402: United's 300 MILLION Transfer Boost! Carrick's HUGE Contract!

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0:35Wherever you dine, four times the membership rewards points at restaurants worldwide are piling up. Learn more at AmericanExpress.com slash Explore-Gold. Terms and points cap apply. Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news as United prepare to hand Michael Carrick a huge contract and£300 million with five transfers minimum on the list for Manchester United. We'll delve into that. We'll also be talking about Fernandes, Edison, Chouamini, left-backs, strikers. Loads to get into. And why you're stupid, not from my words, Rio Ferdinand's words, you're stupid if you don't want to give Man United the job.

1:19If you don't want to give... Sorry, I'll start again. You're stupid if you don't want to give Michael Carrick the job just because the performances haven't been good. You're stupid, apparently. There we go. We'll delve into that from Mr. Stupid. But let's get involved. Lots to get into this morning. Also bits on Ahmad, et cetera, et cetera. Hope you're doing very well. And anyone wants to talk about Borla League, I'm not doing that until very, very later. In fact, I probably won't do it at all. Anyway, let's delve into the show this morning. So we're going to start off first and foremost with something that's come out this morning.

1:50A lot of people talking about that. Manchester United, according to Samuel Lukas, we've also got Laurie Whitwell talking about Chua Meany. But this has come out from Samuel Lukas this morning that Manchester United are looking to make a minimum of five signings this summer transfer window. Five signings, I repeat. Three midfielders, a left back and a back up striker. That is going to go into the area of about£300 million. Straight away. absolutely no doubt about it if we're going to spend three if we're going to buy five players it's going to have to be 300 million pounds and the funny thing is i think some people talk about it and say well you know what um that's great a minimum of five players but i do also i do actually say until it's proven it's got to be classed as spin because i don't actually believe that putting stories out there that we're going to sign a minimum of five players does anything for anybody until it actually starts to happen.

2:49And as I said yesterday, the issue with this is it's nearly the middle of May and we're still talking about three midfielders that we've known. I mean, I knew we needed to sign three midfielders in September. So that's three of your five. And what? A left back and a backup striker. What about a winger? What about a right back? What about a centre back? What about a backup goalkeeper? So look, on the one hand, it's great. We need to, you know, we're going to buy five minimum players, but it's not something we don't know. You know, like, you know, like if you win the title and, you know, when Arsenal win the title, if they say they're going to sign five players, that's a statement.

3:24Because you go, what? They've won the league and they're going to go and buy five players. Say Man United are going to sign a minimum of five players. I think that's information for morons because it's like, well, hold on a minute. Yeah, OK, we're going to sign a minimum of five players. And, you know, in my book, three midfielders is going to cost us in excess of 150 million. and a left back's got to cost you close to 50 and then a backup striker, maybe another 30 to 50. That's 250 million, isn't it? That's a lot of money. So we can all do the maths very, very quickly. And maybe it's a little bit more than that if you pay a little bit more for your midfielders.

3:56But hold on a second. I mean, I saw Paul Merson said something really interesting yesterday. Some people might say that's quite rare. And he basically said, I'm absolutely convinced that Liverpool will finish above Man United next season. And, you know, you might think, what is he talking about? but what he's basically saying is I look at that Man United side and I think Liverpool have had a bad season and they're very close to Man United, whereas Man United have got away with it a lot and have exceeded expectation. I don't look at that United side and think there's gears to go through, but with Liverpool, I do.

4:27And I thought, you know, I think he's wrong. I'm not actually worried about Liverpool next season, but I think he's right in the sense that we are getting away with it. I mean, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro, Luke Shaw, Deleuze, these players are not sustainable for the next season. one of them won't even be there. So, so much of our success next season, and it's been good success this season, nobody can say anything different, but so much of our success this season is based on moments, getting away with it, other people being shit. I don't think even the most positive United fan would say that next season, you know, get the Bob Marley music out because everything's going to be all right.

5:06Our next season depends so much on two things. One, how we handle, three things. One, how we handle doubling up on games, one game a week to two games a week. Point two, who the manager is going to be and how they deal with that. And point three, how sustainable and big this major rebuild in the summer is, because we're not a team that can go into next season and say we're ready to go. We're not. We have to have a major summer. So, yeah, look, oh, it's so exciting. I'm so excited. I'm so excited that Man United are going to sign a minimum of five players. Let me read it back to you. Samuel Luckhurst in the in the in whatever saying Manchester United.

5:51Let me read it to you. Let me read it to you because I don't want to get this wrong. Sandy Mitten. We'll talk about that in a moment. Manchester United want a minimum of five signings to strengthen their squad next season. United's intention is to bring in three midfielders, a left back, a backup striker, a new goalkeeper to provide support for Senny Le Mans. That's six players, by the way. And you go, whoa, United, United. We're so bloody ambitious. And then you go, hold on a minute. They're only things we needed last summer. We needed three midfielders last summer. We needed a left back last summer.

6:20We needed a backup striker last summer. We needed a backup goalkeeper last summer. So we're only, you know, strengthen. It's not really strengthen, is it? Technically, it's fill holes. So look, they have to go and get those things done. Absolutely. And the proof will be in the pudding. Some people, I saw it on social media this morning. some people are saying in the chat. There's a new kit coming out tomorrow, on Tuesday. There's a new kit coming out on Thursday. We're going to sign five players minimum. There's a new kit coming out Thursday. We're going to sign Tonali. There's a new kit coming out on Thursday.

6:56We might buy Vinicius Jr. There's a new kit coming out on Thursday. There's a new kit coming out on Thursday. There's a new kit coming out on Thursday. don't tell me these things don't matter. Like, we've just had a flat result against Sunderland. Nobody's convinced by the manager. No one's convinced by the board and no one's convinced by the squad. But there's a new kick coming out on Thursday. We need a bit of PR. We need a bit of PR, you know? And that's the problem. Maybe they're going to go and buy eight players, but when they do it, that's when they're going to applaud it. You know what United are like?

7:32It's like, oh, look at this big mansion I'm going to build you. It's got a swimming pool. It's got a massive garage. It's got a games room. It's got a cinema room. It's got, you know, lavish, you know, kitchen, everything, the lot. Great. Applaud me, men. We haven't built it yet. No, I've told you what I'm going to do. Applaud me. I'm not clapping you for something you told me you're going to do. Go and do it. Go and do it. And that's the problem with United. that's the path we always go down. We're going to do this. We're going to do this. Oh, amazing, amazing. Elliot Anderson, Elliot Anderson, Elliot Anderson.

8:11Go and do it. Go and do it. And then I will applaud you because I get quite a lot of feedback from people close to the club who say, you know what? You know, you're always moaning. You're always moaning. You never give us any credit. And I always say, because I don't give out tokens of credits until you've got it. You have to earn it. If you go and sign Tenali, I will go, fair play to the club. Well done. There's a token of credit. Well done. There we go. If you go and get a manager in who plays a good brand of football and back him, well done. Well done. If you do stupid things, you get stupid.

8:52You get criticised. If you do good things, you will get criticised. That's what happens, all right? It's as simple as that. What's this about a big contract for Carrick? Right. OK. Few people have been talking the last few days, obviously, that Michael Carrick is going to get a new job. There are a few rumours going around that he's likely to get a one year contract. Right. This is nonsense. I'm not a fan of giving the job to Carrick. Right. You know that I like the guy. I liked him as a player. I think he's done a decent job results wise. but absolutely one-year contract is not on the agenda and they know exactly what will happen if they give Carrick a one-year contract.

9:38Ironically, I'd probably be more vocal than Carrick Inners about that. If they give him a one-year contract, they can F off. That is absolutely not what's happening here, Wilcox. So don't you think about it, right? You are not cowarding your way through this one. If you give Michael Carrick the deal, you better give him a minimum of three years. You do not give Michael Carrick a one-year contract or a two-year contract because you're basically telling the world you don't think he's the right guy. If you think that Man United is a halfway house where you can have your foot in and out of the water, you're wrong.

10:14you're a director of football for one of the biggest sports brands in the world right you make a fucking decision and you stick by it you do not go to me well i don't know i like michael but i wouldn't give him i wouldn't give him anything more than a year no bullshit i don't think harry should get the job but if you give him the job you back him because if you're not if you don't if you don't want to back him why are you giving him the job and you know what some of us this morning, we're looking at Chelsea interviewing Alonso and Iriola and other people and we're going, am I living in a parallel universe here?

10:51Is this really happening? So we need a manager since January. Chelsea have needed a manager for a fortnight and they're actually interviewing people like Xavi Alonso and Iriola and we're sat there going, Michael Carrick. I mean, I almost feel like Chelsea are playing a different sport. It's like they're a basketball team. Like I'm going, well, look at them. They're doing well with their manager, but it's a different sport. It's the same bloody sport in the same league, in the same country. And they're interviewing people like Xabi Alonso and Iriola with distinctive styles of play, by the way. And we're just sat there going, oh, oh, oh, like a clapping fucking seal.

11:30So look, I think that's incompetence already. I think it's incompetent that Chelsea are interviewing managers and you're not. But if you're going to go with Carrick, don't you bloody well dare not interview decent coaches, give it to Carrick and then only give him a year. You see what I'm saying? Because some people won't get what I'm saying. What I'm saying is I wouldn't give it to Carrick, but they won't interview anybody else, which means they don't think anybody else is good enough. So if you think Carrick's good enough, you better give him a fucking three-year contract, a minimum. You're making the decision that he's the guy.

12:04Bloody back him. Give him three years. Give him the players he needs then. Don't go and give him a one-year deal because that is... It makes no sense to me. There are other managers you can give the job to. You don't give an interim the job for a year because you're just telling the world we don't think he's good enough, so they better bloody back him. So look, it's got to be three years of Carrick, hasn't it? It's got to be. And I presume that's what many of you want anyway, but if you're Carrick in, you can't just go, let's have him for a year. I've never heard such shit in all my life. If you're Carrick in and you're saying, give him a year, what are you doing?

12:37What are you doing? We're Manchester United. We need to get back. When Arsenal win the league, we're the biggest club outside of Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal with the longest time without a league title. 13 years. So you know what? That's embarrassing. Forget Spurs, they never win a bloody cup of tea. That's the playing as an Europa League final. So look, Look, I think we have to give that contract and we have to get those players in, whoever it is. Absolutely. So look, my information is that when they give Carrick the job, it will be a big contract. So get ready for that. I don't know.

13:14I don't know whether there's anybody naive enough to think that Carrick should get the job, but only for a year. That's like try before you buy. We're not in a position to be trying before we buy and you make the decision and you stick with it. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. Max says, Alonso, Chelsea and United have carried it. It's mental, says Max. And I really don't understand how the results can be sustainable for next season. Luck will always run out, says Tom. And Daniel Thompson with the Super Chat this morning says, Hi, Mark. Hope you're doing well. Just on Borla League, I think you were completely justified and right.

13:44If some don't like it, fair enough. But I think you were right. On United, we need way more than a five. Go all out for Tonali and Chumini or Anderson. I'll delve into some of these transfer stories this morning because there's some interesting developments around Addison, Chouamini, et cetera. So we are going to delve into that. Daniel, just on the baller league stuff, look, I appreciate everybody's support. It takes, I wouldn't say courage, but it's quite unique what happens, but I stand by it. You know, sometimes I've woken up in the morning and gone, I really regret doing that. I don't, I don't, I absolutely don't.

14:17And I actually think there's a lot more that could have been said. I think I was right on three things last night and I think there's another three things that were dodgy as well. So I'm very comfortable. And next Monday night is going to be very interesting because we've got the power to really make a big mess of that league and the top four race because we're playing Wembley Rangers. So let's let's see. Alonso, Chelsea and I. OK, right. I want to talk about this because this this this just caught my eye. I got sent this right. I want to know what your thoughts are on this. So let me see if I can find it.

14:54it was I want to talk about that Edison thing in a moment but I just want to see where this is maybe I didn't save it I know where it will be what I don't want to do is

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15:57Okay, this is it. So, bit of news this morning. Rio Ferdinand basically saying that it's stupid to say that performances is the reason Carrick shouldn't get the job. People have got short memories. Even when we used to go away, our teams considered a great team and teams would be all over us and we'd find a way to win. That's just the difference now. These guys never managed to find a way to win, but now they are. So basically what Rio Ferdinand is saying is that if you are somebody like me who thinks that the performances aren't good and that's a reason not to give it to Carrick, we're stupid because he used to play for Man United in a great team and they'd sometimes go away and not play well, but get a result.

16:41I'm not going to run a poll. I'm not going to run a poll. I'm not going to insult your intelligence. But apparently, we're now comparing Michael Carrick's Manchester United to Rio Ferdinand's Manchester United. That's like comparing Mars to Jupiter. It's a different fucking planet, Rio. And you're on a different planet. What are you talking about? I'd love to have a chat with this guy because he'd get absolutely rinsed. you know if he wants to go personal which he seems to want to do that's a very dangerous game for him to do because trust me there's that would be a very easy win as well but look let's keep it on the football the reality is you can't say it's stupid for Manchester United fans to go I'm worried about the performances I'm worried about the vision and that's why I don't want this manager it's just a different opinion Ria and it's a fair opinion People could say you're stupid for ignoring it and saying, well, we should just give him the job on results.

17:41He's your mate. He's your mate. Just own it. It was the same with Solskjaer with Neville and Keane and Scholes. Solskjaer was 99 and so was Neville and Keane and Scholes. Carrick is 08 and so is Rooney and Ferdinand. It's just history repeating itself. You're just backing your mate. And that's absolutely fine. Carriger did it with Gerrard. You're backing your mate, but you blinkered, pal. You can't compare a great United side to this team and say, well, we used to go away and get dominated and get a result. But you used to play at home and batter teams. We don't do that. We're scamming results every bloody week because we're reliant on Bruno Fernandes.

18:29There is no tactics. There is no performance. performance. It's not stupid for a fan to say, I don't want to give the job to Michael Carrick because I think he's inexperienced. I think the coaching's poor and I think the football's poor and I think we're getting away with it. It's stupid to say, ignore all that and give him the job because we've been winning a few games. So, you know, I think you just insult, you know, you're insulting half of the fan base because you want your mate to get the job. We're fully aware of why he's going to get the job. It's results. But a lot of us are going, where's the performance?

19:01Where's the vision? That's really important. And the hypocrisy of it is, under Amorim, the big problem there was he didn't get sacked because of results. Some people didn't like the results, but it wasn't that. It was the way he was playing. Well, surely that doesn't matter then. You know, surely that doesn't matter. Sounds good, but let's see if they actually do it, says VX. Your petulance cost the team, Mark. We're already losing, mate. I don't want to talk about Borla League anyway. People tend to forget that even if we sign seven or eight players, a percentage of those will struggle. Another percentage will be mediocre.

19:38History tells us that, says Paolo. Tristan, thank you very much for your member, 47 months. And Irish Beckham says, if Carrick gets the job, we're going to get exposed. Thank you very much. And also, I've done that one as well. Okay, right. Or Edison, let's move on. There's so much to get into on the show this morning. Edison, so a lot of people yesterday, well I say a lot of people journalists content creators jumping onto the Edison bandwagon right and I didn't really understand why because all I've seen is a couple of you know Manchester Evening News reports in Italy have suggested personal teams of terms have already been agreed for Edison and although that is understood to be premature United do hold a firm interest in him he's also spent the last four years with Atalanta and has won three caps for Brazil.

20:29That was pretty much that. Romano says that he's on the list of midfielders, definitely, and has been on the club's list since January. They made checks on him last summer, but were unwilling to meet the demands. So United are interested in him, yes, but it's not done. There are still no agreements and it remains open path, possibly for even other teams to get in the race. So I just think with Edison, I'd repeat what I said yesterday. It's agent-led, in my opinion. So, Atletico Madrid and Edison, he should be wearing an Atletico Madrid shirt. The only reason he's not, then... Sorry, the only reason he's not is because they didn't want to pay the fee that Atletico Madrid wanted to pay.

21:15So, Atletico Madrid are now moving on to something else, Xao Gomez, but Edison and his agent want out of Atalanta. Remember the five strands of a transfer? Total bullshit Totally true Agent trying to generate interest in his player Club trying to generate interest in a player they want to sell Or agent using, say, Man United to get a contract where they already are I think this is three This is agent using Manchester United to generate interest in Edison Because he's trying to get a move I think he's on our list I think he is on our list But I do not think that this is advanced I do not think that we are, you know, close to this deal, but some people seem to think we are.

21:59And also, he doesn't actually, I like Edison, maybe two or three years ago. If we sign him, I'll back him. If we sign Belaber, I will back him. I've never been somebody that, you know, I will say, I remember being in Nottingham at a family party. And I'm driving back and we signed Matic and I'd had a few beers and I'm in, I wasn't driving. I was in the passenger seat. I went live with the videos out there and I wasn't happy about the deal. I wasn't happy about the deal. I said, I don't like this deal. I don't like it. But I backed him when he put a Man United shirt on because ultimately I think managers are the same unless it's Southgate, but certainly players.

22:39I think it's, I hate a bit with Agate when he had a nickname straight away and Dogu. It's like, you've got to give them time. Look at Liverpool. Verts, Frimpong, Kerkes, Izak. Probably could be all flops, but they're not flops because it's year one. You've got to give him a year two. So if we sign Beléber, I would give him time. And if we sign Edison, I would give him time. But with Edison, he doesn't even fit what we want. He's 27 before he kicks a ball. He's 27 this summer. He's got no Brazilian caps. Sorry, he doesn't play for Brazil. He's got three caps at 27. He's not Premier League proven.

23:14He doesn't even... Like, I don't like our parameters, but he doesn't actually fit any of them. You know, if I'm buying a player that's never played in the Premier League before, I'm going Chumini or I'm going Stille, maybe Enmica at Dortmund. I like those profiles of players because I think they come in with the Bundesliga is a good league. It's quick. It's intense. The Serie A is not. So I don't think Edison even suits what we're trying to do. if we sign him our back in, I just don't think it fits the profile of what we're trying to do, you know? So I don't think, I think this is, unless David Ornstein or Fabrizio Romano say, look, we're very close to a deal, I feel it's noise.

23:58And we haven't got time for noise. I haven't got time for noise. I haven't got time for, ooh, is it going to be Edison? We need three bloody midfielders. There is a time and a place for, you know it could be edison and that's probably the first week of november you know when the transfer window is not open it's just you know it's not you know what i mean it's you know middle of may is not the time for oh we might be in for edison it's not that we need to be homing in on proper fucking signings and edison to me is not the deal that we need to be spending time on in the middle of may and i know i know we're not doing the deal but what i mean is we as fans don't need to be fed this by journalists in the middle of May.

24:39This is speculative. It's not even the right profile of player. Absolutely not. Look, Balaba and Anderson says Gaz. I still believe, I still believe. I said in January, I'm 90 % sure we'll sign Balaba and I'm 90 % sure Carrick will get the job. Now, I don't want to keep getting these predictions right. I said in July last year, Arsenal would win the league and people laughed at me. I've been saying all season, England will win the World Cup and people have laughed at me. I said in January, Carrick will get the job and will sign Balaba. I don't want to be right on some of this stuff, but, you know, some of the, you know, Arsenal are going to win the league.

25:16England's probably, look, hopefully they'll win the World Cup. Carrick is going to get the job and, you know, Balaba may well be coming to Manchester United because it's a very easy deal to do. It's just going to cost us too much money. So, yeah. I'll talk about, I'll talk about Jumini in a moment but let me just I've had a super chat from Patrick I just want to talk about sorry it's slowed down a little bit here come on come on come on come on get me live chat back thank you everybody who's tuning in as always this morning we've nearly got 9 ,000 watching already lots of people getting involved make sure you subscribe thank you very much from Tristan who's been a member for 47 months.

26:05Paolo says, people tend to forget that even if we sign seven or eight players, a percentage of those will struggle. Another percentage will be mediocre. History tells us that. Yeah, well, you know, very, very quickly, Paolo. It's a great point. Statistically speaking, and I'm going to bore people now. I'm not mentioning New York. Don't worry. Statistically speaking, it's less than, it's like 60%, 40 % of transfers technically flop. So if you buy 10 players, four of them will flop technically. Terribly whatever, not be good enough. So four out, 40 % will flop. Patrick Lynch, thank you very much.

26:42Says, apart from results, performance is the biggest indicator of the quality of a manager. Coaching, ignoring one is a recipe for future problems. Look, Rio's a cheerleader for Man United. You know, he's sat driving around with Casemiro in a car. He's literally, totally never going to say anything about the Glazers. He's never going to say anything negative. that doesn't mean that his content's not interesting. Absolutely not. You know, I respect the fact that, you know, being a content creator isn't easy and he has got good access to the club, but he's a cheerleader, 100 % cheerleader. He doesn't, he's not going to say anything negative about Carrick, never will, because he's his mate as well.

27:20And he's not going to say anything bad about the Glazers. So, you know, ultimately I would rather listen to Beth than Rio. I'm not taking the piss out of Beth or Ricky or Mauds or, you know, I'd rather listen to Rory Jennings about Man United, to be honest with you. I nearly said talks, but I don't think I'd go that far. Because you might actually get a balanced opinion in there somewhere. They might actually say something that's truthful. And, you know, to say that performance isn't important in picking a manager, that's like saying, well, look, over the last 10 games, Glasner's had better results than Iriola, which he hasn't.

27:59But let's pretend Glasner has. I'm not taking Glasner on results You know what I mean Imagine if you're picking Tony Pulis Or Harry Redknapp Harry Redknapp plays a good brand of football Tony Pulis doesn't But Tony Pulis has won 8 of his last 10 And Harry Redknapp's won 6 I'm taking Harry Redknapp How you play football and performance To say it's stupid I don't even understand why you think that's stupid Why is it stupid to say that performance is a reason not to give a job to a manager. You know, you should just look at results. We're Manchester United. The guy played for Man United. So now it doesn't matter how Man United play.

28:40Fucking hell. Edison and Maynou will be our new Fred and McTominay. The possibility of a Brazilian with no league experience and an academy prospect as United starting midfielder gives me PTSD, says Jid. Thank you very much, pal. And Gamer says, I hope you're well outside the United Stand Life. As far as I know, I am. Last night was very stressful, but, you know, I walk alone. Why do you expect good football from a mediocre squad with no depth, says Wendell? Give the guy some decent players and let's see what he can do. Ten Hag and Amarin weren't exactly playing total football from memory. That's fine, mate, but I think that opinion's got more holes in it than a hedgehog's pillow.

29:23So basically what you're telling me is that you want to give Karrick the job and get him some players. Fine, I respect it. But why do you want me to agree with you? I've already explained. I don't want to take a punt on somebody that is grinding out results with crap football who's got no experience. I don't want to give him£300 million for exactly the reason you've just said. Look at what we spent on Ten Hag. Look at what we spent on Amrim. They're not here anymore. I don't want to take a punt on an inexperienced guy where I can see the red flags. I want to take a punt on someone who's experienced it might not go right but at least I'd be confident that's my side respect, respect it Wendell, respect it a few other things to get involved look, a couple of bits from Andy Mitton actually on Mason Mount's future at the club I've not heard any doubts about him as a professional I spoke to one Premier League manager at the start of the season and he went what do you know about Mount?

30:17who is clearly interested in him Saturday was a game where too many players didn't do that I thought Mason Mount worked hard but what does that mean? Every player is going to work hard. United need more. And we could probably say this about five or six players. So where's Mason Mount ranked? Does he become third or fourth in midfield? What's his best position? I think it's right to debate around him. I think what we saw from Saturday is Man United need to be significantly strengthened the next season, especially with the Champions League. so look Mason Mount effectively Andy Mitten is saying that there's not really any noise around Mason Mount leaving Manchester United in the summer and that he's well liked around the club do you want the truth right because I think what Andy Mitten said is true there's really big question marks around a few of our players that we're not going to sell Deleuwe isn't good enough to start right back for Man United next season in the Champions League he's not good enough.

31:10So are we going to keep Deleu as a bench player or are we going to start him? Well, we're going to start him. Luke Shaw isn't good enough to be left back for Man United. He doesn't even play left back. And, you know, he's in his early 30s next year and we're playing twice a week. And Mason Mount, even if he can stay fit, which is very, very unlikely, where does he actually play in this team? You can't... You can't pay a quarter of a million pounds a week for a player that doesn't have a role, who's nice to have around. Hi, Uncle Lazer here. America's built on fast cars, fast food, and even faster women.

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32:16What's happening with Mason Mount is nobody wants him. Nobody wants him and we're stuck with him. So you get him out doing kit launches and you do a bit of PR around him, but nobody wants him. nice guy good player when he's fit but nobody wants him this is not about mason mount being shit this is not about mason mount being a problem this is not about mason mount turning up for training late this is about high-end football and a massive mistake that we're stuck with he has no role in that team he's you know i i've always said this right you can take any performance from any player and make it into a couple of minutes clip where you make them look like prime messy and some twat did it they took mason mount's performance against sunderland and said we found our new cdm and i watched it and it looked good because it was about 90 seconds long and it was every successful pass he made and every tackle he made but it's like it's like it's like artificial intelligence isn't it you can generate something that didn't happen I watched the game.

33:31He had a shit game. He's not a midfielder. He's on 250 grand a week. That's a million pounds a month. He wears the Man United number seven shirt. He shouldn't be anywhere near that team next season, but where's he going to go? People say loan him to Coventry. Coventry can't afford 250 grand a week. I don't think Coventry could afford 100 grand a week. So we'd still be paying 150 grand a week if he went on loan to Coventry, which we're not going to do. So we can't even loan him because nobody will pay the wage. So we are stuck with another potential Phil Jones where we give a stupid contract, a stupid wage, and nobody will take him off our hands.

34:10So I actually agree. We just have to keep him around and hope that he can stay fit. And when he is fit, he can do a job here and there. I mean, we're literally trapped. We can't do anything. there's nothing we can do it's not that you know obviously United's a PR machine they've got to put it out there that you know we're really happy with him we don't want him to go anywhere but the flip side of that coin is even if you're not happy with him he's not going anywhere anyway because no one will take him so you know it's I'm trying to think of an analogy for it but it's like something you'd love to get rid of but you know you're not going to get rid of so you're stuck with it.

34:48You know? It's like your mother-in-law. Nah, I'm joking. Why do you expect good football from Amit? I've done that one. Thank you very much. Okay, so we'll move on to the next story. What else have we got? Also on Bruno Fernandes, just on Andy Mitton for a moment. He says, I really hope he stays. As a United fan, I think he will stay. But the fact that I'm mentioning that tells you there's some uncertainty there. Look, just on Bruno Fernandes, just very, very quickly, I think if you were talking to me about Bruno Fernandes and we were talking about Bruno Fernandes in January and February and March, I would have said, you know, 50-50.

35:24If we don't get Champions League football, I think he'll go. I think Bruno's got the power to say he wants to go. I think Bruno could say, if you don't bring a good manager in and you don't bring good players in, I'm going to go. But I think the way that Bruno has been treated by Carrick, I don't. There was a point with Bruno where I was really hoping he was going to go, I want like a Luis Enrique and I want Tonali and Chiamini or I'm going to go. So, you know, I thought that might happen. And then what I think has actually happened is Carrick has basically said, you're like my player manager and I'm going to listen to you.

36:01And, you know, Bruno is just the star of the team and we're in the Champions League and I think he's loving that. So I don't think Bruno is going to go, I think we need an experienced coach and I think we need these players. I think Bruno is loving it at United at the moment. And I think he likes this situation. So I think Bruno is going to stay. I think he's going to stay. I had hoped he was going to stay and force the issue a little bit, but I think he's going to stay. In relation to Chiamini, this is what Laurie Whitwell said on The Athletic. I think he's an interesting one to observe. Previously, I got the impression that he was a consistent performer for Madrid and questioned if they would sell him.

36:36But, you know, if he would leave or if a new contract was in the offering, but maybe there is unrest at Madrid and United are there to ask that question. I think with Ciamini, by the way, it's more about how United are just waiting to do Real Madrid a favour. But look, if Mourinho goes in there and he wants to keep him, that's off. and I think you've got to look at the midfield market and go, you know, it's off. I mean, Beth just said something here that Paul Scholes has said United have to sign Elliot Anderson. We're all going to have our own opinions on the midfield, aren't we? And, you know, I go back to that top tier shelf with Duncan Edwards.

37:20Up there, you've got a ball, Duncan Edwards and a pair of football boots. There are three choices for Man United. There are Tonali, there is Chumini and there is Elliot Anderson. And if you don't get any of those three, your star players coming from tier two, which is Belaber and Wharton and whoever else. So I agree with Scholes. You've got to get Anderson or Chiamini or Tonali. Now, look, is this why we're being linked to Edison? Because we're not doing anything. I would have thought by now we would be firmly in. Now, look, if Mourinho comes into Real Madrid and says we're not selling Chiamini, that's the end of that.

37:57That's over, right? If Anderson signs for Man City, which a lot of people think he is, that's the end of that. That's over. And if Newcastle want£100 million for Tonali, which they do, we don't want to pay that. So that's over. So in the space of a few seconds, you can see how three options become none. And then what are we doing? And look, I still think Bruno Guimere is worth it. But United don't want to pay for someone over 26. So I don't know where we go after that. I don't actually have a backup plan and I shouldn't need a backup plan to fucking four players. Like Bruno G, Chiamini, Tonali, Anderson.

38:38There's four players there that can come in and replace Casemiro. If we don't get any of them, we deserve what we end up with. because we're going down to plan C or D again, aren't we? So on the one hand, it's really exciting. Ooh, Anderson. Ooh, Tumini. Ooh, Tuanali. And they're all possible at the moment. They're all possible at the moment. But if they all get crossed out, in my opinion, if they get crossed out, that is a joke. That is a failure.

39:09And remember, everything we're looking at at Man United now has got nothing to do with the players or Carrick. This is everything we're talking about, whether it's the manager or recruitment, is on the board and on Jason Wilcox. And if they don't get Chumini, Tonali, Anderson or Bruno Gamerez, then they've messed up. You can't replace Casemiro with Belaber or Edison. That's ridiculous. This is Manchester United. So look, we're in that position now where everything is possible. Everything is possible. But as I said, you can wipe out those top four targets very, very quickly. Or we might be spoiled for choice.

39:50Hi, Mark. If Carrick gets the job, do you think Masraoui will be sold to his dirty deeds? Well, I wanted to bring this in. I think this is really interesting. I don't know whether anybody else saw this. Yet again, Andy Mitton talking about Martinez. And I'm worried about this because I think, look, it might just be completely opinion by Andy Mitton. But I've heard a few stories in the last two weeks about Martinez leaving Man United. And I don't believe in coincidence. I used to have a job a few years ago where I remember a mentor of mine saying, any job I turn up and somebody said, maybe it's a coincidence, it's my number one lesson to you.

40:32In this job, there's no such thing as coincidence. So I've always had a very sceptical mind and it served me very well in that job. There's so many stories around about Martinez leaving Man United at the moment. And Andy Mitton said this, I think there's judgments being made about Martinez the same way there were judgments about Maguire in December. With Maguire, it was you want a new contract, first of all, you need to be playing and playing well. Martinez's position is in a state of flux at Manchester United. Now, look, it's funny because it's interesting how Harry Maguire gets compared there.

41:10I think that's sort of a conversation. That sounds like it's been leaked. It didn't sound like Andy Mitton was going, I'd keep an eye on Martinez. I've just got a feeling I think he might be leaving. It's like he gives a bit of detail there that you don't really give in an opinion. He goes on about Harry Maguire and how he got a new contract because he was playing well. It just feels like it's a little bit like something's coming out. I might be wrong and I hope I'm wrong, but it's not just Andy Mitton. There's a few other people. I feel like someone somewhere, and you'd assume in the club, is starting to load the bullets for Martinez to be moved on this summer.

41:47And it's almost like we as fans are meant to go, yeah, actually he is shit. And I'm like, the fact that people might compare it to Maguire. Harry Maguire has been injured a lot this season and last season. Harry Maguire's trying to go to a World Cup players who are trying to go to World Cups tend to play through injuries Luke Shaw's been fit all season there's a World Cup at the end of this you know what I mean I'm not knocking Luke Shaw and Maguire for that or Casemiro or anybody else but Casemiro's not really been out injured either it's a World Cup year and suddenly the calf strain that hurts and might keep you out for two weeks I'll just play through it now so look I know a lot of footballers and there are footballers that on a weekend might not fancy it because they've got a sore ankle.

42:37But if it's a cup game, they'll play. So look, it's a very naive thing to say, oh, let's give Harry Maguire another contract because he's playing well at the moment. Look, he's got a reason to play well. Man United are trying to get in the Champions League and he wants to go to the World Cup. Martinez is coming back from a bad injury. He got suspended for three games. I don't think you compare 33-year-old Harry Maguire to 28-year-old Martinez. And it worries me that we're almost... It's almost like they're trying to generate this thing in the fan base where people... And I see it now where people go, well, I would get rid of Martinez.

43:14He's injury prone and he's crap. And I'm like, he's literally the best defender we've got at taking the ball out from the back. If we want to play out from the back, he's the best player we've got. We should not... And also, he gets it mentally. Mentally, he gets it. So I do not want to see Martinez leaving Manchester United, but I just would say it feels like there is a little bit of something going on there with that one. And I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens with it.

43:47Just on midfielders, Mark, who do you think? Well, I thought it was an interesting thing that in the Athletic, I think it was Laurie Whitwell has said, he said that when it comes to midfielders, there's a lot of names and they are progressing on some of them they're progressing to the point of how much will it cost with the transfer fee and the wages and would they come to an agreement on personal terms before that point there's options that are out there belaba fernandez wharton tonali anderson and he's clearly the number one so i think with the midfielder it does feel like it does feel like you know it's the same names all the time what I would say about Fernandez is that I think there was a crossover with him at Southampton and Jason Wilcox so for once Wilcox might have actually been near a player that we'd like because normally it's a player we don't want like the lap.

44:41But I think there was a little bit of crossover between Wilcox and Fernandes at Southampton before he went to West Ham, I think. So maybe that's something to just keep in your back pocket. Daniel Thompson says, I think Carrick will get the job, but do you think there's different transfer plans and strategies in place? One for Carrick and one for if we get Iriola and if they choose Carrick, it's because the plan is cheaper. I'll tell you what, I do think, Daniel, yes, I'd take Iriola or Alonso over Carrick for obvious reasons, but the longer we... Like... I agree with Rooney on this, right? Why are they waiting so long to give Carrick the job when they could just give him the job and get on with signing players?

45:25But, think of it like this, right? It's the 12th of May. It's still nearly two weeks, just under two weeks until the end of the season. So the end of the season is like, what, the 24th of May or something like that? That's basically the end of the month. Then the World Cup starts. Most of our players aren't back for pre-season until the middle of July. You're at that point now where instead of just talking about Iriola, Nagelsmann and Pochettino. We're talking such a small... You know, I've never believed that we shouldn't be talking to World Cup managers because they're not in a prison with no phone access.

46:13They're in the United States with most of our squad and most of the players we want to sign. And once they've done their training and the media commitments, they've got plenty of time to talk to Manchester United. So I think that, you know, it isn't just Irreola. For me, it should still be Pochettino, Irreola and Nagelsmann as well. And maybe, maybe even Emery. like maybe I got told two months ago that Real Madrid were going to get Emery so there's obviously an opportunity to get him out of Villa so let's not forget there are good options out there Mourinho's good enough for Madrid but not for us it's a joke says Simon I can't understand anybody that wouldn't take Mourinho to be honest with you if Carrick gets the job do you think Masraoui will be sold I didn't answer that dirty deeds yeah so I spoke to you about Martinez I think Masraoui could get sold this summer yeah I don't really understand And, you know, somebody said to me yesterday, oh, you want Luke Shaw out the team?

47:05Who are we going to put at left back? The imaginary left back. I said, no, we'll put Masraoui there, who was better than him when he came on against Palace. So I don't understand why Masraoui's not getting used, but maybe it's because he's not that good going forward, but he's still better than Shaw and Deleu, in my opinion. Billy Billy says, why did you throw your toys out of the pram? Mate, it's all on the stream, and this is the United stand and I don't really think it's the place for me to be talking about something that's got nothing to do with it but ultimately you know I believe what I did was right I stand by it I thought there was injustice across the night there's decisions and stuff going on that you don't know about and I just I'm not going to sit there and just be a victim of you know stupidity so I went and sat in the streaming booth I didn't storm off completely I just went and sat in the streaming booth.

47:59Why do you expect good football from the media? I've done that one from Wendell. Thank you very much. I just wanted to read out. Daniel Thompson says, I think I've done that one from Daniel. Thank you very much for your super chat. I just wanted to read this because I mentioned the Paul Merson thing. And somebody said, have you got the quote? So Paul Merson on Sky Sports said, Liverpool will finish above Man United next season. And that's without knowing what's going to happen in the summer transfer window. Why? So many players have had good seasons for Man United and hardly anyone has for Liverpool bar Sir Bosley.

48:27You go through Man United's team and there's six or seven players who've been above average this season. Izak will be fit. Wurtzla have a year in the league. I'm confident Liverpool will finish above Man United. A lot's gone on at Liverpool. I do feel sorry with them with everything that's gone on. They've had a lot of injuries too. Look, he might be talking total and utter shit. But when I read it, I thought, you know what? He hasn't mentioned it. But there is an element of truth that they've been playing in the Champions League, the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup, we've not played any cup competitions.

49:00Bruno has been very much, it's been Team Bruno for a lot of the season. Casemiro has been brilliant. He won't be here. And we've just spent 20 minutes talking about how we're going to replace him. Carrick has been getting some great results, but a lot of people don't think it's sustainable. So I'm not massively worried about Liverpool under slots, but you can see why Liverpool could be better than us next year. But I do disagree. It all comes down to the summer transfer window. It has to come down to the summer transfer window. We have to do well in that. If we don't do well in it, look, to me, take the manager out of the situation, right?

49:40If United sign Tonali, Stila, Fernandes as their three midfielders, and you bring in someone like Truffaut at left back and, I don't know,

49:57NG from Everton I think there's a very good chance That we'll be in the top four next season And do really well If we bring in say Edison, Balaba And I don't know who the third one would even be But you know Let's say Tyler Adams And the left back is

50:22Dioff I think that's concerning so I disagree with Merson in the sense that I think United's summer is so much about what we do this summer transfer window exactly where do you think United be with Arsenal's attacks as theatre of dreams

50:48it's sort of irrelevant isn't it I mean I don't know because I just don't think it's about taking City's attack or Real Madrid's attack and stick it in an Amman United side because I think it's about the midfield. I think with Arsenal's midfield, we'd be a lot closer to Arsenal and Man City and we'd still be third. I don't think their attack makes a massive difference. I'm not unhappy with our attack. I think we can get more out of Ahmad and Mboumo and Cunha, but I'm not unhappy with our attack. My issue is with our midfield and our fullbacks. And I think that's a very relevant point. And I've heard a lot of you say it as well.

51:29We misinterpret all our problems. Our midfield is a problem, but there are other problems as well. Great show this morning. Really enjoyed it. Thank you so much. I'm a bit tired this morning because obviously I had a very eventful night last night. But I am back with you on an eight o 'clock show tonight. And we've got a two o 'clock show for you as well. so thank you everybody who's getting involved um and

51:56yeah i will keep the update just follow me on instagram for all the ball league stuff and uh the the goldbridge channel because i've got some stuff i'm going to be putting up on there as well but uh no we're here to talk about united love it um look i think the message is positive at the moment everything is possible until that's taken away that's when we can start start to really scrutinise the failure, but the failure hasn't happened yet. There is still possibilities for Manchester United. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. Have a great day.

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