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1:28$15 value, valid at participating locations, terms and conditions apply. Hello everybody, good morning, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news this Sunday morning. Very excited, actually, because we've got so much to delve into. Mason Mount leaving, Harry Maguire getting a new contract, Anthony Gordon price set there. Also, we're being linked to DeMarco in Italy. What else have we got? We've got, look at his notes, Schlotterbeck, a little bit on him. DeLitt, injury update, Collier's injured again, and a few other bits as well. So look, it's all kicking off about Valeber as well.

2:03I might have time for that. Might push it to later clock. But yeah, loads to get into this morning. Hope you're doing well. Slightly late this morning because Seb's game kicked off at nine. Horrible cold, pouring it down with rain. But they did win. I'll be absolutely honest. By the second half, I just wanted to go home. But we've also updated our merch. So I'm wearing one of our new hoodies, which you can get. Very nice. Although this one's probably the better one. I'm loving the colour. Take the look of that. We've also got loads of T-shirts out as well. But get up your hoodie game delivered worldwide.

2:40Links in the live chat, United Stand, Shopify. Loads of different things. And I'm loving the new colours we've got on the T-shirts as well. I was having a quick look, but I want to get the black T-shirt with the white. We've never done the black T-shirt with the white Trefoil logo. So I'm probably going to order them myself. Anyway, loads to get into on the show. So we're going to start off with, I'm going to start with Harry Maguire, even though it might not be the biggest story of the morning. A little bit about Mason Mount as well. But basically, story coming out this morning that Manchester United's dressing room believes it would be madness if Harry Maguire is not offered a new contract by the club.

3:19Current deal is expiring at the end of the season. And effectively, the dressing room feel that letting Harry Maguire would be going would be a mistake. It would be madness. Harry has endured plenty of ups and downs at United that has come through. All that is playing really well. And the feeling is that he's well respected in the dressing room and is passing on a lot of knowledge to some of the younger players like Heaven and Jaro. Everyone likes him and respects him. And the majority of the players want the club to give him a new deal. So let's get into this because there has been some reports this morning about Schlotterbeck.

3:54I got messaged actually while I was watching Seb play football. What's the story with Schlotterbeck? And I said, well, I'll talk about it on the show. Obviously, we've got Bundesliga rights and a good relationship with the Bundesliga and German football. So, look, pretty clued up on what's going on with that. What I would say is if we're signing, keeping Harry Maguire, we're not signing a centre back. We know how Manchester United work. So would you give Harry Maguire a new contract? Let me just type that in. A new deal. Look, this is really easy for me. I know my answer to it, but let me give you the background.

4:32So Manchester United are tighter than a duck's arse when it comes to spending money. If you go into a summer transfer window and you need five things desperately, they'll get you three. If you go into a summer transfer window needing strikers, midfielders and number 10s, you won't end up with a midfielder, as we know. if we go into this summer transfer window needing midfielders a left back and a left winger we probably won't get a left back because they never do everything that needs to be done so if we keep Harry Maguire we will not buy another centre back so linking us to Schlotterbeck or anybody else is laughable because we won't sign a centre back if we keep Harry Maguire it won't happen now some people might say well that's good because the money can be utilised elsewhere it's a fair argument some people would say we're keeping another player that's been here for years because he's experienced.

5:20Experienced in what? What's he experienced in? Experienced in playing for Manchester United as he won titles, as he won Champions Leagues. What experience is he actually adding on other than I've been criticised and bounced back? You know, you could write a book about that. I really like Harry Maguire. I really, really do. But there is, I like Casemiro. There is an end of the chapter. There is a closure of the book and you move on. We do not need to keep Harry Maguire here regardless of what the dressing room is saying. This is not, Some people struggle with this because they live in absolutes.

5:51You're either a hater or a lover, right? No, I like Harry Maguire. That goal against Lyon will live on forever. It was a brilliant moment. And he's done it before. He's done it again. He's done Liverpool. He's done it, right? However, what does Harry Maguire offer to me in a back four next season when I've already got Martinez, De Ligt, Yaro and Heaven? He offers disruption. He stops some of those players playing because he will want to play himself. what experience is he passing on to those players that Johnny Evans can't pass who's here as a coach I don't get I don't get it I think this is just sentimentality which stops the club moving forward we do this all the time Luke Shaw, Deleu, Maguire like these these players need to be moved on and better players need to be brought in so I'm not gonna be a hypocrite about this my personal feeling is let him go I don't and can I just say I don't care what the dressing room thinks is this the same dressing room that can lose to 10 men Everton?

6:44Is this the same dressing room that can beat Spurs and then not turn up at West Ham? I don't give a toss what this dressing room thinks. This dressing room, maybe you should focus on their own performances and keep their nose out of other things that don't involve them. So I don't care what the dressing room wants. Is coaching not about experience and teaching? We don't need to keep players on 100 grand a week to teach young centre-backs. If he wants to teach young centre-backs, retire and be a coach. but we've got Johnny Evans for that. So I think in relation to Harry Maguire, keeping him around for experience is a laugh, an absolute laugh.

7:19Does Pep Guardiola keep his experience? Did he keep Kevin De Bruyne around for experience? No, he played, he didn't. He moves them on. Pep moves his experienced players on because he's the coach. I will teach. That's Pep Guardiola's stance. I'm not keeping experienced players up here who are dropping off. If they're dropping off, their levels are dropping, I'll move them on. I'm the coach. I'm the teacher. I will teach people like Cherky. He didn't keep De Bruyne around to teach Cherky, did he? He got rid of De Bruyne. So what are we teaching? Why do we need to keep people around to teach them?

7:53And now that we've gone to a back four, that's one less centre-back anyway. So for me, save the money, use it for something else and move him on. Forget the centre mentality. Plus, Johnny Evans is a coach now. Johnny Evans played centre-back for Man United. Johnny Evans won titles in Man United. So Johnny Evans can pass on the teaching and the learning as a coach. So for me, yes, it's ruthless. But for me, it's a no. Now, what about Schlotterbeck? What about Schlotterbeck? I don't even know where this story is coming from. I messaged somebody this morning who I know in the Bundesliga and asked them about Schlotterbeck.

8:29And they said the only story about Schlotterbeck is Real Madrid. He has a 50 million release clause if Borussia Dortmund don't get Champions League football, but they're three points off the title at the moment, so they will get Champions League football. And therefore, the release fee is 60 million euros. The only club linked to him is Real Madrid. The chances are he'll probably stay at Dortmund for another year and then maybe go to Real Madrid. But Man United aren't in for him and Man United aren't going to spend 60, well, 50, 54 million, 55 million on a centre-back. We're just not going to do it.

9:03So not sure where this Schlotterbeck story is coming from. Very good player. Very, very good player and certainly one to keep an eye on. But one, we're not linked to him. Two, we're not in talks with him. Three, he'd be too expensive for us. And four, we're going to give Harry Maguire a deal. So we won't be buying a sense back anyway. So unfortunately, Schlotterbeck in the draw for Man United and close it. There's nothing that's going to happen in relation to that. On De Ligt, somebody just said, what about De Ligt? Dalit's injury, what I was told is that, and I need to get this right, the chances are we might not see Dalit until after the March international break.

9:44Now, I don't know when the March international break is. That seems a little bit premature to me because that's still a month away. But the feeling is with De Ligt that this injury has, which is rumoured to be a back injury, is so troublesome that he keeps trying to come back and he keeps getting pain. So United's stance is that because they're playing a back four and they've got Lenny Yorrao and they've got Heaven and they've got Martinez and they've got Maguire and if push comes to shove, Masraoui can play centre-back. They feel that they've got the coverage one game a week to really give De Ligt the time they need.

10:21What I was told is if United were in the latter stages of the Champions League and still in the FA Cup, they might be looking at bringing De Ligt back a little bit further sooner. But because they've got coverage, because they're only playing one game a week, the feeling is that it's probably better just to take an extra month on De Ligt and push him back to April, which gives him time to come back in April. That's an important time of the season. And also if he's, well, Will Cup, I suppose, but that's not really our thing. So De Ligt's injury isn't expected to be something that causes him long term issues.

10:54But in the short term, the pain is there. So it's probably will wait until the back end. He might play before the March International break, but it's probably going to be substitute appearances anyway. And the biggest issue they've got is that it's not even playing games. It's like training. He's got problems. So, you know. Also, just on the injury front, a lot of people like Toby Collier have even spoke about him coming back. If we got a midfield problem this season because we didn't buy a midfielder, he's gone to Hull and he's injured again. So he was at West Brom, he got injured. He's come back in January.

11:27He's gone out on loan to Hull. He's injured again, preparing for their game, I think, against Chelsea on Friday night. I think got injured in training, hamstring. So he's out for about a month as well. So that's what's happening with injuries at the moment. Let's talk about Anthony Gordon. But before I do that, Rajaf says, perfect United transfer window would be Anderson, Tonali, Stilla, Truffaut, Hall, Diamande. This should be minimum, but I doubt if we get three of them. I wouldn't mind any of those players. That's not a bad list at all. Naveen says, would like Bastoni from Inter, but would be 60 to 80 million.

11:59Well, look, as I say, 53 % of you wouldn't give Harry Maguire a new deal. 47 % of you would. Absolutely fine. I explain why it's a no from me. He does pick up injuries. He went off injured, in fact, in the last game, didn't he? He gets injured a lot. He wants to play. He's 33, I think, or 32. I think he's quite susceptible in a back four as well. I actually think he'll get exposed in a back four. Why are we paying 100 grand a week to somebody to be a cheerleading, experienced person in the dressing room when you've got Johnny Evans as a coach? I just think it's sentimentality. I like Harry Maguire, but I just think you know what he's like.

12:39He's going to want to play. Do you want Harry Maguire playing centre-back for Man United next season? I don't. I actually want to give Jorreau the spot. I want Jorreau to be given the opportunity because that's what we paid 50 million quid for. And I think Maguire, as he's proved time and time again, every time you write him off, he ends up back in the first team. And that's great. But now I think we need to move on. And he'd be wiser going and playing for someone like Everton, I think. So I get why he wants to stay. But I think it's sentimentality. We don't need that experience at that price.

13:10Just move him on. And that's not disliking him. I think he's been a good player for us, but I just think it's time to move on. And also it will prevent us buying a centre-back. So the club will pass this on for keeping an experienced player. At the end of the day, should we call it what it is? Cheap. It's cheaper to pay somebody£100 ,000 a week, which is about£5 million a year, than it is to let Harry Maguire go and replace him with somebody who's going to cost a lot more than that. Emily Derry says, Maguire's playing well now, but I wouldn't want him next season. He and a number of other players are established parts of a dressing room culture that is rooted in inconsistency and failure.

13:47Yeah, look, Emily, I'm not going to sit here and say that Maguire is responsible for the bad dressing room, but he's been part of the bad dressing room, as has Bruno, as has Casimiro, as has Deleu, as has Luke Shaw, as has others. Fundamentally, we still need that open heart surgery that Ralph Rangnick spoke about many years ago. Robert McCormack who's going to defend and score at set pieces yeah but this is the thing Robert this is where you're absolutely correct because losing Casemiro we won't be good on set pieces losing Maguire we won't be good on set pieces but that's my point we're not keeping Maguire to be a experienced cheerleader are we you'd have to pick him and if you're picking him next season I think that's like we're just not moving forward are we I mean I'm sorry I don't think next season when we're trying to compete in the Champions League and get back in the Champions League I don't think a 33 year old Harry Maguire next season in a back four is a good idea I don't think Harry Maguire in a back four is a good idea at 28 I certainly don't think it is at 33 I think he worked the I think he worked in the three centre-back system better than he does in the in the two but look we do need to you know the lit's not bad in the air to be fair why the league is you have to keep him says Robert McCormack.

15:03I think he's talking about the set pieces. Daniel Thompson says, I hope Seb's game went well. Yeah, horrible weather. They won. I think they won 7-2 though. Never come to my matches again, says Seb Goldbridge. Good morning, everyone. Wish we had a game on soon, says Trader West. It's going to fly by, to be fair. It's only another week, isn't it?

15:24Vuscovic on loan from Spurs at, I forget the club, I think it's Hamburg, is going to be a fantastic centre-back. I think Tottenham have got a couple of players I would love them to get relegated and we could buy. I mean, it's never going to happen. You know, it was last week. We're going to talk about Anthony Gordon now. So last week, our source was telling us from the club that Man United are really looking at Newcastle, Tonari, Anthony Gordon, Bruno Gomérez. If Spurs got relegated, Vuscovic and Bergwijn every day of the week, those two players are going to be very, very special players. and they're at Spurs.

16:03So look, if I was United, those two players, I would be all over. All over. In fact, even if Spurs stay up, I'd be there knocking on the door going, forget Belaba.

16:19Bergvall, fantastic midfielder. He'd be brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. He'd be perfect for Man United. I think he actually is a Man United fan because he used to follow me on Instagram before he signed for Spurs. So why would you follow me? I'm sure he's a Man United fan, Bergvall. And Vuscovic is going to be incredible as well. But... With the American Express Platinum card, you can access over$3 ,500 in annual value with benefits and eligible purchases across travel, entertainment and more. There's nothing like Platinum. Learn more at americanexpress.com slash explore dash platinum. Enrollment requirements, monthly and other limits in terms apply.

16:52I don't know. I don't know. That's scouting for you, isn't it? Belaber was wasteful yesterday and highly overrated, says Tillak. we'll get a chance to talk about the Labour don't worry I would have kept Casimiro but not Harris' class of 99 and Dino with the super chat says do you fear that if Carrick gets United in the top four in Champions League next season that the Glazers will assume he won't need big signings and look for basement bargains instead of the summer I think that's a realistic fear that we're all going to have to consider I mean you're trusting an ownership you can't trust Gregory says anyone noticed the Anglophiles Fergie and Jim have changed all but one of our entire staff to British will they try to make the players British too says Gregory well Wilcox is British the manager the interim is the assistant coach is his coach is Johnny Evans is I'd never really I mean look I'd never really thought Barada's not I mean I'd never really thought of it like that anyway Robert McCormick says I don't like the set piece crap but it's the current way it is it is Robert you're absolutely correct right let me talk to you about Anthony Gordon because he's on the thumbnail and we are a bit into the show and I realised I haven't spoken about it yet so Anthony Gordon Manchester United price has been set not necessarily for Manchester United but this has come out this morning United Manchester United are have got an interest in Anthony Gordon we're looking at left wingers obviously Diamande we were talking about that last week that he is the one player at the moment that United are sort of pushing for talks etc because they would like to get that deal done and Favell has good relationships with Leipzig but this morning Liverpool

18:39Now, I think in relation to Anthony Gordon, there is no doubt that Man United would be looking at him as a left winger. I know a lot of people don't rate Gordon, but his work rate, his aggression, and there's no doubt he's got talent, would be a welcome addition to Manchester United, especially because of his age profile however i think at 95 million pounds and the competition that's going to be there for that player i would i would almost say um that there's very little chance that man united are going to be looking to pay that amount for any player so i think that um we can probably say that that's not going to happen um with anthony Gordon but the price is apparently going to be very close to 100 million and it's Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal and the thing about them is that they will have the money to spend that whereas we probably will not so yeah I think we can probably start to rule ourselves out of it which will please a lot of you but from my point of view I actually do like Anthony Gordon but probably not at 95 million pounds if I'm being honest.

19:48Manchester Evening News are reporting that Mason Mount's future at Manchester United is in doubt with the 4-2-3-1 formation limiting his chances behind Bruno Fernandes I mean look I think it's um I think it's an intelligent conversation um I think the upside of the back four is that I think many of us prefer a back four the downside of the back four is that in the 3-4-3 Mason Mount had two positions he could play because we had two number 10s and the centre-backs had three positions to play. Now there's two and now there's one number 10. So Mason Mount's pathway into the team with Bruno Fernandes ahead of him is limited.

20:33And that's... I mean, look, it's problematic, isn't it? You're not going to drop Bruno Fernandes for Mason Mount and if Bruno Fernandes leaves in the summer, you're not going to put Mason Mount as your number 10 and not buy one because you know he's made a glass. So I think Mason Mount and Man United, I mean, look, there's two things I think about Mason Mount, right? One, there's no doubt he's a decent player and there's no doubt that he's not a player that wants to miss games because of injury. it's obviously he misses games because of um because he can't play he has a he has a problem that united missed but like it's a little bit like the maguire thing for me like there's no doubt maguire's got the right character he's got the right desire he wants to play for man united but i think you've got to remove sentimentality and be left and be ruthless and we need to start moving forward, not backwards.

21:29Now, in the case of Mason Mount, what are we actually doing as a football club? Are we a charity or are we a football club? Because I think everybody looks at Mason Mount and goes, we can't rely on him. He's never going to be fit. Even if he was the world's best number 10, he wouldn't be able to play three games in a row starting. He's totally and utterly unreliable. So what are we going to do? He's only, well, he's 27. He's just turned 27. So he's a little bit older than I thought. Contract wise, he's got, I would say probably 2028, is it? 2028 with the option of another year. So he's got two slash three years left at the club from this point.

22:20Nobody's going to want to buy him because his injury record is very, very obvious the fact that he wears the man united number seven shirt is an embarrassment and that's not his fault but that's an embarrassment why we gave mason mount the number seven shirt will forever be a point of vomit i just don't get it i don't get it at all um man united apparently going to look for 20 million pounds for him good look but I don't really think he's going anywhere. I don't. I think he's going to end up being a cheerleader for two years where he cameos every now and again and we see him come on and he does quite well and people go Mason Mount, Mason Mount but he will never be fit.

23:03So I don't even know how you solve the Mason Mount problem. I think it's a problem that the club's making that they never should have done. You can probably blame Ten Hag but certainly you can blame the medical department for letting him through. the number seven shirt as i said is embarrassing 55 million pounds for a player with one year left on his contract who's injured is even more embarrassing and 250 grand a week is criminal so i don't know how you do this but as um beck says he's our phil jones our new phil jones why do we keep making these mistakes that's that's the question i have why does it keep happening because it does keep happening all of the time.

23:39And I think that we do need to be better at it. So how you become better at that, I don't know. But look, there's a few players that need to be moved on. My observation is this. I look at United next season, and if I'm being open-heart surgery Ralph Rangnick style, Casemiro's gone Shaw needs to go Deleuze needs to go I wouldn't give Maguire a new contract and Mason Mount needs to go so that's five players I would remove for various reasons some of them I don't mind the players but I just think it's time how many of Casemiro, Maguire, Deleuze, Shaw and Mount will still be here next season well Casemiro won't of his own decision I think all four of them are still going to be here next year and that says a lot about this football club because if I was in charge of this football club as a Man United fan I would be saying we need to get rid of as many of those four players as we can I think they'll all be here next year Deleuze definitely Luke Shaw definitely Mason Mount definitely and by the sounds of it Harry Maguire and that's four players on probably around £750 ,000 a week in wages as well, if you want to look at it from a financial argument as well.

25:05So, yeah, it's a lot of money. It's a lot of money. But, you know, we seem to be quite bad at being ruthless. We do. Ayus says, Yesterday, the official Sevilla account wrote the away side to do an Arsenal and score from a corner. I laughed for hours after reading that. we're quite good at set pieces this season I know Arsenal get a lot of ridicule for it but set pieces this season we've actually been pretty look what I'm trying to say is when we played Fulham and Spurs and West Ham and we're not creating anything in open play as soon as we get a corner I don't know whether you get this we're certainly against West Ham we weren't really creating anything, were we?

25:55But as soon as we got set pieces, I was thinking we might score here. We might score here. So we are set pieces well. Robert McCormack's right. We are very good at set pieces this season, whether you like it or not. Mark, India are playing against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup, which is estimated to get almost 2 billion views. The team Glazers are targeting is the one in which Vakuli plays. He's got 200 million followers. So they are targeting something special here. Yeah. Do you know what they're targeting? Money. The only interest in cricket because of the money, you know? Anyway, everybody knows the big game today is Great Britain against Switzerland at six o 'clock in the curling.

26:34I've already been up early this morning watching them beat Germany. So that's the real quiz. If you're into curling and God, it's a growing community over the last week. I don't know what's happened to me. I'm obsessed with the Winter Olympics and I'm loving the curling. It's my sort of game. It's tactically brilliant. But anyway, enjoy your cricket. It's Mount's injuries that limit him, says Angel Bomb. Yep. Look, if Mason Mount was fit for 80 % of the season, I think we've got a decent player there. But injuries are what they are. We can't do anything about that. Why would you not like us being good at set pieces?

27:11What an odd thing to say, says Sims. I didn't say it. We are good at set pieces. We need to be better in open play, but we're very good at set pieces this season and it's an advantage, isn't it? We've seen it, as we say, we've seen it with Arsenal. Rajaf says, giving Mount the number seven is the same as giving Wiltshire the number 10 and difference is we don't smother the goalkeeper. A lot of our set pieces have been a joy to watch. That's a very good point, Tris, as well. Our set pieces aren't about fouling the goalkeeper. our set pieces are about exploiting the back post for Casemiro or Maguire who are very good in the air it's a very good observation actually our set pieces aren't about fouling the goalkeeper very very good observation a very fair observation as well and well worth bringing in make sure you smash a like on the video this morning thank you for everybody for getting involved I've wrote something down here and I can't bloody read it I'm terrible oh no abandon sense back signing Schlotterbeck yeah I did talk about that so we've spoken about giving maguire a new deal it's basically 50 50 in the chat we've spoken about anti anthony gordon's price we've spoken about the schlatterbeck story being complete and it's a nonsense so i don't know who's spreading that shit about um we've also spoken about mason mount uh delitz injury collier's injury i know what i haven't spoken to you about um so this was um coming in from italian reports uh overnight that manchester united uh were at scouts were at And can I just say this?

28:38So Manchester United scouts were at the San Siro on Saturday to watch Inter Milan's game against Juventus, right? Man United have got scouts at loads of games. Like, I'm sure most of you are intelligent enough to know this, but if there's a game today with Real Madrid or Barcelona or Bayern Munich or Arsenal, Man United will have a scout there. we have scouts at lots of games um and even if the scout isn't physically there they'll be watching it in some way shape or form also i use a system called y scouts which um is a subscription service and it's incredible like it's absolutely incredible like you can just literally watch one player so you can just type in that player and watch them tomorrow if if if demarco's playing today and you can't be asked to go to italy you can literally just get footage of him and watch him play like and all different angles as well my daughter plays actually um in an academy and that they they film it as well and you can literally just take that player and everything they do in a game whether it's a corner a tackle anything like that so modern technology around scouting is that United will be looking at lots and lots of players.

29:57But two stories. One involves Mane at Wolves and this one here, which we'll talk about first. So Manchester United scouts were at the San Siro on Saturday to watch Inter Milan's 28-year-old Italian left-back DeMarco and France centre-back Calliola, 25 of Juventus. Well, I'd script the centre-back. We're not going to sign a centre-back if we're going to keep Harry Maguire because we'd have Martinez, De Litz, Yoro, Heaven, Maguire. We'd have five centre-backs and Masraoui can play centre-back. So we're not going to sign a centre-back if we've got five senior centre-backs. So that's just not going to happen.

30:32However, DeMarco is interesting. Now, look, anything to do with a left-back to me is interesting because, in my opinion, we desperately need one. I know there is this movement to get Luke Shaw in the England squad for the World Cup. But I was watching, I had the Villa game on yesterday. Lewis Hall, fantastic again. O 'Reilly at Man City, fantastic season. Luke Shaw is so far behind. Matt Sennett at Villa, another good shout. Luke Shaw is so far behind. He's not even in the top five left-backs in the in the league i thought against west ham he was poor and i think he was playing quite well as a left-sided centre-back i'll i put my hand up in the air and say under amram luke shaw in a three-man centre-back was doing okay but since we've moved to left back i think he's really struggled um we need a left back i thought the fullbacks against west ham were shocking in a game where we needed width they provided very little and defensively they're not good enough so any Any story that links us into a left back, I'm all over that.

31:44Now, DeMarco, United won't sign because he's not played in the Premier League and he's over 26. It's the same as what I was saying about Yulman last night. United, fans need to realise this. Every time a story comes out about a player ahead of the summer, use the parameters they use. Man United's parameters are they want Premier League experience and they want them to be over under 26. That doesn't mean we won't sign someone like Sesko or Diamande because they're young and United don't mind signing young players who don't have Premier League experience. But they're absolutely against signing non-Premier League experience players who are over 26.

32:28Well, that's DeMarco. That's Jumland. So we won't go anywhere near DeMarco, unfortunately. For me, talking about Ryerson the other night as well, again, 28 at Dortmund, people like DeMarco and Ryerson, I mean, imagine that. I don't know how much they would cost. But I would bring DeMarco and Ryerson in this summer and we'd have two really good fullbacks, really good fullbacks with experience ready to go. But United absolutely nailed on, do not sign players over 26 who haven't played in the Premier League. Just forget about it. So unfortunately, we have to file those stories as we're not going to do it.

33:09But I think it's wrong. I think it's really, really wrong. But there are some good left back options out there. I just don't know whether I feel like the left back is going to be the midfielder of last year, where we desperately need a left back and we'll go, we've ran out of time or we've ran out of money because they're clearly going to do what they should have done last summer. They're going to focus on midfielders and then I think we'll hit September and it'll be like, we ran out of time. We've ran out of time on a left back, but I think we desperately need a left back. And look, Harry Amas, Leon, could be good players of the future, but with the best will in the world, even if Harry Amas is ready next season, he's going to understudy Luke Shaw, isn't he?

33:50We're not going to throw him straight in. Some really good left backs out there. There's some very good left backs in the Premier League, but whether we'll do anything about it or not, I don't know. Grimm says, Hi, Mark. Why aren't we looking for the next Bruno? I suggest Nico Paz at Comer and Gilberto more at Club Tuana. Will Bruno even be here next year, says Grimm. I think the Bruno conversation actually probably was going to cover it on the eight o 'clock show anyway so we'll probably leave Bruno there however you do mention especially in relation to the lad at Como I think he's going to Real Madrid haven't they got a isn't he something to do with Real Madrid anyway haven't they got a buyback or somebody's got a buyback Taram at Juve is a good shout for a midfielder says Pablo and giving them out the number seven is the same as that one as well thank you very much Rajaf another story was this morning was coming out that Manchester United and Liverpool are ready to battle for Matthias Mane of Wolfampton Wanderers he's 18 to be fair I don't normally say this but he looks very very talented obviously he's come through the Wolves I don't think he actually did come through the Wolves system I think he came through

35:08I think he was at I'm just checking his thing here Rochdale I think he was at Rochdale wasn't he but look it's a breakout season for him at at Wolverhampton Wanderers and

35:30but I've got to be consistent I mean he he is like sort of dead center isn't he's not i think people think he's a winger but he's probably more of a of a central attacking midfielder which is interesting when you look at maybe bruno might be going um he has been very impressive but there's there's a couple of things i'd say about marnie at at wolves what's the price tag and what's the drop off like ideally you'd probably want a full season you want to be looking at him in a year's time but sometimes it's like Xerxes isn't it I think Hullet's right Xerxes could have done with another year at Bologna before he moved but everybody moved for him so you've got to move if you want him I think the same thing is going to happen with Mane ideally you'd want him to have another year at the in the prem with Wolves but that's not going to happen because Wolves are going to get relegated and they're going to want to cash in so if you're going to make a move for him you've got to make a move for him this summer but what's the price going to be?

36:29I like the look of him. I think he looks very, very exciting. But it comes down to the price, doesn't it, really? But certainly a player to keep an eye on. And United, I think he is a United fan, isn't he, or something? There's something about Mane and Manchester United that's more than just interest. There's some sort of link there. But look, as I said at the start of the video, I think with Vuscovic and Bergvau at Spurs, I don't mind buying young players if you have a little bit of knowledge about what they can do in the Premier League. And I think with Vuscovic hasn't played in the Premier League, but seeing him at Hamburg, he's just so dominant.

37:10He's just so dominant. We had the live footage of a Hamburg game a couple of weeks ago and he's like, I think he's 18, best player on the pitch by a mile. so he's so big and quick and dominant in the air like telling you now you talk about replacing harry maguire people say ballard at sunderland i'm telling you that vuscovic if you're into set pieces he is going to be an absolute dominant force on set pieces um bergbaugh i think if he can stay fit is going to be incredible midfielder and then you've got this Mane guy at Wolves who again like he's for an 18 year old and he's doing his bloody work experience in the Premier League in a relegation side and standing out so these players are very interesting and look people might say well you're a bit of a hypocrite you say we've got to stop buying young players I think we've got to stop buying young players who are the next Kayser who have never played Premier League football I think we've got to stop buying young players who are going to be the next bloody Ronaldo who've never played football in the Premier League.

38:11I think buying young players that have proven themselves in the Premier League is a little bit different. And I'm not bothered about taking punts on players like that. But I also do want to counter that and balance that with players that are experienced, such as people who are 25, 26. Nathaniel Brown at Frankfurt is my dream left back, says Grimm. I tell you what, I would love us to bring a player in from the Bundesliga, having watched it this season on matz football um i really really would he is a player of interest but i think he's going to be too expensive i think frankfurt's are going to want 40 to 50 million pounds and there's a lot of interest in him so i don't see it happening but again um he's a good young player so united might look at it just because he hasn't got premier league experience they will still look at players that are young so maybe but look off the top of my head nathaniel brown mattson Lewis Hall DeMarco there's four there four left backs there who needs a left back in the summer?

39:11there won't be that many clubs that need a left back in the summer so it's a good market it's whether you've got the money like we look at the manager market very competitive look at the striker market last summer very competitive look at the midfielder market this summer it's going to be very competitive the left back market who's going for a left back this summer? Chelsea don't need one Arsenal don't need one Liverpool probably do need one but an understudy not a starter Man City do they need one so it's a good market but I don't know whether we'll do it I don't know whether we'll do anything I would use Xerxi as part exchange and some cash for someone like Gordon or Tonali says Dino I think Xerxi wants to go back to Italy though mate I think that's where he's going to end up if we can be completely honest I've got a question for you if Bruno Fernandes leaves manchester united who would be a captain i saw that um this morning um

40:11and um i don't think it's actually that important who who who gets it um

40:31what's this oh god okay i don't want to read that

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40:51sorry i'm just catching up on some latest news see if anything's come in

40:58but look I sort of do this every summer left back is not the priority but it's a priority the midfield is the priority we have to get at least two I think three however I do think a left back is really important and I would argue as well hop take bad take right back right back is a an important position as well because the lit delo doesn't offer anything going forward and masraoui is a little bit more defensive so i think i think we need a right back and a left back but we tell you what we're very fortunate that lamans has done so well as well for a cheap young goalkeeper he's done fantastically well because if he hadn't come in and done what he's done we'd probably need a goalkeeper as well um who would you have as Captain, people are saying Martinez, De Ligt.

41:50I like the idea of a centre-back being the captain. And I think you're right. De Ligt and Martinez, either of those two would be ideal for me. I don't really agree an Mbemo or a Cunha. I like the idea of a centre-back. I liked it when it was Vidic. I like it to be a midfielder, but we haven't really got a midfielder. So I agree. I think Martinez or De Ligt for me. But look, I'm very hopeful Bruno is going to stay. But we'll be talking about that a little bit later. I did just want to wrap the show up with Balaba, though. Killen says, is Gordon a player we need right now? I don't deny his abilities, but is that our opportunity?

42:29Will he be a starter? And who do we bench if he starts? Well, he's a left winger, mate, and we haven't got one. I don't really like Kunja playing off the wing. I don't think it's his best position. I don't think he's got the discipline. I don't think he tracks back and helps out the left back. You look at Ahmad and the amount of coverage he gives to Deleu at right back is incredible. The work rate of Ahmad on that right-hand side, Konya's never going to do that because he's just not a winger. So I think we need a winger. We need specialists. And I don't know who's going to play left wing if it's not going to be bringing somebody in.

43:01So we do need that. In relation to Balaba, look, I'll put my hands up in the air. I didn't watch the game last night with Liverpool. but I did see multiple reports about him playing bang average again I've seen him play a few times this season be bang average but my mind's made up on Belaber I think there's just way too many red flags to be spending what Brighton wants and I can't understand why he can't switch his head on to play well I mean if you can't play well because you didn't get a move in the summer well get over it because there's a move this summer play well and he's not doing it so I think for me unless Brighton are going to sell him for 40 million pounds they can swivel I wouldn't get I wouldn't pay anything more than 40 he's been shocking this season he's still in his early 20s you cannot price him at 60 to 70 to 80 million pounds because he had a good season 12 months ago you are what you are I find it incredible that Brighton think they can get that sort of money for a player that's been crap for 12 months so no and also even if they offered him as for 40 million pounds there's so many better players out there so look it's i think united will do the deal but i think it's so dangerous so dangerous in my opinion we could use dorku on the wing angel bomb but obviously without dorku at the moment we don't have a winger so i think you need two ahmad says masraoui is so well-rounded i want to see him start the low i'd sell but realistically i'd keep for depth he's not bad as a squad player says Arvad.

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45:05But 50-50 split on Maguire getting a new deal or not. For me, it's a no, move on. I understand why people would do it. Brit82 says, even if he's upset, he's still getting paid for the job he's doing. He just shows lack of professionalism, horrible attitude and form in relation to the labour. There we go. And on that bombshell, we'll leave it there. Don't forget to check out our new hoodies. We've got some crackers. I think this one, we're getting its debut tonight. But check those out. You know what? It's on Shopify or go through the pin chat. I'll speak to you all in a bit. Take care. We do ship them worldwide.