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1:26This is a Saturday morning bumper show and on a weekend where it's going to be a big weekend, hopefully for Man United. We play Arsenal tomorrow, but absolutely loads to get into this morning. Got some interesting stuff to bring in you. Hopefully we'll get later in the show, maybe over the eight o 'clock show tonight, but some funny stuff as well. But how are you all feeling this morning? The start of the weekend, hopefully for many of you and an exciting one at that. Look, right. I think yesterday's show I needed to say things and maybe it wasn't a new show. So I'm very aware that this is a news show.

1:55So we're going to cover the news this morning. So this, look, Man United's Chelsea obsession. I don't know. Cole Palmer is from Manchester. Maybe he is homesick. Could Man United sign Cole Palmer? People have got very excited about this. Some people are saying it's just pure spin and nonsense to benefit United on a week where their revenues are down and everybody's waking up to the reality of Man United. So why not put a fake story? Is Cole Palmer the new Gareth Bale or Ronaldo? Are we going to sign them and we're not? It's just spin. And, well, Fabrizio Romano has spoken about it. However, the interesting addition to this story, I suppose, is that it hasn't really stopped.

2:33There is still this talk of Cole Palmer being homesick and Manchester United willing to take him and him wanting to come to Manchester because he likes Kobi Meynu. Very interesting and far-fetched, I would say. But look, we'll work through it. However, there is a story coming in overnight that Harry Maguire is of interest to Chelsea and a number of Premier League clubs, and he could be leaving Man United as well. So what price a swap deal for Harry Maguire and Cole Palmer? I mean, well, you could do a swap deal. It wouldn't be much of a swap because we'd have to give them in excess of£150 million and they would give us nothing because Harry Maguire's out of contract.

3:11So technically, Harry Maguire could go to Chelsea and we could get Cole Palmer. but the element of the swap would be swayed heavily in Chelsea's financial favour with that one but look I mean Harry Maguire is is free to go wherever he wants to go in the summer and I'd be very surprised if Chelsea were gonna go for Harry Maguire I mean they're Leonardo DiCaprio FC they don't go for anybody over 24 so why would they go for Harry Maguire at 33 I don't see that however this is what Fabrizio Romano has had to say on Cole Palmer also Van der Ven Sorry, I didn't even mention Van der Ven. We've got to talk about Van der Ven.

3:48He's in the title as well. So quite a few bits to go through this morning. However, this is what Fabrizio Romano has had to say. We've had rumours in England about Cole Palmer's desire to go back to Manchester, maybe to Manchester United. Palmer to leave Chelsea in the summer. In January, nothing is happening. And at this stage, Chelsea's position is very clear. They see Palmer as a crucial part of their project. Chelsea don't want Palmer to leave the club. Today, Liam Rosinha in his press conference said he's a crucial part of our long-term project. he said I had several conversations with Cole and he's very happy here Chelsea are not on alert for anything at this stage obviously there will always be rumors around Parma a fantastic player but as of today nothing is happening and Chelsea are counting on Parma at this stage well look you know my personal stance and I'll give that in a few minutes but we are here to address the fact that you know a lot of people out there might have different opinions that's absolutely fine it's all sort of stems from a curious source really um i heard it on sky i've seen it in in the guardian and basically it just comes down to cole palmer potentially having had enough of london and wanting to move back to manchester and also having been come a little bit disillusioned by a season that's been you know a bad season for him he's had a lot of injuries his manager has changed.

5:06His position in the team is sometimes a bit all over the place. And I think he's probably looking for some stability so he can win trophies. You're not going to find that at Man United, mate. Like, I would love Cole Palmer to sign for Manchester United. But if he came to Man United, he'd be coming because he wants to come to Manchester and play with Kabi Manu, not because we're the place to win trophies. I mean, if you think Chelsea's chaotic, give Man United a chance. So I don't think it's a logical move for one of the world's best up-and-coming footballers. And Cole Palmer does fall into that category.

5:44I don't think it's a good career move to come to Manchester just because you miss Manchester. I mean, at the end of the day, a lot of Brazilian players leave Brazil and stay in Europe for 15 years to make the money because that's where it is. And I'm sure they miss home. So, you know, Manchester's not that far away from London and you do get time off. um, London's a fantastic city as well. And I think regardless of being homesick or wanting to come and play in Manchester, you've also got to figure out this. He will cost 150 million pounds, at least. His contract runs till 2033. There is no release clause.

6:25So So Chelsea buy these types of players so that if they have to sell them, they go for huge money. That's why he's on a large contract. So it's unfeasible, realistically. Would I take Cole Palmer at Man United? I think he's a fantastic player. Do Man United need to spend that amount of money on Cole Palmer? No. No. Look, fantastic player, but we don't need him. We don't. It's not even like, would you take Donnarumma at Man United? because you probably would. You'd go, I like Le Mans, but Donnarumma's better. But with Cole Palmer, the volume of money against what we've already got and what we actually need, I'd be like, is he massively better than Bruno or Cunha or Mbermo or Ahmad?

7:12Is he massively better than them? Obviously, I think he might be better than some of them, but not massively better. So why would I blow 150 million plus on a player that's not massively better than what we've already got, where we're well stacked in that position when I could be spending that money on the midfield and in other areas as well. And he's certainly not a traditional winger who can play off the left-hand side. So I think it's a non-starter, but I think that sort of summarises the story. And yes, I do agree that stories like this benefit Manchester United. Now, I don't know whether Man United have started the story, but these types of stories some of us have lived with for a very long time where you get beat by West Brom on a Sunday and on Monday you're signing Gareth Bale.

7:56Or you get beat by Fulham on a Saturday and on the Monday, Cristiano Ronaldo's coming back. And these stories are like 10 years old. This has been going on for years and years and years. And you sort of see these stories, but you have to respect the fact that some people are witnessing this type of behaviour for the first time. Some of us have seen this cycle year after year for 20 years and it becomes a little bit tiresome because you get amazed by the people. I don't get amazed by the media. They need to generate stories. But I get amazed by our own fans who actually suck it in and believe it because it's not logical, is it?

8:32It's not logical on so many levels. And yet it becomes a story that distracts. And that drip, drip, drip effect of distracting you takes you away from the real issues at Man United, which is how is Man United going to become a club that can compete at the highest level? and signing, being linked to Cole Palmer, it's just a distraction. I don't see it happening. I really don't. And I stand by what I said. I do think he'd be crazy to come and sign for Man United unless he's just desperate to come back to Manchester. I don't think there's any benefit to his career signing for us over Chelsea at the moment, simply because as much as I love the club and as much as I would love Cole Palmer to sign for Man United, I think it would be a mistake, as I'm sure Bruno Fernandes would attest to, to come and work for this ownership at the moment.

9:18Peo says, for Palmer, it may be more about a childhood dream. Well, I had a lot of childhood dreams and I left them there. I think signing for Manchester United because you supported them as a kid, you've also got to look at your career. I think it'd be a terrible career move. I really do. And I don't think it's the right move for Man United either. But look, I don't think there's anything in it, but we can monitor it, certainly. Palmer to United is a signing we need to make if we finish second than that last piece of the title. 100 million would be in the installments of and Belieber still, says Rajaf.

9:49Well, how much do you think Cole Palmer would actually go for as well? I mean, I've said 150 million pounds there and some people have been laughing at the chat. But I don't even know if it would be that much in relation to would they want more? He's got a big, big contract. He's one of the best players in the Premier League. Five foot eight, says Replay. I don't know what this is all about. The team lineup has apparently been leaked for Sunday's game. I'm starting to be concerned that the leaker is inside the ownership of the board, says Maz Rawawi. I've not heard anything about the team being leaked for tomorrow.

10:23I laughed my head off. I didn't really. But I saw that old Prathurst in The Sun had wrote an article about Man United have launched an internal investigation into who leaked the team for the Derby early. Well, he did. I mean where's the irony in that He's wrote an article in the Sun About Man United launching an investigation To find out who leaked the team early in the derby And he leaked it on Facebook He knows who it is I mean welcome to 2026 people I mean it's mind boggling how Do you get the feeling that the IQ of the world Is dropping or getting better I think we're getting more stupid I do I really do I think when I was growing up in the 90s If you didn't have the answer to something You had to go and find it you had to you know you had to go and you had to go and find it nowadays you don't even know what's real you know what look it might be controversial here i saw an ai i know i saw look obviously hillsborough was was was a footballing tragedy nobody should go to a football match and not come home and the same as what munich in 58 united football in in grief and i saw it i saw i was on i think it was instagram yesterday and i saw this you know like you get the video clips i saw this clip and it was about it looked really pristine quality footage and it was about hillsborough and i watched it for about 30 seconds and i was like this is not actual footage it wasn't even hillsborough it looked like bloody sunderland's ground or something like that and then it had just like computer it just it was it was and it was showing people like trying to climb out it was it had loads of interaction and i was like how fucking disrespectful to replicate an ai video of what happened at hillsborough with computer generated shit at the wrong ground i just thought you know we're jumping the shark here we're going a little bit too far i think um anyway go back to the show jacko says homesick when he's only a three-hour drive away not adding up they act like he's playing in New Caledonia.

12:32Yeah, well, OK, we'll move on from Karl Palmer because I want to talk about Van der Ven and Elliot Anderson. So I paper this morning saying that Adam Wharton and Carlos Balaba have emerged as the more realistic targets for Manchester United than Elliot Anderson. This is because United believe he has his heart set on Manchester City. And so it begins. And so it begins. So basically what you're telling me is if this story is to be believed, and there is a little bit of addition to this. So I got told by a decent source about 10 days ago that Man City might move for Anderson before the end of January.

13:11And who would rule it out? I mean, they've gone for Gehi aggressively. They've gone for Semenyo aggressively. And I think if there was any hint that Forrest would do a deal, they would do it. I don't think Forrest would do it because they've still got Europe and they've still got a relegation battle and it might not be in Elliot Anderson's interest to jeopardise his World Cup place. But I was told if there was any indication, they would go and they would go strong. So Man City want Elliot Anderson and they will put the work in and there's a very good chance they'll get that deal done. However, let's not forget what Manchester United have been doing through the likes of The Athletic and Ornstein and Ben Jacobs and Fabrizio Romano for months.

13:59Ever since we didn't buy a midfielder in the summer, it's been next summer we're going to go big. And Elliot Anderson's name has predominantly been used by David Ornstein, Fabrizio Romano, The Athletic. He is now the number one priority for Man United. and lo and behold, I would applaud myself and all of you who've been saying this for weeks. What will happen is we will be fed a name for months as a distraction. And then the closer we get to the reality, his name will disappear. It won't be him because he will be going somewhere else and it will move further down the list. So all this nonsense about we're not buying in January because Elliot Anderson's the priority.

14:38January is over in a week and we're already getting, oh United might go for Balaba and Wharton because they're more realistic because Anderson doesn't want to come and what happens in two months time when Wharton says he prefers Chelsea and we just end up with Balaba which is what we should have done last summer so look anything can happen let's not predict it but Elliot Anderson to Man City Adam Wharton to Chelsea and United get Balaba what have we been waiting for for a year then I mean you were literally talking to him a year ago You've spun us for a year about you can't buy in January because you're going for Wharton and Anderson.

15:15They go to rivals and we end up with the Labour anyway. The never ending story. Exactly, Henry. So look, I am not surprised by this update. It doesn't mean that it's true. But my fear is that's what's going to happen. You chuck names out and you don't get them. Literally a year ago, David Ornstein, January transfer window closes. David Ornstein puts it out there that Man United are in talks with Kenda for a summer transfer. everyone's like oh it doesn't matter that we didn't buy anyone in january because we're talking to kenda or weldy signing two months later he's signing for chelsea i played the game we've seen the movie before so we'll have to wait and see but elliot anderson and and again you know we've just spoken about why would you leave chelsea if you're cole palmer and how would we afford that deal if you're elliot anderson pray tell me why do you sign for man united If somebody can give me three reasons to sign for Man United that don't include We're Man United Then I will read them out I don't even know why And I would love Elliot Anderson at Man United I think he's proven week after week after week That he is the right player I think he is this season's Declan Rice You know when Declan Rice left West Ham I think he's an absolute nailed on success story wherever he goes.

16:37I think he's a fantastic player. I think the last 12 months he's had in football has been incredible. He deserves his spot in the England midfield. If you're into stats, he tears it up. But if you're into the eye test, the passing, the aggression, the energy, the performance, he's a goal threat. He's absolutely what many teams would want this summer. So profiling him as a Man United signing is absolutely brilliant. but why would he come to man united he's not a manchester united fan and you could sell a project i'd try and sell a project if i was jason wilcox i'd retire but if i was jason wilcox well no no no not doing that i'm jason wilcox if i was director of football i would be sitting down with his agent and saying we want to be we want to build a team immediately that is going to take Manchester United back to the top and Man United back at the top is a different animal to a Man City or an Arsenal we have a huge name we have a huge appeal and if you are part of that your name's going to go down in football history and that's what we're that's what our plan is to do but if his agent or Elliot Anderson said well have you not been trying to do that for 13 years under this ownership, why is this any different?

17:59I'm sort of stumped. I don't know what I say. The project I would have to sell to Elliot Anderson in March, considering he's going to want to pretty much know what's going on before the World Cup, I would have to be saying I've got Luis Enrique coming in as coach. You're my midfielder. I'm bringing in Balaba as well. we're bringing in this mid winger you know you'd have to sell him the project you couldn't sell him predictions i think people are too clever for that also if i'm being completely blunt i need to be writing a check for 250 grand a week wages i you can't play that game with these types of players you can't play that game you can't go we're reducing our wage budget so you're on 150 a week.

18:50I just don't think you... We're not in a position to do that. You might get away with it if you're Arsenal. You might say, look, we challenge for the title every year. We're challenging for the Champions League every year. We're not paying stupid wages. You'll come into a structure full of bonuses, et cetera. But I think if you're Man United, we do actually need to pay the wages again, which apparently we're not going to do. So I think it's a hard sell. I do. Get two players, Jacob Ramsey and Giao Gomez instead, says Enchanted Angel. Well, one player we won't be getting, and it's not really breaking news, is James Garner.

19:22He's signing a new contract at Everton, if you haven't seen that. Van der Ven. So, where did I see this about Van der Ven?

19:34I'll talk about that one in a moment. Mickey Van der Ven race. I saw it on Manchester Evening News. Team Talk claimed Man United are battling with Liverpool for the signing of Mickey Van der Ven. It's said that they earmarked van der Ven as an ideal option to bolster their defence and have tracked his progress since his Wolfsburg days. However, Spurs have got no plans to part with Dutchman and tend to secure him on a long term deal. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich both reportedly interested. Look, the reason I mention this is I think it's a lovely little segue on from what we were talking about with Elliot Anderson there.

20:07How even if another another bit of spin says Ash, well, look, I'm in a positive mood today. a rare positive mood it's the weekend we've got a big game tomorrow i'm looking forward to it and you know i i'm absolutely fed up with the ownership of course i don't think the club's heading in the right direction but you can't be miserable and moan every day sometimes you've got to just go look it's a new show let's discuss it and you're a fantastic community and cooking with goldbridge is doing really well and it's it's helping with my mental health so i'm you know it's put me in a positive place thinking what i'm going to cook next but the point is too much information Van der Ven sort of falls into another Cole Palmer story doesn't it it's like would I take Van der Ven at Man United well for me it's a no and I'll tell you why in a minute but why would Van der Ven sign for Man United it's like a fusion of Elliot Anderson and Cole Palmer why would he sign for Man United is he a childhood Man United fan if he is groovy but why would he sign for Man United from Spurs, it's like getting out the frying pan and jumping into the fire because we're very similar clubs with light switch players and bad owners.

21:15And how would we beat Liverpool and Real Madrid and Bayern Munich to him anyway when we don't pay big wages anymore? It's a non-starter, isn't it? And I really hope that we are not going to see an avalanche of these types of stories over the next few weeks and months because it's a long way till the summer. and if our fans are going to be gullible enough to swallow this and they certainly swallowed the Cole Palmer story for two days then it's going to be quite a tedious next few months because I don't mind real I don't mind realistic but these types of stories for many of us are nauseating in the sense that it's the old Gareth Bale story on a Monday morning when we've lost we're not signing Cole Palmer we're not signing Van Der Ven they're not going to come to us for a multitude of reasons.

22:04I wouldn't sign Van der Ven though. I wouldn't sign Van der Ven. You want to know why? Because I still believe that you have to look at a player's injury record and Van der Ven for the way he plays the game. And I won't forget that goal he scored against us last season, by the way. I mean, I thought that was incredible. When he gets going, he's like Thomas the Tank Engine. He's absolutely unstoppable. But in fact, probably more Gordon. Thomas the Tank Engine was a bit weak. However, there's no doubting he's a top player, but he misses a lot of games. He does miss a lot of games. And when you actually scrutinise him, he's got hamstrings like bread strings, cheese strings, bread sticks.

22:49and we can't bring another player in like mason mount and i'm not calling band of end mason mount i mean that's like saying that that's like calling you know um

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24:13Pletiburg talking about Diamande, Jan Diamande, signed for Leipzig in the summer, had a good season, has had a good season. Man United have been linked to him. It's a name that United have been happy to put out since they lost the race for Semenyu. Instantly Diamande was leaked by the club to numerous journalists of a player of interest or they didn't deny the interest, let's put it that way. This is what Pletigol, who's based in Germany, has said. Leipzig are relaxed and are demanding at least 100 million euros for Diamande in the summer, provided his performances in the second half season do not stagnate.

24:49Several top clubs are hoping to secure him for 60 to 70 million euros. Leipzig will not go along with that. Diamande is expected to become Leipzig's record sale, overtaking Vardiel at 90 million euros and Bayern Munich are also in. So look, you pivot. This is the scary thing. Some of you might have figured out where I'm going here. You pivot from Semenyu, who is 25, Premier League proven and tearing it up for 60 million. And you pivot to a kid from Leipzig for 90 million. And United are happy for that to be out there. Like the minute we didn't sign Semenyu, it was yeah we like Diamande and I just feel like look he is a good player I've seen him play a few times because we cover a Bundesliga on Mats Football and he is a good player he has only been at Leipzig for six months they will demand a big price in the summer and they're not a football club that's naive I mean look at Sesco with us they didn't mess about they got what they wanted so So I'm not saying he's not going to be a future superstar.

26:04He could well be. But the ingredients, again, are hard to understand. The vision is hard to understand. I think right here, right now, Man United are quite, you know, right here, right now, today, this minute, this hour, Manchester United are not in a bad position. We've just beaten Manchester City. There's a buzz around the training ground. We've got Arsenal tomorrow Carrick's at the wheel Right here, right now And maybe for the next few weeks It's not bad It's not too bad But what I'm looking at is Next season, next summer This is not sustainable Whatever this is with Carrick And these players It's not sustainable If Carrick stays This team can't be the team next year If Carrick goes This can't be the team next year We're already knowing that Casemiro's going to go Bruno is up in the air.

26:57Maguire might go. Luke Shaw is on his last legs. Mason Mount's never going to be on his legs. There's a huge amount of problems with that team. And you can live in the moment and it is quite exciting. But when you go to the summer, you do start to go, I don't want to think about that. That's taking me away from positive thoughts right here, right now. And this is what I mean. Anderson, we're being told about Anderson, very, very difficult deal to do. Diamonde We're being told about Diamonde Because we missed out on Semenyo And the club were very happy to put that out there So hold on a minute We are going to go for a kid Because we missed out on a Premier League 25 year old superstar For 60 million And we're going to go for a kid from the Bundesliga for 90 That doesn't quite add up Does it?

27:46So we're going for another project For more money

27:55and there's competition for him and what if we don't get him where are we going then so just seeing on x you know i'd feel anderson will choose city and believe walton and belabor more realistic yeah we've spoken about that mohammed on already it's from ipaper you're right um exactly um a few people in the chat just talking look we can mix and match it's a very busy show this morning so don't feel like we're going to spend minutes on each thing and then leave it. We can come back to it. However, there are a few bits this morning that I want to get into. Look, first of all, this one, I don't even know where it came from.

28:34So I saw it on United Zone on X, but I feel like they've taken it from somewhere. I don't get this, right? Bit of a change direction for a couple of minutes because Brian Mbermo has spoken about Amrim, so it's going to feed into that but listen to this since the departure of ruben amrim manchester united ranked first in the premier league for xg shots attempted and shots on target and have the best xg differential and best shot difference this tweet has had numerous over 100 retweets and over a thousand likes right do i need to say anything here or are you seeing it for what it is um our manager is Michael Carrick.

29:19We're playing Arsenal tomorrow. Why are we still talking about Reuben Amrim? Reuben Amrim wasn't sacked because of results. He was sacked because he fell out with Jason Wilcox over transfers and formation, not results. Why are we talking about ranking first in XG on one game? Michael Carrick's had one game and we had a lot of chances against Man City. you cannot use one game against however many other games that everyone else has played and say we rank first you must be accumulating everybody else it does the the tweet is propaganda like it doesn't even make any sense how can we rank number one off one game you must be adding them to all of Amrim's games and we already know that Amrim when he was sacked was in the top three for xg shots on target shots attempted so i don't i don't even get what the spin's meant to be there like how how what what is that meant to mean but morons swallow it in and go look at what what's happened in one game it's glazes at work i don't know it's crazy to me but it's a starter for 10 because then there was an article from simon jones in the daily mail saying that and i i think i want to get this right.

30:38I don't want to get this wrong. It was about Maynu and it was

30:49essentially that Amarim, Manchester United, a new contract was agreed for Maynu last year, But Amirim did not sign it off

31:06But we were told very different things last summer By many different journalists Last summer And I'll go and get the tweets if you want We were told that There was no agreement Between Maynou and the club And that the club didn't want to pay 150 grand a week Or 200 grand a week I mean literally It wasn't even last summer It was about a year ago And it was the mail who wrote that story. I think it was Chris Wheeler. But I'm 90 % sure the mail wrote a story a year ago saying that Maynou wanted 200 grand a week. I remember doing a video about it. So we're now being told that Man United offered Maynou a contract, but Amrim wouldn't let him sign it but a year ago we were being told main who wanted 200 grand a week or 150 grand a week and man united wouldn't pay it and i just think like can we move on from amirim like it's just so it's like we don't have to move over on from amirim completely because he was he was here this season but what i mean is it's like this constant mud throwing trying to make him the villain to protect you know who.

32:21And Amarim didn't even have the power to veto a contract. He didn't even have the power to veto a contract. He didn't have the power to veto Sesco. He didn't have the power to get Martinez. So it's... Look, we're spending too much time on it, but just don't swallow the nonsense. It's almost like it's being fed out from somewhere to try and, well, it's Operation Wilcox, isn't it? They're trying to spin the negativity of the last month against the board and blame it on Amrim. And you know what? In relation to Amrim, he's not even said a word. As part of his deal, he has an NDA. He can't say anything.

33:10So it's totally one-sided. You take your money and we're basically going to slag you off. Anyway, let's listen to something factual. This is what Brian Embermo said in an interview yesterday about Reuben Amrim. I'm really grateful for what he brought to me, bringing me to the club. I was really happy and I tried my best under him. Reuben was always telling us to work hard on the pitch. So under Carrick we already know how to do this

33:42there we go

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34:20sorry i've just been sent something here and oh yeah some some just some stuff on sesco here i wanted to bring this in as well i think sesco there must be an operation sesco going on at the moment because the Daily Mail have said this. Sesco has built a close bond with Deleu. Oh, God. Oh, no. No. That's the worst news ever. No. I'm joking. Sesco has built a close bond with Deleu, inspired by Deleu's Ronaldo-influenced fitness regime. The pair regularly race to Carrington. Well, they better not be bloody racing unless they're on bikes. Because I've been to Carrington and it's one way. You should not be racing down that road.

34:59People walk their dogs down there as well. It's an accident waiting to happen. The pair regularly race to Carrington to see who can be first in and use the club's upgraded facilities before training. In fairness, look, Delo's all, I've said this about Delo, Delo has always been a very dedicated, even at his time at AC Milan, in the gym a lot, very dedicated professional. The problem is, and we've all been there, you might have a mate who is down the gym all the time, you know, doesn't go out on a Saturday night because you've got a match on a Sunday, fitter than everybody else, but shitter than everyone else.

35:35Just because you go gym and you work hard doesn't mean you're a good footballer. So, but I'm just saying, I'm explaining Deleuze because some people would say, if Deleuze is in the gym and he's a model professional, why is he so bad at football? I'm sort of explaining it. Just because you put the work in doesn't mean you've got the talent. But it's good to hear that about Sesco. We've heard this before. And also it says that He says he loves playing with Bruno Fernandes. There is a wonderful thing. Playing with Bruno is a wonderful thing. He's an amazing, exceptional player. He makes passes that not everyone is capable of.

36:09I especially enjoyed my first goal against Burnley because I knew he was the one who could deliver that ball. And it's the same thing in many situations. I'm really happy with him in that role and the passes it gives me. And I think, look, that to me is, if you want to talk about Amorim, and I think he has been scapegoated in a certain sense, but he did make mistakes. one of the biggest mistakes he made was playing Bruno Fernandes in the midfield. I mean, it was never going to work and it didn't work. And you put Bruno Fernandes back in a number 10 and you got the striker saying, I love Bruno Fernandes in the number 10 because he's the best number 10 in the league and you're going to get better service, aren't you?

36:45He also said, I'm more absent from social media. This is Sesco talking, especially since I moved to Manchester. I'm focused on my work, on my daily building and what I can improve. People react incorrectly to these things if you don't know what they are saying about you, which nowadays is very difficult. I have simply found my way in this direction to remove myself from social media and live a life that is present. I tell you what, mate, I'm here for that in general. You know, I think social media has its place. You know, I'd stand on YouTube. However, I think a lot of people do live too much on social media and don't live in the present.

37:20So, and I think as a footballer, I don't know what social media does for you. I really don't. I really really don't i mean look at look at martinez reacting to scrolls and but um if he doesn't see that he doesn't react to it and i'm not criticizing martinez because martinez is a very experienced player but can you i mean look at ganacho look how he behaved on social media and probably still does he's addicted to it by the sounds of it he's always on it and i think for a young player to have that mentality of i'm going to remove myself from it and not look at it and I'm going to focus because the brief is clear.

37:57If you play for Manchester United, your job is to score goals and be one of the best strikers in the world. You don't need to be on social media reading about criticism or praise. Your job is to be the best striker in the world and work on that. So being on social media, what does that bring? Unless you want to watch videos about cooking or cats or whatever if your algorithm's led by that fine but i wouldn't be i wouldn't be delving into the football world at all so look i really hope that um sesco can deliver i don't think he'll start tomorrow um apparently an inside source on sesco has said he's the most dedicated young player i've seen here well we knew that in the summer anyway i remember that being said about him in the summer before he came here so look positive positive interview from sesco and i am I am hopeful about his future at Manchester United.

38:48I don't know about you, but I do feel that he has the mentality, the dedication and the work ethic, which sometimes has been lacking. I mean, I saw Jadon Sancho's interview and I just, and I didn't even want to mention it, but I will. And he basically did an interview. He scored a goal, didn't he, in the old Emmerdale Cup. And he spoke, he basically, he threw Amram and Ten Hag under the bus a bit. He was like, you know, it's nice to play for a manager that respects me or likes me or is nice to me or whatever. And I thought, mate, you're on 300 grand a week at Man United. You're a professional footballer playing for Man United.

39:30If you don't understand what the club is, you should never have signed in the first place. It's not the manager's responsibility to make your breakfast and, you know, brush your teeth for you. It's Manchester United. Look at the history. Look at the players we've had. you've either got it or you haven't. And if you think being at Man United, everyone needs to welcome you as Lord Jadon Sancho, then maybe you should go and play for other clubs. But to go back to Sesco, that's what I mean. This is a guy that's getting up early, coming to training early, training early, working hard, avoiding social media, not moaning about managers that don't put their arm around him.

40:12And whatever you think about Sesco, that's the type of mentality you want. It's Sesco over Sancho. That's what you want. You want players that are focused. Then the next thing you want is focused players that are talented. Because as I said, Deleu is clearly very focused and clearly very driven. Unfortunately, I don't think he's quite good enough. But you do need those mentalities. And I wouldn't knock Deleu's mentality and professionalism because we've always known it's good. He's probably just not good enough for what Man United need, to be fair But we do need more of those mentalities with the talent Mohamed says, early prediction The board will hoark Arick as his salary demands will be lower than Tuchel, Enrique Or any other top managers, says Mohamed I think in relation to Michael Carrick There's probably one thing that you need to be aware of If I haven't said it before The British media are going to absolutely ramp it up Like the temperature's going to go up I mean, Terry's basically Carrick in already, isn't he?

41:12I was listening to the show this morning, which is fine. It's absolutely fine. If you want to be Carrick in, that's absolutely fine. You make your own choice. But the media, who are not Man United fans, will turn this up. It won't be long until the call-ins, the pundits, the journalists are going for Carrick, right? You know why they'll go for Carrick? He's British. You know why they'll go for Carrick? He's an ex-player. you know why they go for Carrick because he'll be nice in the press conferences and that ticks a load of boxes because it's a bigger story when it goes wrong and they'll love a British coach so they will push for Carrick the media are going to push for Carrick it's up to the fans what you push for because the club does listen to the media that's why they recruited a manager that plays 3-4-3 and asked him to play a four-back four because the media were on about it.

42:05So I'm absolutely convinced that Carrick's going to get pushed for this job by the media, just going to be dependent on what the fans do. I like Michael Carrick. I don't want him to get the job. I don't want him to get the job. I've been down this road before. I've seen it with Oli. I don't want him to get the job. However, as I've said, I will assess it in April after 10 games and where we are then, it might be worth revisiting. But my big fear is that even if Carrick does really, really well, it will be as an interim. We don't know what happens when he starts upsetting players. You don't upset players as an interim.

42:44He hasn't got enough players to upset. So in the summer when he has to buy and sell, what's his authority there? Do players want to come and play for Carrick and Wilcox? Are top players going to go, oh, I want to play for Carrick and Wilcox? Or are top players going to go, I want to play for Enrique? I think the manager market is so good in the summer. To ignore it, to take a punt on another ex-player, would be criminal. Like, there are managers out there that are the goats of the game. Ancelotti Enrique Nagelsmann Tuchel Conte They're all gettable And you're telling me Let's take a punt on another Ex-player Because he's had a good few months Where the players have turned the light on That light will go off at some point Early prediction That was from Mohamed Apparently he watches Cooking with Goldbridge Says Ian Hope you're doing well Do you reckon Deleuwe could surprise us tomorrow Whichever way Says Amit Well I think Deleuwe will play tomorrow Because I just don't feel any way That

43:47Masraoui will start. Amos Ranking, thank you very much for your super chat. And also, I've got nearly 12 ,000 watching this morning. Make sure you smash a like on the video and subscribe if you're new. Eight o 'clock show tonight. Rise760 has given us a super chat here. He says, hi, Mark. Last week was my first time at Old Trafford and Manchester. Love the people, love the club. It was a great win. Hope for another one this week. Mate, what a debut to make at Old Trafford. I mean, trust me, it's not regularly been like that for a very long time. And that, I mean, imagine that's your first game.

44:23Manchester derby. We absolutely battered them. The crowd was incredible. Exciting game. I mean, mate, please, please come every week because hopefully you're a lucky, lucky jinx on United because what a first game to get, mate. That's incredible um oh yeah just uh caught offside say that man united are interested in philic felix and mieter from uh dortmund it said that dortmund will entertain offers below 60 million euros and a and it could be a deal that united look at in the summer um i i in relation to anitra i've always felt that he has got the um physical traits for the premier league he's tall he's strong he's quick he's agile, he's good in the tackle, he can score a goal, he's a good all-rounder.

45:15But is it the quality of midfielder that Man United should be bringing in? You know, it's an interesting one. What else have we got here? James Garner, I've told you about that. FA Youth Cup last night did very well. Rooney played, JJ played, Obi played. I think we beat, was it Derby in the FA Youth Cup? Keep an eye on that because it could be another year of us winning it. Always good to see the youth doing well. Shout out to them.

45:47And what else? What else? What else? Been through that. Spoken about that. Okay. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I have to bring this in. I have to bring this in. Big news. Goldbridge joining MasterChef. Yeah, if you've not watched Cooking with Goldbridge, I'll drop it in the video description. But thanks, everybody who watched it. Really appreciate it. um stay away from Dortmund says golf okay look I got sent this um a couple of days ago right I don't really I do go on Reddit but not for football I tend to be on Reddit for like talks about stranger things or a boil on your ass or something like that it can be quite useful I don't really use it for Man United because I don't I just don't I think there's better places for football.

46:32But I got sent this, right? And it was actually somebody who watches the United stand who defended me in the comments. But I don't know whether it's just a stupid United fan or an intelligent fan, you might think he's intelligent, or a Glazer bot, but there is a Man United Reddit and it's got quite a lot of interactions on it here. And this was from yesterday, It got posted yesterday and it's called Mark Goldbridge is terrible for Manchester United, right? So, OK, fine. What's this all about? You know, the Glazers are sinking the club. Wilcox is the worst director of football ever. But Mark Goldbridge is terrible for Man United.

47:12So I thought, let me read this because it got sent to me. On the back of Cole Palmer to Manchester United rumours, Goldbridge decides to remain negative where possible and say that it would be a different level of stupid to sign for Man United. how does this help anyone so when mark isn't actively brigading against our players like bruno and rashford he's out there broadcasting to the world that signing for man united one of the biggest clubs in the world and a club ahead of chelsea despite the chaos is a bad idea i know he's just one guy but he's the one guy with one of the biggest audiences football every internet fan knows him always negative and thrives off it creates an awful atmosphere rant over now some of you are going to go very very good post there but the thing that jumps out to me is one if you click on the author's name he's never posted about football at all in fact it's his first ever post or hers but um but but um also bruno and rashford yeah i didn't really i don't really go in on bruno and rashford i got frustrated with them because they're two of my favorite players and bruno was being played out of position and rashford seemed to want to go which he did.

48:22This has had quite a lot of interaction on this Reddit, but I would say whoever that poster is, and it probably is a bot, they are the problem because how the hell? And look, you could replace that name with Gary Neville. You could replace that name with another content creator. But this is why you've got 20 years of the Glazers. And this is why you're going to get another 20 years of the Glazers because we couldn't be in a more obvious avenue of who is responsible for Man United's problems. And yet people will still put stuff out like that and people will agree with it and be distracted. I mean, it's water off a duck's arse.

49:07I couldn't give a toss. I find it funny. If anything, some people will have gone, who's Mark Goldbridge? And they'll search it up and they'll be watching now. Welcome to the show. Make sure you subscribe. that's how it works publicity is publicity we've been doing this for 10 years I don't really care if people like it or they don't we've got a great community that's how it works what amazes me about it is that of all the things you could type about about the problems with Manchester United it's like blaming Deleuze you might think Deleuze is not very good you might not want him to play but is Deleuze why Man United are shit and this is why we fail we cannot stay on target We just cannot stay on target as a fan base.

49:48We can't. I guarantee you there's people bored of the Fulham protest already and it's not even happened because they're probably thinking about Cole Palmer or they're probably thinking about whether Carrick should get the job. And the protests a week on Sunday will be a distraction now because it's like, oh, well, it never fails to amaze me how people do not discuss the real issues of Manchester United. And as I said yesterday morning, you take a look around other YouTubers, other X accounts, aggregators, and look at how often they talk about the real issues at Man United. It's almost non-existent.

50:26In fact, I think some of them are almost doing the club's work. In fact, I know two of them are, three of them are. But that's fine. If they want to do that, that's fine. If you want to be a glazer, that's fine. But it's the fact that people don't see what's happening There's very few people Webby and O 'Neill do it a lot I like Webby and O 'Neill They do it a lot They talk about old school fans They talk about the real issues of the club But hardly anyone's doing it Hardly anyone's doing it And then you think why aren't they doing it And you get sent stuff like that And you go

51:06Because this is why the Glazers survive They're very, very, very good at manipulating at this fan base. Anderson transfer is more important than Palmer, says Jimmy. I don't think we'll do either. I mean, we won't do Cole Palmer, and I really don't think we'll get Elliot Anderson. Honestly, I'm quite relaxed about Elliot Anderson. If we get him, it would be a fantastic signing. If we don't get him, I will just say what I said a few minutes ago. Manchester United have been talking to us for eight months leaking it to credible journalists that Elliot Anderson's our priority and then he's going to sign for someone else been there before

51:51a new contract offer is being readied for Maynou one that gives him parity with his other teammates and he's expected to remain a big part of the season's plan just on this very very quickly just on Maynou right nothing to do with Amrim right a year ago Maynou wanted 150 grand and loads of people said I wouldn't give him 100. Now we're going to put him on parity after one game. What's gone on at United then? Look, I'm a massive Maynou fan but I have a memory, right? A year ago, the contract that Maynou apparently wanted was 150 grand a week and most people were going he is not worth 150 grand a week.

52:32It should be 100 grand a week tops with the ability to move up. We're now being told he's going to earn a contract on parity with his teammates. Well, that's a minimum of 150 grand a week for one game. So what's changed? We've had an ownership and a manager that wouldn't pick him and were happy to let him go. And then Carrick comes in and after one game, we're willing to give him parity with everybody else. Well, parity of everybody else is 150 grand minimum. them. Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro, Mount, Cunha, Embermo, they're all on 150 grand or more. So why after one game are we suddenly saying to Manu, you can have what you want?

53:16I mean, it might be bollocks, of course, but I'll be very interested to see what wage we give him because I personally, I think I said 125 based on his potential. But a lot of people were like, he shouldn't get 100k. Be interesting, won't it? All I'm saying is, it doesn't matter which side of the fence you are on with that. It just shows how flip-flop the club is. One minute they're saying, we're not going to give you 150 grand. And then after one game, they're going, oh, we will give you 150 grand. But as Gotham says, you get the points. It's cheap to pay someone 150 grand a week than it is to pay 50 million pounds for a new signing.

53:57Right. Thanks so much for watching. The plan for today is I am back with you at eight o 'clock tonight for the Saturday night show. And I'll have had a few beers tonight because I'm going to have a few watching the Liverpool Bournemouth game. Come on, Bournemouth. And then obviously it's United tomorrow. But look, fantastic show this morning. Really enjoyed it. Good conversations as always. If you've not checked out Cooking with Goldbridge, please do support that. I'll drop the link in the video description. Have a great day, whatever you're doing. And I will speak to you all in a bit. If you want to join me on That's Football, we're live at about quarter past five UK time.

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