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0:00What's going on everyone, it's Bluff here and we're driving through the states in the Bluffmobile and the best thing that we can do is play our favorite casino style games on SpinQuest. They have over a thousand games including live dealer blackjack and craps with tons of slots and unlimited options. You can get a$30 coin pack for just$10 for new users. Sign up today, go to SpinQuest.com right now. SpinQuest is a free to play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news, transfer news as we delve into, well, some new significant updates to be honest with you.

0:42I'm a little bit late this morning because Iriola is not going back to Spain to Athletic Club. They are going for, I forget the name of the manager. So he is leaving Bournemouth and looking like a Premier League manager. Is that something United are going to do or Chelsea are going to do it? Also, Bruno Fernandes in a very exclusive interview with Wayne Rooney, effectively slamming the ownership again. What does that mean for his future at United? Also, we've got updates around Giao Gomez, Elias Anderson and Jan Diamande, all of which look like they are off the table for Manchester United now, which develops the question, what is it we're actually doing then?

1:21If we're not getting Anderson and we're not getting Giao Gomez and we're not getting Diamande, there was a time maybe a month ago when those three players could have been very viable options. And if they're not options, then who are we looking at? So look, lots to get into on the show this morning. We'll start off. Where should we start? Well, let's start off with Iriola, actually, just very, very quickly, because the manager situation at United, I saw something this morning about Wayne Rooney, you know, making a big play for Carrick to get the job, which is fine. Obviously used to play with him.

1:51They're very good mates. He was down at Carrington today to do the interview, not today, this week, doing the interview with Bruno, which is very, very good. But for British Romano, he's just put it out there. Here we go. Edwin Tursic has been approved all details of Athletic Club contract, ready for new chapter in Bilbao, formal steps and then official statement to follow. So Iriola will not be going back there, but he will be leaving Bournemouth. Is he an option for Manchester United? Well, probably not. I think in relation to the manager situation is still very much a debate that I don't want to get into because we've done it to death.

2:25But I still think it's going to be Michael Carrick's job, but we can't argue that there's some good options out there. It's certainly not. It's a bit like the midfield situation, isn't it? The manager market is very, very big. There's a lot of options there. Obviously, there's risk with everybody, but there is a lot of managers out there. So look, I don't think United or do anything about that, but maybe they will. Just on Elliot Anderson, there was something else today. I've not even checked it myself. It was on Instagram and I'm not very good on Instagram. Let me just see if I can do it while we're live here.

3:00Apparently Elliot Anderson has done something else on Instagram that would suggest that maybe he's going to go to Manchester City. Let's have a look.

3:16I mean, I can't see anything that he's done on Man City. but what I would say about Elliot Anderson is, right? I don't know. I don't know. Fabrizio Romano. Oh, he reposted a City video, says King Walker. And apparently we've had a Fabrizio Romano post as well. It's all going on this morning. We are starting. Make sure you're watching the channel, subscribing to the channel, because it is starting to get very, very busy now, isn't it?

3:44Fabrizio Romano has posted about Saliba. I mean, I don't know what that's got to do with the United Stand. But there we go. Yeah. OK. Sometimes the chat will send us off in directions that are absolutely irrelevant. But in relation to Elliot Anderson, I'm sort of confused by this. I mean, because it's very, very obvious over the last 24 hours that everybody is basically saying he wants to go to Man City and that's probably where he's going to go. And I mentioned this last night that it's sort of confusing because United have made a big bit. I mean, I think United's messaging to the fans is in a nice way confused.

4:23On the one hand, we only want to buy players that want to play for Man United. And on the other hand, we're waiting for Elliot Anderson like bloody Oliver with a bowl saying, please, sir. Like, you know, I don't understand. I could pull out four or five stories in the last 12 months where United are quite happy to say we only want players that want to play for Man United. And then for nine months, we've been waiting on Elliot Anderson. And you know what? I don't know why we're doing this. Like, he's a very good player, right? He's a very good player. But it's desperate. It's a bit beggy, you know?

4:55Why are we waiting? Why are we waiting? It doesn't make... Elliot Anderson is, for whatever reason, wanting to go to Man City. And there's some very good reasons for that. And I don't even knock it, really. But Man United are still waiting there, throwing stories out about how he's our priority. And are we doing it for time? Do you think we're using it for time? Do you think we're going, the longer he doesn't sign for Man City, the more we can be linked to him and the more we don't actually do anything? I mean, is that a good take? I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me because it's very obvious that he seems to want to go to Man City and we're second best and we're using that story for months.

5:30And you sort of like go any club with any morals would be like, he clearly wants to go to Man City. We're not messing about. We're moving on. And what I mean is, all right, maybe he will come to Man United, but will he be second best? And I think that United, you know, we could play a card here and go, look, we're not going to wait. We're not waiting for you. We're not going to wait. You either get in the car or you don't. it reminds me of my granddad actually like he you know absolute legend but he was very impatient you know if you if you wanted uh if you've said could granddad could have one of one of your crisps he'd hold the hold the packet like quite tightly so you could only get a couple out didn't want to share um and also you know if we were down the local pub and you know he wanted to go home and we were playing on the swings and that and my grand was waiting for us he'd drive off like he'd be like, I've had enough of waiting, which was problematic when we were in Cornwall once because it's a long way back from Cornwall to Nottingham.

6:26But my point is, some people won't wait. And if you know people aren't going to wait, you won't call their bluff. You won't say, I'm going to have another go on the swings, granddad. You won't do it because you know he'll drive off because he's done it before. So United need to be a little bit like that. Because when people know that you won't wait, they won't take the piss. They'll be on it. They'll move on. And God, I never did that on the swings again. So the point is, I think United are coming across weak again. Weak again. And I know some of you want Man City to win the league, which I find incredible.

7:03I just don't know what's happening to football, but that's football. It's fine. Tune in at three o 'clock for the relegation games. But we have been second place to Manchester City at Christmas for Semenyu and we are now second place to Man City now. Man City fans must just sit there if you can find them and laugh at United going, you know, all my life United were the big club and now look at us. We are the kingmakers. We sit here and we go for players and Man United are desperately there. It's like being in a nightclub, isn't it, right? It's like being in a nightclub, right? And there's someone you fancy and they're flirting away with someone else and you're stood there like a beg, hoping that that someone else says, no, you're not for me.

7:47So they've got to look for someone else. And your mates are like, come on. Have some pride. She wants to be with him. And you're waiting there like a beg. She's not interested in you. Not interested. Unless he snubs her, not interested. And you know what? What sort of relationship's that? Second best. As soon as something better comes along, they'll be gone. And I think that there are so many good options in the midfield for Manchester United. And we're sort of like, I get the feeling actually that this is just what United do. It happens a lot. Liam De Lappe, a year ago, we want Liam De Lappe.

8:29We want Liam De Lappe. We want Liam De Lappe. He goes to Chelsea. We want Jocharez. We want Jocharez. We want Jocharez. He goes to Arsenal. We want Semenu. We want Semenu. wants Semenyu, he goes to Man City. We want Anderson. There's a running theme of Ineos, Wilcox, Barada, of being a bit beggy. You know, on the one hand, we're Manchester United and we only want players to play for Man United. On the other hand, we are proving... I mean, Liam De Lappe, we were begging Liam De Lappe. And, you know, he goes to Chelsea, which is great. It is great, but nine months, we're still being told Elliot Anderson's our priority.

9:10and I'm sort of like, he's good, but Tonali's better. He's good, but Chiamini's better. Just move on. Bim the story. Go, we've waited long enough. We've got a big summer coming up. We're moving on, you know? As Colin says, are they doing it just to kill time? Because another story that's come out this morning, actually, is about Joao Gomez. Now, I don't think this is going to cause tears in the chat. I really don't think people are going to, you know, throw their breakfast against the wall or, you know, scream in their garden but i do think that you know it is worth mentioning that jau gomez is valued at around 40 million by wolves at 35 to 40 million pounds uh man united and arsenal have been tracking him but apparently atletico madrid have also opened talks with wolves this is coming in from ben jacobs uh via talk sport so um he is looking and ben jacobs tweeted this last night, Atletico Madrid have opened talks with Wolves for Giao Gomez having shortlisted him in January Atletico Madrid have already agreed terms with Edison but no club to club agreement, Atletico looking to look at other options as well Man United and Arsenal are also tracking Edison but I'm not going to lose sleep over the fact that we don't get Giao Gomez but I am going to lose sleep at the fact that I don't really know what we're doing and there'll be some prat who comes out with well, you know, why would Man United tell you?

10:40Because Man United tell everybody. We're not that club. I can't, you know, 10 years now, longer than 10 years, I can't sit here and go, I'll trust the process. I think you can at other clubs. I think at Liverpool, you could probably sit there and go, look, we've got history of not being in for a player in the morning and holding up a shirt in the evening. We don't have that history. So I'm sorry, I don't want to be offensive, But if somebody tells me, well, why would you know anything? The club might be working on secret stuff. Come on. It's, you know, United working on secret stuff is like asking Stevie Wonder to drive into London and get you shopping without hitting anything.

11:18It's not going to happen, is it? With all due respect. So I think that Manchester United aren't working on secret stuff because it doesn't work. And as King Walker says, maybe all roads lead to the labour. Let's hope Stevie Wonder's not driving. But the point is, I don't see, I don't really see what we're doing at the moment, you know? And also, if you think we're doing secret stuff, why have we more or less put it out there to the Ornsteins and the Romanos, etc., that Elliot Anderson is our priority, Tonali's too expensive, Wharton is too similar to Maynou. I mean, we literally had a brief this week.

12:02Simon Stone, Samuel Luckhurst, The Athletic, James Ducker. They all had the same story. They all had the same story, didn't they? Max says, note to Mark's editor, please swap, snap up these analogies to make a compilation later. Well, they're not analogies. Some of them are true. I mean, look, the granddad thing was, I love him to bits, from a different era, of course. And we've all got relatives that are no longer with us, sadly, that, you know, in 2026, I think they'd be completely and utterly lost. But he was an incredible man and a legend of our family. But he was impatient. He used to like a pint on a Sunday night and he'd happily go down the local on his own and, you know, just buy a pint and talk to people.

12:48He loved it. It was, you know, one of his favourite things to do. Occasionally, he would ask my gran if she wanted to come with him and if she wasn't ready in 10 minutes, he'd go. Like the amount of times she'd get dressed, come downstairs and he'd be gone because he just won't wait. He'd be a brilliant director of football for Man United, actually, if he was still with us. He'd be a brilliant director of football for Man United because he loved football. He watched football all over the place. He'd go and watch any game of football. he'd watch me play Sabuto he just loved football but he was impatient very impatient like he wouldn't wait about and United need somebody like that you know it wasn't like he was like he would say do you want to come to the pub we're going in 10 minutes but if they weren't ready in 10 and a half minutes the car was gone and you were stood at the door going like this or you're on a swing going am I going to get home it'd be a terrible Uber driver it'd be a terrible Uber driver thank god it didn't exist he wouldn't wait he'd never make any money but no seriously like you can't you can't you can't figure out what United are doing at the moment because we've been very public in Anderson and if he goes to Man City that's gone we've been very public in saying Tenali's too expensive we've been very public in saying that Wharton's too similar to Mainu we've been very public in saying that Bruno Gamera's is too old.

14:14It's gone very quiet around Stilla. Jao Gomez could be heading to Atletico Madrid. So I'm sort of a little bit panicky now because I'm sort of looking at it and going, that leaves Chiamini, Balaba, Scott. And that's about it that I think we're relatively linked to. And I'm starting to worry because we need three midfielders. And I'm telling you now, Chouamini, Belaber and Scott isn't the balance of three I would go for. We seem to be crossing off names more than we're including names at the moment. And as I said, it's not quite May yet, but it's nearly May. Whether it's slots or live dealers, SpinQuest.com has the fun and action you're looking for with SpinQuest exclusives, Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, and even live dice with craps and bubble craps.

15:13The games never stop, so you don't have to. And right now, new users get$30 coin packs for just$10. Play now at SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. Incredibly, we've not interviewed any managers. And incredibly, we're not in advanced talks with any players. So if I was to Jim Radcliffe, I would be saying to Jason Wilcox, what are you doing? And Jason, I want to make this very, very clear. I'm not talking about the last two years because it's been absolute shit and we'll be here all day. What are you doing? Because you're not very good at your job, are you, Jason?

15:57And I say, what are you doing? And you could think a million things. What are you doing from sacking Amerim to today when your job is to rebuild this team in the summer with signings and get a manager in? What have you actually done? And don't get me a little colouring book out where you've been drawing pictures of cars and rainbows. What have you actually done that is your job since sacking Amerim at the start of January? Where there was a transfer window open as well. What have you actually done? because we're at the end of April, which is January, February, March, April. That's four full months because it was the start of January when we sacked Amrim and it's the end of April now.

16:41What have you done in four months around players coming in and the manager situation? Other than sit there and pray, everybody wants Carrick, and pray that Man City mess up the Anderson deal. What is it you've actually done? Because I think that question, I'm not attaching analogies. I'm not going to do any comparisons. I think sometimes you've got to be really serious. What have Man United done from sacking Amrum at the start of January to the end of April? And you can include manager interviews if you want, but more importantly, in relation to transfers, what have we actually done? Apart from walk round like Oliver FC with a bowl saying, please, sir, please, you know, there's nothing Man United about it, is there?

17:27We're just, I don't know what we're doing. Even this morning, German reports that United were really interested in Yandiamonde in February and now backed off. So you could actually sit there and say, we're actually backing off deals. Yandiamonde, after some NU snubbed us, looked really good. Yandiamonde looked like a deal that we were going to do. I'll come back to that. We're now backing off that. So who's the left winger we're going for? Anderson, as I've said, it doesn't look very good. So I don't really know what it is we're doing. And look, I'm talking about Sir Jim Radcliffe saying that to Wilcox.

18:06Let's not forget, that's an example of competence. Sir Jim Radcliffe is not saying to Jason Wilcox, what have you done for the last four months? Because Sir Jim Radcliffe isn't saying that. He is responsible. Sir Jim Radcliffe's not sat there to Wilcox saying, what are you doing? That's a joke. That's not happening. Sir Jim Radcliffe's there pulling the strings saying we're not doing anything. He's the guy in charge of the football side saying, let's wait. We're waiting for something. If anybody knows what we're waiting for, please let me know. Is it a bus? I don't know. What is it we're waiting for?

18:36But we're waiting for something. I think we're waiting for... I think we're waiting to officially be in the Champions League. I think we're waiting for Anderson to actually make his mind up. Just the same as last year, we waited for De Lab. He went to Chelsea and we shit ourselves. We waited two months for De Lapp. He went to Chelsea and then we were like, oh God, what are we going to do now? So I think we're waiting. I think we are a football club that is slow to act. We were slow under the glazes. I think we're slower now. There's no example of Man United moving quick on anything. We're just very slow.

19:11And in the modern football world, you can't be slow. But we are slow. We're very, very, very slow in what we do. Just in relation to the left winger, by the way, you might have watched the Bundesliga stream last night on That's Football. If you didn't, this is a player that I'm convinced, I am absolutely convinced that he is going to be very, very good. His name is Noosa. He plays for Leipzig. He plays off the left wing. I mean, Diamande is probably more of a right winger. I watched him last night. He played on the right wing for Leipzig. He's a very good player. He can play off the left, but I think he's more of a right winger.

19:47Noosa is a left winger. he's a proper winger he's only just 21 he was probably the best player on the pitch he's very somebody on the stream last night said he reminded them a lot of Luis Diaz well I'll have a bit of that I think you know I don't know why United aren't linked to him I genuinely think where we are as a football club we could take a punt on Noosa because we're not Arsenal we're not Man City he's strong as well He's six foot. He's physical. He's quick. He takes people on. He puts crosses in the box. I mean, look, I've seen him play a few times. I said at the start of the season, I really like Noosa.

20:27But if you watched him last night in the first half against Union Berlin, exactly what we need at Man United. Like he gets the ball. He gets the cross in. He keeps the width. Proper winger. United should be all over that. what I would say about that though is I'm not that stressed because we've got Favell and he's got a good mentality too he's probably going to blow up in the World Cup as well so you know it would be would do well to move quickly on that um I mean whether people say would Leipzig sell both their wingers two wingers came on yesterday Gomez and Bakayoko who are just you know the replacements for Diamande and Nusa so you could get him I don't know what the price would be but my fear is that you've probably got Favell saying we should get Noosa and then you've got United going we can't get Noosa two midfielders a left back and so we don't get him um I think that might be why we're not going for him um but yeah uh Laura Baxter says something on Google came up saying Sir Jim Rantliff wants to offload Agate.

21:32Wasn't Agate one of Ineos' first signings? I mean And I'd love to know who's responsible for Agate because Ten Hag didn't want him. It was the first summer of Ineos. So Wilcox? Wilcox was first through the door. Was Agate Wilcox's signing? Because Ashworth hadn't started then. Barada, maybe Barada. So it's a bit odd Sir Jim Radcliffe saying that he wants to get rid of Agate and yet his director of football is the guy who wanted him in. And also, Bitter Moose said it could have been Ashworth. Yeah, but remember, United have always had, since Ineos came in, United have always had a transfer board.

22:17So everybody needs to sign it off. Dial says Why would you want to spend £100 million on a player Whose team is fighting relegation When his price could bring in Fernandes and Garner or Scott I think you're talking about Anderson I mean mate We broke the British transfer record For Roy Keane He got relegated with Nottingham Forest So I don't think being relegated Is the problem I think you need to watch football And look at the player Van Der Ven might get relegated And he's crap Anderson and Forest Aren't going to get relegated but Man City wants to spend £100 million on him. Look, I know it's a little bit weak but our recruitment's weak.

23:00If Man City wants a player, United should try and get them. All jokes aside, I push the Belaba narrative because I know the club. We pick what is easy under ridiculous conditions. Yeah, I mean, look, Belaba will be easy because nobody wants him. He's not going to the World Cup and Brighton want to sell and he wants to come to us. That's why we're going for Balaba. United don't care the fact that he's been shit all season. He's available. He's not at the World Cup. Brighton want to sell him and he wants to come to us. So United will PR that one into he's a world beater. But we're not stupid. If Balaba was at Real Madrid and other people wanted him and he wasn't sure about coming to us, he wouldn't be coming to us.

23:40And I'll argue that with anybody. If Balaba was like playing for Leipzig and Arsenal wanted him and Man City wanted him, We wouldn't go anywhere near him. But the fact is, he's not in the World Cup. Brighton want to sell him. And he wants to come to us. That's why we're going after Balaba. We're not going after him for any other reason. Balaba, here we go. Honestly, it's becoming more likely by the day, says Alan. Ryan says, did you know Luke Shaw is the most minutes this season? I'm not surprised, Ryan. It's Operation World Cup, isn't it? I mean, Luke Shaw is probably there now just thinking, what needs to happen for me to go to the World Cup.

24:18I mean, what needs to happen for Luke Shaw to go to the World Cup? I'd say...

24:26I mean, you know what? Mattson's better than him. O 'Reilly and Hall are better than him. Even Jed Spence is ahead of him. I mean, yeah, you need a lot of injuries, don't you? Good morning, United Stan, Mark. did you see Fabrizio's update about Belaba? Apparently we've agreed personal terms with him since a year, said Belaba looks imminent. That was literally last night's show, Max. If that's the update, people need to watch the United Stand because we literally covered it last night. But thank you very much. Sarath, welcome to the Members Club. Thank you so much for getting your badge in the chat.

25:00Let's talk about Bruno Fernandes because a lot of people are saying, what's the story with Bruno? So Bruno did a very good interview with Wayne Rooney yesterday and he spoke quite a lot about things. But the big thing that jumped out to me was that, and I think some people may have missed on this, but he was talking about why he stayed at Manchester United. And again, it's another indirect at something he has said about Manchester United Football Club. So he said, look, I stayed because I thought I still had something that I can give back to the club. Obviously, the Saudi situation with the money, it was a lot.

25:37but the good thing is I have in my family, my wife is pretty down to earth like me. We're very aware that we don't want to be the richest person in the world. We just want to be the ones that have achieved the dreams they had and live a good life with their kids, trying to be successful as possible. The words of my wife were like, have you achieved your dreams? Have you achieved everything you wanted? And that small thing she said made me understand that she's on the same page as me. So let's keep trying and see where this takes me. I didn't want to leave the club last summer at the point where we were struggling um and he said i want i look i want to win the premier league i want to win the champions league and i never hide from that so look bruno there very very honest that um he didn't leave last summer because um it wasn't about the money it was about whether he felt he'd really you know he'd achieved everything he wanted to achieve So I think that bodes really well for the summer because a year on, the Saudi offer is going to be there again.

26:36The money is going to be there again. But surely he's going to have the same opinion in a better scenario. Last summer, all the money from Saudi is there. He obviously thought about it. United not in Europe and he didn't take it. This summer, all the money is there again. But United are back in the Champions League. So I just can't see him going to Saudi. I think he will stay. But look, remember, just remember what you said about the club. From the club, I felt it was, if you go, it's not so bad for us. And that hurts me a bit. He said, I could have left in the transfer window. I would have earned much more money.

27:10And he also said that the club wanted me to leave. I told the directors that I think they didn't have the courage to make that decision because the manager wanted me. But if I said I wanted to leave, even with the manager wanting me to stay, the club would let me. So look, Bruno has made it very, very clear, very, very clear that it was Amrim that wanted him to stay. And he's made it very, very clear that it was Amrim and, you know, his family and him that decided to stay and that the club always, in his opinion, were the ones that were willing to let him go. we're now hearing the club don't want to do that but it is a strange scenario it is a strange scenario and you know I think it's really important that we try and get this resolved quickly in the sense that I don't think he's going to go but for how much longer are we going to wait around and see if anybody else wants him my big fear with Bruno is not Saudi I don't think Saudi happens.

28:17My big fear with Bruno is that he deserves Player of the Year, in my opinion, and he is our most important player. And I saw something really strange, actually. It's in The Sun and it was from Samuel Luckhurst. But it was... I saw this. I wanted to bring it into the show. Let me see if I can find it. I wanted to get your thoughts on it here it is Manchester United staff have lobbied Carrick to talk up Bruno Fernandes player of the year chances publicly Carrick has been reluctant as he does not want to depict United as a one man band and this is coming in from Samuel Luckhurst in The Sun so basically Man United want Carrick in his interviews to big up Bruno Fernandes for player of the year but Carrick won't do it as he doesn't want to depict United as a one-man band I mean look one I don't necessarily believe that story but two it's really really weird but I think with Bruno my only fear is he does deserve player of the year we were ahead of the game on that I said it in January he does deserve player of the year he is an incredible player and like Harry Kane at Bayern you put him in a team like Bayern or PSG or Barcelona or Real Madrid and I think he'll absolutely tear it up.

29:43Bruno Fernandes probably should have played for one of those teams in his career because he'd tear it up. Now, it doesn't look like that's going to happen at 31, but if a club out there was willing to take that step and give United£50 million for a 31-year-old, they would get three or four years of very good Bruno. And would he turn that down? So I'm not worried about Saudi. I think there's a slim chance that a PSG, a Bayern Munich, a Real Madrid or a Barcelona just go, he is actually incredible. Very much like what Real Madrid did with Modric. I mean, Modric was playing for Real Madrid into his mid-30s.

30:21I think with Bruno, you could get three or four years at the very top and he'd be excellent at one of those clubs and he might fancy that. I don't think Saudi's a problem. The good thing is, who's going to give us 55 million or 50 million pounds for a 31-year-old? I don't think that will happen, but that's the only way I see Bruno going. And you wouldn't begrudging that. I think if PSG or Bayern came in and said, there's the money, you wouldn't begrudging that. But he's on very good wages as well. The other thing with Bruno Fernandes that's worth considering is that United are going to probably have to give him a contract because I thought his contract was a lot longer than it is.

30:58He's actually out of contract in 2028, which doesn't give him a huge amount of security. well actually his contract's up in a year with the option of another year what's going on everyone it's Bluff here and we're driving through the states in the Bluffmobile and the best thing that we can do is play our favorite casino style games on SpinQuest they have over a thousand games including live dealer Blackjack and Craps with tons of slots and unlimited options you can get a$30 coin pack for just$10 for new users Sign up today, go to spinquest.com right now. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino.

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31:42So, it's not even up in 2028. Bruno's only got one year left on his contract with the option for a further year. Now, I'm sure United would probably want to keep that, but next season could be Bruno's last year at Man United. So, you know, I don't know. Will United, in a year's time, will United want to give another year to a player on over 300 grand a week? I don't know. So it could be Bruno's last season, next season, even if he stays. We'll have to wait and see. Kiel says, Bruno is fantastic, but it is a problem waiting to happen. Everything goes through him and we don't have a Sir Alex to build something new, says Kiel.

32:24Stuart says, doing a great job as always. Looks like it's Carrick and Belaber, I'm afraid, for the long term with this board and owners. Yeah, well, I do sort of agree with you. But look, just going back to that, if I was Michael Carrick, I'd be all over that. I would not like that at all. And that's why I'm going to defend Carrick on it. Man United staff have lobbied Carrick to talk up Fernandes Player of the Year chances. Carrick has been reluctant as he does not want to depict United as a one-man band. If I was Michael Carrick, I'd be like, I do not want to be associated with that bullshit.

32:50it because the reality is Man United without Bruno Fernandes would be mid-table at best. We are a one-man team. I don't think it's even a bad thing. Barcelona without Messi, good players, but come on. Manchester United without Bruno Fernandes last season, everybody said, where would we be? This season's even worse. So look, Michael Carrick should be talking about Bruno Fernandes for player of the year. I don't believe for one minute he's not talking about it because he doesn't want to make out that the team's a one-man band. And it seems a little bit inflammatory to me in the sense that, oh, he doesn't want to say it because it just makes out he's a bad coach, which I sort of get.

33:28You know, if if Bruno Fernandes is the reason we are where we are, it's not coaching, is it? So it's sort of a bit inflammatory to say Carrick won't big up Bruno for player of the year because he doesn't want it to come across that we're a one man team, which in turn makes him look like he's not a very good coach because it's all about Bruno. But we've watched the games. We've played the games. against Villa we were probably going to lose and Bruno pulls off an incredible assist I mean Bruno has been the player this season that's got us over the line there's been other good players though I think De Ligt was very good at the start of the season Cunha Nbuermo was good at the start of the season Le Mans has been very steady throughout the season Maguire, Casemiro but you know Bruno has been bloody fantastic this year and the club should be shouting about it because they're not going to listen to fans the club should be shouting about it because he has been absolutely incredible and he does deserve player of the year and we do need to shout about it and you know i've heard carrick in the last couple of interviews talking about refereeing decisions which are frustrating but you're never going to change you can shout about bruno being player of the year and i think i think he will do that because i think bruno deserves it in my opinion but i i don't uh i don't believe that story i think it sounds it sounds incredible to me um And without credibility, definitely.

34:45Just a little bit more about Morgan Rodgers. Manchester United are... Hold on a minute. I've just been sent this. Paul Scholes on Man United waiting for Elliot Anderson. Manchester United shouldn't be waiting around for a player who clearly has them as a second option. Sounds like my bloody granddad. If Man City are leading and United are just attentive, that already tells you everything. Top clubs don't operate like that. Pep Guardiola never waits for a player who's thinking about another team. He always has two or three alternatives ready and moves on quickly. That's the difference. City set their terms.

35:19United react. If Anderson is insure, United should walk away and focus on players who actually want to come. You can't rebuild a midfield with players who see you as plan B. That's how you end up overpaying and still not getting full commitment. Well, I applaud that. I applaud that. Absolutely spot on. if that is an absolute direct quote from Paul Scholes which I've got no doubt that it is absolutely spot on and as I said it's like my grandad isn't it if you're not ready in 10 minutes I'm driving off I don't care if you and it's true it's absolutely true the only time that's a bad thing is if you're an Uber driver because you've got to wait and earn a wage but absolutely if you ain't ready we're going I'm getting in the car and we're going in five minutes oh you're still playing on the swings see you later absolutely gone King Walker says it could be a fake quote well there are a lot of fake quotes out there at the moment so that's what I'm saying it could be a fake quote because I've not seen it anywhere let me just have a look at the replies

36:32it sounds like the sort of thing Paul Scholes would say say it might be a fake quote um but even if it's not a fake quote even if it's not a fake quote it's still bloody true isn't it and it's funny because i've only just been sent that and half an hour ago i was telling you the story about my granddad and impatience and just going and that's exactly what um like denise says even if it's fake it's still bloody true isn't it we've been the only reason i've read it out is because we've been talking about stuff like that for about you know half an hour ago and i completely do agree with that why what are we waiting for What are we waiting for?

37:06Yeah, Iriola won't be going to Athletic Bilbao, so he is available in the market. Absolutely true.

37:18Will the streets forget Amarim and his role in Bruno? I don't like talking about Amarim because, you know, I actually invented the word Amarima. loads of people adopted it but I used I started the word Amarim and an Amarim Amarim well doesn't take much to think about it is somebody that just basically glazed Amarim and I felt they were a little bit you know blind to the issues what people forget about Amarim is I was very critical on Amarim the month before he got sacked I didn't like Bruno in the midfield and I thought the you You know, reluctance to utilise Manu was frustrating. And I think that the inability to hold on to a lead was frustrating.

38:05So many times we were in good positions and we didn't win games. So I actually wasn't. I think I've sort of been labelled as somebody that, you know, glazes Amrim. But actually, if you watch the channel, in that last month, I didn't. What I did do is disagree with the sacking. I didn't want an interim manager because we're exactly where I didn't want to be. I didn't want an interim manager to come in, get good results and then get the job because it's just the cycle. I wanted Amorim to keep the job until the summer and then be moved on. And I think we would have got top five with Amorim. I do.

38:41Look at the league. It's crap. We might not be in third, but I think we would have been in fourth or fifth. So for me, I had my issues with Amorim, but I do think they should have kept him until the summer. And then we would have gone for a proper manager. the problem with sacking him in January is you give it to an interim people start shouting about the interim and then you're going to waste three years on the interim so that was my honest assessment of Amrim will the streets forget the good that Amrim did well look Bruno Fernandes is only here because of Amrim if Amrim had sided with the board Bruno wouldn't stay Bruno wouldn't stay if the manager said I agree with the board get out of the club so the reason Bruno's here is Amrim you know absolutely so absolutely deserves credit for that and absolutely deserves credit for being the only manager that actually started the open heart surgery I mean I think the bond squad was a little bit of a an overreaction by the club to try and make themselves look useful but removing Ganacho Rashford Anthony Sancho and Arna in one summer I mean that's your starting goalkeeper you're starting wingers um and your backup winger all gone in one summer I mean we've never done anything like that so i think those two things from amirim do stand out as as things that he should take credit for um it's a little bit like ralph rangy ralph rangy didn't really achieve anything on the pitch but he was the one person that spoke honestly to the fans about what was needed the players we needed the mentality that was needed and the open heart surgery and on the journey to wherever we're going we should acknowledge you know the positives of what people did, I suppose.

40:17Tiddles says, on current form, if Carrick had started the season, we'd be in a title race. So sit yourself down, Carrick in.

40:28I'm just thinking how to answer that in a polite way without absolutely rinsing you. How would Carrick have started the season?

40:44I mean it's like saying If your auntie was called Robert It should be your uncle It's Bob's your uncle I don't know what to do with that How would Michael Carrick have started the season? Under what scenario would he have started the season? And if he'd started the season That would mean he would have been in here in the summer And would we have bought the same players? And also we've been gradually getting worse since January. So if we'd started it in August, where would we be in January? So I think it's a poor comment, mate, to be honest. And I think it's pure fantasy and there's no logic to it.

41:19And it belongs in the depths of some shitty social media platform where people talk nonsense because I don't even know why I wasted a minute talking about it. What is Bruno's average rating under Carrick? 5.5 under Amrims, says Robert McCormack. It'll be higher. It'll be higher. Definitely, Robert. Definitely will. 100%. Give Dorgue his flowers, Mark. His season was derailed by his injuries, says Gontz, and had been involved this season. Man United would be in a better position. But we really do need midfielders. Thank you very much for that. I don't really know anybody that doesn't give Dorgue his flowers.

41:57So again, a bit of a strange one. Any chance? I don't even think the Paul Scholes quote is true, Max, to be honest. Is it true about our sporting director or scouts going to Juve Milan match to watch Liao and initiate talks? Probably not, Johnson. Look, in relation to scouting, Manchester United scouts are at games all the time. So Man United would have had scouts at Leipzig last night. They'll have them at Stuttgart tomorrow. They'll have them at Villa tomorrow. they'll have them at um one of the three o 'clock games if not all three of them today we probably will have them at Milan you know and also in the modern day rightly or wrongly it's not even about going to the games I mean I think the eye test is better than the video test but our scouts will spend their day will be watching four or five games in full on a tv screen looking at players so manganite will be scouting a lot of games especially at this time of season time of the season definitely 100 percent uh let me just make sure i've been through all the news uh don't forget today we are live at three o 'clock uh some big games on that's football the relegation battle west ham at home to everton wolves at home to spurs forest winning last night means it's going to be a shootout between those two also liverpool play palace at three o 'clock which could be interesting in relation to the top five spots that we're in a battle with them we play them next weekend as well.

43:30Let me have a quick look here. Who do you think will be Man United's first signing? Oh, God.

43:39Well, I will answer it. Our first signing isn't necessarily our priority. As I said, the Dan James effect. You might get a player in in May or June that you want, but he's like your fourth or fifth because it's just chronological how it works. so I would say that our first signing this season I mean it's it's such a great question because I haven't got a bloody clue for in most years you'd have a bit of an idea like last year we knew Kunja was going to be our first signing now because we'd already been linked to him and you'd have probably said the lap or Kunja I haven't got a bloody clue that's the scary thing in a way it wouldn't be wrong to say Anderson because it's the only player that we actually really want obviously i think he's going to go to man city but if it did all fall apart then i'd probably say anderson which is which is wild isn't it it's wild to say anderson but he's the only player that we're definitively linked to um i don't know who the first signing for united's going to be boy wonder says belaba i mean belaba there is a shout there is a shout uh may need new contract like a new signing um but i don't think the label will be quick we might sign believe but i don't think it'll be the first signing because i think it will take time so i don't know who our first signing is going to be um i don't know who the left back is don't know who any of the midfielders are don't know who the striker or winger is i don't think we'll do much before the world cup i really don't think we're acting like we're going to do anything before the World Cup.

45:23You know what? It's a great question. I've got absolutely no idea who our first signing is going to be because I've got no idea who any of our signings are going to be. And in a way, that's exciting because we don't know. But in a way, it's terrifying because I suspect the club don't know either. I don't actually know what we're doing. I'd love it to be Stiller. I'd love it to be Angelo Stiller. I've said this before. I said it on That's Football last night. They're probably going to give it to Carrick and that terrifies me. So what can excite me about Michael Carrick getting the job? Not a lot, but if they brought Stiller in, I don't care who the manager is.

46:01I'm absolutely convinced that Stiller and Noosa will be really good players. And if United got one of them, great. If they get both of them, I'd be so excited for next season Whoever the manager is I just think they're brilliant players But I've got no I don't think we are going for Stilla We work ourselves Avi says We work ourselves up over managers The board will never build an elite squad They don't need titles They will never seek an elite manager either I agree I agree I don't think this football club Is about winning titles anymore I think it's about I think it's about a brand I think it's about getting people to buy things, getting people to turn up and maintaining interest.

46:45I think Man United will become more and more a study at university on how a footballing sporting giant can become a brand that survives not winning. Dallas Cowboys in the NFL are a very good example of it. funnily enough in America I think United have become an exercise in making a lot of money without being successful on the pitch and you do that by teetering on incompetence but not enough that people will force you out so as long as we keep getting a Carabao Cup or Champions League qualification MK says Anacho, Truffaut, Cermini, Stilla, Kripi, Giao Gomez not a bad list never going to happen because none of them are British and we will have to buy British we're going to have to buy at least one player yeah thank you very much okay look I'm back with you live at three o 'clock on That's Football great show this morning really enjoyed it whatever you're doing I hope you have a great day evening whatever we have got a Saturday night live eight o 'clock show at eight o 'clock funnily enough tonight and I am on That's Football for two watch alongs today we've got three o 'clock then we've got Arsenal Newcastle as well so lots of football to get involved in um and um thank you so much for getting involved and uh I'll speak to you in a bit take happy birthday America it's time to celebrate and play your favorite Las Vegas casino games by American owned spinquest.com what's better than fireworks and American pie hitting a black check in the palm of your hand and you won't lose your fingers over a thousand games including slots and live dealers and$30 dollar point packs are on sale for 10.

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