having a couple of days to really analyze it in a deep way and go right let's talk about this in the midfield let's talk about that there and i think we're going to get lots of opportunity there's not been a manager you're always going to get massively scrutinized as a manager of manchester united but i don't think there's a season where we're going to get as much scrutiny as this from the fans i mean the media are going to write and type their shit and talk it as well but we're going to have so much to talk about because we have so many players coming in it's such an important season and there's some big calls being made so i'm looking forward to it i think people don't know if they don't follow league one donnarumma was an extremely mistake prone goalkeeper this season he shined because midfield was amazing and he had less mistake opportunities form is important to starrick well we're not getting donnarumma anyway i'd be very stunned if we got donnarumma um and it doesn't look like we're going to get a goalkeeper either right um let me this is not a touchscreen one how do i do this oh there he is i've got a lap laptop and i've got a touch screen thing okay important update on anthony still got a couple of updates to bring it make sure you subscribe please share the video anaban says when is your arsenal preview so i'm doing a video with robbie on that's football which goes out on friday which is our new premier league prediction so we'll be talking about it there um my actual arsenal preview interview is and i want to try and leave it as late as possible because i'm sort of like um i don't want to do it i know some people are going to start doing them today and tomorrow but i i don't know i don't know when to do it really um i don't know why i keep putting it off i don't know i don't know when i'm gonna do it i'm not gonna do 8 p.m on saturday that's too late but um um you know what i might just drop it at 2 a.m for the american audience tomorrow um i don't i don't know i don't know when i'm going to do it i don't know when i'm going to do it it's a good question though anyway let me talk to you about anthony so rail best rail betty's sporting director mano fallardo has confirmed the spanish club is not giving up on re-signing manchester united winger anthony before the end of the summer transfer window he says if Anthony uh he said both parties wanting to be here this season uh every day that passes allows us to dream as of his being of him being here if Anthony is here it's because the numbers add up the most important thing is the club's sustainability we can't do anything crazy it's okay to think big but you also have to keep your feet on the ground if he doesn't sign with the club there are still options but the deal would take place within the parameters we have budgeted at the club so effectively we are being held to ransom as we know Anthony wants Betis Betis wants Anthony Man United don't want him to go to Betis so they are basically just counting down the days hoping that on the last day Anthony and Betis get what they want and what they what Betis basically wants is another freebie with us paying his wages that's basically what they want they can't afford him.

42:41We're not a fucking... You know what? We are a club in a billion pounds of debt, paying 40 million pounds a year in debt interest, not paying the debt off, just interest on the debt. We finished 15th last year. We couldn't be further from being a charity. If we were Man City, you might just go, you know what? You can have him for another year on loan and we'll pay off his wages. We are the furthest away from being a fucking charity. And yet we're being asked to be a charity here. You had him for six months, he got you to a final and he got you into Europe. Know where your bread's buttered, for God's sake.

43:17And Anthony, we've been paying you 200 grand a week for three years. You've not justified it for a month. So it is a piss take, honestly. I like Bettis, I like Anthony, but this is a piss take now. And we're paying him 200 grand a week since July, by the way. He's had 800 grand in July and he'll get another 800 grand in August and he's doing nothing. So I've seen people defending Anthony saying, oh, I can understand it. Let's not forget, we're not getting a fucking goalkeeper. We're not getting a goalkeeper. Now we can say we're not getting a goalkeeper because of Inanna. We can say we're not getting a goalkeeper because we're going to spend big on Belaba.

43:57We're also not getting a goalkeeper because we've got players like Anthony that we're paying wages for that we can't sell we've got players like Sancho that we can't sell so it's it's annoying really that that we're in this position um no FPL this year marks as Tusha I haven't even looked at it yet I probably will do it but it'll be late um it won't be today I'm busy busy busy um also there was something on Jadon Sancho I wanted to bring in as well Sancho has apparently turned down and offered to leave Manchester United. Fabrizio Romano reports that Sancho has rejected the chance to reunite with former United manager Anigula Solskjaer at Bazictas.

44:40The 25-year-old is believed to be holding out for a move to Italy and has therefore turned down Bazictas. The stance, however, could change if he's still searching for a new club as for the transfer deadline. I mean, we have witnessed, in my opinion, we have witnessed one of the greatest transfer windows i've ever ever known and you're talking to somebody who has got home from school as a 12 year old um with no internet gone on to teletext pace 312 for the transfer news i have loved transfers since i was a kid since my paper round reading every paper so you know how many transfer windows have i witnessed easily easily i mean obviously when i was four i wasn't looking at them but you know touching over 35 transfer windows easily and i i've never known one like this it's been absolutely stunning and and not just from a united point of view which and actually you know what let's be blunt our transfer window at the moment is probably a five out of ten but it's still interesting but collectively you look at what liverpool arsenal chelsea city and i mean look jacob ramsey's going to villa from newcastle i don't even understand that it's a crazy window and it's going to get even crazier in the last few weeks but what also adds to the craziness is people like jaden sancho and people like anthony and people like ganacho that are just willing to not only miss pre-season but miss the start of the season.

46:10I mean, I don't know what it's like to be a professional footballer. You probably live in a bubble so much that you don't appreciate what you have. But I think every single one of us, if we were a footballer, would be crying into our cornflakes every morning if we weren't going to start the season. I don't know how your mindset works. I'd be onto my agent saying the season starts in two weeks. I have to start the season. I love football. I have to start the season and these players are like no end of august is all i'm bothered about literally missed pre-season and the first three games of the season it's a crazy mentality and it just shows you that to many of these players it's a job it's a job it's not a passion they're not passionate about football i just was like you know you have such a short career you listen and talk to ex players and you know they'll tell you anyway but you can see it in them the the light's gone out when they retire and not not in a you know some of them do get very depressed and stuff but they're they know they're never going to get those days back and you can tell that they'd love just to have four or five games again and play and these players are just willingly missing out on pre-season and everything it's a madness it really really is um and unfortunately we've got three of them and fair play to rashna to get in the barcelona move quickly oh we've got four of them we've got molassia as well haven't we it's mad but also on top of that i don't know whether you realized as well um ericsson and lindelof if they don't have a club i mean i mean they're not our problem but ericsson and lindelof do not have a club um they left man united well officially at the start of july but really in june i don't think they went on the asia tour did they they've not got clubs either as free agents it's um i don't know it's a funny one isn't it we need to change that by the way we need to change that completely we can't have another summer where people are sat on their ass and also i don't think it's a good look when people's contracts expire and nobody wants them um it's uh lindelof might be going to leverkusen eugene i know but these players should be getting snapped up and it just again it just it's embarrassing for united really because we kept lindelof for eight years he leaves on a free and nobody actually snaps him up so the bigger point is I think that two points one we've really got to look at the attitude profile of our players I mean look Sancho Anthony and Ganacho will leave but ultimately there's an attitude issue there when they're not even bothered about the start of the season and you've got Lindelof and Ericsson leaving and nobody actually wants them so there's two things I'd be looking at there if I was to Jim one why we got so many players that can't be asked to play football and two why when players run their contract down no one wants them that's a lesson learned for us um because if you look at chelsea and manchester city they have no problem and liverpool now they have absolutely no problem in moving players on um but this is the cultural change that we need to see at united um absolutely fantastic show this morning thoroughly enjoyed it i hope you did as well hope you felt the positivity running through it as well um i'm very much looking forward to the start of this season um and i suggest you do as well because come monday sunday evening that bubble might burst massively for all of us uh if we get a tonking from arsenal which could happen they're a good side i don't think it will i think i don't think we'll lose i've said that for weeks but um you know it's uh this is this is what we do it for can't wait um take care everyone we are back at two o 'clock tonight this afternoon of course and also it's a seven o 'clock show tonight now the reason it's not an eight o 'clock show um i'm upset myself because i love the eight o 'clock show the reason it's a seven o 'clock show is because it's um the super cup at eight o 'clock psg against spurs which i'm going to watch along for on that football so i will be live at eight o 'clock but it'll be on that football seven o 'clock tonight will be live but the positive about that is the carabao cook draw will be ongoing at seven o 'clock as well so we'll be live at seven take care everyone stay safe and i'll speak on the next one