358: HUGE Romano TONALI and ANDERSON Transfer Update!

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0:38There's nothing like Platinum. Learn more at AmericanExpress.com slash explore dash Platinum. Enrollment requirements, monthly and other limits in terms apply. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news as we get a huge update from Fabrizio Romano, not just around Tenale. Big update there, but also around Elliott Anderson as well. Could Man United sign both of those players? There's a growing excitement in the fan base this morning that that could be the case. We've also got an update on the Carrick situation.

1:12Another ex-legend of the club coming out, backing him, saying he should get the job. Are we starting to see that PR that we expected now around Carrick as United realise they're crap and they can't get anybody else? Also, I want to talk about the left-back situation. I think there's some very, well, not only left back, right back as well. Did you know Luke Shaw's got no goals and no assists this season? I mean, we get championed. Well, he gets championed about he should be on the plane. He should be on the plane. He should be on the plane. He's Mr. T ain't getting on no plane. That's what Luke Shaw is.

1:46He's Mr. TFC ain't getting on no plane. He ain't going to no World Cup. But people talk about him being on the plane. People talk about him going to, you know, he's played every single game for Man United this season. And I mean, mate, you've got no goals. You've got no assists. I mean, this is an area that Man United could massively improve on next season. But let's start off with this news that came in last night. I was watching the England game last night. I will give you my thoughts on that because we saw Ghana. We saw Wharton. We saw Maynou. We saw Lewis Hall. We saw a few players last night.

2:18But I want to talk, first of all, about what broke last night. and this was from Fabrizio Romano on his YouTube channel. He said, Man United are, and this is significant when you think about where it's coming from. So you've got Romano, you've got Ornstein. I mean, look, you might like the Athletic. You might like the Manchester Evening News. You might like the Daily Mail. You might like those journalists that work with Man United. But to be honest with you, we've been doing this for a long time. When it comes from Romano or it comes from Ornstein, it's a different level of authority and integrity.

2:51So this was what Fabrizio Romano said yesterday and last night. Man United are working hard on a possible deal for Sandro Tonali. He's rated extremely highly at the club. Any return to Italy is seen as unlikely as both Manchester clubs will make big midfield signings this summer and are coming to Newcastle. with a lot of money. Now that might be a paragraph to any mere mortal, but to us football hipsters, that paragraph you could write a book on. There is so many finite details in that that we're going to go through over the next couple of minutes. But basically, first things first, this is verification that Man United want Tonali.

3:34First and foremost, Man United are working hard on a possible deal for Tonali. I think over the week, we've heard about people like Belaba and we've heard about people like Bruno G. But Tenali has been consistent now for a good two to three weeks. And it's not, if anything, it's getting stronger. And I think when you're experienced, as we are in this community on transfers, we've been doing it for a long time. I mean, collectively, we, you and I, stories that are nonsense tend to get written off by the club after a couple of weeks when they've used it for what they needed to use it for. Now, we might be being used here.

4:11It might be in United's interest to just use Tonali and then back out in a little bit. They might be using the Tonali story to get them through the international break while they don't interview managers and they don't go for anybody else. It could just be United putting it out there to spin the fans. It could be. It could be pure spin. We might never go for Tonali. It might just be international break, mention Tonali, make it look like we're doing something. Exactly what they did in the January transfer window, spoke about things they were never going to do or what they were going to do in the summer.

4:39So, yeah, I mean, I take that on board. But it doesn't sound like we're not involved in this deal at the moment. And it's interesting because Andy Mitton was talking on the Athletic podcast about how United might be put, you know, the gambling issue might be an issue, which I think is a very fair point. But it doesn't seem like that is an issue at the moment. So, look, Man United working hard on a deal for Tonali. also I think the second thing that's really interesting is that there is this constant belief that Tonali wants to go back to Italy but I think this is really significant as well both Manchester clubs are going to come with a lot of money now I want to talk about that next Man City, Elliot Anderson, Manchester United because it feels like there's Tonali and there's Anderson and there's Man United and there's Man City and who gets what some people think Man City might go for both.

5:32Some people dream Man United could go for both. We'll talk about that in a moment. But I think this thing I want to just say, first of all, is very important because it's the first time we've really had it from a credible source that it's not going to happen. So Tonali dreams of going back to Italy, but it can't happen because the money Manchester United and Man City are talking about to get Tonali destroys any Italian club. So look, Tonali may want to go back to Italy, if you're, I don't know, who's the richest club? Inter Milan? If Inter Milan want Tonali, they can probably do 50, 60 and give him 250 grand a week.

6:13But that's right at the top of their limit. And I don't think they would do that. I don't think they could do that. Whereas Man united and man city we're going to go in and probably go 80 90 100 250 300 grand a week so they're just they're just going to blow them out of the water so the italian move is not going to happen and i think that's romano basically saying the italian move can't happen so i think that's really important as well um there's been sent something here let me have a quick look uh

6:50OK, something about Diamande coming in as well. Remind me about that. I will catch up on these super chats. I just want to just carry on with this for a moment. So, yeah, I think with regards to this situation then, obviously it's big. Tonali, Man United. But I want to bring in Anderson at this point because, and I agree with Watts' face saying Tonali improves most teams. I want to delve into this Man City, Man United, Anderson, Tonali thing. First and foremost, because Laurie Whitwell said that Man United could go and buy two£70 million midfielders, I think some people are waking up this morning about too many Coco Pops and they're getting a sugar rush and they're going, we could get Anderson and Tonali.

7:34Forget about it. We're not doing that. We won't do that. That's just fantasy. That's the sort of excited PR United want you to be. Oh, we're cooking. Too many Man United fans get excited about fantasy and then it allows them to think Ineos are good at what they're doing. We're not good at what we're doing. Don't even entertain Tonali and Anderson to Manchester United because it will not happen. We will have to pay 90 minimum for Tonali. That's going to be his price. And Anderson, we don't know what the price is. We're not going to spend 200 million pounds on two midfielders. So we won all the other in relation to them.

8:11Man City could probably do both. Now, a lot of people out there are hoping Man City are going to get a 60-point deduction. I'm going to do a video on that on That's Football at Lunchtime and go through that because I wouldn't get too excited about that. But Man City could get Tenali and Man City could get Anderson because that's the sort of thing they do. They don't need to do much this summer other than rebuild their midfield. They've got Semenyu, they've got Gehi, they've got fullbacks, they've got attackers. they just need to rebuild their midfield and Rodri could be leaving and Bernardo Silva could be leaving so they could go Tonali and Anderson, Man City I would throw that in there Man City could do Tonali and Anderson they could they definitely could they've definitely got the revenue to do it and they definitely could do it and they could definitely offer big wages as well we won't do Tonali and Anderson because Tonali, Newcastle are starting the price at 90 million and Forrest, I think it's going to be about 70, maybe a bit more for Anderson.

9:17Plus Man City are willing to offer 300 grand a week to both. So we won't get both. We won't be able to afford to get both. We won't go for both. Man City could go for both. I mean, that's like worst case scenario. That would be horrific for us if they got both, which is why I think we've got to be in a rush and move on what we think we can do. I think the interesting thing here is in relation to Elliot Anderson, everything we've heard from David Ornstein to Fabrizio Romano to Ben Jacobs to the Manchester Evening News to the Athletic, every single outlet has told us all season that we want Elliot Anderson.

9:57And on On Thursday, on this channel, we had Ben Jacobs on saying that Man United have done the legwork on Elliot Anderson. So we are clearly in for Elliot Anderson and Tonali as things stand this morning. The question's going to be, at what point do we definitively move on one? Or are we waiting to see where the other one goes? because in my mind, I want a manager sorted and I definitely want three midfielders and I definitely want fullbacks, which we'll talk about in a minute. And I want Diamonde, which we'll talk about in a minute. But if we could come out of this March international break, early April, knowing we've got one midfielder in the bag, I don't know why you wouldn't do that.

10:50I don't know why you wouldn't do that. We've got so much to do in a World Cup summer why would you not pretty much get the player buy-in now? You're not going to agree a deal with Forrest and you're not going to agree a deal with Newcastle. But maybe Newcastle are more amenable to doing a deal now so they can get on with their summer transfer window because I tell you what, Newcastle's big mistake last year was they wasted too long on Isaac and he never played for them again. And they ended up rushing at the end of the window. So I think that it's going to be really interesting because it's very, very obvious at the moment, based on credible reports, that Man United want Tonali or Anderson.

11:30We will not get both. So, I mean, it would be a dream to get both, but we will not get both. So which one are we actually going to go for? And are we waiting to see who Man City go for? Something in the chat says, did you really think Man City would sign both? I mean, they just went and bought Gehi and Semenyu in January. the best centre-back available in the Premier League and the best winger available in the Premier League. Following what Manchester City do, there's absolutely no reason why they won't buy two midfielders in the summer. And if they buy two midfielders in the summer, why would they not go for Tonali and Anderson?

12:07I mean, they can afford it. As things stand, they can afford it. They do have the pull. And we don't know what Pep Guardiola is doing, but if Pep Guardiola says, I do want to stay, then maybe they do go and get both, which leaves us in a bad position if we don't. Marlowe says, exactly one month ago, you made a video stating the beginning of Stilla Talks. Then it went quiet. What happened? I still think he should be a priority, says Marlowe. I think in relation to Stilla, and trust me, I have been trying to find information out on that, is that Favell really likes Stilla, but I think he's on thin ground because the club are prioritising Premier League proven.

12:47and remember Sesco was fifth choice and Sesco and Favell still had to fight to get in so I think Stiller is a player that Favell really does like and I think United do rate Stiller but I think they're locked in on Premier League proven like Anderson Wharton Tonali even Baleba I think they're ahead of Stiller because they play in the Premier League I think that's wrong I think that's wrong I think you know Rodri came in from La Liga and became the best midfielder in the league. So I don't think your scouting should be limited to Premier League proven, but he seems to have fallen off a little bit.

13:25I mean, look, I would love that to become a thing again. But yeah, yeah. Louise says, I don't agree with your opinion, Mark. Well, please tell me why, Louise, and I might discuss it. Thank you very much. I think we need Garner, says Olu. I'll talk about those in a moment. Shane says, I'm still sickened after Thursday night. I'm Irish. Tonali would transform our team. Obviously, we'd still need at least one more midfielder as well. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. Stefan, and unlucky on Thursday night. I mean, to see Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland go out, I thought we'd get at least one of them to the World Cup.

14:01Stefan says, Tonali and Ghana seems realistic to me this summer. And Stephen Willock says, are we not then getting a player who won't want us? I think that's a great point about Tonali. I mean, I've said it and I've heard nobody else say it. And to me, it's important. Look, I don't think we should sign Balaba because he wants to sign for Man United because I don't rate him. But on the other hand, I don't think we should sign Tonali if he doesn't want to come to Man United because he wants to go to Italy. Because I look at it and I go, Tonali's 26. If he wants to go to Italy when he's 26, he's still going to want to go to Italy when he's 29.

14:35So how many years to get out of Tonali? 90 million pounds for three years. he's probably going to want to go back to Italy at 30 isn't he so I don't I don't know I don't know look I don't know about how it just keeps getting mentioned how committed is a player who doesn't want to play in England he wants to go back to Italy but obviously he's a professional sportsman and if he can't go back to Italy he's probably very happy to stay in the Premier League and come to Man United um I have to say I do admire how United are going for Premier League players like they're used to makes more sense and means we can develop players better than having played in the Premier League before.

15:09This is slow sports news. I mean, I understand that point. Thanks for your super chat. But as I said, I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't go back to what I said before. I don't think we should always be buying Premier League proven players. Sesko's not Premier League proven. He's done very, very well. Rodri wasn't Premier League proven. Salah had played in the Premier League, but predominantly was bought from Roma. Same with De Bruyne. So look, the Premier League is full of players, great players that never played in the Premier League before and in United I can understand why it's a bit of a you know a strategy however I do think there are players out there like Angelo Stilla that would be and will be a very good player wherever he lands and we shouldn't close our door on that Hello Mark, hope you're doing well, this is positive I really want this Tonali deal to go through says Tony, thank you very much appreciate that how to handle getting drunk the night before says Constantine hydration yeah they will end up on bench next to Foden says Kiel Robinson at Man City and Olu says I think we need Garner I mean just just very very quickly before we move on to a couple of other stories watched the England England game last night on That's Football I thought James Garner I mean I thought it was a poor performance from England really you know Lewis Hall didn't really do anything.

16:32Manu didn't really do anything when they came on for the last half an hour. But Garner did start the game and looked good. I mean, James Garner's a good player, but I just, I would bring him back to Man United. I'm one of those people that think he's, you know, he would massively improve our midfield. But the problem you've got with Garner is he plays for Everton and they'll massively over price him. And it doesn't sound like United want to go back for Ghana. So whilst I agree he's an interesting proposition at the right age as well in his mid-20s, it doesn't feel like United are going to go anywhere near that.

17:13A lot of people were speaking about Wharton. It's interesting. You know what? You know what I found really interesting about England last night? For the last half an hour, the midfield three was Maynou, Wharton and Palmer. And I thought, you know what? if you offered that up to Man United fans, some of them would be running to the shops to buy tissues. They'd be that excited. And looking at it, I went, you can see that would be a massive problem. Sometimes what looks good on paper doesn't look good in reality. And I'm not judging them on the half an hour last night, but watching them for half an hour last night, I was like, that as a Premier League midfield three would be a problem.

17:51You'd basically be Chelsea, inexperienced. They're good players, Warton, Manu and Palmer, but as a three, this is where the Casamiros, the Brunos, this is where experience matters, the Rodries, because imagine the midfield of Mainu and Wharton. I mean, look, they might learn together over the next couple of years, but it would be massively an experience to go into a Premier League season and a Champions League season. So I do believe we have to buy a midfielder with experience. And I think that's where Tonali really does come home because even Elliot Anderson and Maynou, is that a little bit inexperienced?

18:30Look, it's not to say it won't work, but there'll be times next season with Wharton and Maynou or Anderson and Maynou where they might get found out by a more experienced midfield because they're learning on the job. So I think that I like Wharton, but we have to buy somebody with experience because we're losing somebody with massive experience in Casemiro. and there's not that many players out there. I mean, I think Tonali... Is there another midfielder out there that has experience other than Tonali that we can bring into Manchester United?

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19:49I know we mentioned Bruno Gameres, but that doesn't sound like it's going to happen. But yeah, other than Bruno Gimérez and Tonali, I think they're the only two I can think of that come into that midfield and give me confidence that it's ready to go. And look, I think there is an element that Man United are in a rush, hopefully. I mean, remember, they were talking about winning the league in 2028 for our 150th anniversary.

20:15So it would be great if we actually went for somebody with a bit of experience, but there's not that many out there. yeah we're not getting Tonali it's fluff from Ineos's chuff says Devi what a horrible thought Belaber is not a United player is not good enough says Laura Baxter thank you very much for that okay let's let's move on to our next story this morning because there is quite a bit to get into thanks everyone who's tuning in please do share the video we've got nearly 7 ,000 watching just had this come through in relation to Diamande now it's only just come in so I haven't really had time to to look at it in any great depth but let me just click on it here um i already had it open idiot um so it's coming in from philip heinz who is sky sports news in germany and he says that leipzig want to convince diamante to stay for another season but they are also preparing for big offers Leipzig remain firm the price tag stays at 100 million euros or more um yeah I mean this is this is problematic this is problematic because I think having missed out on Semenyu we do need to bring in a winger and Diamande was the player that we literally pivoted to instantly in January early January when we missed out on Semenyu.

21:42The club leaked it. And they leaked it because they'd missed out publicly to Man City on a player that they wanted. So they put an alternative out there to try and, you know, damage limitation. But what's become increasingly obvious is that as much as we are in talks with him and we like him, there is clearly going to be competition for him. And it reminds me a little bit of Kenda. I remember Kenda January transfer window a year ago we had a crap January transfer window really we only brought Dorgue in and the club leaked right at the start of February to Ornstein that we were in talks with Kenda and then two months later we signed for Chelsea and I feel with Diamande it could I mean Alise as well the club leaked that we wanted Alise and it went to Bayern and I just worry about this Diamande deal that we've sort of we've expressed our interest too early and now all the clubs are going to come in and blow us out of the water and then if we don't get him you're down the list you're down at option three again um i don't believe his price tag's going to be 100 million euros a few people i've spoken to have said it won't be 100 million euros i don't know why leipzig are trying that they won't get that it'll be more like 60 million pounds um but again there's another story saying it'll be 100 million euros.

23:03United won't pay that much anyway. So look, maybe, maybe, United have put a lot of work into Diamande. You've got Favell, RB Leipzig. He's a very exciting player, but you can't be drifting. You can't be drifting that high. And also you've got the Liverpool factor as well, but it's an interesting update because I think Leipzig would like to keep him for another year. And they certainly did that with Sesko. Sesko was expected to leave the year before he did, and they got him to stay for another year. So it could happen. It could. Patrick Lynch says, I do understand the Premier League proven approach, but at the moment, the targets seem to be a big jumble of players.

23:39I'm not 100 % sure what we value in the midfield. What attributes are we looking for? How will this affect how we play? I think this is a great point because that's what I'm trying to say. I look at that Man United midfield and it's 10 hogs midfield. Bruno, Casemiro and Mainu is 10 hogs midfield from two years ago. So it's in massive need of an upgrade anyway. Casemiro's going. He's experienced. So that leaves you with Meynou, who is 20, and Bruno. Let's forget Bruno because he's the advanced midfielder. Let's talk about the two deeper midfielders. We've got Meynou and Agate. Agates, forget it, right?

24:18So you've got Meynou. He's 20. He's talented. That's it. You need numbers. You need quantity. but what's the profile of those numbers you're going for? Because you could bring in Wharton and Balaba and you've got three lads who are 22 or under. I don't think that looks... So we're going for inexperienced, long-term project Chelsea style or you could go for Tonali with Maynou and maybe Gio Gomez and you've got two midfielders who are nearly in their mid-20s and you've got a bit of experience in there ready to go. So you see what I mean? I think most people would go, I want Anderson and Balaba to go with Maynou but part of me thinks Tonali and Giao Gomez suits us better in the immediate to long term whereas I think Anderson, Belaba suit you in the medium to long term if they work and as Patrick says what is it we're looking at because on the one hand we're looking at Belaba who's a huge risk and we're looking at Tonali who's like ready to go experience and then we're also looking at Wharton and Anderson who are early 20s players who've still got development in them.

25:27The only midfielder we've got is a nurturing talent as well. So Patrick is right. What is it? We're awash with midfield targets. There's so many of them. But when you look at them, they're all very different. Some of them are learner drivers. Some of them are young, but still talented and will make an impact. But you're going to have to be patient with them. And some of them are experienced players that you'd bring straight into your team and expect them to hit the ground running. I think United need to fuse... If we're going for two midfielders, one of them needs to be experienced and one of them needs to be Elliot Anderson or Adam Wharton, in my opinion.

26:06Belaber, too much of a risk and young. Wharton and Anderson are better than Belaber and young, but further along in their career. Maynou is the young one. Elliot Anderson and Wharton are two years ahead of him. And then you go for a 25, 26-year-old. That's the midfield three for me. I mean, I'd like to bring another one in as well, but I think one of the midfielders has got to be 25, 26, and one of them's got to be 22. That's how I would look at it. But sometimes you think we're going to go for two 22-year-olds. So, yeah. I mean, I think Patrick makes a great point. Obviously, we don't know what United are prioritising, but they have to bring in somebody experienced in my mind because I can't imagine United next season mixing it up with Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, and then in Europe with Bayern, Munich, Real Madrid, Inter Milan with a midfield consisting of three 22-year-olds.

26:58I just think it would struggle. Liverpool will go for Diamonde if they don't get Alise. So Stefan, well, they're not going to get Alise. Emily Derry says, I'm not sure we have the finances for 100 million for a 19-year-old as much as I like him. Aside from NJ or Everton, who would the alternative be? And he'd be expensive as well. I think Everton would take us for 70 million. The thing about euros is 100 million euros is 90 million pounds. 70 million euros is 60 million pounds, isn't it? And I think Everton would want minimum 70 million euros. Leipzig want 100 million euros. He's six years younger than Njer at Diamande.

27:39So that 30 million for another six years suddenly becomes cheap, doesn't it? So sometimes you have got to look at it like that. Lisa says I really like your sweater you look cute today get the badge in I haven't worn this jumper in ages Lisa glad you like it we will need Diamonde if somehow Luis Enrique is going to be our manager says Yusa and Emily Derry says you play someone like Wharton or Maynou next to Tanale or Gameres and they will come on massively also Maynou needs the competition I agree I completely agree about that thanks for your super chat Emily hope you're doing very well okay let's move on I want to talk next about the left-back situation.

28:19Now, I saw again this morning, I think it was Talk Sport, talking about Man United considering Louis Skelly as a left-back option, concerns over Luke Shaw's fitness and ability to handle the Champions League due to his injury history. United are targeting proven Premier League players and Louis Skelly fits their profile despite limited appearance for Arsenal's this season. Ben Jacobs spoke about this on Thursday, so it's regurgitation of story, but it's out there again. And my big issue is, and, you know, call me a fossil, I'm used to it. But my big issue is that I don't like giving money and I never have liked giving money to people we're trying to be.

28:58So I look at, imagine you live on a road, right? And your neighbor's house is better than yours and they invite you around for drinks and the interior is better and everything's great, right? You get home, you say to your partner, oh, I just really want a house like that, right? And they go, we'll do it. And then, you know, you're talking to your neighbor and they said, oh, you've got a lovely house. Oh, actually, we're thinking about upgrading the sofa. Do you want our old sofa? Yeah. Well, we paid a couple of grand for it. So should we say a couple of grand? And you go, even though you know it's a secondhand sofa they don't want, you still give them good money for it.

29:33You take it in to your house. It's a used sofa. And then as you take it in your house, a brand new, better sofa arrives for them. That's why I don't like buying players from rivals, because if Lewis Skelly was so good, then Arsenal would keep him. The fact they want to move him on is because they want to use that money to upgrade in another area, which makes them even better than us. So I don't really like giving money to rivals. And we never used to do it, really. The last time we took an Arsenal player, I think, was, well, it wasn't. It was Alexis Sanchez. But we took Van Persie because he was their best player and they didn't want him to go.

30:15We're now taking their second or third choice left back and giving them good money for it. And it sort of shows you what Man United is. Also, he's only 19. It's another learner driver, isn't it? You bring Lewis Skelly in and we've got to sit back and wait for two or three years to see if it works. So again, I think that's a great point as well. Shredded says he's only 19. So, you know, we're going to bring a 19-year-old in his left back. I just, I don't see United doing it. I really don't. And I don't think they should do it, especially when there's people like Truffaut. There's people like Mattson.

30:53There's some good left backs out there that I think would massively improve Manchester United. But I said I was going to discuss something this morning and obviously the Tonali news came in, so we didn't need to use it as a headline. But what I've been told from our source in the last 24 hours is don't hold your breath on a left back from Man United. If they go for somebody, it will be an understudy again and it will be cheap, which sort of fits in with Lewis Skelly. because United love Luke Shaw and that's coming in from the club. So I'm not expecting Man United to buy anybody of significance at left back this season.

31:29And maybe Lewis Skelly is the sort of deal you do because it's cheap and he's an understudy and he might be good in a few years time. But the plan is still for Luke Shaw to be Man United's left back next season because they're really impressed with how much he's played football. Now that's coming in from club side, very, very well sourced. I mean that's terrifying because ultimately for me that trans, I mean my opinion is the club is talking out of its arse Luke Shaw hasn't had a good season you cannot measure a good season on availability availability is great, it's an ability but that's why it's got ability in it but Luke Shaw this season I'm sorry, has been crap and you know what Ricky can say what he likes Beth can say what she likes you can say what you like the fact is he's got no goals and no assists and apparently he's played every game so our left back has provided no goals and no assists this season and he's played every game now some of the games he played left centre back I agree with that but I don't think it would have changed if he played left wing because watching him play left back he offers zero going forward now hold this thought for a minute.

32:47If you took Luke Shaw out of that team and you replaced him with a left back that can get forward, what would we miss? Is he brilliant defensively? No. He offers nothing going forward. So if you replace Luke Shaw with a left back that can actually get forward and put crosses into the box, Anthony Robinson, Trufford, Lewis Hall, Mattson, we will improve as a team. we will literally improve as a team now i'm not leaving right back alone because de l 'eau i think i think our fullbacks this season have provided um i wrote it down somewhere i think our fullbacks this season have provided one goal and three assists sorry one assist and three goals it might be the other way around and they're all from de l 'eau and de l 'eau gets criticized i don't mind keeping that i was a squad player but um you know i think focusing in on left back, it's dead down that left-hand side.

33:45It's completely dead. And if United ignore that or bring a learner driver in, they're idiots. Now, I know we've got Dorgou. I know we've got Dorgou. And Dorgou's going to be back very soon. And it's a shame he got injured. But I'm not convinced that Dorgou at left back is the right position. I think Dorgou as a left wing back was going to work under Amarin, but we don't play that anymore. Dorgou is a specific left back. I think he might be a winger. I think he might be a right winger. I think he might be a left winger. He might be a left back. Dorgou is exciting, but ultimately we do need to buy a left back.

34:24I was told yesterday, don't hold your breath on a left back because they've got Luke Shaw who stays fit now you've got Dorgue coming back they'll still push Lyon and Amas potentially one of them will be used as well and maybe they'll buy a cheap young left back but don't go thinking United are going to bring a solution in a left back and that's a shame because I think there are solutions out there I mean look we saw Truffaut of Bournemouth against us a couple of weeks ago and he was fantastic um there are some good left backs out there but I just don't think United are going to have the budget to do it, unfortunately.

34:59But hold that thought, right? You've got a left back that's got no goals and no assists this season. You change that left back for somebody you can get forward. The midfield's going to be transformative for us. Of course it is. But so is left back. Left back would be a big, big, big change. Seth says, I'd rather focus on right back. Still got Dorgou, Lyon, been so bad in recruiting. Left back that sure is still a starter after a decade. We can't go with Delo and Masraoui. says Seth. And Carl Robert Shaw says, Belaber will be better with better players around him. Oh, that's all. Great, Carl. Great.

35:35Because we're a charity now, aren't we? Get, tell you what, sign Belaber. Give Brighton 70 million pounds for him. Stick him in our midfield because Carl says he'll be better with better players around him. Whoop-de-doo. I mean, that is absolutely incredible, Carl. Absolutely incredible. So we should buy a shit player and put him in a decent team and he'll be better. How's about we buy a player that's good and makes our team better, rather than the other way round buying a shit player that will be better in a better team? Come on, Carl, have a coffee and wake up. You can't, that's like saying, that's like signing a bloody Preston midfielder and saying they'll be better in a Man United side because they'll have with them.

36:19Of course, he'll be bloody better in a Man United side because we're better than Brighton, but we need to buy players like Tonali who will make us better. We don't buy players to make them better. We need buy players to make us better. You put Messi, Prime Messi and a Stoke team, he'll make Stoke better. Moto Casino, America's social casino. Welcome to Moto Casino, where the excitement never ends with thousands of the hottest free-to-play Social Casino games, fastest payouts, and the best promotions in the industry. No tricks or gimmicks. Owned and operated in the USA. Moto Casino is a free-to-play social casino.

36:55No purchase necessary. 21 plus to play. Void word prohibited. Sign up today for a generous welcome bonus. Moto Casino. American Social Casino. Download the Moto Casino app today. You put bloody Liam De Lappe in a Barcelona side, they'll make him better. Because he'll get more chances. We can't buy players. I know what you're saying, Carl, but that's not how it needs to work. You put Calvert-Lewin up front for Real Madrid, he will score goals because he'll have better players around him. He's still Calvert-Lewin. You put Erling Haaland up front for Real Madrid, he'll score a lot more goals because he'll make them better.

37:34We've got to buy... Don't fall into that trap of, well, this player that's not doing well might be better in a Man United side. We don't make them better. We need to buy players who make us better. That's how it needs to work. I do agree with Carl. I do agree that you can buy a player and they'll be better at Man United because it's a better environment and a better team. But we shouldn't be buying players so that we can make them better. We should be buying players to make us better. That's what we need. I swear United and Ricky are watching a different Luke Shaw, says Emily. There should be a study done in an exercise in Glazenomics at its best or worst.

38:10I've got an idea, actually. I think we need to do this before the end of the season, right? I'm trying to think how we could do it I think we should do A studio watch along Maybe when we've got chat Maybe late April, maybe Brentford Maybe we could get Ricky not to go to the Brentford game because it's at home Sit in the studio with me On the long table Watching a Man United game And Bruno And Shaw He can sit there and I can sit there And the live chat can sit there and we can talk about what he's seeing with Shaw that I think shit and what he's seeing with Bruno that I think's good and he thinks shit.

38:56I think that would be a great idea. I want to see if we can arrange that. Maybe we do it for the Brighton, the Brentford game. See if we won't go. That would be a brilliant idea because I'm like you, Emily. I'm sort of like... The amount of times I'll finish my match reaction and it'll be there and it'll be Beth or I'll watch Ricky or someone going, Luke Shaw played brilliant. I'm like, the chat literally gave him a four. They literally gave him a four. And one thing about our player ratings is it's never been about agenda. I mean, I've seen Delo get a seven before, so it's never about agenda.

39:32So I would love to do that. Love to do that. Look, maybe what it is, maybe what it is, and we're all capable of this, there will be times in a game where Luke Shaw makes a good tackle or he plays a simple pass. And maybe the brain just focuses on that and goes, what a pass, what a tackle and ignores the bad things. Because he can definitely do that with Bruno. You could go, oh, well, that, yeah, it's an assist, but look at that, he's misplaced that. So maybe that's what it is. 90 % on bench is Premier League proven, says Kiel Robinson. What do you think about Kadioglu at Brighton, says Ian O 'Connell?

40:08Good player. He is a good player, but I don't think we'd ever go for him. Emil says Tonali Diamande Lewis Hall Mane Balaba I'm happy you've ruined it with Balaba what is it like what is it about any Man United fan that keeps talking about Balaba in a positive sense what is it is it do you play FC26 is he on Football Manager has he got a big Instagram following like seriously I feel like we're doing this Ricky thing now what is it because I see it all the time I see people in the chat. I see people online. What is it about, oh, let's get Belieber? I mean, do you watch football? Have you just completely and utterly removed watching football from your brain and you just like the name or something like that?

40:55Because last summer, I wanted Belieber. Based on last season, he showed a lot of potential, but he's done nothing this season. he's absolutely shit like honestly he's shit he barely starts and when he does he's shit so what is it about you've sort of touched a nerve here because to buy Belaber Brighton won't sell him for less than 60 and he ain't worth 30 so what is it you want to give 60 million pounds to Brighton for a player that did well the season before last the season before this and there's still loads of people doing it. And I'm sort of like, you know what? Actually, you've hit a nerve.

41:39Why? Why do you want Balaba? What is it about him? Have you not watched Brighton this season? Well, you don't need to because most of the time he's on the bloody bench anyway.

41:51I don't know whether you've just been indoctrinated. It's a scary experiment. Have you just been indoctrinated by United's constant spin of we want Balaba, we want Balaba, we believe he's a good player? because there's nothing he's done this season. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Mohamed says, Balaba is actually good, Mark. And I appreciate you, Mohamed, because that's exactly the sort of analysis I think is the reason some people want him. It's the, Balaba is actually good, Mark. And I think that probably is the sentence, isn't it? Balaba is actually good. Read that back. Balaba is actually good.

42:28There's zero substance to that. Just this belief that he's a good player based on a shit season. But he's actually good. You know, he's actually good. Yeah. It's like the guy who does the ski jump and falls over and messes it up and then has another go and does it again. Yeah, he isn't very... But he is actually good. Give him another go. He's fell over again. Yeah, but he is actually good. He actually is good. Try again. He's fell over again. But he is. He actually is good. And I think that's... That's fine. I love your belief, I just don't get it. I don't get it. And I certainly don't want to spend£60 million on a he's actually good player.

43:08I'd rather spend£60 million on a player that's visibly good, not actually good. Typical Ineos. Throw enough names out there. Some will stick. Surely if we have£40 million for Skelly, we could find£10 million for someone better. If we spend£40 million on Louis Skelly, Wilcox can piss off. Emil says, I'm implying that's who the club will buy. Thank you, Emil. we should sign Nusser what you thought says Tino I like Nusser at Leipzig but there's something about him that's just not gone quite right this season he doesn't always start for Leipzig he wasn't starting for Norway last night there's something about Nusser this season that's just not gone the way it should have done I think he's a very talented player but there's something not quite right with Nusser this season and I don't know why I'd rather focus on right backs as Seth we've done that one as well just aware of we're approaching 11 o 'clock here a couple of other bits I wanted to discuss Craig Hope Daily Mail saying that Man United are not considering a move for Bruno Gamera this summer the Brazilian midfield is not on their radar I don't know whether that will be true or not but it seems to have gone down a little bit Talk Sport are saying they think it will be Michael Carrick who gets the job it's just a matter of time and David Beckham has spoken about Michael Carrick saying I've always liked Michael as a coach when you look at him there's a calmness On the side of the pitch, there's an elegance in the way he is, whether the way he celebrates or gets angry.

44:34All of those things are important in a manager. He knows the players and knows the way Man United should play. As a United fan, it's exactly what we needed. I mean, look, there's very few players, ex-players out there. And I respect all our ex-players, Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, you know, Nicky Butt. they're all legends in my mind and they achieved greatness that seems a very distant memory compared to what we've had over the last 13 years David Beckham's probably one I really really find it very difficult to go against because he's an icon, one of my favourite ever ever players and I find it hard to do this but I'm going to do it he knows the players and he knows the way Manchester United should play I've watched Man United under Carrick and this is not the way Man United should play and that's all I'm going to say David I'm sorry I'm sure he doesn't watch but Michael Carrick has not got Man United playing the way Man United should play I thought Arsenal and Man City were brilliant games but since then it's been like Southgate's England it's moments, it's pragmatic, it's counter-attack and if we're going to do this next season with Michael Carrick and Steve Holland, I think a lot of people are going to be saying Carrick out very, very soon next season because the football, I don't think it's very good.

46:00I wouldn't say it's abysmal because we're getting results, but I don't think this is the way Man United should be playing and I don't think we can say that Michael Carrick's got Man United playing the way we should play. I think he knows the way we should play, but I don't think we are. I really don't. I think it's very similar to Oli and I think it's very similar to Gareth Southgate and that's probably because we've got Steve Holland. I like Michael Carrick I think he has an air of calmness I think he's a legend of the club as well in my opinion and he's a fan of the club but I don't I said this yesterday more and more ex-players are coming out saying Rooney's been saying it for a while Fairyland's been saying it for a while Beckham's sort of hinting at it there I think give it a week maybe two weeks i think neville will jump on the bandwagon as well um and i think we probably are moving towards carrick getting the job because the club's fucking useless and they're absolutely abysmal at getting what's needed which is the best in class so i think carrick will get the job but i'm not going to sit here and say he's got us playing the united way because he hasn't.

47:12We're playing the Steve Holland way, which is the Southgate way. And I don't care if people want to take a pop at me for it because every match we've played since Spurs, you go online, you listen to call-ins, you look at our live chat, you look at comments and everybody's saying it's the football's crap. So that's my big concern. I said it last night. The criteria to get the Man United job can't be qualifying for the Champions League. That's got to be the interview. And the interview's got to be, how are you going to get us playing a brand of football that people are excited about? And I think if Carrick gets the job with Steve Holland, I just can't see it working.

47:57I can't. I don't think this style of football is going to last. I really don't. And I think it's a mistake. If Carrick gets the job and he sacks Steve Holland and he brings in a better style of football, maybe he's got a chance. but I don't, I've said it to you since January. It scares me giving it to Carrick. It scares me because I can see the style of football. I can see what happened with Oli. And there seems to be this, there seems to be this issue that you either don't give Carrick the job under any circumstances or give him the job now. And if you're not either of those, you get criticized.

48:34I mean, obviously those two factions argue with each other. But if you're somebody who goes, actually, I'm undecided, but I'm worried, which is what I am, you also get shit from the Carrick-Inners as well. I've never said don't give Carrick the job under any circumstances. I've just said don't give Carrick the job at the moment. I want to see us interview other candidates and see who they are. I want to see how we play until the end of the season. But one thing that I will keep repeating because I find it very funny because I see it in the comments quite regularly is people saying you can't compare Carrick to Ollie.

49:12You can't compare Carrick to Ollie. It's unfair. And I feel like taking my glasses off, rubbing my eyes and going.

49:23You do realize Michael Carrick was Ollie's assistant that entire time Ollie was here. You can't compare Oli to Carrick. Okay. They were basically partners for that period. You can compare Carrick to Oli. Not totally, but you can. Of course you can. You can't say it failed with an ex-player, so why would you not go for another ex-player? That would be unfair. but there is context to the fact that Carrick's football at the moment is very similar to Oli's and Carrick was Oli's assistant. Carrick was at the club before Oli was here. Carrick was here with Mourinho. Carrick has been at Man United for quite a long time over the last 10 years.

50:16He was with Mourinho for six months and then he stayed with Oli for three years. So he was part of that. So you can use that. Some people say, oh, you can't do that. It's completely separate. He was there. He was there with Ollie. So you can use that if you want to use that. Why wouldn't you use that? My stance is fear. I'm just scared. I'm scared of doing another Ollie. I'm scared of us running away on interim results and wasting another two years on a mistake. That's what I'm scared of. That's my issue. And I've been very consistent about that. I also said in January, I think they'll give Carrick the job because I think the club are always looking for a cheap, easy option that helps them maintain the status quo.

51:06And if you give the job to somebody that's very grateful for the job, like they did with Solskjaer, you won't get much resistance. Whereas if you give the job to somebody who's very ambitious and wants to win, you'll get a lot of resistance. Look, if you recruit a Mourinho, you're going to get a lot of shit as a director of football because he wants to win and he's, you know, very imposing. If you appoint an Oli, you're going to get someone that's really grateful and just doesn't say, you know, doesn't challenge you. And I think that's what Wilcox and Ineos want. They want someone that's not going to challenge them.

51:36So I just feel this summer will either be very good or a total failure. And I'm not sure the club will get the players that are needed, says Midriss. Look, you could get on the one hand and a Goldsman or an Enrique. a Tonali an Anderson a good left back a good left winger and some squad players and we're moving you could go for Mr Inexperienced fourth or fifth choice midfielders not get a left back not get a left winger and you're in trouble so yeah I agree I said that myself Midriss it could go either way I hope you're well says Daniel Thompson great show as ever thank you Daniel Sonny says Mark Hall or Trufford Tonali Anderson Diamande Orangia and Scott or Bergwell, if there's still room.

52:21Three or four of these and I'd call it a good window. So you've got, forget Hall, that won't happen. So you've got Truffaut at left back, Tonali, Anderson, Diamande Orangia and then Scott or Bergwell. I mean, I take that. I take that every day of the week. I mean, bloody hell. If we get, we won't get Tonali and Anderson, but God. Shane says, the fact is Luke Shaw four years ago would be perfect. He could get forward. He cannot be that player anymore. We need a left back. Absolutely agree with you. Thank you, Shane. And Kuber says, I'm a bit confused why Belaber is liked. He's so bad. 40-year-old Milner is starting over him when he plays Brighton lose.

52:54When he doesn't, they win. There is a bit of a theme there. And Killer Snake says, Belaber sinking his value says a lot about him. And Mr Tomba says, Nusser has a bit of an injury issue at times. Maybe that explains it. Do you think the war in the Middle East will affect City's ability to acquire players, says Bobby? I don't think it's going to impact Man City's wealth no would you take the labour on loan says Peak Perform well it won't happen I mean I'd like to try before we buy yes with a player like that yes I definitely would like to try before we buy but we won't ok brilliant show this morning 8 ,000 watching make sure you smash a like on the video because we nearly hit 1 ,000 likes we are back with you on an 8 o 'clock show tonight Saturday Night Live we've got a really interesting topic, a proper eight o 'clock topic.

53:46We haven't had a chance to really get into these debates that I like to do on the international break. So we'll start tonight unless something else breaks. I think you'll really enjoy it. Thanks everyone for watching. Take care. Stay safe, whatever you're doing today. And I'll speak to you all in a bit. Thanks for watching.

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