323: United REJECT Emery! Bruno DECISION!

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0:41Shop online or visit your nearest King showroom today. Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Art Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news as another big manager target for Manchester United falls by the wayside. This time it's Unai Emery and it's Man United rejecting him. We'll talk about that. Also, Bruno Fernandes' decision. We'll give you the latest around that. We've also got updates on defenders involving Murillo and Schlotterbeck and a few bits about Barada. Interesting. I can't figure out whether this article in The Athletic, if you've read it, about Barada is a hit piece or a PR piece because it sort of treads the line of both.

1:21In some ways, I think they're trying to be positive. But in another way, I read it as he's just not the guy. Comes across as timid, can't work unless he's got a structure above him and was probably riding the wave of Soriano at Manchester City and actually can't do the job on his own. But we'll talk about that a little bit in a moment. Also got this for you as well. I'm going to have to move across here. This is, this caught my imagination. I think it caught yours as well. The best post Sir Alex Ferguson 11 when it comes to players signed after Sir Alex Ferguson retired. Take a look at that. Maybe you want to get in the comments with it.

1:59We'll come back to it in a moment. I mean, look, I think it's really sad that Luke Shaw's in there. I think it shows a massive underinvestment at left back. And Wan-Bissaka at right back as well. I think we're talking 13 years. And the best left back is Luke Shaw and the best right back is Wan-Bissaka. I think it exposed. I think the thing for me is not, oh, who do I pick? It exposes the weaknesses of the recruitment over the last 10 years in certain areas that, well, our fullback should be better than that. They should be better than that. Definitely. We'll come back to that one, but let's get straight into the news.

2:34Lots to get into, as always. So Manchester United reject Unai Emery. I expect we're going to get infiltrated by a few Aston Villa fans here, But you shouldn't be worried by this because Manchester United are one of the biggest clubs in the world and we are on the market or in the market for a manager. Last week, Ancelotti and Tuchel are off the table because they're going to sign or have signed new contracts. Enrique doesn't fancy the Man United job. Unai Emery is not on Manchester United's list. Now, I don't agree with this. I think that Unai Emery should be very high on the list. He's, you know, the contradiction of what Man United are meant to be all about is Premier League proven and people that can massively improve the club.

3:13When you look at Unai Emery, he's Premier League proven. He came into a team that Steven Gerrard was massively underperforming with and basically hasn't stopped them winning for three years. I think he's absolutely perfect for Manchester United. But even with the bookies, he's really low. He's behind. I mean, he's not even in the top 10. You've got, well, I'll give you the top 10 in a minute, but he's not in the top 10. He's below people like Herzl at Brighton and some other names as well. But I mean, he's very low with the bookies. And the reason for that is that Man United aren't going to approach him.

3:50And the reason for that is because United have put some very strict parameters in place around recruitment again, this time with the manager. Now, we know with players, you can't be they don't really want anybody who's over 26. and with the manager, they don't really want anybody that they've got to pay for. Unai Emery has a contract till 2029. He doesn't have a release clause, but there'll be compensation there. Man United don't want to be paying compensation for a manager that they might be paying compensation to if they sack him in the next year like they did with Amrim. So Man United paid Sporting to get Amrim and then they've paid Amrim to sack him 12 months later and all of his staff.

4:30A very, very expensive exercise. Some people put it between 20 and 30 million pounds when taking into account what we paid to sporting. Some people think it might have been more than that. So United are already saying that they are not going to go for managers that they have to pay for. Best in class. Best in class, people. We're talking best in class here. So, look, I'm sure there'll be some Villa fans going Unai Emery wouldn't leave Villa to come to Manchester United anyway. that's absolutely fine we're not saying that we would get him what we're saying is Man United have rejected going for that type of manager it's not part of their parameters so this nonsense that they're going to do a big all-inclusive recruitment policy for the manager well they're not because Tuchel, Ancelotti and Enrique have all said no and they're not looking at people like Unai Emery so best in class is becoming I don't know what I'd describe it maybe you can tell me in the comments.

5:27I certainly don't think it's best in class. It's best that suits us, maybe, that's cheap, available, and unambitious. I mean, I don't know. I don't know what the parameters are. I personally would like Unai Emery at Manchester United. I think that we might be in a position, and I hate to say this, we might be in a position where we need the guy before the guy. And I've heard people say that before. And the guy before the guy is the person who comes in stabilizes, builds foundations for the next manager to take us to the next level. We've never done that. We've never had a guy before the guy. Like Moyes came in and broke the foundations of Sir Alex in some weird, weird thing that he was allowed to do.

6:11Mourinho was all about what he wanted to do. There was certainly no foundations after Mourinho. There never normally is. Oli, I think, was trying to build something for himself. Nothing wrong with that. Ranyuk, I think wanted to build foundations but we got rid of him Ten Hag I think again was another manager that was about building what he wanted to build and the same with Amrim and there's nothing wrong with that but I think that Unai Emery and two other managers would be very good to bring in and stabilise a football club and what he's done at Aston Villa is incredible so I would really really like him but Man United are ruling him out because they do not want to be paying compensation and Villa's compensation for Unai Emery by the way I don't know what we paid sporting.

6:54I don't know what we paid sporting for Amrim, but you can treble that. What a Premier League club like Aston Villa, who will probably be in the Champions League, will want for their manager with three years left on his deal. I mean, you tell me. I think we're talking, you're probably talking 20 million before you even start paying him. So United are going to rule themselves out of potentially good candidates because they don't want to pay, basically. But look, just before I get some of your comments on that, this is, I mean, look, take it with a pinch of salt. This is as of now. This is a website I use that basically accumulates all betting sites.

7:39Odds at the moment for the next man, the Manchester United manager for the first game of next season. Right. So at the moment, Michael Carrick is absolutely nailed on. He's not even two to one. He's even. So Michael Carrick with every single bookie is odds on to get the job. Says a lot. The next favourite is Glasner at eight to one. So you've got Carrick nailed on evens. Absolutely, you can't get good odds on Carrick anymore. Glasner at eight to one means if you put a tenner on it, you get 80 quid. You've got Southgate in third at 16 to one. Enrique and Nogelsmann at 20 to one. And Thomas Tuchel and Iriola at 25 to one.

8:25And they're basically the favourites. Oh, sorry. I'm sorry. I've missed two here. Pochettino, 16 to one. So that would put him around the level of Southgate. And Deserby, actually, sorry, I've missed Deserby completely. Deserby is seven to one. So Carrick Evens, Deserby seven to one, Glasner eight to one. And then you've got Southgate and Pochettino. It's not a great top five, that is it? it's not a great top five and look nobody's saying that in mid-February that the bookies have got that absolutely right but realistically I think that's the situation we're in Michael Carrick's going to be massive favorite to get it and then you've got Glasner, De Zerbe, Pochettino maybe Southgate I mean it's just not It's just not a...

9:16I don't know how already we've dropped the ball on what was looking like three weeks ago a ridiculously fruitful manager market. And we've suddenly managed to home it down to Carrick, De Zerbe, Pochettino, Glasner. And maybe Southgate, I don't know. How have we gone from two or three weeks ago when we were talking about Ancelotti, Tuchel, Nogelsmann, Conte and Enrique? How have we gone from that five to that five in the space of two or three weeks? Because we're Manchester United, because this is what we do. And look, I hope I'm wrong. I hope they're wrong. But this manager market gets more depressing by the day.

10:10It's like all encompassing everybody's on the table to, yeah, everybody who's decent off the table. And the choice is, I mean, it's like looking at the bottom of a rabbit hook, really. That's your pickings, really. Yeah, it's not looking great, is it? And I think that the big issue with it as well is that any one of those managers comes with a big question mark above their head. Carrick, De Zerbe, Glasner, Pochettino. They all have question marks. That's fine if it's Man City. You give the job to Carrick or Deserby at Man City, at least you know you've got amazing best-in-class attitude to be the best above them.

10:58We're taking question marks and putting them into an environment that is just not conducive with being successful either, is it? So look, I'm not surprised by it this Monday morning, but I think it's disgusting that we are ruling managers out because we don't want to pay compensation. How many times have I said over the last 12 months that we behave like Everton? We behave like Everton. I'm not taking the piss out of Everton, but we behave like Everton in the sense that we set parameters of things we can't do before we even try. it's like going on holiday and not packing the sun cream when you're going to Mallorca because you're not going to go in the sun.

11:39But that's part of going to Mallorca. It's nice weather. Well, we're not packing any sun cream and we're not going in the sun. It's like, why are we going on holiday then? Next thing you know, we won't be packing the bloody condoms. What are we going on holiday for? The point is that that was when I was eight. That was Ladzaladay Mallorca if he didn't get the pun. But it is. It's ridiculous to have parameters in place for something so important. Ashi says, I think Emery is just a better version of Moyes. He's good for a small club, but failed to achieve bare minimum at both PSG and Arsenal. Bring in Conte.

12:17I think, mate, you're entitled to your opinion, but I think your assessment of Unai Emery is absolutely terrible. I mean, you might want to check how well he did at places like Sevilla and Villarreal. You might want to check what he's done to Aston Villa in the three years he's been there because I don't think it's a small club to consistently qualify for the Champions League when you're Aston Villa. I really don't. And their style of football is very good. I think the comparison with Moyes is like comparing Cristiano Ronaldo to Liam De Lab. I think your mind was off, but... Hi, mate. Do you reckon you could summarise the Diamande situation and whether you back our chances over Liverpool.

12:57Well, I could do Tubby or you could watch the eight o 'clock show last night and get that summary in the first 10 minutes like everybody else. But essentially, Man United really want Diamande. They're working on the deal. Nigel, sorry, Favell is going to be very actively involved as a former RB Leipzig employee. Diamande has come out and said that Liverpool is not his dream. It's his dad's dream. He's open to other things. Obviously, Jurgen Klopp's there. That's the situation. It's very much a deal Man United want to do. Cameron says, Emery likes full control. Our board won't allow it. Well, Cameron makes a great point here.

13:29It is a good point. And I've purposely left it out. Man United won't go for Emery because you've got to pay for him. You've got to pay 10, 20, 30 million pounds to get Emery out of Villa. That'll be the reason they don't go for him. That's a parameter they've set in place. When you look at Marco Silva, Iriola, Glasner, Southgate, Pochettino, Carrick, they're all free. they're all free in the summer there's no when I read out the top five candidates at the moment Carrick, De Zerbe, Glasner Pochettino, Southgate they're all free

14:09don't be mugged off by this ownership every manager we're looking at is free financially free so So that's why we're doing what we're doing. But Cameron's also right as well. Even if they interviewed Emery, they're not going to give him the job because he's going to go, I want control because he has control at Villa. He has a very good relationship. So you're right. You're absolutely right. But primarily, it's because they're free. I think they're going to give it to Carrick. And I just don't agree. I don't agree with it. In February, on February the 16th, I don't agree with it. May the 16th, maybe I will.

14:44But certainly not now. What about Nogelsman? Now, Gelsman could be free. I don't know what his contract is. Yeah, I think so. Ash says Southgate's only there because Mark's scaremongering. Mate, I would not use the word Gareth Southgate. It makes me want to physically heave. But if you go and check odds checker, you will see Gareth Southgate in the top five candidates on who will be the Manchester United manager at the start of the season. I very much hope he's not but I can only read what's in front of me I very much hope he's not but he is free which makes the sad thing is Southgate will be more appealing to Manchester United than Unai Emery because he is free simple as simple as also a slight just before we move on to this Bruno story but a slight correction from yesterday morning's show we were talking about Schlotterbeck to Manchester United and I couldn't find anywhere where this story had come from one of you did message me to say that it's coming from build in germany so i basically went and had a look at that um and uh effectively it was it was very tentative linking manchester united to schlatterbeck however um that was where the source was for it um united the story we had yesterday morning still stands true they're going to give Harry Maguire a new contract, they won't buy a centre-back.

16:13Again, it sort of goes back to cheap. Everything we're looking to do is cheap. Cheap, cheap, cheap. Let's not buy a centre-back and keep Harry Maguire for another year. Let's not go for a manager that costs anything. Let's go for what's cheap and free. We're going to keep going down that road because essentially they're just going to sell this summer on midfield signings. That's what we're going to do. And I don't think there'll be much money for anything else. You ain't heard about Moto Casino? Moto has real Vegas slots. Any game you can find on the floor in Vegas, you can play it on Moto. I like my slots hot.

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17:06the center back market the left back market the set the the winger market this summer is very very lucrative like uh saw a story this morning about murillo at forest very good left-sided center back um he's going to be available this summer obviously we've spoken about people like Lewis Hall. There are some very good players available in positions that we need or could go for this summer. But there's absolutely no point in dwelling on them because the minute they give that contract to Harry Maguire, we're not buying a centre-back. It's as simple as that. We've got Jorreau, we've got Hebbin, we've got Martinez, we've got De Ligt, and we've got Maguire.

17:51That's five centre-backs for two positions. You don't actually need more than five. When we were playing three at the back, I think you need six, two for every position. But when you're playing two at the back, five is more than enough, two backups and another backup if you want. So we won't be buying the centre-back at Manchester United. But it's interesting because I was thinking about this this morning. Yes, we're going to buy midfielders. We should have bought midfielders last summer. So if there's any fans out there going, I'll stop moaning about centre-backs and left-backs and backup strikers and backup goalkeepers.

18:23This summer's about midfielders. Let's just focus on that. I absolutely agree with you. I totally agree with you. But we should have bought the midfielders last year. We could have got one midfielder in January and one midfielder in the summer and we wouldn't even need midfielders in the summer. We could have focused on other positions. This is typical United chasing their own tail. and while we're getting midfielders that we should have got last year, other clubs are going to be out there getting people like Murillo and Lewis Hall and players that we should be looking at but we're a year behind as per usual.

18:58The midfield salute. And imagine if we go and sign Baleba. That's even better. We'll spend all summer trying to sign Baleba who we could have bought last summer. So we're always behind. There are some really good players available this summer But I just think United are going to just going to waste time, just going to waste time. You know, Patrick Lynch says manager list quality seems to be getting lower and it also looks unclear about what we want. Every appointment feels different. The only real constant is Premier League experience. Yet the difference between a Pochettino and a Glasner is huge.

19:32I think the managerial situation is very similar to when we sacked Mourinho and we gave the job to Oli. There was all this talk about a thorough summer recruitment of a manager, but most people don't recruit their manager in the summer. And I think so many United fans at the moment are just so fed up of how the club runs itself, of how they try and make out they're more intelligent than us. but I think people are just starting to disengage in relation to anything that comes out of the club like most people at the moment are saying that United aren't even talking to managers well that's just great because in the last two weeks Tuchel and Ancelotti have agreed deals with their national teams so you've missed out on two players there we know that we're not willing to pay compensation so that's not thorough either and the best bit is the rumours are that they're not going to start talking to managers until May.

20:30Well, when we sacked Van Gaal, Mourinho was ready from March and we hadn't even sacked Van Gaal till May. When we were replacing Ranić because he was only an interim, we were interviewing Pochettino and Ten Hag in March next month. So we don't have a manager and we haven't had a manager since January and we're not going to start interviewing till May. Yet previously, when we had managers, we were interviewing people now. How does that make sense? So Mourinho, we were lining him up months before. Ten Hag and Pochettino were being lined up months before. But we need a manager and we're going, nah, nah, we'll wait.

21:16And I think, I've played the game. I've played the game. I know exactly what's going to happen. We're going to give it to Carrick. Because it's cheap and it's easy and it's going to be Steve Holland and it's going to be Jonathan Woodgate and it's going to be Johnny Evans. And it's going to be, you know, hopefully a better version of Olly Carrick and McKenna. But that's what we're going to do. We're going to go cheap and we're going to pray. And then we're going to hope and then we're going to see what happens. And yet again, we're going to get lied to on a basic PR propaganda bullshit about we're going to run a thorough best-in-class managerial recruitment process.

21:58Well, that should have started a month ago. It's like the continuing ignorance around a January transfer window, which is a transfer window, where they go, we don't like it. We prefer to do it in the summer. like we continually ignore the January transfer window and it damages us. And now with a managerial recruitment process, we're not going to start it till the summer. No other football club would do that. They'd have started it a month ago. They would have started a month ago. They'd be talking to people. They'd be talking to agents. They'd be having secret meetings. You know, they're not even doing it.

22:34We're sat there basically going, it's the old bloody. Jon Bon Jovi FC, isn't it? Living on a prayer. They're praying that Carrick is going to keep winning and turn the fan base into a song again. They're praying that Carrick's going to keep winning. There'll be a song about him so they can just give him the job because it's the fans' choice. That's what they're hoping for. It's as simple as that. Thanks for the feedback on the main video this morning, by the way. I've been wanting to do it for so long. And I think some Some of you did pick up on it, but there was some quite interesting takes around that.

23:13He scores low on interceptions as well, to one of the questions that was asked. Amit says, it's easy to predict United's next move. Nothing new to us. Thank you very much, Amit. Talking about, well, last night we were talking a little bit about Bruno. Bit of news to bring you on the news show. So I got a message this morning from a very prominent journalist who'd seen, I think we put a clip out about Bruno last night. They weren't watching on YouTube. I don't know why. But they'd seen the clip and they messaged me and they provided a little bit of clarity. So basically, with Bruno Fernandes, he has said that he is going to wait until after the World Cup to make his mind up.

23:56Now, I and many of you have said we can't wait till after the World Cup. Like the World Cup for Portugal is not going to end till mid-July. What if Bruno then wants a holiday or he doesn't want a holiday? What if he decides to go? We're not going to know that Bruno is going until the back end of July. Well, the season starts in mid-August. What goes on then? That's like when Spurs lost Harry Kane to Bayern. It's massive. So what I've said is that United should be there with a pay rise, is getting him to agree to stay at Man United before the World Cup so we know what we're planning next season.

24:32And I think that's very logical. I think it was Ben Jacobs who said last week that Man United are quite relaxed about waiting until after the World Cup for Bruno, which for me sounds completely and utterly ridiculous. However, I got a message from, as I say, somebody this morning who said Bruno's not going to make his mind up before the World Cup. they basically said Man United may project they're relaxed but what football club is relaxed about their best player holding them to ransom until the back end of a transfer window and if he goes they're in big shit because if he goes they need a replacement but it's too late in the window but if they buy that replacement they're basically saying go anyway so he's got them by the balls and twisting them, but not in a bad way.

25:18So that was the essence of the message. So Bruno's not going to change his mind, apparently. He's not going to make his mind up until after the World Cup. Now, how you solve that problem is quite interesting because if he did go, it's back end of July. How do you replace him? Even people like Gibbs White, if they leave Forrest, even if you think they're good enough or not, they'll have made their decisions. They'll be at Spurs or Man City or whoever by the end of July. Angelo Stiller will be at Real Madrid or Arsenal by the end of July. So what do you do? Man United are saying we're relaxed about waiting on Bruno until after the World Cup.

26:01They're not relaxed. They're just powerless. It's just another example of a badly run football club because he has got us by the balls. And I don't blame Bruno. There is no part of me that is critical of Bruno Fernandes in this position at all. If it was Jadon Sancho or someone else, I'd probably be like, what a twat. Or Ganacho, or somebody that's not treated the club well. But in Bruno's case, he's been here for so many years that you can't... And he's always fit, and he always delivers, and the club have let him down. I mean, fundamentally, I would summarise Bruno's decision like this. He's earned that right to make the right decision for him and his family because he's given so much to this football club and had very little back.

26:50He's played under Solskjaer. He's played under Rangnick. He's played under Ten Hag. He's played under Amrim. He's now playing under Carrick. He's had five managers in five years and that's not stability. He will go down as one of the most underrated players in Premier League history because whilst Kevin De Bruyne and players of his ilk have achieved great things in the Premier League, Bruno's achieved fuck all. He's never been near a Premier League title. His quality belongs in a title challenging team and he's been stuck in a team that flirts with mid-table at times. So Bruno Fernandes, at his age and his performance level, totally deserves the right to sit and make the right choice.

27:35It's not holding the club to ransom, but he has got the club in his hands because they desperately want to keep him and he's got to make the right decision for him. In no way, shape or form is he disrespecting the club or the fans. He's just holding the ownership to account for their years of false promises. So that's sort of where we are. and I don't disagree with it. But there is absolutely no way

28:06that the club are relaxed about that. They just know that they can't do anything else. So they've got to flip it, as per usual, into PR positivity. They know they can't drop something on his lap and he's going to accept it before the World Cup. they know they can't convince him to stay before the World Cup so they've got to try and claw some power back and they have no power no football club whether your Man City, Real Madrid are going to be happy if their best player is saying I'm not making my mind up until the end of July no club's going to sit there and go that's fine oh you make your mind up at the end of the window that's great for us if you go we're spot, great We're not relaxed about it.

28:53We just don't have any power in the situation because he's got a release clause as well. Like somebody in the chat just said, well, just reject any offer. But we can't. He has a release clause. So all the power is with Bruno. And I was told this morning from a very, very credible journalist that Bruno's decision is made. He's not changing his mind. He will wait until after the World Cup and there's nothing Man United can do about it. So the question is, what would you do? My instant reaction to that would be, what would I do? Well, I wouldn't have treated him like they've treated him anyway. I think he'd be a lot happier with me as a CEO or an owner.

29:32So I would never have allowed this situation to happen. But if I was parachuted into this scenario and I was in charge of Man United and my best player isn't going to make his mind up until after the World Cup, I've got two choices really. I either go, it's the end you're on 300 grand a week I want you gone and I'll pocket the 60 million so make your mind up all you like find a club you're gone that feels really horrible but I could do that and then before the World Cup's over and from this point I could be finding a Bruno replacement now considering United are obsessed with midfielders and not number 10s we're not doing that the other option is I wait until after the World Cup he tells me what he wants to do I gamble that he's going to stay or when he tells me he wants to go I try and match what the offer is financially to keep him both very difficult solutions because if he doesn't want to stay where's my replacement

30:38it's tough it's a tough situation but United have only got themselves to blame when we talk about midfield signings what would you do Mark no what would I what would I do I believe in life you've got to cover off the weakness and not not not John Bon Jovi you can't just live on a prayer I can't wait until the end of July for Bruno to make his mind up and if he decides to go try and persuade him not to I have to do what's best for Manchester United and if he's not going to make his mind up until after the World Cup. That's very late in the day. So bare minimum, I've got to bring somebody in that can cover me off in that position.

31:23I mean, I can just go with Kunja, but what if Kunja gets injured? I'm not trusting Mason Mount, so I've got to bring a 10 in. I've got to bring a 10 in. I've got to buy a 10. But if I buy that 10, I probably need Bruno to go because if he stays, I'm probably financially fucked. So it's a tough situation, but the club have made it up themselves. But I would probably buy a replacement. I'd probably take ownership of the situation. I wouldn't like to be sat waiting. I hate that. I'd hate that. But he's our best player. And I think that we can't lose him really. Bruno is like the caffeine boost that United need always, says Amit.

32:06I need a caffeine boost, actually. Jack Davies says, when we talk about midfield signings, why do we not seem to pay plan for Maynou? Talk of Anderson, Watterson, but who should start over Cobby if we buy a six? We do have this conversation a lot, Jack. More than I'd like. It's really easy. So if you look at a team that wants to be successful in the Champions League and the Premier League, you need coverage in every single position. Ideal coverage for me is two players for every position. So two good right backs, two good left backs. Obviously, when I say two good right backs, you've got your starter and your backup.

32:43So if you look at Arsenal, they've got Timber and they've got Ben White. Timber's the starter. Ben White's not a bad backup. So when I look at Man United's midfield, I want two number sixers, two number eights. So if I bring Elliot Anderson in, he can play at number eight. So can Manu. I've got coverage. If I bring in a Tenali, I still need another number six to cover him off as well. So it's just, it's not, I think some people, it's obviously something that many of you struggle with because if I say sign Elliot Anderson, people start to say what's happening with Kavi Mainu. For me, and I think a lot of people, I go, well, I don't give a shit.

33:16I've got lots of games to play. There'll be injuries. There'll be loss of form. There's Carabao Cup games. There's Champions League games. Most people get subbed around 70 minutes. There's plenty of minutes to go around. Morgan Rodgers would be the ideal replacement for Bruno Sassanket. Well, you've sort of hit the nail on the head because I was thinking if Bruno Fernandes left, I would love a Morgan Rodgers or a Cole Palmer or someone like that. You can't do that at the end of July. You've got to take the initiative on that. Now, let me be really blunt. If Man City were in this position with Bruno Fernandes and he was going to make his mind up in mid-July.

34:01What do you think they'd do? I think they'd buy Gibbs White or Rogers in June. I think they'd take the ownership of it and go, well, if you've got to think about it, that means you're not sure. And if you're not sure, is it the right deal for you? Is it the right deal for us? So rather than us waiting, let's just assume you're going and we'll buy a replacement. And that's what big clubs do, in my opinion. Hiring these crap managers proved Sir Jim lied about best in class. Carrick is boring, will be sacked after a year, says Dazzo. Thank you very much for that. Okay. Well, look, talking about boring, there's a story.

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35:19Best post Sir Alex Ferguson 11 signings for Manchester United. get commenting in the chat. And if you're not watching live, you can write in your 11s and we'll have a look at those because I don't necessarily think that's right. But as I said, the jump out for me when I'm looking at something like this is, yes, it's a bit of fun, but also that is 13 years of recruitment and that's your best 11. To me, that's not good enough. That is not a good enough 11 for 13 years of recruitment at Manchester United. That 11, if you did that for Liverpool and Man City and Arsenal, their 11s would kick the shit out of that.

36:08They'd destroy it because it's not good enough. Even someone like Martinez, who I really like, you look at what centre-backs people like Liverpool and Man City and Arsenal have bought. I like Martinez, but is it the level United needed to go to when you think about people like Van Dijk, etc.? even Le Mans. Le Mans is a young goalkeeper who's been here for six months and that's the best goalkeeper we've bought in the last 10 years. Now, obviously, we had De Gea for a long part of that. I'm not saying these players are bad by any means. It definitely gets worse. But what I'm saying is, as an XI, I would expect better signings than that, to be fair.

36:53But the big issue for me is Shaw and Wan-Versaka. If Shaw, as Gaz says, the fact that in 13 years, and remember, the best bit about this is when Sir Alex Ferguson was here his left back was a very very old Patrice Evra and Valencia or Ashley Young I can't remember who was at right back probably Valencia so he didn't he didn't even leave you know like De Gea De Gea was a brilliant goalkeeper and you would think he would be here for a decade so you can understand there wouldn't be a lot of change in that area. But we needed left backs and right backs when Sir Alex left. And the fact that Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are in a best 11, 13 years of signings, that's a failure.

37:39That's a fail. That is a massive, massive fail. Varane, obviously, very, very good. Martinez and Le Mans are fine. In fairness, the midfield is where I thought the neglect was the most, but it's probably probably papering the cracks a little bit with Casemiro and Pogba because you can't argue with those two players. But if I said you can't pick Casemiro and Pogba, then you'd have a problem. So yes, I think the midfield three actually looks really strong as our best ever midfield in the last 13 years.

38:13But you'd expect in the midfield there to be quite a bit of competition. There is no competition beyond those. Beyond those three, there's nothing, is there? There's nothing.

38:26Embermo could be Ahmad.

38:32It's okay. I mean, Embermo's only been here a few months. Ronaldo, obviously, I think that... I mean, look, it's going to be Ronaldo, isn't it? I can't think of anybody that could go there as a striker signing. And the fact that our best signing striker posts are Alex, is a Sir Alex player. Again, exposes the inability to move forward. And Martial is the left winger. Again, I think that if I'm being completely honest, I'm clearly getting a cold, which I absolutely do not want. I think that Martial off the left-hand side, when he first came in under Van Gaal, and you think about that debut goal against Liverpool, was very good.

39:20But again, it's not a position that we've had a lot of success in. So overall, I think that's a really big stamp of disapproval on 13 years of failure. If that's the best you can produce on 13 years of signing players, it's shit. There's some good players in there, but it's shit. And it would be worthwhile just figuring out what a Man City XI is. because they're going to have some incredible players in their team. And the same with Liverpool and the same with Arsenal. And that team's just not good enough. It's just not good enough, in my opinion. But, you know, I thought a bit of fun. You can get yours in as well.

40:07I nearly clicked, stopped streaming there.

40:13It's amazing, but Pogba, Shaw, Martial and Varane were all very injury prone during their time as well. Yeah, well, yeah. I mean, look, it's a very good point, Patrick. It's not just about them being there. How much did they actually play as well? Slide says that team's insane, though. Oh, mate, that's that. Can I really get... This team is not insane, is it? Varane was at the end of his career and injury prone. Wan-Bissaka was massively, massively inconsistent at United. Luke Shaw has been here for 13 years and has massively underachieved in that time. Paul Pogba was injury prone. Casemiro came in and gave us one and a half good seasons at 30.

40:54Bruno's been incredible. And Bermos has only been here six months. Ronaldo was 48 when he came in. It was at the back end of his career. And Martial was massively inconsistent as well. If you're looking at that team and whacking one out, you're having a joke. You've set the bar very low. Names wise, very, very good. But how many of those players did we get in their prime? And how many of those players stayed fit?

41:21So at their very best, it's not a bad team, but we didn't have them at their very best. Okay, just a bit of clarity there. Faisal says, Carrick's been fantastic with this squad versus West Ham. He had little to change beyond Sesco with injuries and a weak bench. Paying 40 million for Emery plus 150 million gives him a boosted team already doing well, says Faisal. John says, I can't see how we don't fail next season with more games. players training and playing less means any coach will struggle with two games a week. Look, I think my stance at the moment is focus on the short term and breathe in the positivity because I think next season is going to be a bloody nightmare.

42:02I just don't think next season is going to be very good. I don't think we have the ownership. I don't think we have the structure. I don't think we have the plans in place. I think next season is going to be very, very difficult. I hope I'm going to be wrong. What's the story around Odegaard? I don't know. I might get Beth to look at that at two because I've seen little bits, but I don't know why Odegaard's Man United would be a thing. Do you think that these low IQ owners understand the concept of being proactive? They treat the club like it's a bank instead of a football club, says Rovlin. And there is a third option.

42:31You buy someone like Cole Palmer and Jamal and push him out, says Bale. World justice. Thank you very much. Just wanted to just, I'm interested at the start of the video as well. There's this article in The Athletic today about Barada. And as I say, you can read it positively, you can read it negatively. Personally, I don't rate Barada. I don't rate Barada. And I think the best interesting points that they made in this article was basically covering off the fact that it feels like he's not very charismatic. He's quite dull. He, well, this is their words. It basically said that though he has worked very well in a clearly defined structure, is Barada a visionary?

43:18Can he be the architect who shapes a club in his image? It was a question that even his most ardent supporters at City could not answer for sure. The cult of Soriano, who was the main guy at Man City that Barada worked under, a figure who cast a huge shadow at City, is powerful and has often led to those in his orbit parroting his ideas. It's become a self-fulfilling prophecy that any higher at City must meet the gold standard. But even those who have spent many years at the group concede it's often difficult to distinguish between who is making the wave and who is riding it. I.e., was Barada riding the wave of Soriano?

43:56So basically, I think this whole article about Barada, it talks about his ability to speak multiple languages. It talks about his involvement in a lot of things that went on at Man City. But my feeling about Barada is that I don't think he has got the charisma to lead Manchester United. I don't think he has got the CV to run Manchester United. He comes across as very, very uncharismatic. He also worked at a football club where he had some very, very, very best-in-class people working around him. how much of that was down to him and how much of it was down to them. And also at Manchester City, I think it said it in the article as well, at Manchester City, you're basically working for Google.

44:48It's huge, it's powerful, it's successful, it's modern, it's hungry, it's driven by data and stats and being cutting edge. and at Man United you're working for I don't know what's a big name brand that's dying on its arse

45:14and then the question always is even if Berada was good will he be able to succeed under this because at this we've got the Glazers and Sir Jim who just stick their nose in everything So I don't know. Yahoo. Yahoo is a very good one. What was it? AOL. AOL. Remember AOL? That was the dialogue, wasn't it? Who remembers when you used to go on the internet and you could hear your bloody Ruto making the noise? Yeah. Blackberry. Yeah. Zlatan is the best player since Sir Alex, says Angel Bomb. Yeah, but that's because you're a Zlatan player FC person, aren't you? Mate, Zlatan was good, but he gave us eight months.

45:58He didn't even finish the season. People forget about Zlatan. He played from August to March and that was it. Didn't even finish the season. That was it.

46:15Thank you very much for that.

46:22Sorry, I've just been sent something here I'm just checking what it is Yeah, check out the Maynou video It's very interesting I mean, I'm a big fan of Maynou And I like what he brings to the team But there are holes as well You know, there are holes

46:44Argentina yet

46:49Oh interesting quote here from a journalist Argentinian he says Martinez if Martinez plays for your club you love him he gives everything 110 % goes into every tackle as if it's his last he loves he's loved no one will say a single bad word about him in Argentina they can't wait for him to come back to the national team you know when I read that though about Martinez my only worry with Martinez is that he picks up another injury that's my only concern about martinez is that he does he is so committed he flies into tackles that others wouldn't and um that's my only concern about him oh this is what i wanted to bring in so you know kone sakyu kone went on loan to la zone um which is in the swiss league um and it's owned by um inios apparently he's not been included in their uatha conference league squad so people are losing their shit.

47:45Now, I don't know whether sometimes a story like that comes out and it's not as big. Does he have to be registered in it because of his age? I don't know. He probably does because he's not actually from their youth setup. So I think he did need to be registered, but they haven't registered him for the Europa Conference League. So again, you sort of question why that deal was done. How do you sell that to Maynou with his contract talks or Anderson coming in? we will end up chasing targets missing out and panic buying Diamonde or Gordon says Jack I don't think Maynard is going to be bothered about going to the World Cup and being fifth choice midfielder and I don't think he's going to be bothered if Man United buy three midfielders in the summer because you back yourself I just think he wants game time and he'll get it yeah right thank you everybody for watching really appreciate you getting involved as always make sure you smash a like on the video It's the start of another week.

48:43Some interesting stuff in there. I don't think you necessarily get it elsewhere. The Emery stuff's very interesting. The Bruno stuff, because of where it's from, is very interesting as well. And it does pose the question of what you would do. I think sometimes people just don't want to have that conversation. What would you do if Bruno is saying, I'm not telling you what I'm doing until the end of July? Do you sit there and wait and leave yourself vulnerable if he decides to go? Or do you get something in before he goes? But don't blame Bruno. Blame the club. They've just made false promises for too long.

49:21OK, thank you so much for watching. I have got an eight o 'clock show for you tonight. Check out the main new video. You'll really enjoy it. It's really good around his low defensive output and what he actually brings to the team is essential. So give it a watch. It's on the homepage. and I will speak to you in a little bit. I'll get Beth to do some work on the Odegaard deal for two. I'm not going to get her to sign in, but just find out what it is so we can talk about that too. Stay, everyone. Thank you very much. Stay safe. I'll speak to you in a bit.

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