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1:04hi everybody good morning and welcome to the united stands i'm ot goldbridge and this is your latest manchester united news this thursday morning we absolutely love thursdays we've got ben jacobs at two o 'clock we've got the live preview at eight o 'clock and the weekend basically starts here so lots to get into this morning uh midfield dilemmas midfield demands uh we're talking Maynou and Xerxes exits, new news coming in around them from Fabrizio Romano. Also, what does that mean for the January transfer window and why Amrim should be in a strong position? Is it actually becoming the point where maybe we should be letting these players go?

1:39Because if Xerxes goes, surely we'd get a backup striker. And if Maynou left, surely we'd get a midfielder. And does that not make Manchester United stronger? I want to pose that question. Also, what would your dream midfield to be in the summer? because we need to bring two in. I'm very much Stiller and Anderson. I'll explain why. What are your thoughts on that? I've also got a few tactical things coming in. Interesting stats around in Bermode, etc., which feeds into this long ball theory that people are talking about in relation to Manchester United as well. And a few other bits I want to get into too this morning.

2:14Quite a busy morning this morning. Do not forget, two o 'clock, we've got Ben Jacobs every Thursday at two with Beth. Love that show. And then the live preview for Forrest tonight. I used to dislike Thursdays, Europa League football and all that shit. I love them now. I love these weeks of they're just flying by. They're just absolutely flying by. Positivity streets. Talking of which, sometimes we hit on a topic and I don't have all the answers. I want to make this very, very clear. We were talking about the brilliance of the flags in the Stretford end against Brighton at the weekend. And there was like a bit of I wasn't totally clued up on who was responsible for that.

2:52I did mention the Red Army, but I didn't probably mention it in its entirety. The exclusivity of the, you know, the cause of all that is the Red Army. So 100 percent. So we should be shouting them out for that. I think it was it was for some people, it was a glimpse back to the 80s on what the terraces used to be like in football grounds. For some of us, it's what we see in some European leagues. The Premier League has become very stale. There's question marks about the officiating. There's question marks about the standard of the football. And there's question marks about the atmospheres in grounds, especially at, you know, historical atmosphere grounds like Old Trafford and Anfield.

3:30And I think it's fantastic that we have a group called the Red Army who are desperately trying to make things better at Old Trafford. And you know what? I just don't understand why it can't get better and better, because reality is other leagues are doing it. what is it bloody political correctness health and safety prats you know we should have safe standing and we should have more flags and we should be able to let flares off and we should be able to create environments and atmospheres at our own ground that intimidate oppositions and make the moments that we all love to see and and witness so fair play to them for trying to bring an atmosphere back to Old Trafford I know that there's actually talk of um changing the music for Manchester United coming out as well some people feel that that that tune is out of dates as well so um some great work being done there and full credit to the red army for that um um brilliant i just yeah i thought it was brilliant on saturday absolutely brilliant i just and i think it can you know by the sounds of it it's only going to be the start um um i don't think we should have flags all around the ground by the way i mean i think either end it works really well so do it at the other end as well and at the strepford end but i don't think we need it all right all the way around the ground you know it's not it's not the old wembley i think i I think there's things that we can do to make the atmosphere, but they're doing a great job.

4:46Fantastic. OK, let's get into the news this morning. Simon Cox says the prawn sandwich brigade won't like it, Mark. We can shove it up their arse, you know, basically, you know, football for the fans. That's what we're all about, isn't it? Although if you do like a prawn sandwich, so do I. But, you know, give me a flag any day over a prawn sandwich. Right. Let's get into the news this morning. I just do love Thursdays now. They're so, so good. But what about Jared Bowen to Manchester United? I mean, we're not linked to him, but apparently Tottenham are considering a move for Jared Bowen, 28 years of age.

5:19Well, don't they want Xerxes? I mean, we don't need Jared Bowen. I think Jared Bowen would be a good right wing back, you know. I think he's a hard working. We don't need Jared Bowen. Shut up, Goldbridge. We don't need to talk about that. OK, what we do need to talk about is we're going to start off with Mainu and Xerxes, actually. So Fabrizio Romano has given an update video last night around the situation with Mainu. Man United is still very much holding ground that Xerxes and Manu will not be moving in January because Amrim wants them to stay. We're not in Europe, obviously. We're not in the Carabao Cup, obviously.

5:54But he feels that, you know, he needs a big squad around him. Is that fair? From Amrim's point of view, it's absolutely fair. Look, my career mode's back this afternoon. I don't mind having... Mason Mount, I think I've got rid of him. Garte isn't even on my bench but I'm not selling him because actually I loaned him to Newcastle he scored a banger didn't he but my point is I don't mind having people like Xerxi even if he's not on my bench as a manager I'm like well at least he's there so um I can understand Amrim's point of view but it's whether you can keep those players happy so Fabrizio is basically saying that Man United and Ruben Amrim are not willing to let these players go in January as things stand at the moment but it is still late October two months away um but he does say that West Ham have contacted the club to inquire about the situation of Maynou and Xerxi on loan but United are not open to any negotiations at this moment in time um um also interestingly from Gazeta della Sport they're saying that Napoli Conte want Maynou in January and also that Roma are continuing their pursuit of Xerxi and want to add him on loan in January 2.

7:03Rema currently sit joint top of Celia and want to bolster their squad from a position of strength. The long-term futures of Evan Ferguson and Dovbic are also uncertain. So we won't have, I mean, this is a novel new world for Manchester United. We won't have this situation where we have players that we don't want and nobody else wants. Things are starting to change. Amram and Xerxi, sorry, Manu and Xerxi haven't played any football this season and yet they're not you know they're not short of suitors and I think we talk about a lot of things that are changing at Manchester United don't we but I think one of the things that is really changing and it's nothing to do with Amrim it's um I don't know who I don't know who's to blame I don't know I actually don't know who takes the credit for this because it's not Ineos either but if you look at the likes of Wan-Bissaka and you look at the likes of Rashford and you look at the likes of McTominay and you look at the likes of Ganacho we haven't had a shortage of suitors for those players over the last two years now Amrum's not been here for two years and any ops haven't been here for two years but we have traditionally really struggled to move players on if you think about the likes of you know Paul Pogba not Paul Pogba um van de Beek etc we know we've had problems with this Rojo over the years we've really struggled to move players on we're not having that at the moment so Xerxi and Manu aren't aren't playing football if you're another club you're not basing it on current form you're basing it on I think there's a player there and that's that's a really good position for Manchester United to be in and um I just wanted to comment on that but in relation to Napoli I think they would they were very close to wanting Manu back in August and he wanted them um Xerxes will not have a shortage of people wanting him in the Italian league as well and obviously I think in the Premier League, there might be some interest as well.

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9:24I think Amram's in a good position here. I mean, my understanding is, from very, very good sources a few weeks ago, is that if Xerxes was removed from the squad in January, then Amram would expect a replacement in January. And if Maynou was removed from the squad in January, he would expect a significant replacement in January, which is part of the reason that Maynou couldn't go in August. essentially Ruben Amrim said I don't want Manu to go Manu said I want to go and Amrim basically said to the board if you let him go and you don't replace him you're messing up this season for me so you better get a replacement in which is why we were moving for Conor Gallagher in the last week the plan was not to get Conor Gallagher in and keep Manu so this is maybe new news I think it's not I think we've mentioned it before and I think other people have mentioned it before but it's common sense news as well.

10:14We were moving for Balaba and Conor Gallagher in the last few weeks of the transfer window. And the plan was not to keep five midfielders. We would have moved somebody on. And ultimately, it may well have been Maynou, which is weird because if we got Balaba, a lot of people were going Balaba and Maynou. But I think there was a chance that Maynou could have gone. But certainly in the last week, when we were going for Conor Gallagher, that would have been Maynou going. So Amrim's in a strong position because there is this position at the moment where Man United and Ruben Amrim are not interested in letting Zerksi or Maynou go.

10:51I'll tell you my opinion on that in the moment and you can give me yours, but let's not forget that if one of those players go, another player comes in. So if Maynou goes in January on loan, another midfielder comes in. If Zerksi goes in January on loan, another striker comes in. So I'm quite relaxed about that because we're sort of sat there as fans at the moment. And I've changed my tune. I'll put my hands up and say, look, at the moment, Amrind's being proved right. I'm not convinced, but he is right. And I'm more than happy to say he's right at the moment. Casemiro and Bruno are our best midfield too.

11:30I'm saying that as a fact, like they are. They're proven. We've won three games. They are our best midfield two. Agate and Maynou cannot get into that team. Agate has not really been able to get in that team consistently since February. And Maynou has never been able to consistently get in that midfield. So his midfield two is Casemiro and Bruno. That's what it is. So I can't sit here and go, we've got to keep Agate. We've got to keep Maynou. I want those two to be given a chance. But with every passing week, it becomes more and more clear that Amrim doesn't rate them. And as much as I want them to be part of our future, I'm already, if I'm being honest, starting to lean towards, well, what is the future then?

12:13If it's not Mainou and Agate, what is it? Because it can't be Bruno and Casemiro. I don't think Casemiro is here next season. And I'm not 100 % convinced that Bruno is either. so I'm looking at it and I'm going if he doesn't rate Maino and Agate which he clearly doesn't and Casemiro and Bruno aren't going to be here next year then who is going to be our midfield of the future so we but we always come back to the same thing my opinion is there is people out there we look people might not like it I'd say if you said to me a few weeks ago I don't like it but the cold harsh fact is Mainu wants to leave Man United on low and play football he's wanted to do that for the last three months he's not playing football at man united and in two months there's a january transfer window i don't think he'll be knocking on the door i think he'll be kicking it down saying this is not fair i want to play for man united you won't let me i want to play football you won't let me like what the fuck am i supposed to do and i i empathize with amram going well if i get an injury i need you but i also sympathize with mainu who as as we've mentioned multiple times before was in a very strong position a few couple of years ago where he's playing for England he's playing in our midfield and now he can't play football at all and I'd also be saying if I was mainly to Amram I'd be saying stop talking about the future stop talking about this scenario that scenario I've been playing for you for a year you don't pick me I'm not an idiot like you don't pick me last season we finished 15th with the worst midfield we've ever had you didn't pick me this season you're doing well you don't pick me stop talking about the future I've played in the Euros I've played for Man United in the midfield against decent teams when I was 18 now I'm 20 you don't pick me so stop like ruining my career basically you're not using me let me go and play elsewhere and I'll prove it I don't want to leave I'll go on loan let me go and play somewhere else let me prove what I can do between now and the end of the season and we can have another chat in the summer and if you still don't want to use me then you I think you need to sell me but if you see what I can do on loan then let me come back in the summer so I think that Maynews have got every right to ask that question um and I actually think this doesn't come down to Amrim and it doesn't come down to Maynew I think logically what would I do what would you do what would you do with the Maynew situation in relation to what I've just said there he's not being picked he's not been picked for a whole year really he's still not being picked now there's loads of clubs that want him he wants to play in January he's going to say I want to go and Amrim's going to say no what what do we do because in that situation if I'm Amrim I just say wait a minute I go into Barada's office and I say I actually agree with him I actually do agree with him in this four walls, I agree with him.

15:02I don't let him know. I don't actually rate him that much. I'm not going to play him that much. And he's just sat on his arse. But I can't let him go because if I get an injury to Casemiro and Bruno, I've only got Agate. So I can't let him go, but I actually don't, I won't use him that much. If we let him go and you bring me, say, Connor Gallagher in, I will use Connor Gallagher more than I'll use Maynou and he will get minutes elsewhere. so can we sort this deal out because ultimately that's what I'm going to say to him I'm going to tell him the truth and say you're not in my plans but I haven't got enough midfielders to let you go if the board give me another midfielder I will let you go on loan and that's what I would say because I don't I genuinely don't think Amirim is going you're not going anywhere I think you're a brilliant bench player I think he's going you're not going anywhere I haven't got a big enough squad to let you go if they give me a replacement you can go and that's exactly what we were trying to do in the last week of the window with Connor Gallagher so I think this is on the board so for me it's not a bad position to be in if Manu stays I'm not that bothered if Manu goes and plays on loan somewhere and we get replacements in I think that's the best for everybody but there are still two months left like you know I don't think it will happen but what if he picks Bruno and Manu on Saturday against Forest suddenly things start to change I mean it's annoying with Meynou because you're almost so close you can almost touch it.

16:26I mean, he is sort of, if I'm being honest, Agate is in a better position because Agate will play instead of Casemiro and Meynou won't. But he is close, but he's not quite close enough. But I do agree with Missell. I personally think it's best for him. And this is not a negative. I'm not saying sell him. I'm a massive fan of Meynou like a lot of you are, but I just want to see him play week in, week out. I think he needs to play week in, week out. I don't think 10-minute cameos, because Bruno needs a rest, helps you. I mean, I dread to know what his minutes are in the Premier League this season.

17:01If somebody can tell me what Maynus, there you go, a bit of homework while we're live, go and find out what Maynus minutes in the Premier League are this year, considering we've played nine games. And nine times 90 is 810 minutes. So how many minutes out of 810 has he actually played? And there, I think you'll find your answer in relation to Maynou. In relation to Xerxi, you ain't heard about Moto Casino? Moto has real Vegas slots. Any game you can find on the floor in Vegas, you can play it on Moto. I like my slots hot. Moto's free to play, like food stamps, in line at the grocery store, at a funeral, in traffic, keep your eyes on the road, hop on Moto Casino.

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17:54It's the same. It's exactly the same. I think you've got Ruben Amrim saying, I'm not letting him go because if anything happens to Sesco and Mount, all I've got is Kunya Mbemo. I haven't got enough. And this is very true. Mason Mount is like a guy jumping around on thin ice saying, it's not going to break. And you're going any second now. um sesco first season in the premier league i don't know so if sesco gets injured and mount will get injured then you're really just left with kugnya and embermo of course amad can play there bruno can play there but you're gonna need zerksy so but when everybody's fit you don't need him so you get a player knocking on the door again and again you're gonna go to the board and you're gonna say i don't actually need him but if this and this happens which it probably will i will so if you give me a replacement that I'll use more than him anyway then let him go and I think again that that's the scenario again so I have to say I sympathize with Xerxes and Maynou's situation it must be really frustrating but I also sympathize with Amrim's situation where he's protecting Manchester United Football Club because if the injuries happen and the AFCON comes he might need to give these players more minutes but nobody can sit here and say that he values these players i mean obviously you'll say it publicly but nobody can say that he does because he doesn't he doesn't that they are they are low down players who help him out if things go wrong they're not players that he's looking to utilize i mean mason mount was expected to be a bench player look at how many starts he's had so i i think that the obvious solution is to loan both and bring two players in on loan and reassess it in the summer.

19:37Because I don't think it's fair for Xerxes and Mane to just sit on their arse all season. And there's a very big chance that that's going to happen. Let me just catch on with yours. Moonlight says, well said, Mark. Thank you. Well, it's Thursday. We're all feeling positive. Lucas says, I would definitely get Stiller and Anderson. They both bring quality. We're going to talk about that in a bit. 17 % of available minutes, says Gazdi. He's had 138 minutes his age. So he's barely had a game and a half in nine games in minutes. It's not very good enough. I would definitely, Lucas would have done that.

20:09I'm not a fan of Xerxes, but I'm against selling anybody in January, says Savage. I don't think you need to sell in January. I think it's a stupid time to sell in January because neither of them have played any minutes. I don't think there'll be a big queue of people willing to give us a fair price in January, but there'll be a big queue of people willing to take him on loan or both of them on loan. Hmm. This cup of tea is just, it's revolutionary. When Maynew comes in, the opposite team overrides Man United in the midfield, says Alan. Well, you'll note it's 138 minutes in the Premier League. Thank you to Sam and Sam Kibbers and Jacob, our, one of our members as well.

20:50So he's had 138 minutes in 810 possible minutes, which is, yeah, which is, which is crap. for somebody like Maynou. So, you know, you can certainly understand it. But look, you'll notice in all of that, I've not spoken about his actual ability this season because I think it's irrelevant. The Abbas midfield is Bruno and Casemiro. Don't need to say anything more about how Agathe and Maynou are playing. If Bruno and Casemiro are being picked ahead, I'll say it, look, if I'm Agathe and I'm Maynou and Bruno and Casemiro are being picked ahead of you, that says everything look in the mirror and I'll leave it at that I like Agate I still hope he can come through Maynou I really like he's only 20 but there is a there is a line I have to use you've got to look in the mirror lads because if Casemiro and Bruno are starting in a Man United midfield in 2025 over you that's not just on a manager not liking the way that you play I mean Casemiro quite rightly has had quite a few critics over the last 18 months and Bruno Fernandes isn't even a midfielder and he has factually cost us at least three goals this season in midfield so if that's and they are our best midfield like no joke they're our best midfield too I'm not I wouldn't even change them at the moment they've proven that they're the best too but the scary thing is what does that say about Maynou and Agate we don't need to talk about whether they're playing well.

22:22It's very, very clear that they're not playing well. But this is why I think a young player like Maynou needs a change of scenery. It is Manchester United's responsibility to develop young players with talent. Sometimes developing young players with talent is taking them out of a situation where they're just stagnating and sending them somewhere else. We did exactly the same thing with Ahmad. He was nowhere near the first team. at 20 years of age. We put him out on loan to Sunderland and Rangers. Now he's one of our better players. So there is a responsibility to Manu. I just don't think we can sit there and go, you're not going to get many minutes, but you're a squad player.

23:04He's 20. There is a development issue here as well, but we have to resolve 100%. Let me just get into some of your comments as well. If Amram says Manu is not good enough, then he's not good enough for United as bookmaker. Well, it doesn't always work like that, does it? I mean, who were the managers who used to bench Herrera all the time for fucking Fellaini? You know, that was a mistake. We were saying the same thing about Ganacho and look how that turned out. Salmane, this is Kiel. Or two things are not the same. I don't think there's any indication that Manu is anything like Ganacho in relation to position and how he conducts himself in and around the club.

23:48Christian says, with a win against Forrest, I'm calling it. We are on a 10-game win streak. Mark my words, no pun intended, says Christian. I hope you're right, mate. Jacob says it's more of a Bruno and Casemiro being veterans opposed to Manu. Amram needs Europe after this season, thus he doesn't give an unproven Manu a chance, says Jacob. Yeah, but that's very short-sighted as well. I mean, you know, there's plenty. I mean, literally some of the midfielders we want to sign are very close to Manu's age. Wharton's 21, Anderson's 22, Belieber's 21 or 22. so I don't think we can go, oh, you're 20 so you're not good enough.

24:24He was holding the midfield at St James' Park two years ago. He was playing in a Euros England team 18 months ago. So, you know, I don't think the experience thing comes... I don't think we can hide behind age, let's put it that way. Sal Zerzi and Mainu and bring Stiller in plus two more, says Kiel. Mainu is the English Jemba Jemba, says M.A. Kahn. Um, ridiculous. And, uh, Harley says, just finished last night's show. Do you think Stiller will carry his stats over to the Premier League? And do you think him and Connor Gallagher would work? Says Harley. Um, hi, Mark. Hope you're doing well. Hope we will get Stiller in January.

25:02Says Tony. I don't think main new suits and room system either. Says Royce. Um, Mark, be honest. How much have you been enjoying Liverpool's results? I'm delirious with them. Mate, it can get even better this weekend. Um, I mean, we'll go into it in more depth on the eight o 'clock preview show, but Liverpool have got Villa. I don't think they're going to beat Villa on Saturday night. We've got Forest on Saturday afternoon. I think we're going to beat Forest on Saturday afternoon. So that's another three-point gap. Then they've got Man City next week. We've got Spurs. We could open up a gap on Liverpool.

25:35I think the next couple of weeks are so big for Manchester United. Chelsea got to go to Spurs as well on Saturday. It's a long time since we've acted like this as United fans, but I'm now looking at the league table. I mean, this is incredible. I can't remember the last time we did this. I'm actually looking at the league table for what it's meant to be. You're meant to look at your fixtures and other people's fixtures and go, this is a chance to open up a gap. I can't remember the last time we did this. I mean, I used to do it every week under Sir Alex, but I'm looking at Liverpool and Chelsea and Man City and Arsenal as top four.

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26:44But I'm looking at them four. so this weekend I'm thinking can Chelsea and Liverpool drop points again and we beat Forest and we just start to open up that gap it's exciting um I feel obliged to see a kitchen tour when it's complete it's definitely going to happen LB clips um I'm going to use my camera that moves around with me and do a live stream Mark be honest how much of you I've done I've been enjoying it Mike um it was good but I know someone who took a French cantonar flag and was other country flags are not allowed in unless the country is playing this is what you're up against in this country though glenn you're probably up against it in all around the world um yeah i mean look nobody's making it nobody should be at old trafford or any ground with political flags um or flags for causes or anything like that it's football i don't think we i personally don't believe we should do that and there are some fantastic causes out there but a french flag with Cantona on it grow the fuck up I mean come on you know that's just ridiculous why would you not be able to do that that's stupid absolutely stupid you know one of the most iconic players in our history and um I mean I don't know whether that's true but you know um just to go back to Harley Thomas's comments I did want to talk about this just very very quickly about the midfield because I've still got some topical stuff I wanted to get into but uh obviously a lot being discussed around angelo stiller at the moment and the wilcox thing is is very very good but he does have a release clause now romano was talking about how he has um he would probably be available for about 50 million pounds um the re the release clause he has at the moment is 35 million and it runs till 2026 but stuttgart can buy that release clause out for 2 million euros um and let me just read you this it's quite interesting so this was in this was from march um so basically this is this is this is where it gets interesting with stiller because a lot of you have said why can't we go and buy stiller for 35 million in january it's an absolute no-brainer and it is But this is what Sky Germany said back in March.

28:58Sky Germany say that Stuttgart can buy out the release clause in his contract. He has a£34 million release clause until 2026. But at any time, Stuttgart can buy out the clause for a fee of two million euros. Still, I cannot reject this idea and will receive the money straight away. The buyout fee does not extend his contract. So his contract will still be valid until 2028. what this means is that if a club like Bayern Munich went to try and sign Stille then they will now have to negotiate a price for the midfielder and due to how important Stille is to Stuttgart the fee will not be cheap the buyout option is a turnaround to how Stuttgart have operated in recent years as most of the time they've had to give players release courses to stay as they did with Gerasi however this is not the case for Stille so yeah I mean look it's quite an intelligent deal by should got but effectively you know just a little bit of clarity a few people last night were talking about how we should just offer 35 million pounds for stiller now um and and buy him and we should we absolutely should and we could do that in january we should do that deal now we had 60 million in our pocket for belabor we should go and buy stiller now the problem is if you offer£35 million for Stille, then Stuttgart will find€2 million, they will give it to Stille, and then they will go, that release clause is null now, and we want€55.

30:27So that's why it's not happening, basically. I mean, there could be a scenario where you offered them€35 million and Stuttgart say, OK, we're not going to pay Stille€2 million. euros but I mean they'd be stupid not to do that wouldn't they so that's why we are going to probably wait until the summer and negotiate but I still think I still think there's got to be a deal there with Stuttgart that you could do in January um as for whether I think he will transfer over check out last night's show I mean we went into I really enjoyed that it's very rarely that it's very rare that you can do that and it works but we basically did about 10 minutes of still as stats comparable to Anderson, Baleba, Bruno, Wharton.

31:11And what came out of it in 4K was that he is taller than all of them. He is defensively very good. And his creativity in passing is as good as Bruno and way better than the others. And his passing, i.e. how much he passes the ball, defeats even Bruno. He was like 70 passes a game with the highest pass completion rate and the highest forward passes. So I don't care whether he goes to the Saudi League or the La Liga. He's not going to lose the ability to pass the ball in the Premier League. So I just think he's the player to go for. It's an absolute open goal. And the midfield two I would go for is, based on what I've seen, I think Elliot Anderson and Stilla are the two.

32:02I don't know what you think. If I could pick any of the two players that we've been linked to, I would go Stille and Anderson. I think it's the best balance. Stille is a pass master and he's creative and he can tackle. Anderson tackles more than anybody, moves around more than anybody and passes a lot as well. So I think Anderson and Stille are the two. But Belaber would be a close second if he can get his form back. Wharton is good, but I don't really get what Wharton is. He's not a defensive monster and he's not a pass monster and he's not a creative either. He's almost like the all-rounder, whereas I think you could go for the creative player in Stiller and the intensity of a Belaber or an Anderson.

32:51So that's where I would go. I think Wharton's fantastic, but I don't see what he excels at. He's more of an all-rounder. And I think in a midfield too, it's a good idea to have a more tenacious player and a more creative player for the balance. So that's what I would do. That's what I would do, as I've said before. I've got a few. Some people say Jason Wilcox has done an interview. I don't know who it's with. I'll try and get some comments.

33:24If anyone can let me know, that'd be great where he's done it.

33:32Someone will find out for me.

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34:21Oh, I've just been told that Amarim is doing his press conference today. So we've got the press conference. This is how we move in the United States. So we've got Ben Jacobs at two o 'clock tomorrow now because Amrim is doing his press conference today. So welcome to the world of Manchester United. Yeah, they moved. I mean, look, this is a football club that announces it's done a sale at four o 'clock on Christmas Eve. And they don't think about logic. So just a little quick change there. Ben Jacobs tomorrow at two o 'clock now, which is a bit of a shame because we had some really good questions to put out to him.

34:55but we can do that tomorrow and it will be Amarim press conference at 2.30 which works well for me actually it's nice to have his press conference before the preview so

35:11we're just about to get some of the Jason Wilcox stuff coming in as well too I'll tell you what I did notice as well you know we were talking about Luke Shaw at the start of the week Manchester United, I think, definitely keep their thermometer in the temperature of the fan base. Because when we were talking about Luke Shaw last week, he's done really well. But I don't... I'm indifferent towards Luke Shaw now. He used to be one of my favourite players. He's still a decent player. But the England thing and the injuries, I'm just meh. When it comes to Luke Shaw, I'm like, if he plays well, give him some credit.

35:49but I just don't really have much interest in Luke Shaw at all now. The last two days, I cannot believe the amount of positive PR that Man United have put out. His shirt's everywhere. There's pictures of him everywhere. He's interacting with this everywhere. I just thought, I was laughing. I was just like, is this a coincidence? You know, it's almost like they did nothing. Absolutely nothing. The media did nothing. Man United did nothing. No apology, no nothing. when he was injured for five months before the Euros, went to the Euros, got injured and was injured for five months after. We're all just after nothing.

36:28But if it's something positive, they can't help themselves. Everything. Oh, Luke, Luke, Luke, Luke, Luke. He played well at the weekend, but don't fucking ram it down our throat that he puts Man United before England because he didn't. And if he wants to come out and do an interview with somebody and say, I got that wrong, it was a bad judgment call, well done. You'll be back into the fray. but he values England over Man United. That's the perception. So Man United, you know, bending over backwards to do positive PR for him. He values England over Man United. That's the issue. That's the bloody issue.

37:02Lemans is the gatekeeper we have needed. The safety he brings to the whole team is absolutely gravitational and sparks a boost of confidence. Christian, did you get that from AI? Did you type into AI? Can you write out a really catchy and viral, potentially making statement about Senny Lemans? I like it, though. Warton is like Carrick on a good day, says Tillich. Well, I don't think he is. I completely disagree with you there. That's my problem. Michael Carrick, I know exactly what he was. Massively underrated, holding midfielder, conducts the midfield from deep, passing range par excellence, short and long term, off both feet.

37:41Warton does not do that. Warton's more of a... I don't even know what Warton is. He can pass. He can dribble. He can tackle. He's not really, really very creative. He's not really a pass master. He's not really a tackle master. He's more, he's almost like everything. He's a little bit of everything. He's a jack of all trades and a master of none. And that is really important in a certain system, probably a midfield three. In a midfield two, I don't know about Wharton. I don't know. But look, I do like him. There's no doubt he's one of the best midfielders in the Premier League at the moment. But I just feel that for balance, Stiller and Belaber or Stiller and Anderson is the way to go.

38:24Marle FC says, I commend Amrin for sticking to his principles. He insisted that Bruno in the midfield would work as soon as the back line learned to push up and interchange. The plan is taking form. I like that, Marle. And as I've said, I've already acknowledged that Bruno and Casemiro are our best midfield too. but just in case people think I'm flip-flopping I absolutely do think that there will be games this season where we go I told you Bruno can't play at midfield I told you Casemiro's legs are gone um because I do I do and I also think as well if our defense and our attack has to compensate for Bruno's weaknesses as a midfield imagine how good we'll be if we bring a midfielder that can play midfield and those defenders and the attackers are still doing that and then you've got a midfielder will be even better that's why i said last night at the moment bruno and casemiro works and we found a way to make it work the missing piece is to put a couple of midfielders in there that just the good midfielders anyway and we'll go up another level the missing piece uh what do you think about some menu says khan i'd be very very surprised if man united went anywhere near to menu um be very very expensive and doesn't really suit our system

39:45but who knows uh problem is whoever comes in can't demand minutes same situation gallagher might be better than casemiro but out form right now so be a bench warmer here says set no i disagree i disagree i think that's too simplistic i think what you're sort of doing is Bruno and Casemiro are Amrim's first choice and Agate and Maynou don't get a sniff but Amrim's been here for a year nearly with those four players and obviously has a hierarchy if Maynou goes and Amrim says I like Conor Gallagher and Conor Gallagher comes in and trains well I think Conor Gallagher might move Casemiro out of the team Agate and Maynou can't do it they've been here for a year and they can't do it if a new player comes in in January you might not rate them but if Amirim does he will give them more minutes City and Liverpool collapsed when they lost Kevin De Bruyne and Trent the same will happen if we try to replace Bruno creative world-class players are invaluable says Kai and that's why I think still is perfect watch the show from last night I'm not saying he's better than Bruno but I think he's got better attributes as a midfielder and he's ultra ultra creative he plays more forward passes he gets the same amount assists and he's a proper midfielder.

40:58So yeah, I think that we've got to look. Look, the reality is it's not, you know, I know this for a fact that the Saudi project for Salah and Bruno is absolutely still on. They can't really do much about it in October. They probably can't do anything about it in January, but Bruno and Salah are still seen as the crown jewels to bring in to the Saudi league next summer or the summer after but preferably next summer they want them they want them Ronaldo is there they've I mean have you seen that stadium that they're going to build it's like something out of Harry Potter it's this massive stadium on up a bloody you know Skyliner um skyscraper so you know it's about 60 floors up and then the stadium's there I mean it's like something out of a film it's incredible and they're going to build that for the 2030 is it 2030 what World Cup have they got 2034 or 2030 um it must be 2034 so I mean they are their plans are you know very very ambitious and they will go back in for Bruno so we've got to have a plan beyond it I mean it sort of goes back to Maynou doesn't it Maynou's going to want to want to go in January.

42:19That conversation's going to happen. If I'm Wilcox or Barada or Sir Jim, I'm working now. I know that conversation's going to happen. I know Manu's going to ask to go and I know Amram's not going to give him the minutes. So I'm sat there going, right, let Manu go, bring this player in. Would you be happy with that? And I'm working on it. I'm also working on Bruno nearly went to Saudi in the summer. There's a very good chance he might want to go again. what am I doing as a replacement? That's why Wilcox is linked to Stiller because we're looking at these situations quite rightly. Man United have always been too busy putting out fires to future plan.

42:56The minute we start future planning, the better we'll come. I remember one of the best bits of future planning we ever did, and it just went wrong. We'd been negotiating with Griezmann from about this time for a summer transfer.

43:42And he walked up the garden gate. He came to the front door. He knocked on the door. He was just about to step in and went, actually, Atletico Madrid have got a transfer ban. I'm not going to go. We've been working on that Griezmann deal since the previous autumn. It was, you know, it was a brilliant deal. It was well prepared. And we've done all the work. And it was just unfortunate why it didn't happen. And we need to be doing that now with deals for January and for the summer. It's very obvious. What's Amrim's fascination with Bruno? Well, it's my fascination with Bruno. It's probably your fascination with Bruno as well.

44:15He's our best player. You could add in he's our best and worst player. There's a conversation to say that. The indiscipline at times can be problematic, but he is our best player

44:28who needs replacing at some point in the next 18 months. so that's um wow are you questioning my intelligence christian uh thank you very much um okay this this this was something i did want to bring in um something a little bit niche but let me get it for you because um i did like this so oh romano one levandowski i'm not aware of any negotiations or talks between man united and levandowski at my moment i think that'll be a load of crap but this was interesting so this is it this is coming in from opta um who power a lot of stats around the premier league tell me what your thoughts are on this brian and burmo has made 141 off ball runs in behind the defense in the premier league this season that's 19 more than any other player so if we've had nine games into 141 what's that um 16 something like that so he's done it 19 more times than any other player he's the number one player in the premier league at the moment for running making runs in behind the defense and that is why we are number one in the lead for long balls and that is why he is doing that we are looking for that ball all the time in behind it's gonna be very interesting the next couple of games playing against low blocks isn't it i this is why i'm really excited about these two games because when you're playing against brighton and you're playing against liverpool away that is going to be a possibility but i think against forest and against spurs it's going to be very interesting how we do that but look it's that transitional ball this is why bruno is so important in the midfield because we're looking for that bruno what does if i said to you over the last five years what does bruno fernandez like to do apart from scoring

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47:11He loves it. And that's why Mbemo's doing that. And that is, whether you like it or not, getting the best out of what you've got. You know, if you've got a player that loves to do something and he's one of your best players, then you try and cater for that. And I actually, Hollywood ball. Personally, I think Konya wants the ball into feet. And I think it's sometimes, it's a detriment to Konya to hit a long ball. But Mbemo likes to run in behind. So as long as we're mixing it up, but we're doing a lot of it. We are doing a lot of it. and it's working out as well. Kunya is a beast to track back and win second balls.

47:48He does it better than Bruno, says Krishna. I just want us to create from possession, says Fred the Red. Emberma, the best signing this club has made since Bruno, says Jack. I think he's... I think he's... Yeah,

48:02I think it's way too soon to say that.

48:08What's going on here?

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48:35Yeah, I don't know what that was all about. The phone wasn't even ringing. Oh, it was. Let's have a look. oh i know what it is okay that's but i was about to finish anyway um okay it was a bit weird um the phone was ringing because i'm waiting for a delivery but it didn't show up on the thing okay well anyway look thanks everyone for watching this morning really enjoyed it over 9 000 watching thursday's becoming a big day on the united stand it's the start of the weekend as i said we've got um what have we got we've got well we've had to make a late change because amurim is doing his press conference at half one so he'll be reacting to his press conference at half one we've moved ben jacobs to two o 'clock tomorrow which is one of my favorite shows of the week but so is the press conference so we've got the press conference now at half past one we'll be live for that my eight o 'clock preview live stays at eight o 'clock one of my favorite shows of the week um also check out bats football that's going to be live at one o 'clock today all the goals from the weekend check out stuttgart and still a still a watch um and we've got dortmund tomorrow night live as well so looking forward to that great show this morning brilliant shows this week it just shows you that positivity a lot of people talk about negativity negativity they don't watch the united stand do they and also positivity sells as well you know the views the interaction has been massive this week we're on a great run long may it continue i can't wait to do the preview and see what amroom's got to say this afternoon take care everyone stay safe enjoy what you're doing but stay safe and i'll speak to you in a bit take care

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