416: Ederson TODAY?! Carrick WANTS Fernandes! Bruno SLAMS Keane! Man Utd Transfer News

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0:36Could it be deal day for Edison? Fernandes hot on the heels of that. A huge update from Fabrizio Romano, which means our source was right last week. Also, Laurie Whitwell from The Athletic giving a very interesting insight into Manchester United's managerial recruitment process. Bruno Fernandes slamming Roy Keane as a liar. And a hell of a lot more to get into as well as Nottingham Forest put an incredible price tag on to Anderson. Is it true? Is it safe? Also, we've got my Premier League predictions reactions reaction coming up after this, if that makes any sense. But loads to get into this morning.

1:15And look, I suppose the place to start is, and there are so many places we could start, is that I want to sort of start off with what Fabrizio has come out with and said, I think it was early hours this morning, maybe it was later last night, but essentially saying that from what I understand, these are the quotes from Fabrizio Romano, he says, from what I understand, Man United are in discussions with several players and quite soon before the World Cup, they're going to decide on at least one priority target to go and close the deal. Now, remember, I don't take any credit for this. I think we collectively can take credit for this as the United stand and the amazing community you are and the amazing work goes in behind scenes.

1:54I did a video last week on the 10 o 'clock show saying that the source we used last year for a couple of things haven't really had a lot. But what they said is Man United are going to make a big signing before the World Cup. Now, a lot of people went, bullshit, that's not going to happen. well it clearly is again a brilliant early exclusive for you if you watched last week but you're getting it now from maybe sources that you you want to believe more that that that is going to happen so very very pleased about that and hopefully that's up you know fingers crossed that's going to be a sign of things to come where maybe we can get it slightly ahead but United are going to make a big signing before the World Cup maybe maybe even more according to Fabrizio what it feels like and somebody said do you think edison will happen today i feel with edison um united have basically done the done the deal done the personal terms five-year deal wages he wants to come there's probably not a lot of competition they think he's cheap at 40 million pounds which i don't think he is i don't think 40 million pounds is cheap for a one-year player from seriari's 27 but you know i think it's cheap it's an easy deal to do and it's there to be done i They don't feel like, and look, the one Don says, is Edison a big signing?

3:12Look, what we think is a big signing isn't necessarily what Man United think is a big signing. Yeah, I mean, that's subjective, isn't it? I mean, do I think Edison's a big signing? Yes and no. I think it's a big statement to get a midfielder in before the World Cup, considering the World Cup starts in the first week of June. Do I think it's the signing that's replacing Casemiro? No. So I can see both sides of it. But it's a signing and it's and, you know, whether you class it as big or not, it's down to you individually. I think with Edison, does it happen today? It can happen today. Does it happen tomorrow?

3:49It can happen tomorrow. Does it happen on Wednesday? It can happen on Wednesday. It might not happen at all. I think it will happen. But ultimately, I feel like United and I think the Athletic reported this as well. A few other people have reported it. It feels like Man United are lining deals up and then they're going to make their mind up. That's what the press is saying. I have a different sort of take on that. You know, Fabrizio is saying that from what he understands, United are in discussions with several players and will make a move before the World Cup. and I think it was also in the Athletic that they said that Manchester United are advancing on a number of deals and they'll make a decision on whether that actually happens, who that player is going to be ultimately.

4:45I'm just trying to see if I actually flagged it. I don't think I did, but I'm sure it was in the Athletic as well. But I don't know that I believe that because how does that work in any industry? Edison, Atalanta, his agent. Fernandez, his agent, West Ham. Belaber, his agent, Brighton. Scott, his agent, Bournemouth. I mean, that's an incredible amount of work. And I sort of call bullshit. Even though it's been reported by Romano and I think it was Laurie Whitwell in The Athletic, I sort of call bullshit. Not on them. They might be being told that. But we know Man United are ridiculously slow at transfers.

5:28You're telling me that we've done personal terms, fees and talks with the club with four targets. I mean, that's a hell of a lot of work and we're not that club. So I think we might be putting it out there That we're in advanced talks with lots of different players And then we're going to make a decision That would be a hell of a lot of wasted energy To take every player to the door And then say, no, you're not coming in You're not coming in, you can come in And that's why I think Edison will happen Because universally, everybody has said That we've done the personal terms We've agreed the deal with Atalanta And that deal can happen I don't think we'll have done that with West Ham, Brighton, Bournemouth or any other club that we might be linked to.

6:16So I do think that Edison will happen and I think it will happen this week simply because he is very, very advanced. It's what we're going to do next, I think is interesting. But look, if we've had talks with four or five clubs and agreed terms with four or five players and we're going to be sat in a boardroom on Wednesday saying we can take our pick because they all want to come. Yabba dabba do. But that would be an immense amount of work. And it would be very difficult also to keep all those players happy in that situation because one or two of them might go, fuck that. I'm not going to sit around and wait.

6:53So I think that I think Edison will happen. And, you know, it's a bit like when Harry Maguire got left out of the England squad. I was quite annoyed by it at the start. And then I woke up the next day and I was like, well, Tuchel's the manager. You know, Maguire hasn't played for a couple of years. He's 33. It's a hot climate. It benefits us anyway. And I think with Edison, I still retain the fact that he's a decent player. I just refuse to say he's going to be a brilliant player because, you know, when he flops and everyone goes, well, you said this. I'm not going to do that. But I think we need to sign three midfielders.

7:26And it does look like Edison will be one of them, of course. Interestingly, I do expect the Fernandes deal for West Ham to move very, very quickly. Now, I was told this not by our source. I was told this by a certain journalist about a week ago. Bruno Fernandes has been asked for his opinion on a few things at United, Carrick and players. He's a big fan of Fernandes at West Ham. Michael Carrick likes the idea of Fernandes from West Ham. Remember, he was at West Ham himself. I mean, I don't think Carrick's doing that because he used to play for West Ham. but Carrick really likes the idea of Fernandes.

8:03I think they feel with Fernandes, he is, the feedback on Fernandes at West Ham is that he's almost like another Mainu. Not similarly in play style, but he's at that age. I think he's about 21. He's knocking on the door of the Portuguese national team, which is very difficult when you think about the Betignas, the Jal Neveses, etc. He's available at a fantastic price and whilst United are wary that they need players that can hit the ground running, they feel with Fernandes, he's a player that can hit the ground running but also massively improve. He's almost like the perfect signing for them because he wants to come to United.

8:41The price will be relatively competitive because they've been relegated. He's knocking on the national team door in a very strong midfield but more importantly, he has got Premier League experience and he's got loads of potential as well. So United unanimously on that board and some of the players really like the idea of this signing. What I'm told about Fernandes is Man United will try and move on that very, very quickly because West Ham have been relegated. And West Ham are suddenly having to wake up this morning with a completely different mentality to what they would have if they were in the Premier League.

9:16They're now in the championship. They have players that want to leave. they are going to be up against people like Wolves Wrexham, Birmingham you know clubs that want to get in the Premier League next year and it's going to be very competitive and the squad that they're going to use won't be able to use it because a lot of them will want to go so West Ham have got to move very very quickly to start building a team to win the championship and the best way for them to do that is to cover off the financial loss and the best way they can do that is by selling some players and Fernandes going quickly is key to West Ham's summer So there is a deal that can be done with Fernandes.

9:50The feeling is United need to move quick, very, very quick, because PSG and Arsenal are playing a Champions League final. They're two clubs interested in him. They will want to wait until next week. Man United have got four days, five days of a golden opportunity to be getting into West Ham and saying, look, there's the money. We want him now. He wants us. You need the money. Let's do a deal. PSG and Arsenal are linked, but they've obviously got their eyes on other things at the moment. So there is an opportunity there with Fernandes as well. And as I said last night, there's also an opportunity where United have two of their three midfielders done before the World Cup.

10:25Now, that might be a stretch and I've not heard that from anybody, but there is that opportunity that that could happen, certainly. Highmarks, says Rassler. Would take the labour if Man United signed Chumini and Fernandes or Alex Scott instead? Edison, for me, is the type of player you play in the cup games. razzler i mean absolutely fine thank you very much for your super chat i i failed to see what it is from the belabor brigade that they actually i mean i you know what i know yesterday i was getting a bit you know confrontational with the rubbish and all that but um i i actually fail to see what it is that anybody who likes belabor sees in belabor other than stubbornness because he's been shite for a year but if anyone can tell me what he actually would bring to man United other than, you know, vibes.

11:12I don't know. Are we purposely going for players not at the World Cups as JSD? Well, it's interesting because we will have time later in the show. There's an article from Laurie Whitwell in The Athletic basically going through Man United's horrendous managerial recruitment process. And it's not nothing against Carrick. It's just basically it's shit and um we'll go through that all the targets you know i had looked at and why it didn't go anywhere but nagelsman was one of the targets and it goes to say that favel really likes nagelsman and he scored really highly on our recruitment process but because he's managing germany in the world cup and germany won't entertain anything um around nagelsman united didn't want to wait until after the world cup so if we're doing that with managers we're like we're completely wrote off any manager that was managing in the World Cup, we might be doing that with players.

12:06We might be doing that with players. There might be players that we like that are going to the World Cup that we're going to go, no. Now, in a way, from a player perspective, what are your thoughts on that? If there's a player that's going to play in the World Cup and you're not going to be able to speak to them till after the World Cup, do you park them and go for players that you like that aren't in the World Cup? Because Tonali's not in the World Cup, Fernandes isn't in the World Cup Ederson isn't in the World Cup So those three players You could have them at Man United By the middle of July Chiumini, Anderson You know, you might not get to talk to them Until the end of July So do you want You know, sometimes we critique But other times I think when it comes to players What if you wait until Late July for Chiumini and then he says, I'm staying at Real Madrid, or actually I've had a better offer from Arsenal.

12:59And then you haven't got anything. So I think next season for Manchester United is going to be incredibly hard. And if I was a Man United player or I was Michael Carrick, I would bathe in the success of this sun that we have today because next season, it could be dark times. Like, you know, it's great when you're third in the league and you've qualified for the Champions League and you can say, look at what I've done, look at what I've done. but next season there are a lot of factors that can make it very very difficult so I sort of think that next season might be about stability next season might be just about a good Champions League run and making sure we're back in the top five I mean I want to be better than that but you know I'm I'm almost if somebody said there's fourth place and you can take it now next season do you want it goes against everything I'm about I want to know screw that I want to go higher but part of I mean, well, would you?

13:55Would you take fourth place if somebody said it's guaranteed you can take fourth place next May now or you can twist and see what happens? Part of me would take that fourth place. And it's not, I'm not like that. I don't, fourth place, shove it up your ass. But I sort of think fourth place next season, you don't know how competitive that season is going to be. You don't know how many injuries we're going to get. Also, you don't know what we're going to do in the Cups. Fourth place, quarterfinal of the Champions League and a Carabao Cup might be a very, very good season for us. So I might take fourth place next season.

14:28But to do that, stabilise, consistency, the word, we very rarely stabilise. We'll have a good season, a bad season, a good season, a bad season. So a stable season next season probably works better on the foundations of pre-season is going to be a bit shit for United because half our team is going to be on holiday after the World Cup. But if Carrick is back on the training ground on the 10th of July and all those preseason games in Europe, Fernandes, Edison and Tonali are playing, that's a positive. Now, flip that the other way. You sign Ciumini or any other player from the World Cup, they're not played in the preseason.

15:11So there is a flip side to that. There is a flip side to that. Rogue doesn't agree he wouldn't take top four. That's fine. Atletico was in for Edison so he has to be a Simeone type player which I do like maybe a rich man's version of Joel Linton says Captain well I wouldn't mind a Joel Linton Miguel says watch Bruno's interview by Diary of a CEO when you get a chance it's really good yeah I would urge you to watch that I mean I haven't heard about Diary of a CEO for ages I think I should go on it but I haven't watched it for ages I didn't know it was on a break I thought it was on a break but I'm looking forward to watching the full interview but Beth sent me a load of clips and he definitely called Roy Keane a liar so we'll talk about that in a bit.

15:50Would you buy Somerville if we get him cheap? Look, as a left wing option.

16:00I'm actually going to double down and say, no, I'm not for Man United saving money but do we need a left winger? I don't think we need a left winger. We need a left back. If you could give me Mendes from PSG, I don't need a left winger Mendes on the left Left back Dorgue on the wing Swapping with Kunya I'm happy Lacey Ahmad Embermo Gabriel I don't think I need to spend 80 million pounds on a winger I think I'm okay I think I need a left back You buy a winger What am I doing with Dorgue What am I doing with Kunya I think I need a left back If I was Anderson I would want my move Before the World Cup Says Dazzo Imagine you pick up an injury At World Cup or training You're going nowhere after that Says Dazzo Dazzo can I just thank you sir you have just led me into something I wanted to talk about which I might have forgot so coming in from the Telegraph this morning basically the Telegraph are saying that Manchester United and Manchester City face a steep learning curve on Elliot Anderson Nottingham Forest are going to use the 115 million sale of Moises Casado as the benchmark valuation for Elliot Anderson.

17:10So look, I am just going to put a warning out here. Thank you, Dazzo, for reminding me. I'm going to put a warning out here. A lot of people will now say, we don't need to sign Elliot Anderson because he's too expensive. £115 million is ridiculous. We shouldn't sign Elliot Anderson. And all you're doing there is giving Ineos and Jason Wilcox the opportunity to walk away. Lee Berman says, as if Man City are going to spend£115 million on a player, it would be too ironic. 1-1-5. Good one, Lee. I remember back in November, I was in New York. Beth was doing her weekly show with Ben Jacobs. I was in Bryant Square, is it, in New York at the Christmas market.

18:08And I was listening to voice notes and it was going back and forward about Ben Jacobs had said, Elliot Anderson's going to go for less than 80 million pounds. And there was some problem with it. I don't know whether it was an agent or Forrest or something. They weren't happy that that story was out. And I've never heard anything ever since. And it definitely wasn't a release clause. so I've always remembered that I'm a little bit like a you know what's that thing that never forgets anything an elephant right I just don't buy this 115 million pounds story I don't even know if I buy a hundred million pound story I feel there is something with Elliot Anderson that is not gonna be a hundred million quid so I am not falling into the trap of we should walk away it's too expensive because that's what United want.

18:59United want you to say, don't get Tonali, don't get Elliot Anderson because they're too expensive. The way I look at it is, if you spend£100 million on Tonali at 26 and for the next five years, he's one of our best players like Casemiro's been this year, that's cheap because I'm paying£20 million a year plus wages for one of the best players at Man United. If Elliot Anderson comes to Man United for£115 million at 23 and stays till he's 30, that's seven years divided by 115. And he's one of our best players. And he's probably going to be worth 150 at least for the rest of his career. With spending£100 million,£150 million on a player, because I've seen Chelsea do it, I've seen Liverpool do it, I've seen Real Madrid do it.

19:49I don't give a toss about spending ridiculous money on a player if they're a ridiculous talent and they're going to give us years. There seems to be this strange thing in our fan base, and I can only blame the Glazers for this, where they've turned some of our fans into accountants who hear a wage or a fee and go, no, we shouldn't do that. Like it's going to impact you, like you're about to get a knock on the door and say, we will be taking a grand a month out of your bank account to help pay for this deal. It will cost you nothing. It will cost you nothing. Man United have just made nearly £200 million from finishing third in the Premier League.

20:29They've made another£100 million from getting in the Champions League. We're not poor. We can afford big deals. We're just in debt because of the glazes. So we can afford big deals. I am not walking away from the right player because people think it's too expensive. And I will hold judgment on that. If Man City pay£115 million for Elliot Anderson. Fair play. I'll come back and say, okay, it was expensive, but I don't think that's going to happen. I really don't. Ned just says, my goodness, you really hate Belayba. Yeah, mate, you can keep coming in with your nonsense. I don't hate anything for a start.

21:05So go and project your hatred elsewhere. Secondly, the question was to the people who rate Belayba, Please tell us why you think he's a good signing for Man United Stop distracting And tell us why you think he's a good player Because all I ever hear From the belabours Or the beliebers Or the believers Is Oh you're just a hater You're just a hater You've got an agenda against him Nobody's got a bloody agenda against him A lot of us said to sign him last summer He's been absolutely shit since then We've changed our mind Tell us why a player that's been shit all season is now the answer to Man United's midfield.

21:45That's what we're asking, right? And I'll tell you what I find hilarious as well. I'll tell you what I find hilarious. I wasn't even going to talk about Bulemba. You lot are bringing it in. But you know the 20-minute cameo he did yesterday? There was people online saying he played well. Can you define what that is? Because it's an illness. Apparently he came on and played really well. I don't know what game they were watching. even if fans like Belaber how can anyone justify that standard for Man United should be buying players who can't consistently start at a mid-table team says Pengers and I know I've mentioned this before says Captain but Noosa at left wing I'd prefer him over Diamande both at Leipzig look we need to move on because there's quite a few bits to get into this morning but I think that I saw that Arsenal were Arsenal were linked to Scott at Bournemouth and I got this pang of frustration because I really like Scott at Bournemouth.

22:43But you know what? I like Fernandes at West Ham. I like Stiller at Stuttgart. I'm not impartial to Ederson if we do it, really. I really like Anderson. I really like Tonali. Chirmini's a really good player. I'm up to seven already. And if I keep thinking, I'll probably get to 12. I feel like this is going to be the summer of we could have done that. We could have done that. And whoever we sign, there's going to be seven or eight other players that we would like to have signed. We can't buy them all. We can't buy them all. And I think Noosa probably falls into that category. Morgan Rodgers, N 'Jai at Everton, Diamande at Leipzig.

23:20There are so many good players out there this summer that unfortunately, we are going to get that pang of frustration because it's sort of like, you know, you walk into the donut shop and you go for the one with the, you know, Biscoffi topping and then someone else comes in and gets the Nutella topping. And it's like, oh, I quite like that one. So I think that naturally there are a lot of good players out there and we can't buy them all. So we've got to make sure we get the right players because, and that comes down to higher pay grades than us, the scouts, Wilcox. There's almost too much choice, isn't there?

24:00You know, if Elliot Anderson was the only midfielder available and if you don't get him, you end up with bloody Belaber or, I don't know, Edison or, you know, some kid from Brazil, you don't get Anderson, you're taking a risk. But if you don't get Anderson this time, there is a Tonali, there is a Chimini. So there is a lot of choice. And I think Nusa falls into that category where I think he's a really interesting player, but he could end up at, I mean, he could end up in the Premier League at a rival playing for Chelsea. You don't know. I think he's a good player. Talking of Chelsea, by the way, I mean, we shouldn't do this, but isn't it ironic?

24:36don't you think a little too ironic uh ganacho a year ago i want to leave man united because i want to go to chelsea and play at a better level sat on the bench without europe next season

24:51oh oh dear um anyway we move on but yeah look i think um i think there are some really good options for man united this summer and the the most important thing is getting the best options in isn't it you know if we buy three shit midfielders and everyone else buys good midfielders we're in trouble if Chumini stays at Real Madrid and Tonali goes to Arsenal and Anderson goes to Man City you look at it and go okay you've got Edison and Fernandes and whoever but you didn't get the best did you um our midfield should be Anderson um Joaquin says our priority midfielder should be Anderson because he's Premier League proven Fernandes should be second priority then moved to a strike and then a left back.

25:31Stefano says Fernandes and Edison will be decent signings but if we don't get Anderson, Chumini or Tonali then it'll be another wasted window. I think many people agree with you Stefano. I haven't got a problem with Fernandes. I haven't really got a problem with Edison but it stands or falls on who that third midfielder is because that has to be something good. I mean Fernandes and Edison are good signings if you get Tonali or Anderson. Fernandes and Edison become more concerning If the third midfielder is someone like I don't know Scott or Belaber or someone like that Because it's like Where's the experienced player to replace Casemiro?

26:12Thank you very much for that Would you take Vlahovic on a free? Says David No I know a lot of you would But no I wouldn't For me he sort of falls into the category Of always being available But nobody ever goes for him can you please make a video on free transfers if you've got time we can target any that learned english uh any can we target anyway my dad learned english to watch you love from india says joy d uh thank you pal i think when we're looking at the free agent market it's really easy um and i can i can just tell you now that i don't think there's really anything in there that's viable for manchester united because you can do a couple of clicks and you've got it canate liverpool i think is staying vlahovic is a free transfer uh bernardo silver man city harry wilson fulham senesi bournemouth uh brandt dortmund uh 30 years of age not going to happen neither senesi um garetska by munich 31 john stones man city 31 rico henry are left back at brentford um there's there's not really a much in the free agent market that's available and a lot of it is 29 or over So yeah I don't really think there's A hell of a lot there to be honest With you Somerville will be a good addition says Tony And Razzler says If you're Anderson wouldn't you think twice before joining City regarding the charges well it didn't Stop Gehi or Semenyu Captain T says Fernandez and Edison equals 70 million is the January budget for Semenyu we didn't use So we'll be on this year's books I think the Labour and one of Anderson Chiamini is doable after July.

27:54And that's a great point as well. Don't ignore the fact that we would have bought Semenu in January if he'd said yes. That would have cost us 70 million and that would have been in this year's financial year. This year's financial year closes at the end of June. So United probably do. This is a great point by T, Captain T. This is a great point because we would have bought Semenu. That was 70 million pounds we didn't spend. That would have been in this financial year. So United are obviously comfortable putting£70 million of expenditure in this financial year before the end of June, which probably feeds into why we're trying to get a couple of deals done early.

28:32It's a con that they say he's now too expensive, says VX on Anderson. What do you think about Anderson, Tonali and Scott, Edison, Fernandez, Lewis Hall and left wing to compete with Dorgoo? Cunha is understudy for Bruno and versatile sub-starter and Batshaibi as centre-back and backup. Way too much, Adji. You've gone way too far there. Too much. It's not going to happen. You basically bought three midfielders, a left winger, a left back, a centre back and striker. We won't do that. I'd like it, but we won't do that. I can't think of good left wingers in the world other than Vinicius Junior, Gradoch Gellier and to an extent Luis Diaz.

29:03Why is there such a dearth of right footed wingers over left? Says Sunrisers. Well, you try and do a Premier League. You try and do your Premier League team of the season and find a left winger. It's really difficult, really difficult this season. After seeing Tyler Fletcher's performance yesterday, He could be a rotational player next year instead of Emerson. Save 50 million for high-class left-back. Oh, God. I can't help you, Gus. I can't help you from the chat. I think that is one of the worst takes of the year. So I think that's a terrible take. So we don't buy three midfielders because we keep Fletcher in the midfield because he finally had a good half an hour.

29:45I don't think Fletcher looks anywhere near ready. for United, to be honest. Maybe get more game time next season and see how it develops. But you're asking me to only buy two midfielders and give Fletcher the third spot? No, no, too early, too early. Gretzka Schlager-Ramerez, free and cheap, says Kiel, also old. Basketball Crazy says, my name is Demil. Which centre midfielder do you think is coming? Well, I think Edison is coming in very, very soon. Okay, let's move on to a little bit more news. Just going to talk about this just very, very quickly. This came in from an article that Laurie Whitwell did last night, sort of a season analysis of the managerial situation.

30:29And he said, Jason Wilcox is an influential figure at Carrington, watching training sessions and consistently checking the temperature. he asked the players their thoughts on Carrick getting the job permanently and received resounding feedback especially from Bruno who does not instigate or try to influence such decisions but will give his opinion if requested look we've just finished third in the league we've just beaten Brighton 3-0 we're about to sign a player everybody's in a positive frame of mind I am not going to be not I'm not gonna be a hypocrite though why is Jason Wilcox asking the players what they think about the next manager of Manchester United I mean this is one of my big issues with Wilcox.

31:07He's got no experience and he clearly has done the thing that I detest and do not understand. Why do people, when they get the job at Man United, not do the research that we already know? Why would you not look at why Mourinho lost his job? Why would you not look at what happened to Rangnick? Player power. Player power. Why would you ask the players who they want to be as manager. At what point does your brain kick in and go, Man United's dressing room shouldn't be asked anything about managers? They really shouldn't. Whether you like some of them players or not, they should not be asked. One of the biggest problems we've had in the last 10 years is that dressing room turning on managers.

31:54You don't ask the manager, the dressing room, what they want. And that to me just shows the absolute inexperience of Jason Wilcox if he's walking around the training ground asking players what they think about the manager. Look, it's fine at the moment, but in the long term, I'd keep that in the back of your head because that might come back and hurt us. But it also went on to go through the managerial process that Wilcox ran. This is in The Athletic by Laurie Whitwell. When I finish this or as I'm reading it, tell me if you think that's a thorough process. Thomas Tuchel, United wanted Tuchel, but he'd already signed a new contract as England head coach.

32:32And his decision was influenced by his strong relationship with Dan Ashworth. The World Cup also limited available options. So Tuchel we wanted, but it feels like he chose England over us. Ancelotti. He also signed an extension with Brazil, ruling him out as a realistic United target. Nagelsmann. United considered Nagelsmann seriously. He's highly rated by Vival and performed well in the club's data analysis. However, his Germany World Cup commitments ruled out formal talks, with German FA determined to keep him to avoid major backlash. So we liked Nagelsmann. We wanted to talk to Nagelsmann, but he wasn't allowed to talk to us because of the German FA.

33:11So you've got Tuka we wanted, but he chose England. You've got Ancelotti who chose Brazil. You've got Nagelsmann who we couldn't talk to until after the World Cup. Iriola, United sounded out Iriola, but he was viewed as a talented coach. But officials decided the move to Champions League football at a club of United scale would be too big a step. I mean, look, I sort of do understand that one. All I would say is Michael Carrick's not managed in the Champions League either. But look, I understand that one. Iriola, I think you can't really argue with the fact that maybe he doesn't have the experience.

33:45And then Unai Emery. Unai Emery was an option for Manchester United because of his consistent overachievements in four seasons at Villa. However, he's represented by George Mendes and there would be a large compensation package to Villa, estimated to be 20 million. and he also enjoys a level of control at Villa that he could not have at United. So look, Michael Carrick's got the job. We do need to move on, but there was no thorough process, was there? Emery was too expensive. Nagelsmann wasn't going to be able to be spoken until after the World Cup. And Ancelotti and Tuchel had already signed new deals with everybody else.

34:22So, you know, ultimately, we're in a very lucky position that Michael Carrick's done well. Because when I was reading that article last night, I was like, you know if Carrick had done bad what would we have done we're very lucky that Carrick's done really well and that he can take the job because what would we have done and I think for the first I'm still not convinced Carrick's the right guy but I think for the first time last night I was like thank god for Michael Carrick because if he hadn't have done well what were we gonna do there was literally nothing to do Nagelsmann wasn't available Emery was too expensive Tuchel and Ancelotti didn't want the job.

35:02So they probably would have gone for Iriola, who they actually didn't want because he wasn't experienced enough. So we're bloody lucky Michael Carrick has done what he's done, and that's got nothing to do with Wilcox, and it's got nothing to do with Berada. They yet again have failed to do their job and got lucky because Carrick's done really well. So, look, thank God for Michael Carrick because the recruitment process of a manager wasn't the best. In football or business, you want the best. You put the best to work. An average employee won't get you multi-million pound deals. We've got Wilcox, as reality speaks.

35:37Ginger Red says, it was interesting to see some players talking to Blaber at full time. Do they know something we don't, says Ginger Red. Mate, this is why I wouldn't listen to my United players. I wouldn't. I mean, again, I just want to know what is the obsession with Belaba that Man United have and some of our fans have? Because I've been searching for it for nine months. I've actually watched him play about 10 times. I try and watch Brighton as much as possible. I mean, a lot of the times I've gone to watch Brighton and he's not playing because he's on the bench. But I've tried to watch them a lot because I see people in our community and I hear United constantly going on about it.

36:15And I just want to understand what it is. And I just haven't got the answer. I don't know what he does that makes him a Man United player. So answers on a postcard on that one. Emily Derry says, I love how Wilcox is attaching himself to Carrick and the players. Good work. It won't disguise a crap window this summer, so we better get something good. Anderson, Ciumini or Tonali are a must, says Emily Derry. Do you think we need a goalkeeper? Sommer is out of contract, says Elian. Well, I saw Marleau was in the chat earlier. And apparently there was some stat that Le Mans is 15th in the league goalkeeper.

36:47but I don't know what the stat was and I suppose the question was is Le Mans overrated slightly? I think he's been brilliant for us this season and look, as many people have said Vitek at Bristol has had a really good season so maybe you bring him back but he might not want to come back as an understudy Keel says, Belaber brings physicality we are missing is that the same physicality where he was getting knocked off the ball by everybody even Mason Mount yesterday? I mean, physicality, my arse Lost my super chat, Mark, have a good day there he goes, Marlo there he was um uh thank you very much for that okay uh lots of people talking to me about this Bruno stuff I'm going to talk about that next over 12 ,000 watching remember it's going to be a big summer on the United stand lots going on and it all starts well it's already started really but loads and loads of reaction coming up here uh obviously we'll be doing a lot of stuff on the World Cup I've got some stuff on here World Cup related as well so make sure you subscribe to the channel and get involved we're live every morning at 10 o 'clock even though it's a bank holiday in the uk we're still here live we're back uh at eight o 'clock tonight as well um two o 'clock shows as well um so make sure you're getting involved shout out to the community make sure you smash a like and subscribe gold fridge tukul signed his extension with england mid-february we sacked tamarim in january there was more than a month with thwade in so i don't buy the excuse i think tukul turned us down mate and i think you know tukul obviously has a close relationship with Dan Ashworth, who got treated like shit by Man United and he wouldn't get much control as a head coach.

38:17So I think Tuchel turned us down. Let's be honest. Tuchel turned us. A lot of people turned us down. But look, we move with what we've got. We're very lucky to have Michael Carrick. Bruno. OK, let me talk to you about Bruno. So Bruno's done an interview with Stephen Bartlett on the Diary of a CEO. and look I've got to say I'm a little bit tired of the ex-player current player battle look at the end of the day obviously I'm going to side with opinion because that's what this is it's opinion if we didn't have opinion we may as well shut it down and stop we may as well just you know swallow the shit that comes out of that club on a daily basis and pretend that it's the truth so i'm always going to back opinion i think it's very important but i feel like we just need to we've got such a big manchester united summer transfer window coming we've just finished third in the league and we've basically got bruno fernandez in an interview now calling roy keen a liar and saying that roy keen had said something about him that he didn't say and he doesn't like liars etc and it will get blown up into something really really big and you know do what you want with it right but from my perspective i really don't care right roy keen has got a right to say what he wants to say and bruno fernandez has got a right to say what he wants to say i just don't think it's that big i would rather live in a world where people say what they think than live in a world where they can't and bruno fernandez may be offended by what Roy Keane said and Roy Keane might not rate Bruno Fernandes I don't really care the reality is Man United have underachieved for 13 years and third place in a league this season is good but it's still not where Man United need to be some people have standards and some people have forgotten what those standards are I think Bruno Fernandes has those standards I don't think he wants to be in third place.

40:23I think he wants to be in the Champions League final. I think he wants to win Premier League titles.

40:30Take your sides, ignore it, whatever. To me, what matters is that Manchester United improve. And if you want to sit back and say, nobody should criticise Manchester United, we're doing great. That's absolutely fine. If you want to say, I'd rather we just stopped all this bitching and got on with work because sometimes criticism inspires people to do better. You know, maybe Bruno Fernandes, maybe Roy Keane's got under the skin of Bruno Fernandes and maybe Bruno Fernandes is like, I'm going to prove him wrong. That only helps us. Maybe Harry Maguire being left out of the England squad helps us because it inspires him to go, right, I'll show them next season.

41:13David Beckham missed a penalty in the 98 World Cup. People had Beckham dummies hanging from bridges in London. Every away ground he went to that season, they were booing him and shouting stuff about his, I don't know whether he was married at the time, but about his girlfriend, right? He probably should have won Ballon d 'Or that year. Man United won the treble that year. criticism with the right person will inspire them to prove people wrong and i'll leave it there if you want to just go no everything is great everything's fine everything is wonderful go and watch the lego movie right nice little pun there everything is awesome um i haven't got a problem with criticism because criticism used to inspire man united to win things that's why we had the siege mentality.

42:07The press hated us, anyone but United. And we won the league nearly every year with people hating us and criticising us and not giving us any credit. So I think criticism is really important. And if United want a bus parade for finishing third in the league and Bruno getting the assist record, let's see how many people turn up because some people will. But if they really want a bus parade, go and win the Premier League. Go and win the Premier League. then we can talk about you know how good this team is so I think that well done this season third place Champions League football huge summer ahead that's what I want to focus on because third place ain't it for me this is just this has just got to be the first step I want to do what Arsenal have done I want to see you know I was talking to Robbie this morning the week they've had at Arsenal and they've got a Champions League final to come I mean I remember that's what that's what United used to be so So, you know what?

43:06If some of these players don't like the criticism, good. Good. Go out and prove people wrong. That's what we need. So, I quite like the fact that Roy Keane's got under the skin of Bruno. I quite like the fact that Tuchel's left Harry Maguire out. I quite like these things because, you know, look at how Manu reacted to being left out by Ameren. Starter for Man United going to the World Cup. Look at that Beckham story I just told you. A lot of, you know, look at the last dance with Michael Jordan and the comeback there and how many times he was written off. Ronaldo, like professional sports people who succeed get criticised and they take that criticism and they use it as energy and fuel.

43:49So I ain't got a problem with it. I ain't going to be, you know, I'm sure there'll be some content creators doing videos on how great Bruno is for calling Roy Keane a liar. Maybe he is. but let's hope that he takes that and uses that because criticism is never going to be a bad thing when Man United aren't where they need to be and I think Michael Carrick is a big advocate of that and I agree with him about that we've got to use that noise and and and use it as fuel but look bottom line is in my opinion that team ain't doing anything next season if it starts next season with the squad that it's got.

44:27Michael Carrick, Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire, they ain't going to be able to deal next season with this squad and what's coming. So it all comes back to what we spent the first half an hour talking about. What Wilcox and co are going to do over the next three months is going to define whether this is a first step towards United getting back on track or whether it's going to be what we've seen for the last 13 years. Good season, bad season, good season, bad season. Because look, that bit of paper I had yesterday read this as a warning sign to the board look at this 14-15 season 4th place 70 points 15-16 season 5th place 66 points 17-18 season 2nd place 81 points 18-19 season 6th place 66 points 20-21 season, second place, 74 points 21-22 season, sixth place, 58 points 22-23 season, third place, 75 points 23-24 season, eighth place, 60 points So every year that we've done well like had over 70 points the following year we've dropped off That's our history We have a season like this and then we drop this is going to be the summer to find out whether we've got the right minerals or not keen misquoted what bruno said and used that to slander him it wasn't criticism which i agree is necessary at times it was a straight lie says chad i'll give carrick the benefit of the doubt and hope he can be a vincent company for us says katie would sell enzo and get chumini for chelsea says max this is not the chelsea stand max you keep trying to turn it into the chelsea stand thank you very much okay I've nearly over no I've not overrun actually I've not overrun at all got a few more minutes right what else have I missed in the news let me have a quick look bonus minutes here

46:36oh this was what I meant so remember I said at the start of the show that Romano said that United are going to make a big signing soon that was our exclusive by the way a week ago from our source Man United are going to make a big signing before the World Cup also in the Athletic this is what I was on about they're obviously looking at somebody who can marry up with Maynou but also Dovetail as an alternative and that's why Edison is coming more to the forefront he's got one year left on his contract it feels within the realm of United spending power around 40 million and the player would like to come I get the feeling United wants to do a transfer fairly soon in the window they're ready for that making a lot of inquiries having a lot of talks over the financial landscape for different targets so what we said last week about a big signing before the World Cup is clearly now hitting credible sources as well

47:21done that bit Man United earned£191 million from Premier League prize money this season

47:39Arsenal, Scott, I've done that we've done that one as well

47:49Michael Carrick on the importance of keeping Bruno he's such an influence for us you know he's been the captain and led by example so yeah I've got no reason to think otherwise we've loved what he's done and he's loved being here look as I said last night some people don't like this but you take Bruno Fernandes out of that team and we're Chelsea some would say lower but I'm just going to be nice you take Bruno Fernandes out of that team and we're 10th. You can't have a guy that breaks the assist record and then say if we take him out of that team, we'd still be in the top four. I don't like to say it, but I think we're bordering on the definition of a one-man team, really.

48:32He's just so influential on that team. fortunately I think he's I think he's almost immune to injury but that is another bonus with him as well he's you know he's a robot isn't he an article about Amerim move on

49:10Oh there's an article come out from the Telegraph now They're talking about the appointment of Carrick

49:22Basically James Ducker in the Telegraph is saying That United carried out They looked at Emery However he is seen as someone who performs best with full control over transfers, staff and structure, a model United have definitely moved away from after it failed with Van Gaal and Ten Haag. Yeah, United want a head coach that Wilcox can tell what to do. Let's hope it works.

49:48Under Project 150, United are targeting winning a 21st Premier League title by 2028, which is when Carrick's contract runs out. Let's hope. Let's hope. I like what Bruno said about recruitment he said we need players who want to play for united recruitment needs to be good with the right people like last summer in that sense uh amarin made a good choice because he bought in good characters good professionals and good players um yeah we do need to bring in the right players definitely but they also need to be good enough i don't actually agree that we need to buy players that want to come to man united we need to buy players that want to come to man united with the right mentality.

50:27Yeah. I am not, Greg, I am not answering this. I'm just going to leave this and say, Mount as a long-term centre midfield option thoughts. Yeah. Get out, Greg. Get out. Get out. Please sign Anderson and Fernandes. Don't care who the third midfielder is. Yeah, look, as we've said, if you get Anderson or Tonali, it really doesn't matter if it's Fernandes and Edison. You'd be absolutely fine with that.

50:59Some guy says Belaber and Rodgers would set us back so much. Okay, I've pinned it in the live chat. It's up now. My reaction to my Premier League predictions. So every season on That's Football, before a ball is kicked, I do Premier League predictions. Top five, Carabao Cup winner, Champions League winner, who's going to get sacked, worst player of the year, golden boot. I do that video. And then after the season finishes, I play some of them clips and I react to them. That video has just gone up on That's Football. The link is in the live chat. I only recorded it last night. I cannot believe some of the predictions I made.

51:33Wild. I mean, some of them are good, but my red-tinted Man United glasses have not helped me in some areas, and my player of the year looks like I've jinxed that player to retirement. Check it out. It's on That's Football. I'm back with you live at 8 o 'clock tonight. There may be a video this afternoon. Let's wait and see what happens. It's bank holiday Monday in the UK, so a lot of people are off. So it just depends if anything happens. But we're definitely back at eight o 'clock. Check out my reaction to Premier League predictions. And I will speak to you all a little bit later. Legends, take care.