324: HUGE Saudi Offer! Glazers READY To Sell?

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1:32I think they're wrong on both, but we'll talk about that as well. And some further updates around Man United's priorities going into this summer transfer window coming up this morning. I am alive, Bald Eagle. Barely. I'm late this morning. My nose just won't stop running. I went out with the dog this morning and I just, yeah, I don't know. You can probably see I've got my eyes are quite red. My nose is running. I don't know what it is. I feel fine. I just can't stop blowing my nose. Might be a cold. Might be a cold. Anyway, thanks everyone for getting in. Meza, why don't you come and present the show?

2:02In fact, let's get rid of Meza because you're absolutely no point. Big no it all in the chat. Get out. Okay, let's get into the show this morning. And we're going to start off with are Manchester United likely to be up for sale any time in the near future? Obviously, there was the fallout from what's the Jim Radcliffe said last week and very interesting article in the BBC, which I sort of touched on a little bit last night, but focused more on the Athletic. So basically, you might remember this. We have spoken about it before. Under the terms of the agreement that saw Sir Jim Radcliffe invest 1.25 billion in the club in 2024 to purchase 28%, if the Glazers receive an offer from a third party that they want to accept, they can force him to sell his portion.

2:45The Glazers are horrified by his recent comments. And in the coming days, Sir Jim Radcliffe is going to discover if the Football Association's legal team has decided the Manchester United co-owner bought the game into disrepute. This is all bad. Like, this is all bad. Well, I don't think it's bad. I think it could be good if they get out of the club. But obviously, it's very bad for the reputation of Manchester United. Now, look, I think the speculation about sales, you've always got to be very, very careful. I think we'd all love to see one. But speaking to somebody last night about this, they basically said, look, look at the Athletic article, look at the BBC article in the last 24 hours.

3:22This isn't going away and this is being written about by outlets that realistically don't necessarily want to talk about Man United and a sale very often unless something's going to happen. So what I was told is that, look, this is a very serious situation for Manchester United and whilst they may be able to navigate their way out of it, it depends whether people want them to. Now, do people want to give Sir Jim Radcliffe and the Glazers the benefit of the doubt and let them just calm it all down and get a load of brands in and stay for another decade or two? Or do people want to put their foot on the neck and say, no, no, you're not, you're not, we're not letting this go.

3:56So it's going to be very interesting to see what the FA do, because if the FA charge Sir Jim Radcliffe, that is more than last week. That keeps the story going. It keeps Man United in negative press. It causes the Glazers more problems. And they do have this vehicle, which I think started this year, where two years after Sir Jim Radcliffe's input, they can sell his shares without his knowledge. Basically, if somebody comes in with an offer that they like, they can accept it. And if Jim Radcliffe doesn't match it, he has to sell them. So I think we could be at the start of something. I really do.

4:32I think that a lot of people are talking about sponsors stepping away. So much is like unpredictable about what's going to happen. I mean, sometimes with these sort of things, they disappear and everything carries on as normal. However, we know what the world's like at the moment. on some very key political issues, on some very key beliefs, people won't let it go. You know, you look about, there's conflicts in the world that have been going on for years and people are very staunch on which side they're in, whether that's this country or other countries, rightly or wrongly. I think he is, I think Mr.

5:07Jim Radcliffe has said something that is not going to just go away. And if it's not going to go away, I think it will have a huge impact on brandification of Manchester United and potentially the stadium, which massively devalues what the club are trying to do and potentially forces the Glazers to have to sell. So look, I think it's real. I do think it's real. I think it's very early days, but I do think it's real. And I wouldn't say I was encouraged, but I was educated from the conversation I had that, look, look at what people are writing. This has caused huge problems. If Man United was struggling for brands two weeks ago, and they were, imagine what they're doing now.

5:48They've got current brands who are not happy. Like they're not happy. They've held conversations with Manchester United. Current brands that we're working with are like, what's all this about? What impact is this going to have on this, that, and the other? You've got new brands that you're trying to attract. You're trying to do a regeneration project and you've got the issues that you've got. So look, you still need what I said last night though. You still need somebody to step forward and have the money to buy Manchester United. That's the big thing. Is anybody out there willing to write that check at the moment?

6:22Now, also, you've got the Glazers and Sir Jim Radcliffe who are absolutely desperate to get this regeneration project up and running so they can make a lot of money. So you're fighting against those things, but it's probably the most problematic position they've been in since they did the deal together. And how they navigate their way out of it is going to be very interesting. If they wanted six billion, Ineos would buy it anyway, says Robert McCormack. I don't think they would. I think you need to understand the situation. Robert, sometimes you talk sense and sometimes you talk total shite. Like when you talk about how good Mason Mount is, is Ineos don't have six billion to buy Manchester United.

7:03They don't. They don't have it. And they wouldn't do it because Sir Jim Radcliffe is in huge trouble. Ineos, he's got massive debts. He's got shareholders. Absolutely not. And if they had that money, they'd have bought them in the first place. They didn't have it. If the FA punished Sir Jim, I hope they do. Why aren't they doing more to punish Manchester City for the FFP charges? Isn't cheating bringing into disrepute, says Nicky.

7:30Nikki, an orange and an apple are not the same thing I mean, that's the simplest way I can say it Sir Jim Radcliffe being punished for saying something verbally in an interview that everybody heard is very different to saying I mean, they're not just going to get up tomorrow and say Sir Jim, you've been charged and so have you Man City because it's exactly the same thing I mean, it's just not the same thing, is it? It's just not the same thing I hope you're well, Mark and United stand. Happy Pancake Day. And I hope you're feeling better soon. I've always sensed the power struggle between the Glazers and Sir Jim.

8:01All need to go, says Daniel. Well, I hope there is. I hope there is. I hope it is the start of something. And Tony, welcome to the Members Club. Thank you very much. And Michael Murray says, have you seen Night of the Seven Kingdoms? It's very good. Yes, I have seen it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, a few people talking about the Saudi offer. There is a huge Saudi offer. It's not to buy Manchester United. So basically, this is coming in from The Times. and effectively it is saying that Manchester United are preparing, the Saudi Pro League are preparing an£18 million offer to Manchester United to pay their 2026 pre-season in Saudi Arabia during July and August.

8:42So basically, remember we've had all this talk about friendlies that United are so bloody incompetent. I don't know why we haven't done these, by the way. I mean, why haven't we done this? You've got Le Mans out in Belgium. You've got Bruno out in Portugal. They're having a bloody holiday. It's not even an international break. They've had so much time off this season and they're all having a bloody holiday again because what else are they going to do? Carrick can't keep them training for two weeks. So we've got our players on 300 grand a week on holiday. No one else is on holiday. Our players are on holiday.

9:13It's bloody embarrassing. And I'm not taking a pop at the players. I'm taking a pop at the ownership. You pay these players ridiculous wages and they're on holiday when everyone else is playing football. And yet you could have been doing these Saudi games on the multiple weekends and midweek games we've got free. We could have been doing this then. You're now going to do it in the Saudi Pro League. And I just think people are getting excited about it, right? 18 million to go and play our pre-season tour in Saudi, right? We normally go to the States. We could go to the other side of the world. We normally go to places where, to be honest with you, it's a little bit more interesting than going to Saudi just for a paycheck because Saudi will be.

9:57I don't find a Saudi Pro League preseason massively inspiring. I just think it's just quite dull, if I'm being honest. However, the money's not even that much. 18 million and people are getting excited, right? This is from an article in the summer. Manchester United are set to earn around 15 million from their 2025 US preseason tour based on recent reports regarding their summer schedule they'll earn 7.5 million from participating in the Premier League summer series also there'll be brand opportunities and other commercial power plays they can make to knock it up to about 15 million so if we're making about 15 million last summer and we're going to the Saudi Pro Tour and we're going to make 18 million.

10:46All right. Okay. It's still considerable amounts of money, but it's not like, I don't know why we haven't done this in season. That's my point. I thought we were going to go and play a friendly against Ronaldo's team for 5 million. I mean, why have we not done that? You know what would have been a good idea this weekend to go to the Saudi league and play a game or this Monday or this Tuesday or this Wednesday. That would have been a really clever idea because we actually need the game as well. So if we'd gone out to the Saudi Pro League today and played a game that's on the telly, loads of people would have watched it and we would have made five million quid out of it.

11:27Instead, we're going to go to the Saudi Pro League for the US tour, for the tour, not the US tour, although we do go to it. We're going to go to the Saudi Pro League when we normally go on tour and make a load of money anyway. And look, there might well be reasons. However, I think they've dropped the ball again, haven't they? They really have. And look, as I say, I haven't got a problem with players being on holiday when there's nothing else to do. But there's nothing to do because we failed. The reason we've had this period of time off is because we messed up in the FA Cup. it's not a reward it's a crime and we should as a football club be utilising this time to do things that could help us out financially it's obvious somebody said it's not worth risking the players mid-season Jonathan have a bath what are you talking about it's not worth risking the players playing a game of football have you ever thought that not playing a game of football for two weeks might be more of a risk they're playing 40 games Jonathan wake up and have a wash.

12:30What are you talking about? We can't risk the players. Risk them doing what? Stubbing their toenail in a five-star hotel in Saudi. Come on. Have a bloody word with yourself. You're not Jonathan, are you? You're a Man United player who wants a fucking holiday. How much revenue will Man United lose since they're only playing Premier League games this season? Would that have an impact on the ownership, Sicily? Yeah, I mean, look, we're going to lose. We are going to lose a lot of money. And Robert, I'm not listening to you and your Ineos bullshit. So Robert says they bid five and that was before this deal was agreed.

13:04Yeah, mate, this was two and a half years ago and they didn't bid five. They never bid five because they never bid 100%. They were at 75, then they were at 50, then they were at 25%. They haven't got the money. Do your homework. Stop living up the arse of Ineos. They're fucking shite. And nobody wants to listen to your Ineos propaganda. There is a guy on YouTube who lives up the arse of Ineos. I'm not going to give you the details, but I'm sure someone in the chat will. This is the perfect time for big protests. If Sir Jim gets extreme backlash from the media and fans, it will affect Sir Jim and Ineos as a company.

13:37Without Sir Jim, the Glazers surely can't fund United, causing them to sell completely, says Jack. Well, look, it could be the start of something. It could be the start of something. We'll have to wait and see. Thank you very much for that. Okay, let's move on. I want to move on to some of the transfer stuff and some other stuff that's going on. There's quite a few bits to get into this morning so interestingly um this is uh just a couple of bits coming in from uh rich faye who's formerly of the manchester evening news he says manchester united's primary object this summer is to refresh their midfield and there is also interest in adding a versatile forward should they secure champions league qualification the club is expected to pursue defensive reinforcements at fullback to manage the heavier match load also united will prioritize a midfield refresh at the end of the season while there is also interesting adding a forward uh i don't know why i've just read the same bloody thing twice i thought it was united stand it's another bloody aggregator that's got a bloody badge that looks like united stand sorry i'm just repeating that there um i mean and in a sense that's repetitive anyway isn't it man united's primary object objective this summer is to uh refresh the midfield well we sort of know that um if they get champions league qualification um they could look at defensive reinforcements at fullback to manage the heavier match load.

14:58I think that, look, there is so much uncertainty around transfers and there is so much that needs to be done to that team. And there is so much wrong with the way the club is being run. I mean, I read something this morning that Sir Jim Radcliffe and the Glazers are really happy with Omar Barada and Jason Wilcox and have got no plans to replace them. And I just feel like we're stuck in this spin cycle of incompetence. I mean, we had this for a very long time with Ed Woodward and then John Murtagh and Richard Arnold, and now we've got bloody Omar Barada and Jason Wilcox, that they're factually shite at their job.

15:33There's no evidence that they're good at their job. They're really bad at their job. It's not like it's not even predictive. They're terrible at their jobs. We have wasted so much money in the last 18 months. We're talking over half a billion on players, sackings, compensation. It's incredible the amount of money that we have wasted on their utter incompetence. And people say, well, people make mistakes. Look, I can give you so many pathways to saving half a quarter of a billion pounds. You sack Ten Hag, you bring the right guy in, you've just saved quarter of a billion pounds because you don't give Ten Hag 300 million.

16:10You don't recruit Amarim and have to sack him. There's so many avenues they've gone down where they've just cost the club so much money. and yet again the ownership again well we're very happy with what they're doing you're very happy with them doing a shit job what is it they do that makes you happy back massage you know hide your bloody incompetence with their own incompetence it almost feels like they keep these shit people in post because they're shitter than they are and they sort of provide a buffer to them but you know i look at going back to the point i look at the summer transfer window and i just i just don't know what we're going to do.

16:45I expect Champions League football, so I expect midfielders, wingers, fullbacks, and maybe some bench players, but...

17:13No purchase necessary. Visit moto.us for more details. Must be 21+. Moto Casino. America's social casino. We'll have to just wait and see. However, one thing that did catch my attention this morning, and it was in build in Germany, is that Manchester United are closely monitoring Dortmund's right back, Julian Ryerson. Now, we spoke about him on Friday. He actually had, I think actually we spoke about him on the Saturday morning show. So he had a hat-trick of assists the other night against Mainz. Norwegian international, 28 years of age. I mean, I think that's a problem straight away. But the more we get linked to players like this, the better.

17:56I think that our fullbacks are abysmal. We were talking last night on the 8 o 'clock show about the low block and the inability to break a low block. Well, you can break a low block if you've got people running down the flanks who can put decent crosses into somebody like Sesko. So, Ryerson in Europe is probably one of the most creative right-backs in the game. And I don't give a toss whether he's 28 or 18. If he's doing that on a regular in Europe, in one of the best leagues in Europe, then I think these are the sort of players that Manganovic should be looking at. Now, whether we're going to break our parameter of we don't buy players over 26, that's going to be a big problem.

18:35Because financially, I think it's a deal that could be done quite straightforward. he's only got two years left in his contract Dortmund would probably look would be quite happy to cash in if it was a decent price, let's monitor it but again United probably will look at right back and go we don't need a right back because we've got Mas Rowie and Deleu which to me is another symptom of the problems we have at Manchester United because you can't look at Deleu and Mas Rowie and say we're alright at right back you can look at Deleu and Mas Rowie and say we've got two right backs, but you can't look at them and go, we're all right at right back.

19:12Last time I checked, creatively, neither of them offer very much. Defensively, I like Masraoui and there's no doubt Deleuze puts a lot of effort in, but going forward, it's sometimes questioned whether they can cross their legs. It's abysmal. I think, in fact, I think the best clip of Deleuze crossing last season was when he was on a night out and he looked both ways to cross the road. And that's not a joke. I've seen that clip. So we're not all right with Deleu and Masraoui at right back because teams know we're bad at breaking down a low block. Well, the way to deal with that is to get wide players in that can put crosses in.

19:54And your full backs are the two players that tend to be natural. And what I mean by natural is left back is a left footer, right back is a right footer. They're very important in wing play. A lot of people don't understand why you have a left-footed player on the right and a right-footed player on the left, inverted wingers. And the reason for that is because in the modern game, we've seen the evolution of the winger with Marcus Rashford, Mo Salah, even going back to Ronaldo, where your winger scores a lot of goals. and the reason they score a lot of goals if they're inverted is as they cut inside, it's a far easier shot to cut in from the left and shoot with your right or cut in from the right and shoot with your left because you're on your strong foot looking at the goal.

20:40Whereas if you're on the left-hand side and you cut inside, you're on your weaker foot. So this is why a lot of teams use inverted wingers because they see them as forwards and goals now. However, you don't see inverted fullbacks because your fullbacks are meant to provide the natural width. So where your left-footed right-winger inverts and cuts inside, like Ahmad, your right-back overlaps and you provide an L. So you have a threat cutting in and you have a threat on the overlap. And your overlapping fullback is the guy that's got to be the best crosser because they put the natural cross in. But we don't have this.

21:16So when we're doing a low block, we don't have the natural width because neither of our fullbacks are very good at putting a cross in. So these two areas could provide Man United with so many points next season. If we had Reherson and, I don't know, Lewis Hall or somebody you can put a cross in from the left, we would solve our low block problems massively. You can still invert your wingers, but you've got fullbacks that overlap and put crosses into the box that Sesco can get on the end of. So I think this is massive for Manchester United. But they probably won't buy a right back because they'll go, we've got Deleu, we've got Masraoui.

21:51Hi Mark United should sack Wilcox in the summer and bring in Louis Campos from PSG he would then bring in Enrique says Sud sounds like a great idea Chris says I'm a bit behind but imagine the backlash if they go to Saudi this week win 4-0 then lose to Everton on Monday or if Manu picks up an injury there says Chris but I would argue that backlash because I've always said going to Saudi in season is a good idea I think 70 % of us agreed with it so if we went and played in Saudi and mainly picked up an injury, of course people would moan about it. But ultimately, we've played 40 games this season.

22:28If we were still in the FA Cup, he could have picked up the same injury. You can't wrap professional footballers in cotton wool because they're not performing. We should be playing a game now. We shouldn't be going from last week to West Ham to next Monday against Everton. That's piss poor. Any coach is going to tell you that gap's too big. There should be some game going on. There should be some element of football going on. And you get a bit of money for it as well.

22:59Dax says, will the Glazers sell if Jim is gone by the summer? Mate, the vehicle for removing Ineos from Manchester United is quite simple for the Glazers. And I don't know whether anybody knows about this, but there is written into the contract a vehicle that forces Jim Radcliffe to sell his shares if the Glazers want him to. That's there. That's not normal in a contract, and it wasn't there for the first two years, but it's active now. The Glazers can say to Sir Jim Radcliffe, we're selling your shares. You have to sell them. That can be done. Or he has to buy the whole club, which I don't think he will.

23:40So it could be the beginning of the end. two things need to happen for that the pressure needs to be on the club massively they need to be they need to struggle to get brands and I think they will I think they will I think that if a big brand was announced today as working with Manchester United there would be certain groups and organizations that would be protesting against them because of their putting the money into them into the pockets of someone like Sir Jim Radcliffe and I think that's the world we live in I think we all know that you see in America there will be protests about um that sort of thing uh but secondly also with regards to the ownership there's got to be somebody who will step forward and buy the football club which we don't have at the moment um Ashley says this club needs a complete overhaul from the owners to a lot of the players any regular employer e of a small company would have been fired for this level in competence this club needs a reset I mean look maybe I'm wrong on this.

24:37I don't think I am, but I find it incredible that we... Being on Man United's board, you're bulletproof in relation to nothing can touch you. You're titanium. You're invincible because you get told they're doing a good job, but then the evidence is they're doing a bad job, but they never want to change them. Patrick Lynch says, for highly acclaimed business people to not see the opportunity to have mid-season friendlies is a huge miss sure it's mercenary but isn't that something we've become for it for is it too expensive to send the team out there well patrick we spoke about this when the story broke back in september and 70 of us voted to do it it is mercenary of course it is but we're losing so much money that if you want to buy players you know every bit of money that the club brings in helps that happen it also helps to pay the debt it also helps in other ways but i would rather have 10 million come into the club than 10 million don't don't come into the club you know so i completely agree odd says i've been a regular viewer since the marinos days this is my first super chat all the cuts that inios have done is worthless because that caused us to lose revenue because now few games we play this season says odd

25:55um yeah i mean look strategically it's not going the way they planned when they did the strategic review um when they took over they were working on a minimum of Europa League qualification for the next five years well this year they're not in Europe at all so they're already losing money how long can Maynou remain on his current contract says Sanal well I wouldn't worry about that because we're going to sort that Maynou contract out uh very very quickly um yeah um Saudi League is in season now might be difficult says Mr Tomba uh yeah but I don't think they play midweek games do they? I'm sure there was opportunities.

26:33Also, AC Milan, maybe they were an opportunity as well. How much revenue will Man United... I've done that one from Solart, I think. Lovely stuff. Okay. Let me just have a quick chat here, a look at the chat. Club would rather concentrate on the Prem and getting top four. It's worth more than a mid-season friendly, says Phil. Well, it's clearly not, is it, Phil? I mean, simple maths. if we get into the champions league we will earn 100 million pounds in revenue if we play a mid season friendly in saudi we will earn five million that's 105 million going to play a mid season friendly in saudi when you've got two weeks off is not going to impact you getting champions league football we're going to play a football game we're not going to play against the australian rugby team that are going to break our legs so you'd earn more money um i thought this clause was only for the first 12 months marks as jmr i think you're getting mixed up on your clauses so when man united um did the deal glazes and sir jim radcliffe there was a two-year period where um the glazes couldn't sell the uh shares of sir jim radcliffe without his say so we're now outside of that so it's two years where they couldn't do it now they can uh ram is the perfect left-back choice one of the best crosses in europe most chances created after bruno clause in summer under 35 million.

27:49Him and Sesko work together really well. Look, I'm not against Rahm. I think he's a very interesting player. I'm just checking his age. I mean, look, if you're saying to me, Rahm and Ryerson, I'd be very, very happy. Another player that's going to be 28 in April, though. And again, it's almost like if you go for people who are 28, like Ryerson and Rahm, they're two of the most creative fullbacks in the world and united will go yeah but they're over 26 and i would go what what why does that matter well we have this parameter that we don't like buying players over 26 yeah why well we just do who told you to do that um jason um jason why i read it in a book what book i didn't read it in a book why are you doing it then it just sounds hip does it does it why i just i just did all right yeah okay so so there's actually no reason why we're not buying players over 26 well if you buy a player over 26 they've got no resale value why are you buying players with resale value because if we want to sell them we want resale value how has that worked out at united then well it means if you buy a 22 year old and they don't work you get a resale value yeah no this doesn't work at united right if when man united buy players they're either a success and we keep them or they flop and we don't get any money anyway we don't buy to sell are you telling us we're a buy to sell club now well i didn't say that well you sort of did you said you don't buy players over 26 because there's no resale value but we're not a buy to sell club if we have a good player we want them to stay and if they don't do well they're a flop and they don't we don't get a good value for them anyway so what are you saying and also the reason Ryerson and Rahm are the two best attacking fullbacks in Europe at the moment is because they're right at the top of their game.

29:42Because that's what tends to happen between 26 and 30. You get players in their prime who are ready to play. So what you're basically saying is you don't want to buy people in their prime. You want to buy younger players to sell. That's a really weird strategy for a club that's called Manchester United, mate, because we're meant to be buying best in class and keeping these players. We're not meant to be buying to sell. It's a flawed logic. It's a flawed logic. Embarrassed that Sir Jim is associated with our club. Billionaires like him are the issues that he blames immigrants for economic problems.

30:16Shame on him, says Nolan. And even Mickey Mouse would be a better director than Wilcox, says Dark. Well, what would you do, Mark? I'd say what I would do. I wouldn't set stupid parameters in place. As director of football, my parameters would be, I want a left back who is going to come into this team and give me at least four years of being one of the best left backs in the league. That's my parameter. And I don't care whether they're 20 or they're 28. That's my parameters. I want somebody to come in for the next four years and be one of the best left backs in the league. That's it.

30:55However, I'm not exclusively going to buy 26 to 28-year-olds because my team will age together very, very quickly. I do have to have younger players as well. So the Sescos and the Yoros and the Amads are very important. But the balance of Man United is about to become very inexperienced very quickly when Casemiro goes, Maguire goes and Bruno goes and Luke Shaw goes, which they all need to go apart from Bruno, we become quite a young squad anyway. So you do need a balance, but I could give you 10 players who are under 24, who are ridiculously experienced. It's just about getting them, isn't it?

31:37Ram Perfect says, Red Devil Girl, thank you very much. I think we read that one as well. And we did that from JMR as well. Right. OK, let's move on to a little bit more topical stuff. So we'll start with Gary Neville. So Gary Neville has basically come out saying that when Amrim said at the start of the season that it was him or Bruno in relation to Maynou, he never agreed with that. It killed Maynou. It killed him publicly. And then he never put him in the team at all, apart from against Grimsby. So basically, I think Gary Neville has described Ruben Amrim's treatment of Maynou as his worst decision at Manchester United.

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32:46I don't know how many people have watched the video I did yesterday morning, but there is levels to this game. Like, I don't think not picking Maynou is Ruben Amrim's worst decision at Manchester United. I think that's a bit melodramatic, and I think it's a little bit easy to say when Maynou's playing in the team doing well and Amrim's been sacked and Carrick's winning games. I don't think we're winning games because we've got Mainu in the team. I think we're winning games because we're playing a system that the players like. I wanted Mainu to get more game time, but I don't think it was Amrim's worst decision.

33:22I think his worst decision was taking the job in the first place. If we're being completely honest, you know, if you're a 3-4-3 coach and you come into a job where they're not going to give you the players for it, that's a bad decision. So I think that was his biggest decision if we want to be real. I also think his worst decision was playing Bruno Fernandes in the midfield. I think his worst decision was putting Bruno Fernandes in the midfield. That head and shoulders, not picking Mainu annoyed me, but not putting Bruno in the midfield was clearly his biggest mistake. So no, I don't agree that not picking Mainu was Amrin's biggest mistake because I don't think Mainu in our midfield would have necessarily solved the problems that we had under Amrin.

34:05The problems under Amrim was that we didn't win enough games because we didn't control the games better. We decided to defend. However, also, as I said in the video yesterday morning, when you're playing a midfield two, Manu's defensive output isn't that good. So I think Manu suits a midfield three. I don't think he suits a midfield two. where I would agree is that if you're going to say publicly it's Bruno or Mainou you are killing Mainou you are killing Mainou I do agree with that I don't think it was I don't think it was Amram's worst decision I think his worst decision was taking the job or putting Bruno in the midfield but I do think you are killing a player mentally when you say it's Bruno or Mainou because it's always going to be Bruno I knew that you knew that you're not getting in the team if it's Bruno or Mainou but the worst decision was putting Bruno in the midfield because that's what blocked Maynou off.

35:05So yeah, I think that, you know, there's half-truths there, but I don't think it was his worst decision. I think Maynou suits a 4-3-3. I think if you watch that video I did yesterday morning, his defensive output's not very good, but his possession of the ball is. So in a midfield three, it works a lot better. But in a midfield two, I think I don't know whether it necessarily did. Preemptive measures should be taken before summer transfer window. says Amit. Have you got any of those preemptive measures we can discuss? And Michael Murray says, does Bruno deserve to retire like Scholes at Man United if he continues to play as attacking midfielder, even though he's not as good as Scholesy?

35:43Strange question, Michael. I mean, deserve to retire. I mean, there's plenty of shite that has retired at Manchester United. You don't have to be Paul Scholes to retire at Manchester United. I think in relation to Bruno Fernandes, it's going to be down to him whether he wants to retire at Manchester United. I think I think United would more than happily have him do that. So it's going to be what he decides to do. Grimaldo and Ryerson would increase our goal difference by 15. KDB, I completely agree. I completely agree. I think that it's certainly something we as a community have been discussing for quite a while.

36:15The fullbacks are huge. We definitely need to prioritise midfield. We have to. We're so weak there. but the fullbacks if we had two decent fullbacks going forward it would revolutionize the way we play it would solve the low block issues it would we'd score more goals we'd get more points it is a it is a a very hidden gem area that we are neglecting and as we showed with that graphic yesterday i mean hopefully i should be able to show it you now it doesn't really matter if i can't but there it is i mean that is the best manchester united transfer 11 since sir alex Ferguson retired so we're talking 13 years and our fullbacks are Luke Shaw and Wan-Bissaka neither of them get enough assists so it just shows you it's an area that we've neglected massively for a very long time and when I think about Manchester United putting crosses into the box should come as standard it's like those annoying presents you get for Christmas where battery's not included and it's like well this should be if this needs batteries it should come with bloody batteries and Man United should come with fullbacks that can put a cross into the box.

37:27100%. Also, wanted to talk about this as well. I'm surprised I'd missed this and maybe it's more of an eight o 'clock show. By the way, eight o 'clock show tonight, if I do what I'm going to do, just depends if any news breaks today, it's going to be a cracking show tonight. So make sure you tune in at eight o 'clock. There'll be a lot of debate in it. There's sort of two things come in from rio i nearly said fairyland uh ferdinand fairyland is because his head's away in the fairies at times but we'll call him rio ferdinand this morning um so rio ferdinand has argued that if michael carrick continues uh as manchester united manager um and keeps winning he is the manager permanently that involves the least amount of risk uh mainly because he understands what it means to be a Manchester United manager he understands the environment um and um yeah but he then goes on to say that De Zerbe is someone he really really likes as well um and that he he can coach individuals improve players and can really put down a way of playing uh you need someone who is strong with our identity um um and he can coach the hell out of a team.

38:42He'd bring fire to the party. I'd bring fire. I wouldn't bring craziness, but I'd bring in someone who's bringing that fire and that passion. So yeah, look, the managerial chat can get a little bit dull, but Michael Carrick brings the least amount of risk as a permanent manager, and De Zerbe is someone that Rio would like as well. I mean, my opinion, not your opinion, maybe minority, maybe some agree. This is just another example why Man United should never, ever, ever listen to Rio Ferdinand. Like the guy is just full of bad takes. Fantastic footballer, no doubt about it. I've seen he's on the cover as men's health, so he's obviously good in the gym.

39:28but that's the only gym he should be going anywhere near he shouldn't be going anywhere near so Jim Radcliffe giving him advice about football because I'll never move past him at the train station saying I'm hearing guitar um I'll never move past the Ollie contract and Carrick provides the least amount of risk and Deserby is someone he reckons we should go for as well. I mean, I saw it and I thought I'm bringing it into the show. Like Deserby is so, Deserby as Man United manager, I don't get it. I just don't. Let's do Deserby first. I just don't get Deserby as Man United manager. For me, if it works, fine, but it's not obvious.

40:15The guy at Brighton was very vulnerable. I think he got figured out quite quickly and was very erratic. and this was the guy that said he'd rather play well than win. I mean, I just don't. And Marseille, I mean, Marseille ain't PSG and it ain't Bayern Munich and he managed to implode there as well. At two clubs with very little pressure, he's managed to fall out with everybody and not be, I mean, people with the Zerbe, people act like it's like Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich or, you know, Nagelsmann at Leipzig. He's not even that good. his track record isn't even that good so i don't know what it is about deservey i i find it i find it strange with deservey i said this last time when they were going to get rid of ten hog and they were going to go with deservey i was like i just don't get the deservey height i really wouldn't go anywhere near him i think he's got a very high opinion of himself for very little evidence so i totally disagree with that one um and i and i think it would be i think it would be an absolute carnage.

41:22I think what the media would do to him, he wouldn't be able to deal with it. I don't think he'd be able to deal with the pressure at Man United. I really don't. Some of his interviews, just go back and read some of his interviews at Brighton and imagine him in front of the United's press after we've had a bad performance or he's got a problem with a player. I think De Zerbe is a terrible take. As for Michael Carrick being the least risky,

41:49I think Carrick's got a very good chance of getting the job But I think he's actually the most risky Because How do you know How can you say that Michael Carrick is the least risky option When one of the options could be Nick Ellsman Or Pochettino Or Alright, Luis Enrique, whatever Like, how can you say Carrick's the least risky when there are managers out there that are proven at the highest level. So I don't get why Michael Carrick's the least risky. In many ways, I'd say he's the most risky because we all know what happens if he gets the permanent job and this time next year we're doing badly.

42:31Everyone's going to go, well, we already knew this. We already knew this. Look at Solskjaer. We already knew this. He got sacked by Middlesbrough. We already knew that he didn't have high experience and that maybe it was just interim vibes. So, again, I don't get what the least risk is. There's risk with every manager. I'll put it out there. But surely taking an interim coach, no matter who you are. I mean, imagine if Spurs give it to this Tudor. If you go for an interim coach, there's always the big risk. It's written in the bloody dictionary, interim coach. Very risky because you never know whether it's a manager bounce in a nice environment that's going to snap the minute you go into a permanent environment.

43:11it doesn't say that in the dictionary but of course it does um so yeah i just wouldn't listen to rio on anything that's to do with managers really but um yeah i i did i did read the carrick least amount of risk and thought is an interim not the biggest amount of risk i mean if you go for pochettino he and i'm not saying go for pochettino but if you go for pochettino multiple years of managing spurs in the premier league knows the english game has managed big clubs like PSG, that's more risky than a guy that has come in for a few months, got some results with a bunch of players that are very inconsistent.

43:51And the limit of his experience is the championship with Middlesbrough. Hi, Mark. I'm convinced by the ownership that they will sign three centre midfielders. I swear we're going to hear about FFP soon. I'm not convinced as Rohan. Oh, mate 100 we will definitely definitely hear about um ffp very very soon amit says one center back three midfielders one right back left back and a striker is what we need for the summer well this is why i think that it's really important to have an idea in your head of what you think man united need so that when they don't provide it you can see by how much they miss it because i think that we need to buy two fullbacks, three midfielders, a winger, a backup goalkeeper, a backup striker.

44:38That's eight. That's eight players. And realistically, I would say we need between seven and 10 minimum this summer. And, you know, will we get that? Will we get that? I don't know whether we'll get four if I'm being completely honest so if Bruno leaves who's the next best captain says local crackhead

45:11I mean it's going to be Harry the sad thing is it would be Harry Maguire at the moment wouldn't it I mean is that why we're keeping him I don't know I mean I just I don't know I mean I'd like it to be Martinez they might give it to Luke I mean I don't this is the thing if Bruno goes I don't think there's a lot there's a lot there is there Maynou in midfield is better than Bruno in midfield says Matt I don't think in a midfield two I don't think in a midfield two Maynou worked that well if I'm being honest but in a midfield three definitely preemptive measures should be taken before the summer says Amit thank you very much I thought the only reason why the Glazers accepted Ineos offer in the first place was to help get the necessary wheels turning for the regeneration projects as aj exactly and and that's that's exactly why they brought them in and uh that yarn he says i hope the news is true about the glazers and inios going because as morbid as it is i can see me going on with this ownership not being the best head bed heads best headspace for a while and football is my escape why i understand that mate understand that yeah um okay well thank you everybody for watching this morning um i'm gonna on trying to clear my nose because it's giving me a right headache.

46:22Apologies for a minute, a little bit late this morning. KDB says Enrique will see JJ and be very interested. I'm pretty sure Enrique's ruled himself out of the job. I just don't think we've had the official announcement of it, but whilst it's a possibility, that would always be my number one. However, I just don't think United have got a bloody chance of doing that, to be honest with you. I really don't. Eight o 'clock show tonight's going to be very good. Make sure you tune in for that make sure you smash a like on the video as well uh there was something else i was going to say and i can't remember what it was so i will probably have to just not say it um thanks everyone who's tuned in this morning remember we're live every morning at 10 o 'clock and every night at 8 p.m any watch-alongs on the united that's football that wasn't what i was going to talk about um i'm doing wolves against arsenal tomorrow night um i know it's champions League tonight but I think there's been a real I don't know about you lot but I think there's been a real drop-off in the quality of games to watch recently I thought the FA Cup was a wasted time at the weekend I think these Champions League qualifiers are a bit shit as well at least last year you had Man City Real Madrid I think there's I think sometimes you have a clutch of like when the Premier League's on, it's great, isn't it?

47:42But I think we've got too much football at the moment. I thought the FA Cup at the weekend was boring. I think the Champions League games are boring this week. I think this is just a sign of too many games, really. The problem with too many games is you dilute it. The problem with Man United is we don't have enough games. So I don't like what United are doing, not enough games, but everyone else, I think they're playing too many games, but that's maybe for something else. Right. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. I'll speak to you on the next one.

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