340: Man United's FIRST Transfer Close!

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0:49Oh, nearly caught me out there with the old not mute. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. Hope you're all doing well. Well, latest Manchester United news and transfer news this morning. We've got some good bits for you because it's coming in from our source around the manager, around the midfield and around left wing. So we've got three updates for you this morning, but we're going to start off with the topical stuff as well. Man United have been linked to Tavernia at Bournemouth this morning. Is that a deal you would like? Also, Emery is apparently leaving Villa in the summer.

1:19So would you go there? I want to talk about JJ Gabriel as well. Another fantastic goal yesterday. How close is he to the first team and how good can he be? Also, those three things I want to get into as well. But look, I want to start off with this story that's coming in about James Tavernier. I think it's James from Bournemouth. And also there's an update from Romano as well. So quite a bit of, well, that's what a news show is all about, isn't it? A news show is all about the topical transfer and Man United news. We also know who Wilcox wants as well, but I'll delve into that in a moment. But look, we've been linked to Tavernier this morning of Bournemouth.

1:57who is apparently available for about£40 million. Marcus Tavernier, that's his name. Thank you very much. So I, look, I'm instantly going to merge this in to our source that we were talking to last night. So deal close. Remember I said to you about two, three weeks ago that the deal that United are working on the most at the moment is Diamande from Leipzig. Doesn't mean he's the priority. It's just as per when we bought Dan James first and when we bought Mason Mount first, in a transfer window, you don't always buy your priority first. You buy what you can do because at the end of the window, maybe Elliot Anderson is Man United's priority, but he says, I'm not signing till after the World Cup.

2:42Maybe your priority is to get Bruno Fernandes to stay, but he says, I'm not going to make my mind up until after the World Cup. You can't wait to do your first priority deal first. You have to go and do other deals, which is why in the past we've bought people like Lindelof and Dan James and Mason Mount early in the window, even though they weren't our big signing. So I think at the end of the day, as I said to you about two or three weeks ago, from our source, Manchester United are working on Diamande more than any other deal because it's the deal they feel they can get done the best, the easiest, the most straightforward.

3:14Not that it's an easy deal, but we have a good relationship with Leipzig as Persesco. We have Favell, who has a good relation with Leipzig. And Diamande is a player that Leipzig will sell for the right price and is interested in coming to the Premier League. So, Van United are working on that deal more than any other deal. And it's the most likely deal that we can get done. Obviously, there might be some competition, but we'll have to wait and see. So, it's interesting when you see stories like Tavernier at Bournemouth for Manchester United, because I think instantly it sets off alarm bells in the fan base that, oh, here we go again.

3:46It's cheap alternatives. Now, Joseph says he's a baller. I've got to be honest, when I think of Bournemouth, I wouldn't put him in my top five. I wouldn't. I don't think he is. I think that Evan Nilsson, Clivett, Coupe, Scott and Adams and Truffaut. So, yeah, I wouldn't even put him in my top five players from Bournemouth. And hence, I'm out. You know, I walk away because that's not the sort of player that Man United should be signing. Also, as he says, I think he primarily plays off the right wing because he's left-footed. So, look, straight away, I know Romano's come out about the Ball Day story, and I'll give you an update on that as well.

4:33But I think with this, sometimes we have to hit these stories and say, it's not even a story worth getting even debating. The poll's about Emery. I'm not even going to debate this. But it leads nicely into the Diamande update that I'm going to give you. But with Tabernia, also, he's 27 in two weeks' time. So you're telling me Man United are going to buy a Bournemouth right winger who is 27 in two weeks for£40 million to go on the left wing at Man United? I just don't see it. And there's nothing wrong with him. He's a good player. and German folk says, sorry, but Tavernier is class and CDB says he's underrated.

5:19But look, a lot of you are probably playing FIFA. So I don't think, a lot of people are saying he's a good signing. I'll run a poll on it if you want to later in the show, but I think the story is a load of nonsense and I don't think United are going to go there. And I think if we are going there, it's worrying because it's not the sort of deal that Man United need to be doing. We need to be doing a lot better than that. Absolutely. But look, that does lead... Give me your thoughts. That does lead nicely into Diamande. As of this morning, as of the update last night we got, there's three updates we can bring you from our source in the club.

5:58Manchester United, Diamande is still the deal that Man United are working on the most at the moment. Obviously, they would love to be buying midfielders and we'll give you updates on that. But Diamande is the most viable deal that United can work on right now. As soon as they didn't get Semenu, they immediately moved to Diamande. They've had the conversations with his agent. They've made Leipzig aware. Obviously, Leipzig are like fighting for Champions League football like us. They weren't in Europe at all last year. Sorry, they're not in Europe at all this year like us. So they're in a very similar situation and United are respectful of that.

6:31But the interest has been registered. Diamande is fully aware that Man United want him and they're fully aware that we need a left winger and effectively he goes straight into the Man United side. Now, obviously, when I say he goes straight into the Man United side, I don't think you should ever say that to any signing. But logically, if you're Tonali and you sign for Man United, you know you're going straight into the side. If you're Diomionde and you come to Manchester United, you know you're the number one left winger because we haven't got one. So I think that that's the sort of play that United can do.

7:01However, the only issue in this is going to be the price that Leipzig ask for and who else comes in for him. And look, I sort of look at it and go, well, Man City don't need wingers. It's unlikely Arsenal go for him, I think. Chelsea can never rule out. If we're being completely honest, I would never rule Chelsea out. And that leaves Liverpool. Well, look, Liverpool, his dad supports Liverpool, so he might support Liverpool. John's how he supported Man United. You know, Steven Gerrard supported Everton. Those things don't really concern me. The competition from Liverpool in transfers concerns me.

7:39But then I look at last season and I look at this season and I think Liverpool will have money to spend. But their biggest issue is probably going to be replacing Salah more than Gatpo. And Diamande will use a lot of their budget up. So I'm not that worried about Liverpool. Liverpool I think United are putting the groundwork in I think Favell is massively underrated when it comes to these types of deals as we saw with Sesco so look Man United at the moment the deal we're closest to at the moment and look in a way I'm sort of repeating it but it is a new update three weeks ago I said this told it again last night nothing has changed the deal United are closest to that at this moment is Diamande.

8:27That's the deal that United are closest to doing. And I don't think any journalist would say anything different because we're not close to Elliot Anderson. We're not close to a fullback. We're not close to a midfielder, but we are with Diamande working on it, putting our case out. And I think with Diamande as well, we do have to get that deal done because if we don't, you miss out on Semenyu. We were very quick to put it out there that we wanted Diamande. So I think if we miss out on him, where do you go? Do you end up going for a Tavernia there? And I think that for Man United may not be the thing.

9:05Historia Films Kenya, I like the name, says Tonali. Well, we're not close to a Tonali deal. I mean, obviously, Newcastle got battered yesterday again, didn't they? I mean, look, what I would say is that in relation to United,

9:21losing to Newcastle with 10 men became even worse, I think, last night because Man City went there and played them off the park with their reserves. And the fact that we couldn't beat them with 10 men and we only play one game a week, I think it became more embarrassing last night. Look, Newcastle started off quite well and they went 1-0 ahead. But from that point, Man City absolutely, you know, took them apart with their reserves. And I think that becomes even more embarrassing for Manchester United. We can't change that. I'm not going back to doing a match review. What I'm doing is I'm saying, why was it embarrassing against Newcastle?

9:59And it was embarrassing against Newcastle because we didn't have certain players in certain positions. So I think that, you know, a lot of people see it as a negative that we haven't got a game for three weeks after Bournemouth because of the international break in the FA Cup. And it is a negative. in a playing sense. But the club should be sorting out friendlies and stuff there. From a club sense, it has to be an advantage. Like from a Jason Wilcox point of view, it's very rare that from late March until early to mid-April, you have three weeks off where you don't have to travel with the team, etc.

10:43He's got three weeks in that time to really home down on the signings we're going to make. And this is what I was told last night, actually. Let me just make sure I've got this right. I think I took some notes. Yeah, first choice signing. So basically, when you look at Diamande, some people might say, why are we trying to sign Diamande in March when we don't know who our manager is going to be in June? but this is what United are trying to do they're trying to avoid the Taverniers and the Giao Gomez signings that a new manager might go why they're trying to focus on the Diamandes that most managers are going to walk in and go yeah I'm really happy with that so United's stance and I do agree with it is that they're working on transfers that 99 % of the managers that they could bring in would go, I'm really grateful for that.

11:42I really like that. And I think you have to do that. That's why this next two months, United can't just be sat there praying that Carrick, you know, performs a miracle and wins the league or whatever, because we do need to be talking to players now. As I said to you a couple of days ago, we were talking to a Kanji in the February and he was interested in coming to Man United. He ultimately ended up going to Man City because when Ten Hag came in, we said Ten Hag doesn't want you. So you have to be advancing deals. And some of those deals, the manager will come in and he'll go yes or no. But some of those deals, the manager will come in and they'll already have been signed.

12:20So I think the more Diamandes, Tonales we work on, the better. Because whether it's Luis Enrique or Michael Carrick, whether it's Deserbi or Nagalsman, you're not going to walk in and go, well, I didn't want Diamandes and Tonale. I wanted Harvey Barnes and Jordan Henderson. stood up show feels strange says United Red Devil I like the stand up shows I feel I get I personally get more out of them my back's just not been up to it Emily Derry says Tabernia is not the player I would break the break the over 26 rule for which is a dumb rule anyway but I would do it for Bruno G with Cunha and Embermo in the attack I don't mind a younger player like Diamonde yeah look I'm a little bit like you on that Emily I think we we shouldn't have the over 26 rule but if you're going to break it you go for somebody slightly better than that.

13:12But I also agree that with Diamande, he is a kid and we have an obsession with buying young players. But I think in the attack, it's one area where we could go for somebody who's 20. And I think he's either 19 or 20. But we've got Ahmad approaching his mid-20s. We've got Kunja and Mbamo in their mid-20s. We've got Sesko moving towards his mid-20s. So actually an exciting young player is a good idea. And obviously, you know, we're going to talk about Lacey and Gabriel in a moment. So, no, I agree with you on that. Seth says, if we go for Tabernia, then United has successfully lowered the fans' expectations in the stands of the club.

13:47He's good, but second tier, in my opinion. Completely agree. What are your thoughts on Fernandes from West Ham, says Maliki? Similarly to Tabernia and Jao Gomez. I mean, if they're coming in as you buy three really good players and then four, five, six, seven are players like Fernandes, I'm OK with that. But if they're coming in as your first, you know, I'm doing the draft for Baller League tomorrow. So you've got franchise picks, designated baller picks and baller picks. And obviously everyone's going for those. And, you know, I've got some good players lined up later in the draft and I'm very happy with them.

14:25And some of it will be tactical. However,

14:59Man United need three slash four franchise signings. And what I mean by that is top tier. I don't mind bringing in a Fernandes as the second or third midfielder, but I don't want to bring him in as the first. And I think you make a great point, Maliki, because this summer transfer window, like any other transfer... Look, when you buy Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly, but you brought in Pogburn's Latan, that's okay. When you brought in Cunha and Mbermo and you bring in Cesco and Le Mans, who are a little bit more of a punt, that's OK. But we can't, you know, there's got to be three or four really signings this summer.

15:37The way you go, they're fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. I'll talk to you about the midfield in a moment. In fact, no, I'll talk to you about the midfield now because a bit of an update here. Obviously, we were talking about Tonali on the show last night, so I'm not going to overgo. I'm not going to go back on that. We know that Man United do want Tonali. Speaking to my source last night, or our source, because obviously we share it with you, the midfielder at the moment that feels like the midfielder that Man United are going to go for is Adam Wharton. Now, we'll have to wait and see if that pans out.

16:09But as of now, it feels like Wharton is moving up the list. So, you know, do with that what you want. You know, I don't know why that is. Is it because the Elliot Anderson lie has become common sense now? Look, the thing about Wharton is he's always been there. We got the whole Elliot Anderson's the top priority story for six months, and now it feels like that's drifting away because it served its purpose for United to cover the not buying people in January. As we get closer to the summer, it just feels like he's going to City. so if Elliot Anderson is moving aside in United's priority list it's always going to be Wharton or Balaba we can't argue about it because it's always been Anderson as the top priority and they like Wharton and Balaba so if Wharton moves aside I suppose it's logical sorry if Anderson moves aside I suppose it's logical that Wharton moves into the spot next and and Balaba will still be there what would worry me about this is um I was quite you know I thought Adam Wharton played very well against Spurs on Thursday.

17:21And I thought he played very well against us in the first half. And I think he's a good player. My concerns are, well, two concerns. One, I think Crystal Palace will overcharge us for what he actually is. I think if Elliot Anderson is 70 million, then Wharton is 50. But there's no way that'll happen. I think they'll be pushing for the same price. And it's a seller's market. And if I'm Crystal Palace and Elliot Anderson goes to Man City for 70 million, and Man United come knocking at the door, I would say I want 70 million and United would go well we don't think he's as good as Wharton yeah we we don't think he's as good as Anderson and I would go yeah but Anderson's not there anymore is he and you're more desperate so it's 70 please so that that worries me a little bit um and I think that's that's something that's um certainly worth stating the second thing is I also think that there will be competition for Wharton I don't think it would be as easy as Anderson we can't get let's go for Wharton because I actually think Liverpool, Chelsea maybe Arsenal will try for him as well so I think that that's my concern with Wharton I think he's a good player but you know obviously I just think Elliot Anderson's better and as somebody just said in the chat there what about Tonali I don't know I don't know that we can even get Tonali I feel like Tonali is I was watching him again last night and I know Newcastle lost, but he's just very good.

18:51He's just a very good player and he would be very good at Manchester United. But I feel like what worries me about Tenali is that the Arsenal story in January was true. so with us it's a little bit like your mates isn't it you know maybe you had this when you were younger like um there's a there's a woman out there and both your mates fancier but one of them actually takes them out on a date and the other one just says i i would like to take her on a date but never asks her i feel like with tonali in january it was sort of like arsenal did try to get him and Man United sort of went, oh yeah, we'd be interested as well.

19:32I don't know that United are actually going to make the move. I think we're just sort of like going, yeah, we're interested. Who wouldn't be? But I feel like Arsenal were making a move in January. And if Arsenal make a move, can we compete with that? I don't know. Do we want to compete with that? So look, I don't dismiss Tonali, but as I say, as I was told last night, it feels like Wharton is the guy that's moving up the list at the moment for Manchester United. And then the third bit was, so obviously we've got the update on Diamande and Wharton. The third thing I was told last night is that, well, look, let me phrase it with a bit of topical stuff.

20:13So I read this morning that there's growing rumours that Tonali, sorry, not Tonali, Unai Emery is going to leave. Let me just read it out to you because sometimes I paraphrase too much when I can actually just read it. So yeah, Unai Emery is increasingly likely to leave Aston Villa this summer as frustrations grow over the club's financial restrictions. The Spanish head coach is said to be growing increasingly unhappy with the limitations around the club's spending. He took over the club in 2022 when they were in a relegation battle and since then they've always qualified for Europe. So, Junai Emery leaving Aston Villa in the summer surely has to be a consideration for Manchester United.

20:54Now, 59 % of you, nearly 5 ,000 have voted, are saying that you would go for him. 41 % of you wouldn't go for him. Now, what I was told last night is that Wilcox, and you might want to sit down for this, let me just, I just want to run under the poll on Svernier as well. Yes or no? Willcox wants Carrick Now I don't know whether that's breaking news But it's the first time I've heard it from a source Willcox wants Carrick So our director of football Wants to give the job to Carrick

21:31What do you do with that? I'm not surprised I think he's absolutely crap at his job anyway But even if you do want Carrick I just think it's like Why is he sat there in March wanting Carrick. Like this is the director of football at Manchester United. I don't mind fans wanting Carrick. I don't mind Carrick wanting the job. But every logical person I've heard has gone, well, we can't make that decision. We can't even bring Carrick into the conversation till the end of May. And you've got Wilcox who apparently wants Carrick now. So you sort of like go, what's the bloody point in talking about any other manager really?

22:08But if Unai Emery is available, then I think he is, I mean, what he's done at Aston Villa, I mean, I wrote this down actually. Well, I haven't wrote it down. It's on one of my browsers. He's managed 130 Premier League games for Aston Villa from 2022 to today and his win ratio at Aston Villa is 53%, making him the only permanent manager in their club's history to maintain a win percentage of over 50 i mean 53 win ratio in 130 premier league games for aston villa is absolutely incredible and just to context that since sir alex ferguson ten hog uh jose marino had a 58.3 win ratio ten hague had a 54.7 win ratio solskjaer had a 54 ratio so look i mean it does beg the question why we sacked marino i mean it really does i mean i'm not here to talk about why we sacked marino but why did we sack marino when he had a 58 win ratio at the club i mean well i know why I think we all know why, but I do find that absolutely incredible.

23:30That we, you know, the more I look at that, how the fuck did we sack a manager with a 58 % win ratio? How was that even allowed? But that was player power. That was Woodward and the players, wasn't it? They stabbed him in the back and down tools to get rid of him because he was becoming too vocal. But look, if you've got a 53 % win ratio at Aston Villa, and with all due respect to Aston Villa, you know that's an amazing record because they've never had a manager with 1 over 50. Villa are not Man United or Liverpool. You would expect Man United to have a manager with a win ratio north of 52%. I think even Oli did.

24:14But I think Emery's a very good manager. And whilst he wouldn't be my first choice, if he is available, I think people talk about the guy before the guy. People talk about stability. If you look at what Unai Emery's done at Aston Villa, ever since he's come in there, they've never been out of Europe. I mean, that's rocket fuel to us. If we could have a manager that can put us in Europe for the next four years, obviously the standards of the club are to try and win league titles, but you've got to learn to walk before you can run. We always want to go from the bottom of the mountain to the top.

24:48We actually probably could do with somebody who can just start us climbing up the mountain. And I think that over Glasner, De Zerbe or Carrick, I would take Emery every single day of the year. What about his Arsenal win ratio? I think his Arsenal win ratio was 49%. He managed 51 Premier League games and he maintained a win ratio of approximately 49 % at Arsenal in the season he was there. So, I mean, look, Michael Carrick got sacked by Middlesbrough.

25:26Olly Gunnar Solskjaer got sacked by Cardiff. I mean, we can always go back and find an issue with somebody, but I think recent, I mean, look, the reason some of you want to give Carrick the job is because of what he's done over the last six weeks. I think we can afford to say that the Arsenal job for Emery didn't go that well. There's mitigating circumstances behind that. But in the last four years at Aston Villa, it's gone incredibly well in the Premier League. It's a club that, you know, isn't Manchester United. So, look, I'm just saying if Emery is leaving Aston Villa this summer, then why would we not consider it?

26:00It's another name that's better than some of the names. And I'm talking De Zerby. I'm talking Glasner. I mean, I'm talking whoever else we're being linked to that I don't think is good enough for the job. So, yeah, but look, Wilcox wants Carrick. So, I mean, look, Wilcox needs to get rid of Wilcox. My dream is my dream is my dream. I want Favala's director of football. I want Enrique Ornagalsman as the manager. And I want to bring people in like Diamonde and Stilla and Lewis Hall. And I want to have an exciting summer where they can release a kit like that that looks like something where we're good.

26:38But actually, we have a summer where I feel like we can be good. And I don't think we've had a summer like that since Mourinho, if I'm being honest. the best summer we've had since Sir Alex Ferguson was appointing Jose Mourinho, signing Paul Pogburn, Zlatan and co and I actually felt we might be heading in the right direction I knew there was going to be work but I actually felt excited we need to create one of those summers this summer we can't create a summer where Wilcox thinks it's going to work the fans need to believe this summer if Sir Jim Radcliffe's got anything in his brain about football and if he genuinely is a fan of Man United, we need to create a summer like the Mourinho summer.

27:18We need to bring in a top-class manager and some top-class players. And we've done it before, and that summer of Mourinho is the best summer we've had since Sir Alex Wemp. There was a buzz. Even the bloody share price shot up. There was a buzz around the club. And they need to create that this summer. And if they're not going to create that because they're going to listen to some ex-Man City Leeds player who've got no idea about the club, then things are going to get worse. Simple as that. Just before I talk about something else, we were talking about a Balde swap deal last night. I've had this in from producer Greg, but he's not the source.

27:55Don't worry. We don't want producer Greg becoming an ITK journalist. He actually sent it to me from Romano. He says there was some link between Man United and Balde, but Barcelona see Balde as a crucial part of their project and believe he has huge potential. At this stage, Barcelona have got no intention of letting Boldy go to Manchester United. Man United have Dorgu in that position and have already invested in that position. Man United wants to go for a left winger, midfielders, and let's see what happens in the centre-back position. It's going to be a busy summer for Manchester United. Look, I know that...

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29:07Some of you might agree with it. Some of you might not, but the reality is whether he's getting a bit of stick or not, he's still well sourced. The Ball Day thing doesn't worry me. What worries me is the second bit. Man United have already invested in that position with Dorgou. Left wing midfielder and maybe a centre back is what United are looking at in a busy summer. This has got Wilcox's fingerprints all over it. Absolutely bloody clueless. So you're telling me that Romano, one of the most tapped in transfer journalists in world football, is basically saying left back is not a priority for United because they've already invested there.

29:46It's midfield, left wing and centre back. What about fucking right back and left back? I mean, if you're watching Man United at the moment, left back and right back are more important than any other position apart from midfield. We are shit down the fullback positions. Rubbish. And as much as I like Dorgou, he can't do it on his own. And also, what's Dorgou's position? Is Dorgou a winger? Is he a left back? We don't even know that because he's still developing himself. can't just say we bought a left back and say we're okay. We're not. But that worries me. And I'm not like, I mean, it just worries me.

30:27It worries me that here we are in March dismissing left back and right back already. And I did say this a couple of weeks ago. I said, we know we need a left back and a right back, but the club, I'm not hearing anything. not hearing anything and now we've got Romano sort of killing it going well no it's not about that it may be a centre back why are we looking at a centre back as well why is a centre back a priority for Manchester United we don't play three centre backs anymore we play two we've got Martinez we've got De Ligt we've got Yoro we've got Heaven and we've got Harry Maguire we've also got Luke Shaw and Masraoui who can play there and we only play two centre backs so we don't need a fucking centre-back.

31:13Yes, De Ligt's injured. Yes, Martinez can pick up injury. Yes, Maguire's in his 30s. But we've still got Yara and Hevan and Masraoui and Shaw can play there. And they're so injury-prone, why are we giving them mobility contracts anyway? So I just think it's crazy that we'd even look at a centre-back and it's ridiculous. Look, we are going to suffer next season if we go into it with Shaw and Delo. We're going to suffer. They're not good enough. The fans, you can sense it when you watch a game at Old Trafford. The fans have checked out on Deleuwe and Shaw. They just know that they can see what they can see and you can obviously see it online as well.

31:52Emily Derry says that code for Deleuwe and Shaw can do a job with legs made out of cheese straws and no ability to cross, respectively. Look, Luke Shaw is going to get worse and worse and worse and I don't think he's playing very well at left-back anyway, but also we don't know what he's going to do when there's not a World Cup or a Euros at the end of the season, how he's going to motivate himself and he's going to have to play double the amount of games. So I think Luke Shaw next season could literally fall off a cliff in relation to fitness and ability. And DeLoe, as hardworking and dedicated as he is, he has a very, very big issue in relation to ability.

32:27And I don't think that's going to change at 27. Thoughts on Lacey not being on the bench recently, says Riot. He's actually been injured. He's back from injury now. So I expect to see Lacey on the bench in the next couple of games. Mike JW says Wilcox can want whatever he wants but he needs to get the best he can if he's incapable get rid of Wilcox it's simple I don't know why we won't get rid of him I really I actually don't know why we won't get rid of him and Blameshifter says Ten Hag and Amarim couldn't get these players to play a system what chance has Emery got seeing it with Carrick now we'll be back here in two years says Blameshifter well some of you said it and I agree with you back in January when we sacked Amarim my big fear is how long until we're back here again.

33:09And at the moment, I think the clock's ticking and we could be back here at Christmas. Marlow United says that Gravenberg went from a flop last season to one of the best players in his position this season. Why can't that happen to Agate? I don't think Gravenberg was a flop, babe. I really don't think Gravenberg was a flop. He was a fantastic player at Ajax. It didn't work out at Bayern. And Jurgen Klopp brought him into Liverpool. and whilst he had a better second season than a first season, remember his first season was under Klopp and he was still decent. I don't... I mean, Marlowe... What's happened to Marlowe?

33:46I mean, this should be a topic. We should spend five minutes on it. What's happened to Marlowe? Have you been hacked? Because yesterday's was bad. You said, like, Rashford and Ganacho, that Mbemo and Kunja are not an upgrade on Rashford and Ganacho. And now you're saying that Agate could be the next Gravenberg. Tavernier is not a player I would break done that from Amelie Derry 63 % of you wouldn't sign Tavernier and 38 % of you would so he's obviously not terrible but not the majority look Lacey I expect Lacey to get some game time in the next few weeks Seb never shuts up about him because of that one where he hit the bar against Burnley so look I think he's an exciting player and has been well known for a long time Gabrielle is a player that is you know obviously very very sorry I'm just stretching my back that's the trouble with standing up Gabrielle is obviously a player that's on everybody's lips at the moment JJ scored a very good goal again yesterday I'm so used to that footage of that where the youth play because and it seems to be rinse and repeat every week you just you watch it you go oh here we are again and he scores an absolute banger He scored a great goal yesterday.

35:02Fantastic player. Obviously, we're not going to see him before the end of the season because he can't play in the Premier League. He's younger than Dowman of Arsenal, who obviously has played in the Premier League for Arsenal. So he could have played in the FA Cup, but we messed that up. We're not, you know, so there's no other way he can play for the first team. Otherwise, I think he would have been on the bench already. So Gabriel is going to be a player that we're going to have to, you know, push into the team next season. What I do know about this situation is, and I've said it to you before, at the end of, I think it's next season, the end of next season, he's out of contract, and United can't do anything about it.

35:37You can't literally get him to sign before then. So I think it's like what we did with Aidan Heaven and Obi, is that when you hit a certain age, it might be 16 or 17, you sign your first professional contract, and it gives everybody an opportunity to bid. So Madrid, PSG, Barcelona, they'll move for him. So United have got to next season. And the reason I mention it is because the next manager's got to buy into this. If we want any chance of keeping him, we've got to integrate him into the first team next season. So all these clips that people keep putting out are great, but they then keep saying, well, when's he going to be in the first team?

36:21He can't play for the first team this season. Like he technically can't play. He's not allowed to play. So yeah, amazing talent. Yes, there's going to be some really big competition for him and there's not a lot we can do about it. I mean, he could literally just say, yeah, I'll play for the first team and I'm off to Barcelona for free. You can't do much about it. But that's life. Like you might be in a relationship with somebody who you think is great and if they see something better, they might dump you. So welcome to life. So what we've got to do with JJ is integrate him into the first team next season as quickly as possible whilst not impacting his development and the development of the team.

37:06But I think next season will be the season for him because we can't, if we sit back and we don't use him, I think he'll leave. So look, the exciting thing is I expect him to have a very big part to play next season at United and hopefully that'll be enough to get him to stay at United for many years to come because I genuinely think he's got generational potential. And that's not a hot take. I mean, that's an established take by virtually everybody. So I think it's one for next season, certainly. And what's his position? I would say in the Premier League, you're talking number 10 or wide because of the age.

37:46I don't think you can stick somebody like that, you know, into a more demanding position. but I think he'll have I'll absolutely guarantee it as long as he doesn't get injured he'll have a massive part to play next season he'll be on the tour United have basically got to roll the red carpet out and go out and play and then sign for us simple Jay says I believe we need centre back with wing back due to injury history for a 40 game season which concerns Martinez and De Litt and Yarrow and Hebbin not ready no Jay I completely disagree with you we've got Martinez De Litt Yoro, Heaven, Maguire's going to stay and Masraoui and Shaw can play centre-back if we're buying another centre-back we've technically got eight options you can't buy another centre-back because you're worried about fitness like that's ridiculous and also Heaven and Yoro they're not ready well they need to get ready don't they they want to play football so they're either good enough or they're not we can't just buy another centre-back because we don't think Yoro and Heaven are ready and Martinez and Shaw and DeLitt and Maguire might get injured well we've got we need to get rid of some of them don't we that that before we buy another sense about we it's a waste of time doing that in my opinion um especially when we're so weak at left back and obviously the midfield priority as well um okay thank you for everybody make sure you smash a like on video i'm someone a quick look at the comments diamonde has played most of the season on the right where embermo has been playing this is philip um yes i think you raise a good point about Diamande on the right.

39:20I primarily think he does play off the right. However, I think he can play off the left. And, you know, remember we made that mistake before with Jadon Sancho. Wasn't really a right winger. He was more of a left winger, wasn't he? So I think Diamande can play off the left. And I think it's a bit like Semenyu at Man City. I think he can play off the right and the left. So look, out and out left-sided players who are playing left at the moment. I mean, look, technically, Dorgu, when he plays off the left wing, is left-footed. So, yeah. I think Diamande can definitely play off the left and has played off the left.

40:00And also, he's very young. Yeah. OK, right. Thanks, everybody, for watching. Brilliant show this morning. Really enjoyed it. We have got an 8 o 'clock show for you today. I wish we had some football for you today. I mean, it's... Blame the FA. why they're writing off weekends for the FA Cup exclusively I do not know it can't carry it the games aren't good enough to carry a weekend and this has happened before and it's going to happen after the international break I remember a time where after the fourth round of the FA Cup if you'd been knocked out of the FA Cup and somebody else had been knocked out the FA Cup they that you could play them in the Premier League but we've got this weird weekend again where we're sort of sat around going this is shit there's there's not enough good football around to watch this weekend and i don't even think none of the fa the best game i've watched this weekend was by munich on friday night like none of the fa cup games have actually been that good it's like it's like a glorified pre-season game people playing their reserves so no i've got no intention of watching any football today um the f1's already happened but eight o 'clock tonight we've got a show for you.

41:09I like the eight o 'clock show on a Sunday. I've got some interesting topics to talk about, and I will see you for that. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. Get your comments in if you didn't watch live, and I'll speak to you on the next one.

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