158: Hjulmand TRANSFER Request! Keeper ISSUE Exposed Again!

0:28Hello everybody, good morning and welcome to the United Stands. Lots to get into, plus a few extra quotes from Amrim's embargoed section last night. But let's start off with the big news. Now, we spoke about this yesterday. Lots of people talking about Wharton. But there's a very interesting story from Simon Stone in the BBC yesterday morning, who doesn't do speculation, basically saying that he'd been told the chances of Hulman leaving, Yulman leaving sporting this summer are big. and lo and behold, we have an update here from Fabrizio Romano, which is basically a transfer request. Manchester United are aware of Juhlmann's situation.

1:05He would be open to a transfer. No concrete negotiations between the clubs. Sporting does not want to lose another top player and it will be a tough deal. Well, welcome to the list. Welcome to the queue. I think every deal is tough now. Belaba, obviously, looks like it's over. Wharton would be the toughest of the lot and And Ullman's not going to be easy. But I tell you what, anything that's worth getting isn't necessarily easy to work for. So it's looking like a very similar situation to Ullman other than Man United haven't gone public through Ornstein yet. So Ullman leaving Sporting is something that's being mentioned way before we've got involved.

1:46And now with Belaber out the picture, this looks interesting. Look, when a player is open to leaving a football club, it's effectively a transfer request. what we've got is the modern equivalent of that. It's what the Labour's done with Brighton. He wants to come to Manchester United, but he won't go as far as going on strike like Isaac. Juhlman, I need to get his, I don't got it right at that time. Juhlman obviously wants to come to Manchester United, but he's probably not going to go on strike. And that is why this will be a difficult deal for Manchester United to do if they are going to do it.

2:20Now, we spent a lot of time I'm talking about Jormland last night. It's interesting how quick this is developing from Simon Stone yesterday morning to Fabrizio Romano this morning. So certainly keep your eyes on that one. Would you be happy with it? Why are you a little bit, why are you early, Mark, this morning? Seb's got a match at 10, so I can't do the 10 o 'clock show. And I was just so excited about Jormland. No, I wasn't really. That's not why. That's not why I was. Don't you get tired talking about speculation marks has been no I don't really get tired of doing something I love um you know I think I used to get up and do a paper round at quarter to six every morning for about six years between the ages of uh of 10 and 16 um and what got me up for that well the money but also the fact that I got to read all the different papers in the morning so I just love football mate always have um and I'm sure many of you are the same as well and I hope you're loving the fact that we've got a match today.

3:17Now may be the only time we can be positive, by the way. We could get our arses smacked later on. Absolutely could. And I wanted to bring this in because I think as a community, just before I go back to transfer stuff, as a community, I think this is really, really important because I saw in the Manchester Evening News today that Manchester United apparently are privately aiming for top six this season. I mean, who has rung the Manchester evening news up from Manchester United and said, keep it secret, but we want top six. And this is what I mean. It's this subconscious agenda that gets put out there by the mainstream to derail this football club.

3:57I mean, who at Man United is privately going to tell Samuel Luckhurst that we're looking for top six? And he goes on to say, apparently, I've read this from United Truthful, so I hope they're telling the truth on X. Samuel Luckhurst, quote, No reason why United can't qualify for the Champions League this season. They've invested heavily in the attack, kept their most important player, are well-stocked at centre-back, have ample recovery time between games, and some clubs that finished above them last season are in stasis or stasis, or I don't know, he went to bloody university. And this is what I mean.

4:29Like, so, bullshit. You've not privately been told that Man United are looking for top six. You've decided that Man United should get top six. You've listed the reason why they should get top six, and you're going to be pushing for top six all season, putting pressure on the manager, because that's what they do. That's what the mainstream do. They have to sell papers. They have to get you to click. So they've got to set the agenda out early. And I'm telling you now, with top six talk, even though I said fifth, that was on the expectation that we would get a goalkeeper and a midfielder. Without a midfielder and a goalkeeper, if you think Man United, what was the words?

5:05Let me read these words back again, because I'm captivated by them. there's no reason why United can't get Champions League football this season. Well, I can think of two reasons, mate. Absolute agenda bullshit before a ball's even been kicked. And this is just something you've got to keep in the back of your head because hopefully we won't need it later. But if we were to lose, remember all the Amory Mouters are going to come out from the shadows, derailing the football club again. For me, it's about game 10 to 30. It's not about game 0 to 10. I want a good start to the season, but there's a multitude of reasons why it might not happen.

5:38Amrim's even said it himself. New signings need time to adjust. We haven't got players in key positions and we've got a very, very tough start to the season. But there's no reason why we can't get top six. I mean, I find that absolutely incredible. In fact, look, I don't always agree with Gary Neville. I do agree with him sometimes. I just don't think people listen. But this is what he had to say yesterday. And Bermot Cunyosesco, a lot of eyes on them. I think Man United fans, including myself, are surprised that they've gone and spent that level of money. We thought after the Europa League final that the money wouldn't be there at that level.

6:09So to get those three players who look like really good profile players, two of them have got Premier League experience, we need them to do well because the rest of the team, we need a goalkeeper. There are definitely issues with the defence and midfield, but if the three strikers are real handful and scoring goals, last season's United return in front of goals was really poor. If they get off to a good start, it's really important. But you know what? Absolutely spot on. There is no talk of Champions League football. There is no talk of top six. Literally says, very happy with the attackers. But you know what?

6:43The rest of the team, midfield goalkeeper, and he even mentions defence. I applaud that. It's a fair analysis. We're starting a season, we've got every chance of getting a result today. I've seen so many opening day unpredictable results. I might not call it a shock to beat Arsenal at home or get a draw against Arsenal at home or Manchester United. But, you know, I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about the 38-game season without a goalkeeper, without a midfield. On any given Sunday or Saturday, we can beat anybody. We know that. But over a 38-game season, we struggled for consistency. So I think that, you know, fair play to Neville for saying what you lot have been saying all summer.

7:26We need a goalkeeper and we need a midfielder. And I don't think that's coming out from certain media outlets for some reason. So fair play that some people actually understand that it's a tough ask. Have you got the crop top on? I have actually. No, no, I haven't. Imagine if I did. So, yeah, look, I'm very excited about the start of the season. I saw a ridiculous story this morning. I mean, I'd rather talk about this than Sancho, but somebody was talking about De Gea coming back this summer. I mean, I half thought about leading the show on it for a Sunday morning, and I thought what an absolute load of clickbait shite that would be and a piss take of an amazing community to run a show about that.

8:10Alan Nixon in the sun. Forget about it. Forget about it. Yeah, I mean, there are certain journalists out there who literally every week come out with a wild one. And that's a wild one as well. I mean, I'd love David De Gea to come back to Manchester United. But yeah, nothing in that one. So as I said, if you're tuning in a little bit late, where have you been? I'll actually got a good excuse this morning. But yeah, Fabrizio Romano basically saying that Manchester United is an... Well, he didn't say that. He said that Manchester United have not yet decided on the midfielder. The club is aware of Jürgen Mland's situation, who is open to joining them, but no concrete talks between the clubs yet.

8:54Not decided on the midfielder yet. Two weeks of the window left. Got to get a move on. One of you said it the other day, and you're absolutely spot on. However this transfer window ends, and I can't predict it at the moment, I can guess it. I can hope. Hope, you know, is how it all starts. I hope we get a goalkeeper and I hope we get a midfielder. At this point now, I'm dreaming, but I'd take Martinez and Jormland. It's not the window I wanted, but it's a rescuable summer. And I think if we got Jormland and Martinez from Villa, people would go, oh, it's a seven. It's an eight out of ten. I'd say, shut up.

9:36Shut up. We are definitely in the stage of Anthony and Casemiro now. We are in desperation area. You can't start giving this transfer window a snout. Like, we might end up with five signings. I mean, that's a big might, but it's not organised, is it? It's not planned. This is chaotic now. We're in the chaos club now. Like, and I'd be over the moon with Martinez and Yulmland, but we will have got away with it because we have left ourselves really, really late in this window with, you know, We're playing games without players. And all right, Arsenal, you might just live off vibes and get a result.

10:14But Fulham away next week, this is where you need your new signings. So I would love to think that we can get Jumlin and Martinez in. That's the dream in this short window we've got left. But I'm not expecting that at all. I'm really not expecting that at all. there's two weeks left and um the season starts today so i don't know we'll have to wait and see arman says i'm concerned about yumlin taking time to settle into the premier league the media won't give him time and they'll call him a flop and put the pressure on says arman mate that's that's not exclusive to us i was watching liverpool on friday night and apparently verts is a flop now uh society is to blame um i mentioned this on the watch along the other day um too many of us now spend our lives swiping through 30 second videos.

11:04It's killed patience. Last night, I had my yearly summer tradition. I sat and watched heat from 10 o 'clock to one o 'clock in the morning. I'm captivated for three hours. I don't look at my phone. I just love that film. Not many people can do that now. Not many people have the skill of patience. And I'm so grateful that I lived in a world where patience was taught and learned. So when you get an Agate or a Yomlin or a new signing, for me it can be a roller coaster but you've got to give them two years and with younger players you've got to give them maybe three or four years because they're teenagers but modern society reflects that everywhere patience has disappeared in everything people don't want to wait people don't want to work for it they want it now the x-factor generation uh the tiktok generation so you're right like look at vert's on friday he's a flop now and and it's so sad, but I don't know what we do about it.

11:57Thankfully, some of us still retain patience. And if you bring Yulman in or Shesko in, it's absolutely logical that they're going to need a season or two to settle. Now, if they hit the ground running like people at Haaland did, yabba-dabba do. But it's not guaranteed, is it? Neville fancies as strongly today, Marks, as Robert McCormack. Maybe he's setting us up for a fall. I mean, I don't fancy as strongly today. I think that's crazy. I don't think we're going to lose today, but I base that upon my preview, which you can go and check out if you're getting excited. No, I base it on the fact that it's Old Trafford.

12:35It's sunny. It's the opening game of the season. It's exciting. It's 75 ,000 fans. It's, you know, we can raise it. We can beat anybody on our day. We might catch Arsenal a little bit cold. I think the first 20 minutes are key. If Arsenal get comfortable on the ball, the confidence will flow and they'll beat us. Like we've got to hurt Arsenal in the first 20 minutes. Like I can't say 75 ,000 fans, excitement, opening day. And then for the first 20 minutes, we let them have the ball, like because they'll settle in and they'll kill us. So we've got to score first. As we know, one of the big things I just want to say before the season kicks off, you know, like before every game I go, these are the things I'm looking for.

13:17One of the big things I'm looking for this season amongst many is we hear all this talk about confidence and Man United are ready and this, that and the other. Forget the players, forget the system, forget anything like that. One of the things I'm really interested in is when we go a goal behind, can we come back? Because that's something I've seen at this club for 10 years. The inability, you know, Liverpool was the worst where, you know, it never should get to seven. It should have stopped at two or three because you should shut up and mentality should kick in. But have we got that mentality to kick back in and turn around things that go badly against us?

13:52Because that's been missing for years. Even in the Europa League final, you go 1-0 down early on, can't find a way back. So that's what I'm really looking at this squad, that mentality, because you can buy that, but we haven't bought enough of it. I prefer Edison or Agumi over Yulmland. He's slow, says Malachi. Well, there's no guarantee that we're going for him at the moment. I just think naturally you're going to get stories about midfielders when we're not going for Belaba. Sadly, that Maynou-Beleba midfield too That many of us were thinking about for the next decade Doesn't look like it's going to happen at the moment I mean, I'd love to see Maynou starting today I think he'll go with Casemiro But I actually think that Maynou's quicker, more athletic And he's more comfortable on the ball than Agate So I'd like to see Maynou starting with Bruno But I think he'll go with Casemiro Lovely early show while I'm walking the dog do you think Cesco starts today?

14:47I'd love them to get a full game, says JHP. I think with Cesco, he will start, but I think it's whether he'd do 90 minutes. Man United, since the Ten Hag days, have become increasingly more and more about minutes and laptops. So I just can't imagine him being given 90 minutes. It's 1am in the US, a few cold beers in. And I think sitting badminton against Arsenal might be a mistake. I think we should go front foot and attack, says Waza. The most Belaba-esque player is sitting in Roma shirt, Manu Kone. Shocked we've not gone near him, especially with Sancho going the other way, says Red Devil Girl.

15:27Good shout. We did help them out with selling Jocares, says Fighting Irish. Could the news being out of the Belaba deal and in for others be part of the negotiation tactics? The old walk away, says Christoph. I said this yesterday. I'm you know I want to be responsible here and not um you know be you know promoting um you know hype but I don't believe we're out of the belabor deal completely I know logically we are but until the window's shut or we bought another midfielder I don't think we are I still think he really wants to come to United obviously opening day for Brighton 1-1 draw you know you play it's a bit different when you've played a couple of games and you think you know what actually I do want the move I've seen it before so I wouldn't say it's definitely going to happen but you know hopefully it still can um talking about the goalkeeper I think this highlights the goalkeeper issue as well uh Amrin was asked in the uh embargoed section about Anana to start and he said it's like the other players everyone has to win the place so I'm not going to say if one player is number one he's ready to go to the game let's wait you'll know on Sunday so I think Anana will start, but like everybody knows it.

16:37Everybody knows we need a goalkeeper. And sometimes you feel like in the fan community, you're banging your head against the wall because an ex-player who's in the media or the media won't acknowledge it, but everybody knows we need a goalkeeper. It's like universally known, every rival fan, every media outlet, every United fan, we need a goalkeeper. And, you know, I hope it's not going to cost us today, but it's scary that we're going into a season where we don't have it. He was also asked about his feelings heading into the new season. He said confident. I know in some moments we're going to struggle because it's a game against Arsenal.

17:14We are more prepared, though. I think I feel we have more players who can help us to change the momentum of the game. That can give you confidence. We have more options. If things are not working well, we can change things. That gives me more confidence in every game. Also, this was quite interesting what he said about the Ahmad and Mbermo partnership. I'm not going to explain anything because I explained a lot of things last season. I prefer to keep some things to myself. They are both very good in one-on-one situations. They can both play, one of them can play, or they can both be on the bench.

17:46It's more options for me for each weekend. Now, remember, my predicted lineup of Amirim is both those players on the bench. It's Mount next to Kunja in the 10, and it's Deleuwe Brahmad at right wing back. So he might bench both those players. He said it himself. He might start one of them. He might start both of them. For me, when you're shit and you finish 15th and you've got Ahmad and Mbemo in your squad, you start them. If you're Arsenal and you've got Rice and Saka, you start them. If you're Liverpool and you've got Salah and McAllister, you start them. You know, if you're Newcastle and you've got Anthony Gordon and you've got Bruno Jemeres, you start them.

18:32So I understand tactically we're going to play defensive. So he's going to go Deleuze and Mount on my prediction. But I do also think why have Man United started to play based on the opposition? I can't remember which manager started it, whether it was Oli or Ten Hag, but we're trying to build a style of play. And I know sometimes you do have to change that because you might be playing, you know, one of the best teams in the world. But this is the opening day at Old Trafford. And it would be strange not to see Ahmad, one of our best players, and Embermo, one of our best signings, not starting.

19:16but prepare yourself for that because I think a tactical setup will be to be more disciplined which means Mount and Deleuze but look, I don't know. I've got no idea. Do you think Man United to purposely play Maynou Leicester get him to sign for a lower wage has got lucky? I don't know. I mean, I expect that contract to be announced at any point really. City will ditch Rodri due to injury and sign Ebleiba, says Tilak. Probably. One of the biggest goals this season is consistency. Show up for every game, not just the big ones. We won't win them all but we must always turn up, says John. Look, you can lose 12 games and finish fifth.

19:48That's what Newcastle did last year. So I don't expect us to not get beat. But like you say, it's how we get beat that matters. Ben Jacobs saying on Maynou that Manchester United really, and Ruben Amman really want him to stay at the club amid uncertainty over his future. I mean, I don't think there is any uncertainty. I think we do want him to stay, and I think he will stay at Manchester United. I'd be very, very surprised if he didn't. just on injuries, Masraoui not available for the game. So I don't know what, I think Inanna obviously is available. I don't know about Xerxi. I think he will be on the bench, but he's had no pre-season obviously.

20:24So yeah, I wouldn't expect him to be involved, but Masraoui certainly won't be involved. So, I mean, look, I don't want to talk about that because it's a positive day, But let's not forget that I spoke about this before the US tour started. Injuries have not disappeared from Manchester United, like that they haven't. They are still going to have injuries. Absolutely, no doubt about it. So I think that already this summer we've had Masraoui miss a month, Xerxi miss a month. I don't count Anana. Goalkeeping injuries are quite rare. So those injuries are still something. And the reason I mention that is because that's why it's important that we still do big business in this summer transfer window, considering injuries are still going to be a problem.

21:18wire injury is going to be a problem because a number of uh players are really really um sorry i'm just lost my train of thought i don't know what i was going to say oh say i know what i was going to say wire injury is still going to happen because carrington being knocked you know being re-renovated isn't going to stop the fact that we've still got predominantly the same players and predominantly the same fitness team and some of these players are injury prone so we're still going to pick up injuries I'm afraid which is why a big squad is so important. Okay look quick morning show 13 ,000 watching absolute legends I sense the excitement we'll get the live chat opened up early for countdown to kickoff remember the order of the day today kickoff is at 4 30 my watch along starts at 4 but countdown to kickoff starts at half past two.

22:14You've then got your match reaction with your interactive player ratings. That's back. Mark every player out of 10, six being the average. We end up within a massive thousands of aggregated scores. Get ready for that. If you haven't signed up for that, we'll get it into the next stream for you. Free to do that. Also got some really cool interactive stuff that we're going to change for the watch along this season. So the layout might be slightly different. Get ready for that as well. You might have noticed a few things that we've been doing in preseason. Very excited Manchester United are back playing football And we may have our concerns about transfers About players About ownership But ultimately If you're not excited About Manchester United playing Arsenal In the opening game of the season today You've lost why you love this club And football This is what it's all about We all want to win We all want to win Come on United I'll speak to you on a little bit later Thanks for watching Take care, stay safe and give us your thoughts on everything we've spoken about.

23:11Whirlwind of stuff there. Journalists trying to put us in the top six. Gary Neville says we need a goalkeeper like you lot. Youngland fancies the move to Man United and a lot more. Speak to you in a bit. Take care.