313: Ornstein's Transfer WARNING! Kone EXIT!

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1:21But look, we expected some of this, but we probably didn't expect this coming in from David Ornstein this morning. basically saying and warning that the crazy summer that's been promised may not be as crazy as some expect. So David Ornstein saying this, United summer transfer window may not be as crazy as some expect. The club has plenty to address. Central midfield is the top priority, especially after Casemiro's confirmed departure, with leading links still being Elliot Anderson, Adam Wharton and Belaba. Left side and attacking roles are also in focus after missing out on Semenyu with Rashford and Sancho to leave.

2:02Defensively, Harry Maguire's future is uncertain. This is his option year. He's due to leave with no new contract news and central defence remains a key area. Plus, there's the new head coach. Potentially Carrick or someone will be the big story of 2026. Early signs under Carrick have sparked hope among fans and those at the club. However, as always, actions will speak louder than words. So look, the big line is United's summer transfer window may not be as crazy as some expect. I'm going to shout out an account on X here because I think it encapsulates much of what I would say in a couple of paragraphs.

2:38United do this every year now. During January, they brief that it's going to be a big summer and exaggerate claims to excite the fans and distract them from an awful January. When the window closes and February comes, they cool it down and start talking about lowering expectations. Well, look, I literally said it last night, literally said it all month. And many of you are on board with that. But we still have people in our fan base that, I don't know. I mean, I hear things, but I don't know. I don't know. I don't think there's any integrity, really, in a lot of what people are saying to you. I think they're doing it for selfish reasons.

3:15Maybe they're getting offers of things from the club. I don't No, you know, I couldn't give a toss about that. I care about, I don't believe the people running the club are the right people to run the club. So I don't want promises from them people. But this does happen every year. It's absolutely spot on and it's right to be called out. All through January, when we did nothing, we're going to go big. We're going to go big. We're going to go big. The minute the window closes, one of the most respectable journalists in the game says, it might not be the crazy summer people expect. That's February the 1st.

3:45We've got four months of this now for those expectations to get lowered and lowered. So look, Michael Carrick's doing a great job. The players are doing a great job, but you can differentiate between the great job they're doing and the shit job the owners are doing. And this is it. I said last night, on what grounds do you think we're going to have a big summer? Like there's people talking about, I'm glad we didn't do anything in January because then we can go big in the summer. Based on what? Trust me, bro. That's all they've got for you. Lies, lies, lies as well. Everything they've told you to trust them on, they've lied about.

4:20And look, it's no secret. A couple of weeks ago, I was speaking to a journalist about Elliot Anderson and said, look, we keep getting linked to Elliot Anderson all the time. Are we any, are we, are we, are we at any indication? Are we in any talks? Anything like that? What I was told is no, no, no. There's nothing from Forrest's side that they want to talk to anybody. There's nothing from the player's side that he wants to come to Man United. And there's nothing from anybody about any agent going to United or sort it out for you. It's literally just United saying we'd like Elliot Anderson. It's like walking into a pub stinking of shit and saying, I'd like to marry you and them looking at you and going, great, you got no chance.

4:57I mean, I'm not saying we're in that situation, but we're certainly not getting the wink and the eye and a bit of whatever else. There's nothing there's nothing there is nothing going on. And I think it's an important thing to remember that we are not in advanced talks with Elliot Anderson. We are not in advanced talks with Adam Wharton. you are being spun by the ability of the club to just tell journalists that they're their priorities. It's like being out with your mates and going, one day I want to marry such and such from down the road and everyone going, we've got no chance. Yeah, but that's my ambition.

5:28And then everyone talks about it and goes, you know, he wants to marry her. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's just talk. There's actually no, there's no, there's no firmness to it. There's no concrete talks going on. It's just United putting it out there that Elliot Anderson's the dream. Big clubs don't do that, by the way. Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal don't put it out there who their dream is. It's beggy. They don't do it. They keep it to themselves. Things might leak, but they don't consider. I mean, how many times have we read a story over the last five months that Elliot Anderson's our priority?

6:00Definitely David Ornstein. Definitely Fabrizio Romano. Definitely the Athletic, definitely Ben Jacobs, definitely the Manchester Evening News. I have heard so many times from so many journalists that Manchester United's priority is Elliot Anderson. So they've clearly been brief. But are you in advanced talks? As he said, he's coming in the summer. Has he given you the nod? No, no, no. So we're basically living off fumes, really. And now, now we're starting to be told it might not be the crazy summer we promised you. I tell you, For me, I love to be wrong on this. Love to be wrong on this. My assessment of the situation is Baliba will be signed because it's easy and he's not playing in the World Cup.

6:44So they can take all of June signing Baliba. That will be the big signing. What will happen is, and I really hope I'm wrong, the window will close. We'll go for Baliba. We'll take about two months and then we'll say when that's out the way, we're going to go for another midfielder. That will be the end of July when the World Cup's over and we will end up with something. Could be Elliot Anderson, could be Giao Gomez, could be Hayden Hackney. That's what'll happen. It'll be Belaber, the big story of the summer and we'll take ages to do it. And then after the World Cup, we'll see what's available and we'll take something like Sesco, fifth or sixth choice because all the other options will go elsewhere.

7:24I think that's what's going to happen. I also, and it's got nothing to do with Michael Carrick, he's doing a great job. I'm absolutely convinced they'll try and give it to Carrick because he'll be cheap. His staff will be cheap. He won't make any demands. He'll be desperate to take the job, quite rightly. And they can use Carrick as the Carricks at the wheel man to keep them protected for three or four years to get them closer to the real quiz, which is the building of the stadium. They have got no ambition to win the Premier League or the Champions League at all. This is just about, if they could fast forward five years, if they could nick Michael J.

7:56Fox as DeLorean and go forward five years to the building of the stadium, they'd do it. They've got no interest in the next five years at all, apart from surviving. And for them, I guarantee if you walked into that boardroom and said to Joel Glazer and Jim Radcliffe, the stadium's built in five years, you can have it, but United need to finish fifth. United are going to be mediocre for five years and finish fifth. They'll shake your hand off. They'll bite your hand off. They would. I don't think they've got any interest in being successful at the club. It's all about building that stadium. It's all about regenerating the area.

8:28It's all about doubling their money. These are selfish, mercenary business people proven over the last 20 years who are just trying to get their meal ticket. There's such a stark contrast on what you can do in the summer. You can get somebody like Luis Enrique, you can go big and you can try and compete with Man City and Arsenal. Or you can go for somebody like Deserby, Carrick, Glasner, give them next to no money and say, try and get me fifth every year for the next five years while I build a stadium. It will be that second one. It will be that second one. And if you're just tuning in, it is very concerning that a journalist with the credibility of someone like David Ornstein is saying it might not be the crazy summer United have spoken about on February the 3rd.

9:15So I'm not surprised by it. I'm not going to rant or anything like that. I just feel sorry for the people. I mean, I had a couple of comments last night saying you're so negative moaning all the time. and I just laughed. I laughed. I went like, and there's the bot. I was laughing that last night after the show, somebody actually, if it wasn't a bot, described our show last night as negative and moaning. And that's our fault. It's our fault for being negative and moaning about the way the club's being run. Sorry, didn't realise I'd put it into a billion pounds of debt that we haven't qualified for the Champions League for over 50 % of the last 12 years, that we're perennially shit and unambitious.

9:57I'm such a moaner. You know what? I was under the illusion that Manchester United was one of the biggest clubs in the world that's meant to fight for the title every year and be in the Champions League every year. Sorry for moaning about that. I'm so negative. But there are these morons in our fan base. But I think, I don't think they're morons. I think they're bops. Or I think they're being promised stuff. Or I think they're being, if you do this, we need your help. Can you do this? We'll give you that. It's nonsense. It's nonsense. I mean, And there's one of our ex-players who gets interviews on the regular with the club who is the definition of toxic positivity.

10:29He never says anything bad about the Glazers or the ownership or transfers or anything like that. And he'll be screaming and shouting, give Carrick the job. The lads are doing well. We don't need any signings because he's getting something from the club, isn't he? And that's a personal thing. You make your choice. But look, it amazes me that people can't see what's happening. The day after the window closes, all the talk of a massive summer disappears because now they've got to spin for the next one and the next one. So what you do is in the summer, when the summer window closes and you didn't get a midfielder, you know what?

11:02I was looking at some of the headlines in early September, right? There are journalists out there that wrote articles in the first week of September when the summer transfer window closed saying Man United would go for a midfielder in January. and then in January those same journalists are talking about Man United going big in the summer have you figured it out yet they spin the next one during the one they don't want to spend in that's what they do they've been doing it for years the minute a window is closed you talk about the next window and then when that window comes along oh it's hard it's hard but the next one we're going to go big look even this morning just to give you an example of this because some people maybe aren't experienced in this world at all.

11:50Manchester United are set to prioritise a midfield overhaul this summer with plans to sign two players for the position and the club is prepared to spend big to secure a marquee addition. While United will aim to strike the best deal possible, they acknowledge that landing a proven Premier League star may require a club record transfer fee. Elliot Anderson is viewed as the dream midfield target. So, you know, that's one. And I'm sure there was another one as well. I saw it this morning. Where was it? I know where it was. Let me just grab this. It was about a winger as well. Manchester United will look to sign a left winger this summer following the sale of Ganacho and Marcus Rashford.

12:35Leipzig's Jan Diamonde is one player of early interest to the club for that position. What it leaves out is the price tag is£80 million for Diamonde, but that doesn't matter. Don't mention the price tag. I think I got away with it, but don't mention the price tag. So here we are after an absolute, and let's be clear here, that transfer window we've just had is the worst one I think we've had in a decade. I'd need to do some research, but last season was crap. Last January was crap, but we did sign Dorgoo and we did loan out Rashford, Anthony and Malassia. So it was a terrible January transfer window.

13:17We didn't get half of what we needed, but we did do something. There's been other transfer windows where we've loaned in Veghorst or Sabitzer or Regalo. We did nothing. When was the last time we did nothing in a January transfer window? So I would say, hello. Hello, Sir Jim. You're talking shit, mate. And factually, again, you are delivering in this first two years worse than it was under the Glazers. Wow, that's not very fair. Oh, no, no. Hold on a minute, Sir Jim. Factually, the win ratio over the last two years is worse than the previous two years under the Glazers. Yeah, we've not won anything.

13:56the debt's getting bigger you've sat two managers you've wasted half a billion and we've just had a january transfer window where we did nothing for the first time in years nothing didn't loan anyone in didn't loan anyone out didn't sign anyone didn't sell anyone nothing so mate it's getting it's factually it's factually getting worse isn't it but look it is what it is but But as I said, here we are. The window is closed. You can say what you like without consequence. So we're going to go big in the summer. Well, we're not. They won't remember. We're going to go for Diamonde in the summer. He's going to cost 80 million.

14:35We're definitely not. Yeah, they won't remember. It's just you just got United. You just live today. Put some bullshit out today and they'll forget tomorrow. There's always some prats that will believe it. And we're not going to go for Diamonde in the summer, are we? It's going to cost 80 million quid. We're not going to do that. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. But look, fair play to David Ornstein for putting it out there that it might not be the crazy summer Man United fans are expecting. And I would say on that, it's not the crazy summer Man United fans are expecting. We don't expect much.

15:06It's the crazy summer the club have been leaking for the last four weeks. No Man United fan would walk around going off their own back. We're going to have a crazy summer this summer. Nobody would do that. not unless they've been in a coma for 20 years, no Man United fan with any knowledge of this football club is going to walk around going, pushing Liverpool fans going over, going, ah, half a billion, kiss my arse, we're going to do 600. We're only talking about a crazy summer transfer window because the club had been leaking it for the last four weeks. And as David Ornstein said himself, actions speak louder than words.

15:40There's a lot that needs to be done at that football club, but actions will speak louder than words. As I say, Balaba will sign for Man United, not because he's the best option, because he's the easiest option who wants to sign for us. And United at the moment, obsess about players that are obsessed with signing for United. So Balaba only wants to sign for us. So we'll be like, oh, this is the right player for us. That doesn't make him the right player. Just because he wants to come to Man United and no one else wants him, that doesn't make him the right player. I think we all know who the right players are.

16:15whether we can go and get them or not. I don't know. Look, Anderson and Stilla for me are the two. I'd be surprised if we got one. Watch us miss out on the targets mentioned and sign Goretzka on a free, says XO. Does protesting against these owners really work, says Amit? Well, it does work because it shows an expression. It's something. And something is better than nothing. I think what you're saying is, will it get them out of the club? Well, nothing will get them out of the club, will it? I mean, protesting won't get them out of the club, but it shows that people have had enough.

17:30The only way you get the glazers out of this football club is getting games cancelled and hitting them in the pocket, which nobody's willing to do that because it's difficult and it takes organisation and it takes money and there isn't actually a viable option. People can protest. The whole fan base can empty Old Trafford. I saw somebody saying the other day, well, it's the 75 ,000 twats who go into the stadium that are causing this. And I thought, hold on a minute. There's a multitude of reasons why it is nothing to do with the 75 ,000 fans who go into the ground and pay money to watch Manchester United.

18:06And on that, you should see the bloody prices they're having to pay at the moment. Hospitality prices are going up at Manchester United. So they're rinsing fans at the moment. But also, even if we emptied Old Trafford for the next home game against Spurs, the tickets have already been bought. It wouldn't do anything. It would be a big news story, but it wouldn't do anything because there's no viable option. There's no alternative. We fans aren't buying the club. So protests and everything are great. Emptying the stadium would be very interesting. But it won't get them out because there is no alternative.

18:45There's nobody out there at the moment saying, here's six billion, we want to buy the club, let's force them out. Here's a few hundred grand to the fan groups, let's get them out. That's the way to get them out. There isn't an alternative. As fans, we're completely useless because we can't buy the club. It was said a few weeks ago and it's absolutely true. Somebody needs to step forward with the stance of the fans and the money to buy the club and say, right, let's get them out. Let's work together to get them out. We're going to fund the fan groups. We're going to get these people out and we're going to get our club back.

19:16But no, no one's done that. Even Qatar didn't do that. It was all nicey, nicey deal with the Glazers. The best way to get them out is to have somebody who's got the money, who works with the fans to get them out and says, look, when we come in, we're going to lower the debt. We're going to build the club. Let's get them out. But you need some, you need, you need an organisation with the money to do that, who works with the fans. You can't work with the Glazers. The Glazers mugged Qatar off. Oh, yeah, we're thinking about selling Sir Jim, Sir Jim. So you can't speak to the Glazers. They need forcing out.

19:51And this has happened at multiple clubs. It's called an overthrow. It's like overthrowing the government, isn't it? There needs to be an alternative that the people get behind. We've never had that. And I don't think we ever will. Kony, literally our answer for midfield. Hope it's not true. Right, this is a big good story from class of 99. So Kone is leaving Manchester United to go out on loan to Lausanne. Sekou Kone has joined Ineos-owned Lausanne Sport on loan until the end of the season. We knew this was coming. I'm baffled by this. I've got to say I'm absolutely baffled by this. I think it's sadly another indication of the idiocy of the people running our football club.

20:38I'm sorry if I'm... You know he's 20 now as well. He's 20. I thought he was like 17. He's 20 years of age. He's turned 20 today. So I don't know where those years went. I thought we signed him at 17 years of age. So he's 20 today and he's going on loan to the Swiss League in a shit side. I just, I despair. I despair. Thanks, class of 1999 for reminding me. Like King Walker says, why not the championship? I don't, I just don't get this at all. I mean, I would say at this point, the chances of Kone becoming a Man United first team player, percentage wise, has just plummeted. Because at 20 years of age, if you're going to play in the Swiss League at 20, think of all the French players, Swiss players, Austrian players, German players, what they're doing at 20.

21:47You're not playing in the Swiss League on loan. It's mad. It's wild. It's incredible. and if I'm Jason Wilcox and that's being offered up, I'm going, hold on a minute. This is a guy that's meant to be a solution for our midfield. What the fuck's he doing in the Swiss League at 20 years of age? He needs to be in the Championship. We play in the Premier League, he needs to be playing in the Championship. At bare minimum, the Bundesliga, but it's the Bundesliga or the Champions League, Championship, because they're the only two leagues that are anything like the Premier League in relation to intensity.

22:23The Swiss League, fucking hell, it's a Poundland French League. There's just no, it's madness. It's madness. Absolute madness. And sending him to any, it's like, you know what it is? It scares me how incompetent we are, right? What we've done here is, you know Anselmino, the Argentinian centre-back that we got linked to, that Chelsea bought. Teenager, meant to be the next big thing. Ansel Mino. He's just spent the first half of the season on loan at Dortmund and done very, very well in the Bundesliga, right? They've recalled him back in January and now they've sent him to Strasbourg in the French League.

23:02Well, Chelsea own Strasbourg. So who's obsessed with Chelsea? Sir Jim. Let's get Kone off to Luzon because you know what Chelsea are doing with Strasbourg. Let's do it with Luzon, yeah? We've even got a fucking French club. It's called Nice, but no, he's fucked that up. So send them to... Mate, Strasbourg playing in the French League is very different to your shitty club in Switzerland that you've ruined. Like, I just... It's disappointing because I thought Kone might be a player. He might be one of these young players that actually breaks through, but that's absolutely terrible career management to send a 20-year-old to Switzerland.

23:43Oh, look, Switzerland's a lovely country. And all respect to Lezorn. I don't know much about you, but he shouldn't be going to there. He shouldn't be going there. You don't think we'll spend£200 million in the summer, says Robert. I do think we'll spend£200 million in the summer, Robert. But listen to what David Ornstein said. The crazy summer some Man United fans are predicting isn't necessarily going to happen. £200 million isn't a crazy summer, Robert. How much did Chelsea spend last summer? How much did Man City spend last summer? How much did Liverpool spend last summer? how much did Arsenal spend last summer?

24:15You're talking close to£400 million. £200 million doesn't actually go far for what we need. We need two midfielders. We probably need two fullbacks. We need a winger. We need another centre-back. We need another striker. We may need a goalkeeper. So£200 million is not what I would describe as a crazy summer. I think we will spend£200 million, but I don't think it will go far. Really don't. I think£200 million is, well, what did Newcastle spend last summer? What did Villa spend? Like, I don't think£200 million goes very far. It's three players, isn't it? Like Black Mustache says. So no, I wouldn't describe that as crazy.

24:52Robert, please don't tell me you're a Glazerite. You are many things. And I know you've got Mason Mount pictures on your wall, but please don't tell me you're still believing in this ownership because I would have thought better of you than that. I would. Not having a big TW equals kneecapping manager, be it Carrick or other. We know incomings need to replace players getting old, injury prone or not good enough. Owners can constantly shoot in club in the foot, says Big Z. I think my concern is that you give the job to someone like Michael Carrick or Glasner or De Zerbe and that's the expectation set.

25:33You almost feel sorry for the manager. it's almost like subverting the fan base by going well if they give it to Carrick and he doesn't get much money what's he supposed to do but he's such a nice likeable guy oh I know we've lost there and we finished fifth but what's he supposed to do that's what scares me is that he might go down that road of let's put a likeable guy in the job let's not really support him but when we finish fifth the fan base feels sorry for him so nothing ever really changes um hi Mark what you said the the day, if we lose Casemiro and Maguire, we lose a lot of aerial ability.

26:05Six aerial goals alone by them two and their aerial defence, this needs addressing, don't you think, says Christopher? I think the dominance of Casemiro and Harry Maguire in the air cannot be understated. I thought it was a very equal game against Fulham at the weekend, but set-piece-wise, we were causing them massive problems. And look, we've seen this season, it might not be pretty, Arsenal but if you're good at set pieces you tend to have a good season and Maguire and Casemiro are very very good at that I just don't think you can replace that very easily unless you've got unless you profile someone like that so it is a good point um on a positive I just wanted to say this about Kunja I I I wanted Kunja way before we even got linked to him I remember talking about him about a year before we bought him and saying I just think Kunja would be a really good player at Man United.

26:57He's got that Man United player feel. I think what we're seeing with Kunia at the moment is something really exciting. I think Kunia could get as the Champions League. You know, like last season, he kept Wolves up. There's something about Kunia from January till the end of the season that's just really special. Not that he's not a good player before that, but last season with Wolves, he basically kept them up. He's got this ability in a game where the team might not be doing much, where he can just go bang, bang. And we've seen it in the last three weeks. He's scored key goals like the winner against Arsenal.

27:34The second goal against Fulham is the killer goal. Even though it's not the winner, it gets us in a position where imagine if we'd been 1-0 up against Fulham. I think that we were going to struggle. At 1-0 up, I think we were going to struggle. we didn't really do anything in the second half apart from the Cunha goal so that goal was big obviously he made a difference against City as well I just think he's in that Wolves frame of mind at the moment and as long as Cunha stays fit I reckon we we might play badly at West Ham but win because of Cunha we might go to Newcastle and play badly but win because of Cunha I think such a it's like Bruno in a way like Bruno can have a bad game but get two assists and I think this is that this is we're starting to see the importance of Kunya because, you know, at the weekend and I like this.

28:21I was having a conversation yesterday about Bruno or Declan Rice. I was on, I did, it's out next week. I was doing this show last week, yesterday, where it's like either ors. I wonder why they asked me to do that, either ors. Anyway, but the point is one of them was Declan Rice or Bruno. And a lot of people went with Declan Rice and I went with Bruno. And they were like, they were talking about consistency and this, that and the other. And I went, Bruno Fernandes has got the most assists in the Premier League this year. And he's got the most assists in the Premier League across the last five years.

28:57You can't buy that. Look, Bruno against Fulham, some people were saying he was playing shit. Got two assists. The game finishes 3-2. I know it's a bit of a head fuck sometimes and Ricky can't deal with it, But you win the game 3-2 and Bruno gets two assists, but he had a bad game. He is, that doesn't, that can't be right. And it's the same with Kunja. Some people at the weekend said Kunja had a bad game against Fulham. And I'm like, but only he can score that goal. And if we don't score that goal, we don't win that game. Like, you can have players in your team that don't play well for the 90 minutes, but deliver the big moments.

29:43You can carry those types of players. And you're not carrying them in the sense that they don't track back and they don't work hard because Bruno and Kunja do work hard and they do press. But they might misplace a few passes. They might go quiet for 20 minutes. But the difference between a Mason Mount having a bad game is he won't produce anything. But if Kunja or Bruno have a quiet game, they'll produce something. And that's why when you look at Premier League goals and Premier League assists, if they're there, they're worth their weight in gold. Because not everybody is there. Like, there's a number 10 playing for Brentford who plays well every week, but he hasn't got as many assists as Bruno.

30:30And I'm not big on stats, but those goals and assists are worth their weight in gold. And I'm telling you, over the next few weeks, I just feel like Cunha's in the Wolves form from last year, where he could literally carry this team to the Champions League. I'm not saying it's all on him, but I just feel like he's going to start scoring. Well, he already is. He's going to start scoring these goals out of nothing. Like that Fulham goal, he shouldn't score that goal. Leno's in a really good position. If he goes across Leno, I think he's got it covered. And if he doesn't hit it as well on the front post, I think Leno's got it covered.

31:03It's just brilliant. And obviously the Arsenal goal was brilliant. And Cunha's scoring these goals now, which is exactly why I wanted him at the club. And it must be so frustrating for opposition fans because you're like, we've played really well there and he's just scored a worldie. But that's why we beat Fulham. They haven't got Cunha. We have. It's that quality that's the difference. So I'm excited about Cunha at the moment. Hi, Mark. What you said the other day, I've done that about Kazimera. Thank you, Christopher, for your super chat. Are any of Anderson, Belaber or Wharton a direct replacement for Casamiros' dirty deeds?

31:41Well, it's interesting. I think this is a great question as well, because there's been this conversation about the midfielder that we're going to sign, that they want an energetic midfielder that can get up and down the pitch, and then they want a specialist holding midfielder that can conduct, of which Anderson isn't. Wharton isn't. And Belaber isn't. Wharton, Anderson and Balaba are more Manu role than Casemiro. Like Anderson is the definition of a box to box, as is Adam Wharton, as is Balaba. So none of those players are actually a Casemiro replacement, which is interesting, isn't it? Because this is where I think we're being spun again.

32:23A lot of people are going Anderson and Balaba. But if you had Anderson, Balaba and Manu, not one of them is actually a sitter. Now, you might be able to turn one into a sitter, but they're not. Actually, they're not. So, I don't know. The way I feel is that we have been spun for the last five months and the last four weeks. And I think they've done it so that they could get through a January transfer window without buying anybody. I mean look If you owe somebody money Right And they knock on your door On January the 1st And say Give me your money Or I'm going to break your legs HSBC's gone downhill Hasn't it But no Like you've lent it To somebody you shouldn't have done Right And on the Monday On Monday January the 1st They're there with the hammer And they're saying Where's the money You said you'd have the money today And you go Put the hammer away I'm telling you now well, I've just got to sort a few things out.

33:21I've got big things going on in the summer, big things going on in the summer. Ask them, ask them. They'll tell you it's true. And if I'm doing big things in the summer, I'm going to get you this money. Don't you worry about it, right? And basically they come back the next week and you just fob them off, fob them off, and before you know it, you've made it to the summer and then you can give them the money back. but they wanted that money on the January the 1st. So this is what I mean. It's not quite the same because we're talking about one month and how long can you keep someone away with a hammer?

33:53But ultimately that's what Ineos and the Glazers have done. They've just spoken about something in the future to distract for the now. And now the window's closed. John Daly here. You know what day it is? Neither do I. I live life daily. That's why I only spend on Moto Casino. Moto's got daily free bonuses, Daily tournaments. New slots added daily. And the best part, guaranteed daily jackpots. You can't beat that. So today's the day you're gripping to spend it with me on Moto. America's Social Casino. Play for free on Moto.us. Moto Casino is a social casino. We're prohibited. No purchase necessary.

34:25Visit Moto.us for more details. Download the Moto Casino app today. Must be 21+. Moto Casino. America's Social Casino. Hi, Mark. Not being funny, but with Wilcox running transfers, what fifth or sixth choice players will we get? No guarantees we'll get anyone except Belaber, but we need more and we need better, says Mike. Well, I think that's what we were talking about there. Belaber, I'm 95 % we're going to get. I don't think we should, and I'll give him a chance, but 95 % because it's not even a transfer. You can't give Wilcox credit for Belaber. I mean, he's begging to come to Man United for 12 months.

35:05So, I mean, it's just easy, isn't it? And he's not going to play in the World Cup. So all you've got to do is negotiate with Brighton and Brighton will do a deal. So beyond Belaber, I don't know where we'll go next. January transfer window is about necessity and opportunity. We should have bought Quinton Timber and Luckman for under£35 million combined, says Sammo. Garfield's gifted a membership. You're a legend, sir. So is Daniel Thompson. Thank you very much. And what would you say are three non-negotiables for the summer transfer window, says Kyle? Well, I'm not saying three because I'm not a Glazerite.

35:42There isn't three. There's six. I'm not having three. Talking about three dilutes yourself down to giving in. There's not three non-negotiables. We need two midfielders. So that's two things. We 100 % need a left back now because Luke Shaw's not up to it. And Dorgue, I think, should be given the freedom to play further up the pitch. we're going to need another striker. That's four. We're going to need a goalkeeper as well because Le Mans on his own. If anything happens to him, we need a goalkeeper. So that's five. And we need a winger as well. So that's six. And that's without knowing what's going to happen with Bruno as well.

36:29So I think there's six non-negotiables there that have to happen, especially if we're going to... And also, if we're in the Champions League, let's not forget, I need a bench. And, you know, I do need a couple of players that maybe don't go straight into the first team. So maybe I need three midfielders. Maybe I need two wingers. Like, this is just first team stuff. What we've learned this season and last season is you don't build an 11. You build an 18. and yeah I think we need I think we need a massive summer transfer window we need about we need between six and ten players really um whatever happens whether it's Michael Carrick whether it's Luis Enrique whether it's Champions League whether it's Europa League next season is going to be another transitional season I don't know whether many people have realized that like next season's another transitional the excuse is there already they're not going to deliver the summer transfer window that sends us into next season where we go, right, let's go for it.

37:30You know it and I know it. There's no way next season we're starting the season with a squad that we go, let's go for it. We're going to be in a season where we go, can we deal with this? Can we deal with European football and getting into the top five again? Have we got the squad for it? Could be a tough one. No summer activity is going to change that.

37:55Mike JW hope you're doing well pal he says as we have not invested again let's be honest we don't just need to qualify we need quality too and quantity for the next extra matches next season we need depth well literally I haven't read that Mike but it's literally what I was just sort of talking about so yeah absolutely spot on Forza welcome to the members club thank you we need to keep winning as well like I really I know there's not a lot of point in talking about what we spoke about last night The gamble this ownership of taken, the injuries to the midfield that could decimate the season. We just got to probably not talk about that now because talking about it almost makes it happen.

38:32We need to get through the rest of the season without any injuries and get Champions League football. I'm looking at games now and I'm like, what a result at the weekend. But what a result at the weekend. I mean, I heard a couple of people saying, Lucky, who gives a shit? like that three points over the two. I mean, look, Fulham played really well on a different day. They might have got a point, but oh my God, the fact that we got those three points, I don't care. Even if it was lucky, which I don't think it was, it was entertaining. We deserved it. It was a good game. But if somebody said, you know, Spurs deserve to win on Saturday, but you win.

39:09Thank you. West Ham deserve to beat you, but you win. Thank you. I don't care how we get the points now. it's about getting the points it's so important that we are in Europe next year like I mean we just I mean part of me sometimes think are they asset stripping the club because their behaviour is strange like if you think about what they've done over the last two years sacking off the staff wasting money on managers not backing the manager in January taking risks I think it would be horrific not to be in Europe next season for the fans. But I sometimes do think, well, is this part of the plan?

39:53I don't know. But no, I don't care how we win. We just have to win. How much spin will we get during the summer, says Laura? I think we'll start to get the conversation over the next... Well, we've already got it from David Ornstein this morning, but I think we will start to get it now from the Whitwells, the Duckers, the Stones, the MENs. I think we will start to get the normal FFP, PSR bollocks at some point. Maybe not till March, but we will definitely get it. Like that person said on X this morning, all through January every year, we're going to go big in the summer. As soon as January is over, it might not be as big.

40:31And then by about March, April, you start getting talk about FFP and PSR and not having to be compliant. It will happen again. There is a cycle and it's very repetitive. Don't forget as well, I know nobody will forget, but this week is very important to this football club as well. The anniversary of the Munich tragedy and what this football club is all about. So look, it feels like sometimes this ownership doesn't get what this club is all about. but credit to you and the fans of this club. We always do. And it's always a big day in this fan base and it's something that, you know, will never be forgotten either.

41:20So remember that whatever happens, we'll always have what this club means to us, regardless of what this dictatorship does to us. Jungland would be a Casemiro replacement, Amrim or not. His positioning, ball recovering and passing are solid. He's also a leader and sporting captain, so he's won each wonder. I think Jumlin under Amrim was a possibility. I think there's no chance now because he was on the recommendation for Amrim. And as we know with Ranić, Ranić recommended about 10 players, all of which are now tearing it apart around Europe. I'm thinking about people like Alvarez, Enzo Fernandes, Vardiel, all very gettable when Ranić gave us the list and all tearing it up at different clubs now.

42:06Now, United ripped that list up when Ranić left. So I would imagine they've done the same with anything that was suggested by Amarim. We can't be in transition season if we make Champions League, says Big Z. I think we will be. Look at Newcastle. I think we will be in transition. If you haven't got the squad, you're in transition in the Champions League because you're trying to adjust to being in the Champions League and staying in the Champions League through the Premier League. So we will be in transition because we won't be ready for that. Casimiro type player is so critical, says Pengers. He helps Maynou play his best.

42:41No surprise the limited times Amrim brought Maynou on. He was joining Agate and was thrown into a chaos midfield, says Pengers. Yeah, I mean, look, the whole Maynou-Amrim thing is valid. I wanted to see Maynou play more. However, there is a very good counter argument, and I think you've made it there. When you're playing a midfield three, which we do now, Meynou starts because it's Casemiro, Bruno and Meynou or Agate. So Meynou starts. When you're playing a midfield two and you've got Casemiro and Bruno, you've got to drop one of them for Meynou if you're not going to play Bruno as a 10, which is what I wanted Amrim to do.

43:23So the issue was that Amrim didn't see Meynou as a six, which many of you don't. And he felt that Bruno was better in that position than Mainou, which I disagree with. But some people say, well, look at all the assists. But look, we can't look back. We've got to look forward. And it's great to see Mainou in the midfield three. The debt interest payments are only going up. If we miss out on Europe, the summer transfer windows are next. Prepare for freebies and loans, says Free Immortal. And anyone who watches Belaber regularly knows he lacks the defensive and positional awareness to replace Casemiro.

43:59Carrick understands that role better than anyone. he would never want Baleba as a replacement, says Goldfridge. Whether he does or he doesn't, he won't have the power to stop it if he's the manager because he doesn't have a veto. We will use Collier for Casemiro, give Bruno a new contract and then just sign Baleba, says Mark Fudge. Well, we can't use Toby Collier as Casemiro's replacement. And I like Toby Collier, but we can't. He's always getting injured. He's never really played in the Premier League. He can't be a Casemiro replacement. I heard a catchy song, Maybe Not Your Cup of Tea, by a guy called Sage.

44:32It goes, Kunya, Bruno, Kunya, Bruno, Patrick, Dorgou, Brian M. Bermot. It says Big T. I've got no idea what the context of the rhythm is, but there we go. Six months out from no value in the markets is Pete Phillips. That's definitely coming, mate. Kiel Robinson says, Dorgou, Leon, Kone, Obi, Malassia. We will be our summer signings. Send them on loan now. Promote them to the first team in the summer. Bootleg football. Thank you, Kiel. I think Tonali is a better option than those we are linked with. I mean, look, this is a good point. The Tonali news yesterday for going to Villa was quite interesting.

45:11Tonali actually is a holding midfielder. Like Tonali would work better than Wharton, Baleba and Anderson in the six. But I don't think we'll do that. What about Noosa is better player than Diamande, says Pea. I don't know that he's a better player than Diamande. I mean he plays off the left I like Noosa but I've never heard any United go be linked to him but I do like Noosa should not be looking at a manager until Glynios out ownership cannot support a new manager Carrick will get results now new manager will struggle says Danny and Robert McCormack says I'm behind Ineos for now much different to the Glazers Robert I've got to say if we were having that pint now I'd put the pint down and walk out and say you've disappointed me I mean, look, I'll respect it because I respect you, but I don't know how you can be behind Ineos.

46:03I don't know. I will say this to your face now. The Glazers are worse than Ineos, you're right. I think Ineos have done worse than the Glazers in the last two years, but the Glazers have destroyed this club over 20 years. So you are right. But how you can be behind Ineos, I'll never know because everything Sir Jim Radcliffe has said, he's gone back on. So you can't trust them. It's blind faith. It's trust me, bro. Like, I can literally list off 10 things that Sir Jim Radcliffe and Ineos have done at this football club and then gone back on it. So I don't know how you can trust them. I don't know how you can be behind them because everything they do, they go back on.

46:44Three years for Amrim, three months sacked. We're backing Ten Hag, 300 million, three months later sacked. Dan Ashworth's the best director of football in the world, sacked. it's just a long list of I'm going to employ best in class he brings in Jason Wilcox like it's I'm sorry you're a Glazerite Robert it's sad because you're somebody I respect United are a factory of producing yes men in bulk says Amit lone Kone keep Malassia Wilcox at the wheels says One Inch Wunder watch us sign another Amrabat after this World Cup because he had one good 90 minutes against the World Cup favourites says Jid and watch us miss out on the targets mentioned and sign Goretzka on a free.

47:25Thank you very much. I think I've already done that one. We only wanted a single loan deal. Nothing major, says Michael Wright. Yeah, I mean, mate, I was there at the end of the window saying sign Ndidi. That's how shit the situation was and they didn't even do that. Salah was older than Kone when he played in Switzerland. At least Kone will play in the conference league, says Lucho. So you're now comparing Salah to Kone. God, another glazer right in 4K. Remember the days where Nani, Fletcher, Park and Anderson were bench players Who of that calibre do we have now to put onto the change to the game?

47:54When will the owners realise that we need a squad? Well, they've got to realise we need a first team first. Ray says, they are lies. The board is all this talk about Kone only to be loaned to a Swiss team is despair so much. Well, I mean, Ray makes a good point as well. Like, they bring these young players in, like Kone and Obi, and people start going on, and Leon, and they start talking about, oh, they'll be ready, they'll be ready. I mean, if I could be asked, we could pull up receipts. we sign Kone he's going oh he's going to be ready we sign Obi oh he's going to be ready we sign Leon oh he's going to be ready and then a year later they're being shipped out on loan they're further away from the first team than when we signed them and you wonder about all these young players they're buying there's another lad coming isn't it is it Orozco the next Kaiseido oh he's ready probably be loaning him out in a couple of years okay right thanks everyone for tuning in this morning fantastic show So interesting stuff as always and probably not surprising stuff, but fair play to David Ornstein for actually putting out some journalism.

48:57That's why he's one of the best. You know, the reality bite of it not potentially being a crazy summer and, you know, actions will speak louder than words. I'm sure the usual suspects will start putting stuff out about Elliot Anderson and everything because that's what they've been told to do. But thanks everyone for watching. seven o 'clock show tonight because I'm doing Chelsea Arsenal second leg of the Carabao Cup which I think will be a good game. So yeah, hopefully Ganaccio will start so Timber can bully him. No, actually, I think I'd like Chelsea to win. So hopefully Ganaccio won't start.

49:32Anyway, we're back at two as well. Stay safe. Take care. I'll speak to you on the next one.

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