212: Bruno WANTS To STAY! Rooney SLAMS Excuse Culture!

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0:38Get your Christmas jumpers. More of that later. But it does feel like Christmas because football's back. There's no game bigger than Man United against Liverpool, and we're all very excited about it. But it is a new show, and we've got some interesting news for you this morning. We've got two comments from two legends of the club, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs. One talking about excuses, one talking about how they'd like to see Man United play. Maybe some of you will agree with that. We've also got training ground updates, etc. Transfer news. But we're starting off with quite an interesting story that I did not expect to be reading this morning in relation to our captain, Bruno Fernandes.

1:16So basically, what they're saying via BBC, I think it's via BBC Sport, is that Wayne Rooney, sorry, Bruno Fernandes, let me read it to entirety. Bruno Fernandes has no interest in moving to the Saudi Pro League at the end of this season. He wants to stay at Manchester United this season, help them qualify for the Champions League, and then play for the club in Europe again next season. However, if Man United do not qualify for the Champions League, it's likely he'll leave and head to another big European club as his focus is on European nights in the Champions League. So this source is BBC Sport, apparently.

2:00So, I mean, look, I think it wasn't what I was expecting this morning, if I'm being completely honest, but probably something that we maybe shouldn't be blind to, really. This assumption that Bruno would go. And the interesting thing with Bruno is his contract is till 2027 with the option of another year. So the end of this season, it's 2026. If he decides to stay another year, he's running his contract down. Whether you like it or not, he's running his contract down, isn't he? So, you know, the 100 million that was there in the summer becomes absolutely nothing in a year or two. So it's an interesting one.

2:37He wouldn't be the first player to do it. Obviously, Casbero is doing it as well. But I suppose the question is, would you would you want Bruno Fernandes to stay beyond this season? And it's an incredible question because I think, you know, we're probably going to get quite a lot of people saying, no, I don't want him to stay at Man United. He's got to go at the end of the season. Let's cash in. I sort of have a have a different stance on it in the sense that, look, if Ruben Amrum isn't successful and we go back to a 4-3-3, is Bruno Fernandes not still one of the best number 10s in the Premier League?

3:07The problem you've got is that we'd be massively stacked if we went back to a 4-3-3, forget who your midfield two are going to be. Bruno at 10. What do you do with Cunha? What do you do with Mount? what do you do with Xerxi you can put Mbermo on the right you can put Amand on the left but you're massively overstacked in that area if we ever go back to a 4-3-3 if he's going to go back to number 10 I can see Bruno and he wants to stay at the football club I don't think I'd be the sort well I'd be open to it but I don't think I'd be you know saying let's get rid of Bruno if he's going to stay in the midfield I wanted him gone in the summer I don't want him here for another year I want him gone so I think I just think on the midfield debate right sometimes I think we have this debate about Bruno Fernandes in the midfield and you know let's hope that he has a good game against a very good Liverpool midfield on Sunday but when I think when we talk about Bruno Fernandes my my instant sort of reaction to him in the midfield is how disrespectful do you want to be to Roy Keane, Paul Ince, Michael Carrick, Stephen Gerrard you know all these great Premier League, Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, how disrespectful do you want to be to, you know, Rodri and everybody else and just say, oh yeah, Bruno can do that role.

4:16It's a specialist role. And I've just named some Premier League great midfielders. I just don't see it. That's how I look at it. I really don't. So look, if he's going to go back and play as an attacking midfielder, then let's talk about Bruno staying beyond this season. If he's going to be playing in the midfield, then we need to be moving him on. But look, this is for me why I still question the ownership at Manchester United, because I think it comes down to what is the vision for this football club? I saw a story yesterday again about Harry Maguire and Manchester United and how they're desperate for him to stay because he's such a leader and he's well-liked.

5:00And I think that's great. And I don't want to get personal on Harry Maguire at all or any other player. But I, as an owner, do not care about individual relationships or whether they're liked in the dressing room. I care about what's in the trophy cabinet. That's what I care about. You know, what are our midweek fixtures in Europe next week? Oh, we're not in it. Oh, we're not going to win a trophy. Yeah, so don't talk to me about experience and leadership and well-liked. You know, winners. I want winners. And I think that's where I'd be looking at all of this. Bruno Fernandes has been our captain for a few years now.

5:39We have won trophies, but look at where we are at the moment. So somebody just said it in the comments. They're absolutely spot on. What about what's best for Manchester United as well? What about what is good for the club? Because is it good for the club? Are the club going to make a decision? If Bruno decides he wants to, I mean, even reading it's weird. like Bruno doesn't want to go to Saudi if the club does well he'll stay for another year if they're not in Europe he'll go well hello hello we're Manchester United how's about we don't really rate you in the midfield we've got enough number 10s you're sold in the summer you know maybe we should take it maybe we should take control of it maybe we should be taking control of it that's my theory on it anyway um god please why can't we just start afresh says So what's wrong with the psyche of this club on all fronts?

6:29Why are we considering a 32-year-old Bruno as a continuation of part of what should be a new team? Fair point. And he's not the only one. And Quinton says, at the end of the day, Mark, what the hell can we do about any of the conversations we have? Well, we're not in control. We're not in control. We're just here to, you know, vent, debate and, you know, therapy, I suppose, in a way. People are underestimating the work Amrim is doing at United and see what he's going to do against Liverpool. says Akim. Sounds very, very confident there. Hi, Mark. Good morning. Let's hope Sunday will be a great day, says Sandy.

7:02Well, just talking about Sunday, by the way, I will just tell you what Arnaz Lottes said in his press conference this morning. He said, I'm looking forward to the match against Manchester United, even more because I know how special it is. It's the most watched match in the world. United have started the season better than the standing show, so it'll be a very interesting match. Man United have a better start to the season than the league table is showing. So respect coming in from Arna Slott there. Do you think he's right? Do you think Arna Slott's right there? Do you think we are in a false position in the league table?

7:38I think that Liverpool have lost three games in a row. I think Liverpool are not top of the league. I think Liverpool haven't played as well as they would like to play this season. And I think Arna Slott is probably in a position where he probably doesn't want to sit there in a press conference and belittle Manchester United and say it's just another game at Anfield and we expect to win. I think he's got to acknowledge the fact that they're going through a bit of a rocky patch. It's an international break. He might not have a lot of time on the training ground with his players. And Man United are obviously a big rival.

8:13So he's decided to go down the respect angle. I think we're exactly where we deserve to be. I've already said that he's blowing smoke up our ass says Neil Fish exactly and you know I haven't got a problem with that but I don't think the league table lies at all on our point I don't think the league table lies we maybe could have got a point against Arsenal you know what it sucks to be bored but when I get on my phone and play real casino games on spinquest.com the time flies by that two hour wait at the DMV seems like 10 minutes Play your favorite slots, live blackjack, live preps with a live dealer.

8:53New players,$30 coin packs are on sale for$10. Play spinquest.com and you'll never be bored again. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. We didn't deserve to beat Fulham. We deserve to beat Burnley, albeit late on. Chelsea, look, we deserve to win that one. Man City, we deserve to lose that one. Brentford, we deserve to lose that one. And Sunderland, we deserve to win. So I've watched every single game. Apart from a point against Arsenal, which we didn't put the ball in the back of the net, I think, you know, I can't argue for any more points.

9:32We, you know, maybe we should have one more point. Where does that put us in the table? I mean, maybe that does put us fifth. I don't think it does though. So we are where we are. I think a lot of people are getting locked up in the XG, but I don't think Liverpool are going to be genuinely worried about Manchester United. I think they know if they play well, we're going to have to play exceptional to get a result. And look, let's hope that happens. But I don't see that for anything more than his blowing smoke up our arse. Should have won versus Fulham. Bruno at fault for at least two of our losses this season, says James.

10:02Oh, well, look, should we have been out of sight against Fulham? Certainly. I think you're right. Thanks everyone for watching this morning. I think we've got a bit of a few people have mentioned it. Notifications. So please do share the video. If you are watching, we're a little bit low on numbers compared. Well, it is a Friday of the international break, to be fair. Make sure you share the video then, please. I think a lot of people haven't had the notifications this morning, but we're cracking on because we've got lots to get into. Two big stories already. And I want to talk next about Wayne Rooney.

10:34Rooney. This is what Wayne Rooney. So remember a couple of weeks ago, maybe a week ago, or actually maybe a few days ago, Marcus Rashford, we were speaking about how he'd, I don't know what happened with that, actually. ITV put it out that Marcus, this clip of Marcus Rashford saying, you know, basically blaming the inconsistent environment at Manchester United for his inconsistent form. they deleted that tweet itv i think and then everyone had picked up on it so it was almost like it went out and then maybe people around rashford or england saw it and went that's just going to cause rashford a load of shit and it got deleted i think but wayne rooney obviously saw it this is what he had to say about rashford's comments about inconsistency in the club making him inconsistent he said i think the environment hasn't been ideal at manchester united but that's also your responsibility if you don't play well or you're put on the bench it's easier to blame the environment whether justified or not it all depends on how you get involved we know he can do more that he can run more and that has nothing to do with the environment i might be wrong i like marcus a lot as a person but i think it's too easy to hide behind that argument and absolutely absolutely i think um i mentioned it the other day i saw a comment from robin van percy um he His son obviously plays football.

11:57And he said something along the lines of the biggest advice I've ever given to my son is that when things go wrong and they aren't going your way, the only person to blame is yourself. And I thought, well, what a what a fantastic message that actually is, because.

12:19it's correct and it doesn't surprise me again that it comes in from somebody like Wayne Rooney because Gary Neville mentioned it a couple of weeks ago Wayne Rooney mentioning it now it's just it's a mindset of what you need to be to be a Manchester United player we had Paul Scholes talking about it this week about how he doesn't think there's anybody in that football club who understands what a Man United player needs to be and he was mentioning recruitment as well and I think it will get to a point where people start saying oh boring Jack and Ori the History Channel UK Gold another ex-player slagging off current players but they are correct I know I know we're awash these days with ex-player podcasts and interviews you know there's just so many and you know it's hard for them to say something that hasn't been said before But I think in this case, absolutely, it's correct that you have this situation, certainly at Manchester United, whereby definitely it is good when a Wayne Rooney or a Gary Neville calls this out because Marcus Rashford is not even a player at the club anymore.

13:35and he has to focus on, and there was a great comment he made actually about Ronaldo, which I'll bring into the show in a moment, sidetracking a little bit. But, you know, Marcus Rashford plays for Barcelona. It's in our interest that Marcus Rashford plays well for Barcelona. But when you drop a little bit of a bomb against Man United whilst talking about, I mean, what he's basically saying is, I'm at Barcelona now. This is a better environment. And look at me, I'm playing better. but what Rooney's saying is well look okay you know we wish you all the best you're a good lad and everything like that but let's not pretend that you were shit for Manchester United because the environment wasn't right I mean let's get real you you know you have to look at yourself and I think what Rooney is saying to him it's not really about Manchester United it's about a message to him as well like you know when you're playing badly as a footballer or you're not playing at all or you're not running or anything like that then you yourself need to look at it and go hey I'm the number one responsibility and I think it's a life lesson as well and the people like Wayne Rooney's and the Gary Neville's and the Roy Keane's of this world had a very different upbringing in football to the modern footballer and in some ways I think it's hard for the modern footballer because you know I I see it you know I see it um I see it with my daughter I see it with

15:06um you know a lot of people whereby it's it's a very pampered environment whereas I think if you're a Rooney or someone like that street football and everything like that was probably still a thing um just to go back to that though um an interesting comment from Ryan Giggs I want to talk about as well this morning but um this is what uh marcus rashford has had to say this week on the influence of cristiano ronaldo he said ronaldo is is the player who represented his country the most and in the best possible way i was lucky to play with him watching him close up taught me what it means to stay at the top for so many years um it's interesting isn't it i mean I don't know I mean you get so many stories these days uh so many stories and everything but you know it's interesting how Rashford is saying watching Ronaldo close up taught me what it means to stay at the top for so many years I really would hope that that's the truth I really would hope that you know Ganacho, Rashford, Bruno Delo all these players who got to spend 18 months with Ronaldo at Manchester United you would hope that it will stand them in good stead because you know that was an opportunity the only thing I would say to that is it was it not Ronaldo who said that nobody would listen to him so I don't know but um but you know there's two there's two ways to look at this I think ultimately I couldn't give a shit about Rashford and his inconsistencies because he plays for Barcelona I want him to do well so we can sign for Barcelona permanently what I do care about is you know if it impacted him how many players have we still got at the club who are impacted by it as well.

16:42And I think that's the most important thing. This might just catch your eye a little bit. Ryan Giggs, let me just... Oh, I have had no luck lately. Wait, lady luck? Bresky, I got you. I've had so much luck on spinquest.com. They have all of my favorite games, slot games, live blackjack craps, and bubble craps. You can even get a$30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. 10 bucks for 30? I'm headed over to spinquest.com right now. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details.

17:21Have a sip of my tea. Just while I do that, actually, this has been on my lap, and I'm getting a warm lap. Thank you to everybody who has pre-ordered the knitted Christmas jumper this year. It's definitely the best one we've ever done. There's no doubt about it. Absolutely love it. There you go. I've got my prototype there. that's what it looks like on the back we do ship them worldwide that's the arm detail as well with a little bit of a badge on there as well um you can get these worldwide you can order them now link is in the live chat or go to united stand shopify when they're gone they're gone these are the knitted versions we only do a certain amount of these every year um and they are limited edition each year so if you want to get yours you can do a few people have quite a few people have ordered them already tomorrow so uh tomorrow yesterday so get those now I can take it off my lap breathe okay Ryan Giggs uh speaking to BBC Sport had this to say I would like to see the return of two wide wingers beating their opponents on the outside and getting a cross in now it's all about coming inside and linking up the play so not specifically talking about Manchester United but it did catch my eye because I do really agree with this.

18:37I think that when I think of Manchester United, I do think of wide players. I do think of wide players taking people on. I do think about wide players putting the cross into the box. We are moving with Ruben Amrim. I'm not saying that we're not. We're moving forward with Ruben Amrim. He is the manager of Manchester United, and I'm quite happy with that. But I do long for the day where we are putting crosses into the box, where we have got wingers that can take people on. I mean, this is part of United. It's not just Ryan Giggs. It's not just like Lee Sharp and Ronaldo. It goes back to the days of George Best and before that.

19:13We've always had this. And I don't think Ryan Giggs was talking about Reuben Amrim anyway. I think he was talking about football in general. But I do think it's important that that does come back to Old Trafford at some point. I mean, there's very few things about modern football that respects the past. But when I think about Manchester United, I do think about that ability to take people on down the wing and put crosses in. And we can still do that in a 3-4-3, by the way. You look at somebody like, and he would have been perfect for our system, and he did get linked to us. You look at someone like Nuno Mendes at PSG and his ability to skip past people and put a cross in, or you look at someone like a Gareth Bale a few years ago, he'd be perfect in this system.

19:58So let's not get our knickers in a twist that we need to go back to a 4-3-3 to play with wingers. We actually don't. The modern fullback is so different. I was having this conversation down at the pub a couple of weeks ago. Somebody was talking about Ashley Cole. And I was saying, the only thing about Ashley Cole is how many goals and assists did he get? very very good fullback but most of his build-up play was get the ball and give it to better players offensively very good in the modern game he'd probably be he'd probably i mean would he start for england yes but he'd probably get criticized for not being good enough going forward and this is what i mean about three four three the modern wingback fullback whatever you want to call it has to have the ability to get past their man and put a cross into the box so we can still do that i think what gigs is talking about is stylistically he wants to see more wide players getting past their man putting across in the box etc instead of cutting inside and playing little passes and i'd certainly agree with that certainly certainly would and um but i think some people might pick it up and go i was talking about 343 let's talk football says finances are probably why we have lost control and players decided if they leave or not because we can't afford to dispose and replace like we used to well I mean you know going back to the first story we were talking about Bruno Fernandes potentially staying at the club beyond the summer unless we're not in Europe in which case he might look for a move to another European club I mean that is a player that's got you by the balls um it is you know I don't want to go to Saudi I want to stay in Europe because I want to play in the Champions League I'll stay if Man United are in it and if they're not I'm going to go somewhere else I mean that is a power player isn't it and he's you know some people would say he's got every right to do that he's our best player and if we're not in Europe again he has the right to want to play in Europe of course he does but you could also say well at what point the Man United take control of this situation I think if you're if you're somebody like Arsenal and it's Declan Rice you're sort of like well we're never going to want to sell him he's you know he's a brilliant player for us he's in his mid-20s and if we're not in Europe he's going to ask to go that's on us I think at Manchester United if Bruno said look you're not in Europe again I want to go Man United possibly this summer just gone but also next summer should be in a position where they go yeah we're not in Europe because you're playing in the midfield mate so off your prop uh you know let's get some money for you so that could happen like in the summer if we're not in Europe and I think there's a chance that we won't be in Europe people talk about the 80 million from Saudi the 100 million we could have had in the summer I wouldn't be surprised in the summer if we're not in Europe if Bruno Fernandes says I don't want to go to Saudi I want to stay in Europe I've got offers from I don't know Barcelona Bayern Munich Real Madrid whatever you know I would probably have to let him go for about 30 maybe 40 if we're lucky because he'd be 32 so it's not beyond the realms of possibility um do you think he'd get a new deal

23:06well I'd never rule anything out with United I mean I would never rule anything out with United he's he's 31 now he'd be 32 next season he'd have a year left on his contract do I think United could extend it I just don't know I mean we're looking to renew Harry Maguire's contract so why would we not look at that I mean I wouldn't do it but I'd never sit here and say we won't um Ray says Ray Carl Brown Amorey one of our legends says although correct by Wayne we must not also hide from environment problems because a lot of players do better elsewhere so it's not all on Marcus says Ray no I think I think I think Rooney's absolutely spots on uh Ray um in the sense that you know these players are very very quick to blame and shift the blame and that that's on them there's there's no doubt about it but further to that I also think you're right the environment isn't great um in a bad environment you need good players in a good environment you need good players so I think what Rooney is basically saying is and where I agree with him is that you know there is a Manchester United player and we probably don't have enough of them it's going to be a great look Sunday's going to be a great game you know famously this was the game where I think unfairly accusations were made against Bruno Fernandes in the 7-0 game that he wanted to come off and I think you know accusations have been made against Bruno Fernandes many times by ex-players by fans that he's not a very good captain um you know i think i think sunday is a huge game for manchester united but i also think it's the game it's the bruno fernandez game um in many ways his season has been a bit like man united brilliant and bad and i think a lot of people i mean i did the video with robbie on that's football this morning our premier league predictions we both went consistently because I said it on the preview last night, we both said Liverpool will win.

25:15I said, United have got a chance, but I can't trust United. So they're inconsistent. We've never got two results in a row yet. So, you know, it's a difficult one to sort of predict, isn't it? But what I will say is, um, what's going on everyone. It's bluff here. And you know, what's more American than America's 250th birthday? Supporting American-owned companies like SpinQuest, America's number one social casino with over a thousand games like Live Dealer Blackjack and Craps. They're offering new users a$30 coin package for just$10. Go to SpinQuest.com and sign up today. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino.

26:00Void where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details how this pans out for bruno is almost like how it pans out for manchester united if we look if spurs were going to anfield instead of us or crystal palace were going to anfield instead of us i'd actually quite fancy them to get a result it's only because it's us going there and we don't know what we're going to get forrest gump's box of chocolates we just don't know what we're going to get but it's such an opportunity because if you go to anfield and you get a result We've also got Forest and Spurs coming up away from home in our next four games.

26:34So you go to Forest and you go to Spurs and you go, we won at Anfield or we got a result at Anfield. It just changes the mentality. If we lose badly, it changes the mentality again. I think Man United against Liverpool is always a big game. And for Liverpool, they'll be looking at it as going, well, this is a game we need to win to get back in amongst the title race. But I think for Manchester United, Ruben Amren and Bruno Fernandes, I think this is a game that is bigger than a Man United game, a Man United Liverpool game. I think it sets the tone for the season. On the balance of where our season is, I think it sets the tone.

27:07I think if you can go there and get a result and play well, it will alleviate a lot of the pressure on people. If you go there and have a bad game, then questions will be asked. And look, if we were to lose on Sunday, you know, and not play well, you know, the questions will be aimed at Ruben Amrim. Of course, there will. But you would probably also look at it and go, you know, from the 7-0 game to Sunday, if we lose, what is that? What is actually changing at Manchester United? How many of these players are new? Well, there are a few. And also, how many of these players are, you know, performing?

27:47and you know we need to see a captain's performance from bruno fernandez on sunday we need to see a good midfield performance from bruno fernandez on sunday he is not just a player playing out of position he is also the captain of the team so you know these are the sort of games i think that that do dictate your season and um i just hope maybe hoping against hope that the positive is go there play well get a good result no one can really moan you know you can't really moan about a midfield that does well against Liverpool at Anfield. He can't. Of course, they need to do it week in, week out. The inconsistency argument will always be there, but he can't really moan about it.

28:25So it's a massive, massive opportunity. Massive opportunity. It's just whether they can take it. Duncan says, I'm conflicted. I'd like to see Bruno stay, especially if Amorim were to leave, but I want to see a different player as a captain. Yeah, well, I think, look.

28:44now is not the time for us to decide whether we want Bruno to go or not as I said on the preview last night I'm just it is what it is he's our captain he's our midfielder and he's going to play every week it's bad for Manu but it's going to happen do I think he could stay at the club I think if we get European football they'll keep him you know what that might be something that people do not like to hear especially in the middle of October but I think if we get European football especially Champions League football Bruno Fernandes will stay but in a sense why is that a problem when you consider if we get Champions League football it would be pretty miraculous and he must play well in that situation so I'd rather go down the positive route I think I think people are making decisions on now when we're 10th and we've just finished 15th and you know we've been a bit you know sketchy in games if we get Champions League football I think most of us would be saying keep Bruno Fernandes because to get Champions League football we'd have to play well and I don't see how you don't play well with your captain who's going to play every week so I think we just have to take it for what it is if we get Champions League football I don't really care if he stays because I know that we'll have played well if we don't get Champions League football, I think he'll go anyway.

30:04At this moment, I think Cunha is our best player. Very, very close with Emberma, but there is a reason why he wears Rooney's 10. He should be a starter. Well, spoke about this last night. Completely agree with you on that one. One day, we'll look back and go, why did we play two brilliant 10s, McTominay and Bruno in midfield? It's crazy. Why did we play Wanmata on the wing? It's been going on for a while. Remember, we have got Ruben Amirim's press conference reaction at about half past one today as well, so make sure you're tuning in for that and we have got an eight o 'clock show as well albeit I will be doing Bundesliga but Terry's on at eight o 'clock tonight talking about the Liverpool game and stuff so make your choice or watch both uh we've had the hardest start to the season by a country mile but uh the signs are there for a stronger team I can see Liverpool and post-match success hardest start to the season by a country mile what are you drinking mate hardest start why have we had a hard start i mean we yeah we've okay we've had to play the top four in the first eight games i agree that that's difficult but we beat chelsea we we we we should have drawn with arsenal two of the games were at home and on top of that we've also played sunderland brentford and Burnley, three teams that were predicted to get relegated.

31:24So look, my point is, Andreas, is that I don't think there's any such thing as a difficult start to the season because look at the next four games, Liverpool away, Spurs, Forest away, Brighton at home. After that, we've got to play Everton, Palace, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Villa. I just don't, I don't think there is, I know what you're talking about. I think there was a time where you used to have a run of games where you go i can see us winning the next eight it wasn't even that long ago we didn't do it but i i remember countless times on this channel looking at our next eight games and going i think we'll win all eight and we never do you know we know we never do but um i think the premier league is very very competitive now uh one day i would do that one thank you very much uh appreciate that okay let me come out of that come back to there uh thank you very much please do smash a like on the video if you're watching by the way let's see if we can get a thousand likes this morning um okay just to scan over some other news for you um bruno fernandez casemiro kunya and ahmad did not train yesterday as they were given extra time to return from international duty so they will be training today uh what significance does that have i think it's bad news for kunya because mason mount's been training all international break um i think he will be on the bench as we said and I think the Casemiro and Ahmad it could be a bit like that because remember last night he could go with Deleu and Dorgue as wingbacks which means Ahmad will be on the bench anyway Casemiro there was talk of Agate maybe starting this game as well so maybe we can read something into that I mean Bruno Fernandes will play 100 % no doubt about that um interesting coming in uh just to talk about the youth for a moment because I think the youth is something that we do value a lot at Manchester United and there has been conversations about whether Ruben Amrim really is about the youth so this came in from Nathan Salt in the mail saying that Ruben Amrim and Cher Lacey have plenty of one-to-one conversations around the training ground there is a genuine internal desire to put him in the best conditions to succeed in the future and him treats him like any other first team player so this is uh lacy um and uh he did train with the first team yesterday with the baney fletcher matter uh mansato munro obi and jim they all trained as uh part of the first team setup so you know you know look people people people want to complain and moan about the lack of um oh i have had no luck lately wait lady look britski i got you i've had so much luck on spinquest.com they have all of my favorite games slot games live blackjack craps and bubble craps you can even get a 30 coin pack for just 10 bucks 10 bucks for 30 i'm headed over to spinquest.com right now spinquest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited visit spinquest.com for more details um opportunity for young players under ruben amrim i find that incredible by the way because again it's just a lack of um research like ruben amrim had has had plenty of young players through his career that is developed under him and not non non more so than kender who was playing at wing back for him at what 17 so he will give players a chance it's more difficult when you're not playing in Europe and you're not in the Carabao Cup and it's more difficult when every game's a cup final but you know that's unfortunately to be blunt the reason people like Obi are not getting minutes is because of the experienced players who fucked up last year and I've said that before and I'll say it again it's uh you know playing one game a week benefits the high paid experienced players because they have to pay, play.

35:17Your opportunities as a young player come in the Carabao Cup or in the group stage of the Champions League or the Europa League when you've qualified or when injuries happen because there's lots of games going on. So the opportunity for young players will be limited this season because we have so few games. But I think with Lacey, really talented player, um very very talented player had a few injuries like he's been mentioned and some of you would quite rightly say well why has he not had an opportunity already because people have been talking about him for two years really good player um creative um probably playing in a position that is already um you know stacked if we're being completely honest amad kunya zirks and Burma, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

36:15So there's a lot of players there.

36:21But opportunity has to, you know, it's hard to have an opportunity when the opportunity is not there. And we've just explained probably why it's not there. We're not in the Carabao Cup. We're not playing twice a week. So giving him even five minutes in a Premier League game where we're not comfortable in most games is very, very difficult. but certainly encouraging that he's knocking on the door. And I think there's a few others as well. But, you know, I think as fans, we do have to be a little bit mature and responsible here. Like we have got some really exciting young players and people are talking about names all the time.

36:56But tell me where you're going to play them. Where are you going to? I mean, I do my career mode and I find it very difficult to, in this season, I find it very difficult to give Leon minutes or heaven minutes because every game is really close and I'm trying to get in the bloody Champions League. And that's a computer game. Amram's doing it in real life. And it's like every game is a bloody cup final. You know, every game gets scrutinised. So finding 15, 20 minutes for a youngster, well, 15, 20 minutes is not enough anyway for a start. So it's not conducive, the environment for development at the moment.

37:32And I think all he can really offer is first team football. Hopefully that will change. But I'd say, to be harsh, I'd say to get into a Man United side at the moment as a youth player, you'd almost have to be the next Brian Geeks. You know, you'd have to be that good. You'd have to be so good in training that you're better than the first team players. And that's very, very rare. You know, younger players tend to need to come in and nurture. And we just haven't got the environment to nurture at the moment, if we're being completely honest. um what else what else what else there's a few bits here um

38:13oh this was quite interesting i didn't speak about this last night just just in relation to the january transfer window um ben jacobs when he was speaking to becky yesterday talking about elliot anderson belaber and water not being january targets for man united i mean that's massively disappointing of course because one of these players should have been a man united a player in the summer so to not get them in January means that we're going to go all season without a midfielder which is you know massively problematic but he did say the likes of Job Bellingham and Connor Gallagher are more realistic midfield targets for the January window well which would you go for um see if I can do a poll on this I think this is an interesting poll either or Job I always have to put Job because some people will think Jude Joe Bellingham, Connor Gallagher.

39:06Start the poll. Also goes on to say that Manchester United will sign a goalkeeper in the summer. Who it is depends on Le Mens' performance for the rest of the season. The club will decide if they need an experienced keeper or someone who can shadow Le Mens. Now, before I go back to that midfield conversation, what are your thoughts about that? I mean, I'm actually encouraged by that. I quite like that. I don't mind it at all. I quite like the fact that Lemans now has nearly a full season to show what he's all about. And one of two things will happen. He will either do really, really well, get better and better and look like he's going to be a top class goalkeeper.

39:51in which case in the summer you go and bring in probably somebody similar you bring in another potential goalkeeper to sort of keep him on his toes or he does okay but it becomes quite clear that he's not ready for it and then in the summer you go for an experienced goalkeeper and I'm comfortable with that ideally I want option one I want Lamens to do really well I want it to look like he's going to be a top class goalkeeper and then in the summer bring another goalkeeper in who's a little bit more understudy and works underneath him i want that scenario but if that's not it and it's also cheaper it's definitely cheaper if he doesn't do well and he becomes a bit like you know up and down average or even poor or whatever then you'd have to go and get an experienced goalkeeper which is going to cost more money but i think i don't i don't i don't know why anyone would moan about that i think we we definitely do need to bring another goalkeeper in in the summer hopefully it'll be an understudy if not you know we can solve that problem in the summer I quite like what we have now um and it gives like some people say well you quite like what you quite like what we have right now um what if we had emmy martinez you wanted emmy martinez well I did want emmy martinez I agree but I also think that now is I think it's a perfect season to try a younger goalkeeper.

41:17We did it with De Gea. Let's try it with Laments. I think there's not a lot he's going to get blamed for. Like, there isn't. I think the club's problems are not really the goalkeeper. And I think as long as he can deal with the pressure, I think he will get the backing from this fan base. And having a full season at Man Utd, in some ways, you know, it's the perfect run of games. This is what I'd like to see happen with Mainou. I'd love to see Mainou given a run of games in the midfields. Like, I don't think we're not going to, I don't expect Man United to be in the top four. What I'm really looking at is English clubs do well in Europe.

42:00We get the fifth place again. Fifth place, Newcastle lost 12 games last year. And this is how my mind's working. I'm like, I think we could still get fifth by losing 10, 12 games. And this is why it makes me laugh sometimes when you lose to Brentford and people are going, and you're like, we can lose 10 to 12 games and still have a good season. Hanging out at the pool is great. Relaxing and playing Vegas-style games on my phone at the same time. Drinking one hand and a blackjack in the other. It's all at SpinQuest. Over a thousand games, including your favorite slots and table games. Be cool with this summer special.

42:45New players get$30 coin packs for 10 at SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. 10, 10, well, let's say 12. 12 games is a lot of games to lose. If we're going to say hammer him out after every loss, you're going to be doing it 12 times and we could still get fit. and this is what I wanted this season to be when we lost the Europa League final I was very much of the opinion this was a great opportunity I looked at Newcastle 12 losses finished fifth and I went 12 losses that's a lot of leeway as long as you're moving in the right direction so if Amram had come into this season and he had like Maynou and Belaber in midfield Le Menz in goal Sesco up front and you know we're building something all right you might get turned over at Anfield, Etty Hans, he might lose at Brentford.

43:39But as long as the team is growing, you'd go, we can still get a fifth, we can afford to lose a few games, and we're moving in the right direction. That's why I like Lamens, because I'm sort of like, it's the perfect season for somebody like that. We're not in Europe, we're only playing one game a week, there's a lot of time on the training ground, there's a lot of time to analyse. I think it's the perfect season to do it's a shame we haven't done it in other areas we're doing it up front with sesco there's a lot of patience with sesco quite rightly and it's the perfect season to do it we're doing it with lamens now in goal i think it's a shame we didn't do it in the midfield because it's such an important area and i think there is leeway this season what people don't remember forget is is that if we were to qualify for the champions league or the europa league next season we're going to be doing it with the new midfield which will be teething problems of course um so ben jacob says no belabor wharton or anderson in january but it could be joe bellingham or connor gallagher we've got a poll here who would you go for joe bellingham or connor gallagher 30 of you have gone with joe bellingham and um 70 percent of you've gone with conor gallagher i do agree with that um i i base it upon a theory that i don't really know enough about um i don't really know enough about him

45:19to justify going for Joe Bellingham over Conor Gallagher. Whereas Conor Gallagher, I think, the way I look at it is, I think if you've got Conor Gallagher, Bruno and Casemiro go in the summer. That leaves you with Maynou, Conor Gallagher and Agate. And then you bring another one in. And I look at next season and I go, Conor Gallagher, Maynou, Agate, and hopefully a Belieber or a Wharton. I'd be quite happy with that. as a midfield four i'd be quite happy with that agate maynew conor gallagher wharton i'd be really happy with that as a four um that's why i go for conor gallagher because he may not be my starter next season but as a midfield roster i think he's very very useful for where we are at the moment we're not liverpool we're not arsenal i think people get a bit arrogant about i don't want conor gallagher joe bellingham with with all due respect the way he's been managed and the way his brothers managed this is um it's the bellingham project it's like the only reason he's the only reason he'd be looking to leave dortmund is because he's not getting game time in a team that's unbeaten this season you know we we need we need we need the embermos of this world we need the people that want to come and play for manchester united so that's why i'd go down that route but i would love us to bring a midfielder in in january and then bring another one in in the summer.

46:38I think that's the way to go. And whether we have the foresight to do that or not, I don't know, because we tend to ignore the January transfer window, which is massively frustrating. And look, let's not look at Enzo Fernandes at Chelsea or Cody Gakpo at Liverpool as good examples of January signings. Let's look closer to home. Dorgou. Dorgou is literally further down the road because he's not a summer signing. He went through the problems from January till the end of the season adjusting, and he's a better player this year for it. And he's still developing because he's very young. He's not the finished article, but Dorgou is in a better place in October because he started in January as opposed to starting in August.

47:23And that's the example. And I'm not saying we should go and buy four or five players in January because that's unrealistic, but I think when you're a club that's building, you should always bring a player in in january because that is massively helpful to have one player that's staggered behind everybody else has that a little bit more of experience jacob says i'd rather get ruben nevej i mean ruben nevej is an interesting player um given the age i don't know but um

47:54i wonder if i could do it here I mean look Ruben Neves He's not Scottish I know that Ruben Neves Is He's 28 Be 29 This season In March Connor Gallagher He's not Scottish either He's 25 He'll be 26 So he's three years younger Connor Gallagher for me yeah Ruben Neves is a good player but then again then again you know you do look at what's his face um what's his name Paulinha at Bayern Munich and I think we missed the trick I think we missed the trick there really do um scooby do let me end that poll there united united united right i'm messing around here um hi mark it's my 31st birthday today and this is my first ever super chat here yanni thanks for the first super chat we had one last night always nice to get people involved keep up the great and amazing work cheers from bulgaria well a big happy birthday to you yanni hope you have a great day um awful captain causes heads to drop when he begins moaning complaining and blaming it's been a problem for years and we've ignored it says notorious about Bruno one day we'll look back I've done that one thank you very much uh there um look in summary I genuinely do think that there is a running theme here of identity at the football club with regards to what is the plan um keeping Harry Maguire for a longer period of time renewing Casemiro, renewing Bruno or keeping Bruno, I think you're just clinging on to the past.

49:56It's like a relationship that's failed. You know, there's love there, but it failed for a reason. Man United seem to be scared to cut the apron strings. I think most of us, after the Europa League final, wanted to just do something major and reset and rebuild. And I think we saw this season as the perfect season to do it, not being in Europe, more time on the training ground. Let's build a team for next season. Have we done that? No, not really. Lemans, Cunha, Mbamo, Cesc, yes, but it wasn't enough. And I think this goes back to the whole Man United, please, please sell and piss off. I just think that we may never have that sale, but a full sale would be a mindset like that.

50:49There's no way somebody wouldn't buy this club and then go, let's break it all down. Let's restart. Nobody's going to spend five billion on this football club with an intent to spend a few billion more and go, Harry, Bruno, Casemiro, you're staying. Luke Shaw, come on. They're going to go, it's my club now.

51:38Social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit spendquest.com for more details. That's in the past. We're building something future. And it might take a few years, but we're going to build something for the future. And I think that's why so many of us want that sale, because we have never done this. And we only, some people mistake a little bit of future planning for future planning. And we never go the whole hog. We don't. What do you think about Cantona being approached by the UAE? um i don't know that uh

52:15i don't know i don't know i don't know what i think about this because to be honest with you eric kantonar is one of the most iconic players in you know my life as a man united fan as is this guy and there's plenty of others out there that that might be for you um i don't know whether it's an age thing uh i don't know i don't know what it is but to me whoever buys manchester united if manchester united was sold the only thing i'm interested in is are you clearing the debts how much money are you putting in and who are you who are you going to employ to be the ceo and the director of football because i want the best in class which is apparently what sir jim radcliffe was going to do and he clearly didn't if you want eric cantonard to be an ambassador or david Beckham to be an ambassador and be the face you know of the new Man United that's great that is great but I don't know anything about these people as to whether they you know I you know I need I need I need a head of recruitment who is head in the game I need a CEO who is an amazing CEO I don't think David Beckham or Eric Cantona are going to be great director of footballs or great CEOs.

53:30So when it comes to ambassadors, as long as they're ambassadors, great. I wouldn't want them involved in transfer decisions or business decisions or anything like that. So ambassador, I don't get it. I saw Ben Jacobs talking about it last week. I really don't get what the excitement is about having Man United players as ambassadors. Because if it was a political camp like david beckham got behind the 2012 london olympics and he was absolutely massive in that but there was a vote and having david beckham there was was was a very powerful um you know piece of your campaign to get the club off the glazers you just need to offer them the money you don't need david beckham there so i i think that you know if these players are going to be ex-players are going to be ambassadors it's great but ultimately let's just get the sale done first and then if we get the sale done let's go and recruit the best people for the job the best director of football might be at Porto the best CEO might be at Borussia Dortmund you know we just need to go and recruit the very very best um and give them give them the tools to do the job as well because in fairness to Omar Barada I don't know whether he's done a great job or not but a lot of what he's had to do is shit, sack half the workforce, you know, not have enough money for a midfielder, etc., stuff like that.

54:54So I couldn't give a toss if Luke Chadwick's going to be an ambassador for the UAE. It doesn't matter as long as we remove the Glazers and have an owner that wants to put money in. I don't care who the ambassadors are. You know, it can be Roy Carroll, it can be Jemba Jemba. I don't care who they are. You know, at the end of the day, let me put it like this. would i choose the glazers and glenioffs with the class of 92 as their ambassadors or would i choose a brand new owner that's going to clear the debt and put money in with luke chadwick jember jember and ray carroll as uh as their uh as their um people honestly um that's that's how important the ambassadors are to me because i go for the one that's going to clear the debt and put the money in certainly um don't forget william prunier says jack classity exactly right we're back at half i won't be half one will it be about 20 to two by the time the press conference is finished we'll be back live for that great show this morning really enjoyed it very excited to have football back very interested to see what reuben amrum's got to say in his press conference as well um thanks everyone for watching big day press conference eight o 'clock show i've got live bundesliga football on that's football as well don't forget check out Premier League predictions as well get yourself straight over to that football because it was a really good show me and Robbie back doing the Premier League predictions and don't forget it is Friday the Christmas jumper has been launched the best one yet and I did promise I would wear it I think I might wear it later get yours get yours United Stand Shopify back it into Google or just go through the link in the live chat take care everyone speak to you in a bit

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