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1:01Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news and transfer news. And we're going to start off with a bit of an apology, actually. If you're watching the show last night, what we're going to be talking about on the show this morning, by the way, Hayden Hackney from Middlesbrough could be back on the menu for Michael Carrick. Is that a good move for United? It's coming in from a North East correspondent and that is where Middlesbrough is, which is where Hackney plays. We'll also be talking the latest on Tonali, Edison and Fernandez and a few other bits as well.

1:33Also this, but where I want to start is, is with a bit of an apology. Thankfully, our thumbnail and title last night doesn't say deal off for Chiwemini because it very easily could have done. Let me set the scene because it's not off. The deal for Chiwemini is not off. But basically what happened last night is we were doing our eight o 'clock show. Remember United Stand live every morning at 10 o 'clock and eight o 'clock at night. and also two o 'clock in the afternoon and midweek days. But it came through that Real Madrid were not going to sell Chiamini and Valverde this summer. And Romano put a post out on Instagram.

2:10And we were sort of reacting to this live. When you actually look at what was said, the deal was not off at all. The deal isn't off. What was said by Perez amongst many things he was talking about because he's got his presidential election coming along. He was talking about a lot of things quite vaguely. He was talking about things like, you know, how much their budget is in the summer. You know, can they win the Champions League every single year? So there's a lot of things to talk about. Also, refereeing changes next season. Remind me about that. But yeah, he said things like this. Florentino Perez, we shouldn't be going crazy this summer.

2:45The idea that we can win a Champions League every year is ridiculous. Winning six in 10 years is something we've never done. But what he said about the situation with Valverde and Chiamini was, will Valverde and Chiamini stay? For me, yes, of course. That's not, they're definitely staying. That's not 100%. And then Romano actually said this. Manchester United view Chiumini as their dream midfield target and their ideal replacement for Casemiro Real Madrid president Perez's public and privately confirmed that Chiumini is not for sale and will definitely stay at the club this summer despite United's high interest any potential deal faces major hurdles including Chiumini's high salary Madrid's firm stance making it a long shot dream rather than a realistic or imminent transfer well we know it's a bloody dream no one expected it to happen like next week or this week or before the World Cup or during the World Cup.

3:40We know it's a dream, but it's not over. I'd still say there is a, you know, Perez saying for me, he stays. Has he spoke to Mourinho? Maybe Mourinho says, what are my options in midfield? It's Enzo Fernandes. Well, I want Enzo Fernandes. We'll have to sell Ciumini. Okay. So I still think that something can happen in relation to that. Absolutely. I don't think it's off. And look, apologies. Sometimes it's difficult when you're live and you get information coming in to react to it without doing the research. But doing the research, listening to the comments of Perez, listening to what Romano said, it's a dream for Man United.

4:21And at the moment, Real Madrid are closing doors. But Real Madrid are closing doors to everybody because they've got a presidential election. So things can change. And Chiamini was always a more long term marquee signing as well, much the same as Tonali and potentially Anderson as well. So I don't think we should start putting crosses next to people at all. In fact, I won't be putting crosses next to people because smash a like on the video. Here is your hotter meter as of today. And I haven't changed it. I did talk about potentially changing it last night, but I haven't changed it. I'd still put Chumini at a six.

4:53I still put Believer as a 50-55. Scott as a four. Rodgers as a four. Edison as a nine. And Fernandes and Anderson as a seven. And the reason Fernandes and Anderson are a seven is because we know we want both players. Obviously, Anderson could go to Man City and Fernandes could go to PSG or Arsenal. But at the moment, we know we want them. So I think that's where we sort of are at the moment. However, we can come back to the Chimini story, certainly. But I want to delve into this this morning. So this is coming from, and I'll shout him out, Scott Wilson Echo. He's the chief sports writer for the Northern Echo, focusing on coverage of Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.

5:33Now, he has said Man United are set to enter the race for Hayden Hackney with support from Michael Carrick. The midfielder looks certain to leave Middlesbrough this summer. Now, this is a hipster signing. And I define a hipster signing as something that people get very, very passionate about, but maybe in the minority. So he is 23. He'll be 24 in a couple of weeks. if you don't know much about Hayden Hackney he's a midfielder he's five foot ten he's he's played England under 21s obviously hasn't played for England hasn't played Premier League football 137 appearances for Middlesbrough 14 goals and sort of described well I mean I don't know I don't know I'm actually going to do a video on Hayden Hackney later today where I delve into it a little deeper and compare him to other people.

6:26But my concern about this is that I see Hayden Hackney as a potential, I don't know, you know when Elliot Anderson went from Newcastle to Forest? I see some people talk about that. The difference with that is Elliot Anderson went from a Premier League club to a Premier League club. We're talking about a championship player here. So I think it's difficult to define when was the last time a player came in from the championship and did really really well um there will be some people who can who can who can give us examples of that but um i feel i feel with hayden hackney he he actually does suit a crystal palace or an everton or a nottingham forest more than a man united a liverpool or an arsenal it feels like he is a player that needs to understand the premier league rather than be thrown into a big situation at Man United.

7:23Now he might be able to do that in the sense that he's a bench player, but the question has to be, and the answer for me is no, do you want one of our four midfield signings to be an absolute work in progress project? And I don't. I think Belaber and Fernandez and Scott are work in progress, but with a Premier League platform background. I think with Hayden Hackney, he is an absolute definition of a project. And I don't think one of these three midfield signings can be a project because Maynou is a project with Premier League proven ability. Edison will be a project with no Premier League proven ability.

8:01Fernandes and Balaba or Scott will all be Premier League projects who are young and have no Champions League experience. So we can't just buy projects. And I think Hayden Hackney would be the biggest project of the lot because he's never played Premier League football. He's never played European football. And you want him to be 33 % of our summer midfield signings. I think it's a big, big risk. And I don't really understand what United are doing when you're taking a huge risk on a coach. And Carrick is a huge risk. Even massive Carrick fans cannot sit here and say, this is the guy that's going to do better than Ten Hag or Mourinho or even bloody Van Gaal.

8:44And that's true. You know, Carrick, Mourinho finished second in the league. He won a Carabao Cup He won a Europa League Ten Og Finished third in the league Won an FA Cup A Carabao Cup Oli You know you could argue with that So Carrick may not even be able To do better than then Mourinho was given Pogba Oli Gunnar Solskjaer got Ronaldo And Sancho We can't be giving Michael Carrick Hayden Hackney Like we just can't We can't be doing that he's inexperienced and yes he may have liked him from Middlesbrough but that is not even the same as you know Jose Mourinho or Eric Ten Hag or well Amrim never did it bringing players in from Porto or Ajax you know they will have had Champions League experience I know they didn't have Premier League experience Ederson has Champions League experience I know he hasn't got Premier League experience but my concern with Hayden Hackney is where is the you know this is a major project to take a championship player and stick him into the Premier League.

9:51It's massive. I need to delve into it a little bit more. So that's my concern. The positive of this is that what if he is the next Elliot Anderson? And I think we all wish we'd bought Elliot Anderson from Newcastle instead of Forrest. What if he does go to an Everton or a Forrest, does really well, and then in a year's time, he's a£70 million midfielder at 24? So again, that's something else to balance, isn't it? Yes, it's a massive project. It's a massive risk and it's probably a big step too soon. But if he takes that step to a Brighton or a Forest or an Everton and he does really well, and in a year's time, you're going, we should have bought him before that.

10:28We do moan about that. We do. We do moan about that. We always go, wow, why can't we get the player before they're worth 70, 80, 90 million pounds? So in that sense, I suppose that's a positive. Also, Michael Carrick knows him a lot. Michael Carrick managed him at Middlesbrough. So maybe Michael Carrick knows a little bit more about it than all of us. In fact, he will do. So I think that it's one of those, isn't it? My mic drop on this is it's a no. And it's not a no because of the lack of experience in the project. I think that's a good enough reason to be a no. And it's not a yes because he could be brilliant.

11:03It's a no because we can only sign three. We're clearly signing Edison, so we can only sign two more. Hackney cannot come in with Edison. it can't be edison hackney and one other that's not good enough so unless we're dropping interest in edison hackney can't come because the next two signings have got to be better than edison he's got to be the he's got to be the worst of the three because he's the biggest risk and he's the cheapest so you can't buy edison and hackney because if we're doing that we may as well just start the protests right away i mean what are we doing signing edison and hackney as two of our three midfielders that can't happen so we either drop interest in edison and sign Hackney or we don't sign him at all because after Edison, it's got to be players of the quality of Anderson, Chiamini, Tonali, Fernandes, Scott, potentially a Belaber or someone like that.

11:52It can't be Edison, then Hackney for me. So it's a no, in my opinion. But I do want to get yours. Make sure you whack your comments in whether you're watching live or not. Hackney is just a Dan James signing and that didn't work, says Christopher Woodhouse. Can we use Calvin Phillips' career to Lerr Anderson, says Kiel Robinson. And yeah, well, look, just going back to that, I think that there are examples of players that have come in from the championship have done really well. Morgan Rodgers, although that was via Man City, if we're being honest. Mason Mount went and had a loan at Chelsea the year before he got into the first team in the championship.

12:28So look, you can come in from the championship. I mean, look, I'm old enough to remember Steve Bull. Steve Bull went to Italia 90. He never played in the top division in England scored shit loads of goals for Wolves in the late 80s early 90s never played in the top league um and he was a brilliant striker and he went to the World Cup so it can happen uh Kevin Phillips came up from the championship and scored a load of goals so it can have Michael Elise so it can Adam Wharton it can definitely happen and it should happen and I want to see it happen more you know I don't know about you lot but I actually want to see players coming in from League One and the championship into the Premier League.

13:06I mean, the last time I checked, it's the English Premier League. It's the English championship. The championship is massively watched. If you're outside the UK, it's a massively watched league. It's 46 games. It's very competitive. I'd love to see more players coming in from the championship into the Premier League. I would never sit here and say, I don't want him because he's from the championship. But the parameters of what we need is very high. We have an inexperienced coach with an inexperienced coaching staff and you want to bring in inexperienced players. That's a recipe for disaster. Carrick needs Tenales and Chirminis.

13:43He doesn't need Hackneys and Edisons. You can have one, but the other two, I think, need to be of a higher standard. Kiel Robinson says, all roads lead to Belaber. Can I just say as well this morning, my thoughts and prayers are with everybody who suffers with hay fever. Oh my God. I've had it. horrible. You know, like I said, I was bigging it up on Friday night. I said, you know what? I've been taking mountahistamines. I've been using, you know, saline nasal sprays. And normally I get really bad colds and, you know, rhinitis, whatever you want to call it in March and April. And here I am in June.

14:16It's amazing. Went out in the garden last night to play a bit of football with Seb and my left nostril itching like mad, eyes running, feel like I've got the flu. horrible, horrible. Apparently it's tree pollen. I looked on the internet last night, it's tree pollen. Some of you last night were on the internet looking at better things than me, certainly typing in better search terms than tree pollen. Some of you might have been typing in, is the Chimini deal off? Some of you might have been going a bit X-rated. But the point is, if you do suffer with hay fever, God, it's back with a bang with me today.

14:46Just wiped you out as well. Makes you feel cold and headachy and stuff. But I'm all right now. I'm all right now. but thoughts and prayers with everybody who gets it. It's a worldwide issue. Anyway, Forms says, seeing a lot of some posts praising Ineos spending 110 million on some credit debt or such, saying they're nothing like the Glazers. Am I missing something? Or are people really this gullible? Look, we'll just keep the receipts, mate. There are people... There's people who do what I do, who think that rimming the Glazers and Ineos will get them into the club, like it has Rio Ferdinand. And maybe it will do.

15:20But honestly, leave your conscience at the door Like if you want to praise Ineos These are people who've sacked off the workforce Have made a lot of money last season by ripping you off By increasing prices Made a lot of mistakes And if you want to start praising them And they're nothing like the Glazers Let me tell you this They don't own Man United The Glazers own Man United So Jim Radcliffe can't wipe his arse at Carrington unless the Glazers say so because they own the football club. So Jim Radcliffe does not have freedom to do anything at that football club. He doesn't get right off on anything.

15:59He does run the football side of things, but he cannot write the checks. So ultimately, the Glazers still own this football club and you're an absolute moron if you think that's not the case. What do you think the delay is on Edison? Who should be our next signing? Happy new month, says Rafa. It is June. That reminds me. remind me about career mode it's back at 4 o 'clock today England World Cup career mode with the stadiums the players the kits the lot we're live at 4 for that but let me talk to you about this Edison story because there is something that's come out this morning in the Manchester Evening News there is still some work to be done to formally agree a deal to sign Edison from Atalanta sources confirmed last week that the transfer was close but it's premature to discuss when an agreement announcement could be made at this stage on Monday morning.

16:50Everything is moving in the right direction to make Edison the first signing of the summer transfer window. United want a fair deal. That's a lovely cup of coffee. It's become a thing for me, actually. If we've got any coffee brands out there that want to sponsor the morning show, I think that would be a great fit. I could get a Starbucks or a Costa or even a Pret. Pret do a lovely coffee. Just get it delivered sat here like this. it's a no-brainer brangbridge um but no look going back to edison um i would do tea yeah i'd do hot chocolate as well yeah any hot beverage is always a great start to the day with you good people look i think in relation to edison there's a lot of people pretending they know stuff this used to really irritate me about 10 years ago remember the influx of ITKs.

17:42I mean, one of them's still hanging around, Indy Kayla, but there used to be a few that have long disappeared now. But every summer, we get these accounts that think, I know, I've got an amazing way to grow on social media. I'm going to lie about transfers. They all die. They all get ridiculed and they all get it wrong because the reason people like Romano and David Ornstein survive is because they actually do have sources and they don't make mistakes. But we still get these faceless wonders who live behind accounts where they don't show their face saying, I've got information, I've got information, I've got information.

18:19If you were an aspiring journalist, look at someone like Sam C who used to work with us. He can see his face, he can see his accounts, and he does well in going out. He had an interview with Sesco last week. you know that's how you do it there is absolutely no reason to be in the know and not show your face because your whole point your whole career path is to be Romano or Ornstein so I just don't buy into this bollocks of these people who hide behind names and don't show their face because I think they're making it up and I think last week I've put my hands up and said in relation to Edison I do not know anything Right All I've got told Is what I've told you Over the last few weeks We had a big update On Fernandes last night And then About a week and a half ago Man United are going to make A big signing before the World Cup And they will make a big signing Before the World Cup Because the World Cup Doesn't start for another week and a half But we said that Three weeks before the World Cup And people started Talking about Fernandes bids Edison's done literally people were saying Edison's done last week.

19:31And I'm like, who are you? What are you talking about? It's not done, is it? It will get done, but there seems to be this obsession with being first. I think I tweeted last week, looks like Edison's happening then, but it will happen, but I don't know when it's going to happen. And that's where we are with Edison. It will happen, but it ain't done you know they're not waiting for two o 'clock on tuesday tt it will get done it's just not done yet um i don't see as i think the most important thing with edison is and you have to respect this there are certain people in our fan base that would love this deal to fall apart um it's not going to fall apart you know it's nine out of ten for a reason Hi, Uncle Lazer here.

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21:14not for the next two months because of the World Cup and stuff. No. But what was I talking about there? I've completely forgotten what I was talking about. What do you think the delay is on Anderson? Who should our next be signing? That was it. I wanted to answer Raphael's super chat. The delay on Anderson will be simple negotiations. Man United aren't particularly quick anyway. As it said in the Manchester News, we want a fair deal. Atalanta are notorious for getting good deals. We paid a lot of money for Ahmad. Paid a lot of money for Ahmad. We paid a lot of money for Rasmus. So I think that...

21:57Sorry, I just got to get rid of someone there. I think that this will just be coming down to negotiations of the price. And also, as I said to you last night, their new manager, which is Sarri, and their new director of football who i can't remember the name i think it's phil someone um they've only just been announced so yeah um do you think anderson and bruno can work well together in this system especially with the extra 12 to 14 games next season says enchanted angle um look i i personally think that's a great question because we can all have our preference on who we want to buy but we can only deal with the evidence that we have in front of our face I think the obvious thing is, is that Carrick has picked Manu, Casemiro and Bruno every game he could.

22:43He can't pick Casemiro anymore because he's gone. So what midfielder suits Manu and Bruno the most that we're looking at? If we start the season with Edison, Manu and Bruno, I think there's vulnerability there because we don't know what Edison is. If we start the season with Maynou, Anderson and Bruno there, I think it's exciting, but we don't know how they're going to work together If we start the season with Chumini, Maynou and Bruno, I think we've got real defensive stability If we start the season with Tonali, Maynou and Bruno, I think we've got a really good balance So, look, ultimately this is why I want Anderson, Chumini or Tonali because when we start next season, which one of those three works with Bruno?

23:32I think they all work with Bruno and Mainu in different ways. But for me, I think Tonali and Chiamini provide the best balance. Anderson provides the most excitement. But it has to be one of those players because if it's Belaba, Mainu and Fernandes, I'm worried. If it's Edison, Mainu and Fernandes, I'm worried. If it's Fernandes, Mainu and Fernandes, I'm worried. I think there's inexperience there. I think we've got to replace Casamiro with the best available, really. Tom Grant says, we spent£60 million on Casamiro. Remember his age at the time, so£80 million on Tonali should be a no-brainer. A tiered list of signing centre midfielders with Edison slash Tonali or Anderson is vital.

24:16Act now or after the World Cup. Look, Tom, I'm quite relaxed about waiting until after the World Cup. As I said, there will be a big signing before the World Cup. That's what I was going to say, actually. I don't define what the big signing is, and neither do you. Like, what I was told and I told you from a very good source is that Man United will make a big signing before the World Cup. One man's fish and chips is another man's lasagna. And what I mean is perfect meal. You know, you might, we're having an amazing meal tonight. You get something like, you know, lasagna and you go, they'll like it.

24:49But they might be like, this is an amazing meal. So we don't know what big signing means to Man United. 35 million pounds on a midfielder I think they will class that as a big signing I think that's probably the big signing Maybe it's going to be somebody else I saw somebody this morning talking about a bid for Tonali this week I think what we can expect this week Is the closure potentially of the Edison deal And not a lot else Or we might suddenly swoop in and put a bid in for somebody else as well But there's no definitive plan with United And I think that, as Tom said there, the World Cup is going to take a lot of eyes.

25:31But it shouldn't take Wilcox and Barada's eyes. They shouldn't be sat there going, Omar, I'm staying up tonight to watch Scotland Haiti at 2am. I might take the day off tomorrow. Me too, Jason. I will as well. That can't happen. They don't get to watch the World Cup. They get to go to work. So the World Cup will distract a lot of people, but it shouldn't be distracting what we've got to do. And you might not think that Edison's a big signing, but Man United probably do. And when they say big signing, do you mean big signing in the sense of, ooh, big signing, height, we're signing Michael Jordan?

26:09Or do they mean big signing in the sense of it's a hundred million pound player? or do they mean big signing in the sense that we're making a signing before the transfer window opens? Because that's what I think by Man United. I think they mean it's a big statement. You know, we've got a midfielder in before the official transfer window opens because the official transfer window, I reckon it opens. Let me just double check. Official summer transfer window open 2026. June the 15th.

26:51And then it closes on the September the 1st. So, Man United probably think a big signing is somebody that signs before then. Ayus says, pick one from each group and explain why. Chumini, Tonali, Anderson, Edison, Warton, Fernandes, Scott, Balaba, Hackney. Why have you put Edison in the middle group with Fernandes? I don't agree with your groups But I would say this morning I'd still go Tonali Second group I would go Fernandes Over Edison and Wharton Third group I'd go Scott over Belaber and Acne So I'd go Scott, Fernandes, Tonali I'd be over the moon with that I'd be over the moon with that John Patterson says Tissimo And Forms we've done yours as well Thank you very much for Kiel as well Jack Brown says we need to find players that can cope with the weight of the shirt playing in front of 75 ,000 fans and millions watching isn't for a championship player.

27:50You know what, Jack? I think that's probably one of the most sensible comments I've seen in a long time. I absolutely agree with you. Please do share the video. We're only 200 away from 10 ,000 live viewers as well. Get involved with the channel. I do agree with Jack. I think that is something that's really important. I've spoken to a couple of current players before past players as well privately it's always one thing I ask you know is playing for Manchester United harder than playing for you know Arsenal or Chelsea and the answer tends to be well I haven't played for those clubs but the scrutiny at Man United is immense like you can be a new signing and called a flop within two games you can be a player who scores a hat-trick in your world class and then the next game you don't score your shit again uh the the amount of journalist attention is ridiculous you know you think about man united you think about man united press conferences how many journalists can you name james ducker simon peach chris wheeler lorry whitwell um luckhurst um i feel like there's i feel like if i think about it i can probably get to 10 how many how many arsenal journalists can your name now i know we don't support arsenal but i don't think they have that volume either the expectation the history the noise old trafford um i agree with jack i think that you have to look at that we're not building everton we're building manchester united and i think if you're everton you can bring hayden hackney in you know you can but i think at man united you cut you two of your midfield signings can't be hayden hackney and edison so i think this i think this this is my point you know we can buy Hayden Hackney Fernandez and Tonali we can buy Edison Fernandez and Tonali but we can't sign Edison Hackney and Tonali because we've got two players there that you you know you're taking a punt and you want to take as less punts as possible you know doesn't mean you won't be a good player though do you think Anderson I've done that one from Enchanted Angel did that one as well okay I want to move back here um so look if you've tuned in a little bit late.

29:56The story last night was that the Chiamini deal was off because Perez has said that they won't sell him. What he actually said is that for me, they're not for sale. And you know what as well? You know what got me thinking about what he had to say? Because I listened to Perez's interview. He spoke about, he was asked about a crisis in the dressing room and he said, crisis in the dressing room? The dressing room is wonderful. They're the same guys they've always been and they're all friends. But if one of them steps on another's foot during training and they get angry, we shouldn't blow it out of proportion.

30:28And if we should get angry, it's because they're leaking information. Some people say the problem is the fight. No, the problem is the one who leaks it. The atmosphere is perfect. Only a few bad apples leakers and we've got them figured out. So Perez distracting and saying Valverde and Chiumini will stay for me. Yes, of course. I don't buy this. I just genuinely, I will sit here and say, I don't think the Chumini deal is off. Of course, I accept that he probably wants to stay there and they at the moment aren't even thinking about selling him. But the minute they want to bring a midfielder in, they'll need to raise money and Chumini will be told, you know, you surface two requirements and then he'll probably say yes to Man United.

31:08I think that pathway is still one that can be walked. And when you actually listen to what Perez says, and you should always go to the evidence source and not listen to rumour. I think Perez there is asking a lot of different, he's being asked a lot of different questions. He hasn't woke up in the morning, done a press conference saying Ciumini and Valverde are definitely staying. It was a consequence of a question about the dressing room. And these questions are being asked about him because of the presidential election. It would be absolutely stupid. It would be career suicide for him to say, yeah, Ciumini and Valverde can't stand each other.

31:40We need to figure out which one we're going to sell because the dressing room's in chaos. He's trying to get reelected. So I, look, Of course, somebody could sit and say Chiumini's not leaving Real Madrid. Logically, maybe he isn't. But I don't actually think that update last night was a significant. I don't think we're in a different position this morning than we were last Monday with Chiumini. It's a hard deal to do. And Romano is right. Why are United briefing about Chiumini being a dream signing? Why? You could get angry about that. You could say, so why don't you brief that Fariq Skelly is a dream signing as well then?

32:17Why didn't you brief that Harry Kane's a dream signing? Why are we briefing about dream signings? You know, we can all do that. Imagine you're out for a family meal. You know, not a family meal. Imagine you go out with your partner, yeah, and some other friends, and you go, right, let's stop talking about our holidays. Next topic is who's your dream shag? And we'll start off with me. My dream shag is, and you name a pop star or something like that. That's not going to go down well with your wife, is it? or your husband or your partner, they're going to be, what the hell are you doing? Why are you talking about your dream shag?

32:51You're married to me. Why have you done that in front of our friends? And I feel a little bit like that with United on Chumini. If it's just, oh, what's our dream signing, Jason? Well, put this out for a Britzio. We'd love Chumini. There's got to be something to it. You know, because we're like the partner, aren't we? We're the one going, Jason, why are you telling the world that your dream signing is Chumini when I'm here sat next to you? Like, why would you do it? So I just don't believe this. Chimini's definitely staying at Real Madrid. This is our dream signing. Because we could brief about Kvarec Scalio.

33:26We could brief about Mbappe. Why would you brief that this is our dream signing unless you feel like something can happen? Look, I'm not saying it will happen, but it feels to me like United have put it out there thinking there might be a chance, you know? And that's fine, but I don't think it's off. I don't think it's off because I feel like Perez, when you listen to the interview is doing a lot of answers to a lot of questions and it's all about PR ahead of the presidential election. Once he's elected, it's like the government in the UK, isn't it? When we get elected, you never have to work again.

34:02You'll all drive a Ferrari. There'll be no debt for anybody and we'll deliver free food three times a day for everybody. And I'm going to vote for them. I'm going to vote for them. Then they get in and go, yeah, we've looked at the finances of the previous person. It's all their fault. We can't do anything we said we were going to do. In fact, we're going to raise you taxes. So we all know what election processes are all about and everything Perez says won't happen. It won't. Because once he's elected, he could say, I've spoken to Jose. We want to be more ambitious than I thought. We want to bring Rodri and Enzo Fernandez in, but to do that, we do need to make sales.

34:43Chimini, you're sold. So I think that Chumini is still in the race. And it goes back to the question we had a few minutes ago about, you know, do we need to get deals done quickly? I probably am going to be in the minority here, but I do not think that we have to get the deals done quickly. I think we have to get certain deals done quickly. We've got to move. We can't wait. We can't do nothing until the end of July. But Edison, hopefully in the next week or two. In June, hopefully Fernandes. And then July, who's the third marquee signing? Is it Anderson? Is it Tonali? Is it Chumini? I'm quite comfortable with Chumini, Tonali or Anderson coming in in July because I understand that all three of those deals are difficult.

35:33the main thing is to get one of them done Anderson hopefully is going to wait till after the World Cup Tonali we need Newcastle to move a bit and we need Tonali to move a bit he's got to start pushing and Chimini we need to find out whether he's going to leave or not you know VX says is the Anderson's deal still off or on oh I'll tell you what I forgot to do this apologies would you sign Hayden Hackney yes or no apologies I played in the hay fever it's got me a little bit blurry um is the anderson deal off or on still um

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36:56New Zealand and Costa Rica, I think it is. they're flying out to the United States today. Rashford's already in Miami. He's been using into Miami's facilities. He's in fitness mode. So Rashford's raring to go. This is good news about Rashford very quickly. I digress, but I think this is fantastic news about Rashford. I've seen all the pictures. He's training really hard. Look, most footballers train hard and they don't put pictures on Instagram. But the point is, I think from Rashford's point of view, it's really good. If Rashford is focused on fitness and being ready for the World Cup, and he has a good World Cup, that helps us move him on.

37:32Now, I still keep hearing people say, well, you know what, if we can get Fit Rashford back, I'd still have him back at Man United. And people need to realise that he doesn't want to come back to us and we don't want him back. So every time I sort of hear people talking about, oh, you know, I still think we should bring him back, he doesn't want to be back at Manchester United. Like, he doesn't. so I think that's that's really important to remember that you know he doesn't want to come back but what we do want to see is Marcus Rashford um in you know good form etc but look in relation to answering the Anderson question the fact that he's flying out to the States today means he'll be focused in on the World Cup now will he be ready to make a decision before the World Cup or during the World Cup.

38:26I mean, I don't know. I'm not Elliot Anderson's agent, but I would suggest that the best thing he can do is wait. And I would say this, the longer he doesn't sign for Man City, the more chance we have. Because Man City were in advanced talks with Elliot Anderson in the March international break. Not my words, the words of Fabrizio Romano. That was definitely said. It was the Friday night. we were playing we played Bournemouth on the Friday night just before the March international break and Romano said Man City are in advanced talks with Elliot Anderson that's over two months ago so they haven't got that deal done the longer they don't get that deal done the more we've got a chance Mark will you take Norman to the World Cup if you know you know Tom you'll have to wait and see on that one when will we be going for Malik Diouf, says Frey.

39:24I've not heard anything about that at all. Also, follow on from last night, these Prats who think we should sign Jared Bowen. Why would you sign Jared Bowen from West Ham and stick him on your left wing when he's a right winger, when you could just buy Somerville, who's going to the World Cup with the Netherlands and is better than Jared Bowen, younger than Jared Bowen and plays on the left wing? I mean, why would you want Jared Bowen? I just find it absolutely crazy. He's going to be 30 in December as well. Sign Somerville. Sign Somerville. We don't need to get. Sometimes I think some of our fans think we're Everton.

39:58Oh, let's sign Jared Bowen and Hayden Hackney. No, let's sign Somerville from West Ham if we're buying a West Ham winger and let's buy Stiller from Stuttgart, you know? I'd rather Jim Bowen, says UK Darren fan. Yeah. Are there an H? Are there an H? Oh, that's Bruce Forsyth, isn't it? We need to find players that I've done that one from Jack Brown. It was very good, in fact. Thanks very much. Okay. Okay, right. Let me come back to something. Oh, I wanted to mention this. Oh, Ben Jacobs is LA bound for the World Cup. There we go.

40:35Lovely stuff. A lot of people will be getting ready for that. Mason Mount's in Tokyo.

40:44James Milner's retired. it's got nothing to do with this.

40:53No, there was something I wanted to talk about here. Oh, World Cup related and next season related. Let me just read you this. So I didn't know he did this, but Kalina, Pierre Luigi Kalina, if you don't remember those days, we lived in an era of referee goatness. He was the goat referee. you know how we've never had a referee like this again i don't know he was an italian referee did a lot of champions league games obviously did selliar incredible referee he was on the front of a pro evo game he was he was absolute goat as a referee so apparently he's still involved and there's going to be a major crackdown on corners in fafer in the world cup as they bring in a raft of new measures um and uh a lot of these changes are expected to filter into the Premier League next season.

41:46So apparently in the World Cup, they're going to really look at grappling from corners. Now you think about Man United against Everton, you think about Arsenal this season, but to be fair, we do it as well. So I think next season, I take this as a positive. We scored a lot of goals and we got a lot of points following the Arsenal model of being very good at corners. And Bruno got a lot of assists from corners and Casemiro Maguire scored a lot of goals from corners. I mean, we basically would have lost to Fulham if it wasn't for corners. So, but Casemiro's gone. I don't think next season corners are going to be such a big thing.

42:28So again, that might not be a bad idea. That might not be a bad thing that we need to move away from that towards something new. Gideon says, I think Ciumini fits the club's pressure the best. Yeah, get your comments in. I want to get into some of your questions. We have got over 10 ,000 watching now, please do keep sharing the video. 71 % of you wouldn't. Sorry, I'm going to have to take some water, this hay fever stuff.

42:5571 % of you wouldn't take Hayden Hackney. I will do a video on Hayden Hackney later on today. You know, like I use Wisecout for all the stats and that. I'll compare him to Edison. Who do you want me to compare him to? Edison, Fernandez, and it's better if you do it for Anderson, Edison and Fernandes. We'll compare him to them three and maybe Maynew as well. The X says, you could walk, if you could, would you sign Tonali now or soon? Wait longer for Chumini. Also, would you prefer Liao or Somerville? I prefer Somerville over Liao, definitely. Would I sign Tonali now or wait for Chumini? Mate, if I had that choice, this morning, wait, sign Tenali now or gamble and get Chumini at late July, I take Tenali now.

43:45I'd do all my business today if I could. I mean, look, from a content point of view, it'd be a bit of a dry June and July. But if somebody said to me, you can press a button and United have got Lewis Hall, Edison, Fernandes, Tenali and Noosa now, I'd do it. definitely would do it. I'd take them five deals today. Yeah. Yeah. Melvin says, the way Ineos are so slow, our top shelf targets will go elsewhere. I'd love Tonali and Fernandez, but somehow feel Belaber will end up with us. You know what? Somebody said, I mean, I will share it. I wasn't going to share it, but somebody actually said to me, when was it?

44:30When was it? Saturday. I was in the pub. Saturday afternoon. I was in a beer garden. And I was talking to a couple of people and they were United fans. And one of them said, and they'd had a couple of drinks. So, you know, they're not in the know, I don't think. They said, I really want us to get one of the big midfielders like an Anderson. I like this Fernandez. And I'm not worried about Edison if we get those two. But he said, what I'm worried about is that United are throwing these names out like Ed Anderson. and then he goes to Man City and Tonali and he goes to Arsenal and Chiamini and he stays at Real Madrid and then they get Balaba because they go well we tried and we couldn't get anybody else and we have to accept Balaba because it's all that's left and it got me thinking because I thought well you could do that on purpose you could literally play that game on purpose you could tell everybody you want Chiamini you could tell everybody Tonali's too expensive you could tell everyone you want Anderson and then when they're all staying where they are or going elsewhere you go well belabor like because they know he's there but the fly in the soup of that is that you've still got brighton saying we want 70 million pounds and if we spend anything more than 45 on belabor we're going to get laughed out of the premier league he's not worth more than 45 million you know he's not i mean anybody who thinks he's worth more than 45 million is mad.

45:58He's just not. He's not. If we're paying 35 for Edison with one year left on his contract, why would you pay anything more than 45 for the Labour who's had a bad season? You can't pay 60 million pounds on potential. It's ridiculous. You know, you pay, he's 22, which means he's been crap for most of being 22, right? In fact, he was 21 at the start of the season. So you go back to last summer, he was only 21 and a half. He's had a crap season. He's now 22. Why is he worth 60, 70, 80 million pounds? He's not. He's worth 45. That's his price. And he's only got two years left on his contract. So, he's a£45 million player.

46:49Nothing more. Anthony says more like 4.5. No, I think£45 million with add-ons is OK. I still wouldn't do the deal, but that's OK. But yeah, he's not worth 50. He's not worth 55. He's not worth... I mean, look, we paid£60 million for Cunha. We paid£65 million for Mbremo. Chelsea paid 50 for Pedro. this guy's not worth more than 45 i mean hello hello brighton hello wilcox can we live in the real world he ain't worth more than 50 million pounds he's worth 45 that's what he's worth um how much do you think hackney would go for good question um actually he should be my producer um i should have realized that one uh hayden hackney is uh a player that's got one year left on his contract oh it all makes sense now he's only got a year left on his contract probably 20 million yeah he's only got a year left on his contract um and he's represented by i'm having a look at seg agency just waiting to see who they represent yeah it says on transfer market uh contract expires 2027 so i would say hayden hackney's a 20 million pound player going for 30 million pounds with one year left on his contract that would be um incredible i don't know why that's not glowed yet

48:36Sports Entertainment Group is his agent They're based in the Netherlands Rasmus Nico O 'Reilly Calvert-Lewin There's no Man United players represented by them Their biggest client is Cody Gakpo. So no, there's no connection in there. Yeah, but I presume transfer market is accurate and therefore he'd be very cheap. I mean, as someone in the chat just said there, it whizzed through too quickly, but I read it. Championship player with one year left on their contract should be 15 million. Simon Jordan just called you out on talk sports as Sir X what for

49:32what for I mean I don't know what he's called me out for I don't know whether it's true um he knows he can get hold of my number very easily I've I've I've said I'd go and have a chat with him any day of the week so don't don't call people out when you're a coward basically I've got no respect for people who call people out but definitely will not have a debate so got no respect for that first time out of the big six five have new managers says jaws of life 1991 thank you very much for that um yeah it's gonna be very exciting next season definitely um would you take solace as a left winger 50 gold contributions this season says jack i keep hearing a lot about this name and um i don't know what the situation is with him uh as a uh i mean he's 24 plays in the belgian league for club bruges it's a no for me but he'll probably get signed by liverpool and be the next salah um if you could would you sign tonali now or sue i've done that one haven't i from bx as well and there we go as well um

50:43that was something i wanted to say there yeah i mean that's an interesting thing about hayden hackney isn't it i mean that's not been mentioned enough he's only got one year left on his contract i mean that is an app that is that a red flag is that a good thing uh i mean he'd be very very cheap very very cheap um but if you're signing edison we don't need another cheap midfielder either do we i mean edison at 35 million is cheap um according to a lot of people so i think that's um that's certainly uh one to bear in mind is that cheapness doesn't really come into it for me um sirius says would you take d off at west ham for left back i mean i think he is a consideration um i i personally think the most suitable players for Manchester United are going to be Lewis Hall probably not available Truffaut as well but

51:48there's something about that deal for West Ham that just feels a little bit unorthodox erratic I think he's good but I think he's a bit erratic it doesn't feel like he's very smooth as a fullback, there's mistakes there There's good bits, there's bad bits. I mean, I look at Trufford and I look at Hall. I think they're smooth left backs. It's back and forth. It's, yeah. So there we go. Lum says, do we need a left back? Well, if you're happy with Luke Shaw, you don't. If you're not happy with Luke Shaw, we absolutely do. Geo says, yeah, it's not technical enough. Canoni Cross, not good at defending.

52:26And Kai says, not good enough. I think for me, I don't think he's good enough for Manchester United. if I'm being completely honest. I don't think he is.

52:44Gaz says, it's all dollars for donuts, isn't it, Mark? Call Simon and have the courage of your convictions. Enough of the what to add. Mate, look, I don't even know what's been said. All I know for a fact is that when I worked at TalkSport, I used to say all the time, get me on the show, and I wasn't allowed to go on. So, and that's the truth. And I can send you the emails and I can send you the WhatsApp. So it's got nothing to do with me. Look, when you're the biggest and the best, people want to gob off and that's absolutely fine. But they've never taken the opportunity to actually say it to my face in front of all of you lot.

53:18So I don't have respect for people who do that. It's just, you know, content farming, isn't it? um as i said i've called people out loads of times on the premise that anytime they want to have a chat look i think rio ferdinand's a prat if he wants a chat he won't do it scared of doing it um so you know i i try not to get involved in any of that the only people i really care about is this community we'll live at eight o 'clock we'll live at 10 o 'clock you know that's the most important thing to me and ultimately you lot keep me on my toes anyway no one's going to be afraid to say, I think you're an idiot.

53:53We should sign Hayden Hackney. And then we have the debate anyway. So I just don't need it. 4am from US. Cheers, Mark. We need Alex Scott as a main new competition signing. I love him, but every player must know their spot's not safe. I'd love to sign Alex Scott, but I'd love to sign Stiller. I'd love to sign Anderson. I'd love to sign Tonali. I'd love to sign Chermini. I quite like Fernandez. I mean, I've just named six midfielders there. If we can get two out of those, I'd be over the moon. But I think you've got to get one of those. But actually, I think that's a fair point. I think Scott, Stiller, Fernandez, Chumini, Anderson and Tonali.

54:31We've got to sign two out of those six to go with Edison. Two out of those six. I don't think we're asking too much, but six options. You've got to sign two of them to go with Edison. You know, I think that's absolutely essential. Can you wish my missus Anne-Marie a happy 30th anniversary? she's my rock says chunky chunks thank you very much uh and big shout out to anne-marie 30 years it's a long time you can tell a joke and say you get less for fraud um you do uh what about anderson i thought he's joining says lump i don't think anybody said that um techie says please we need to move scott up the hotometer well i don't this is this is what's likely to happen it's not what we want to happen.

55:18This is their hot rating out of 10. So Edison is 9 out of 10 because it's most likely to happen. Scott is 4 out of 10 and Bournemouth are confident he's going to sign a new contract. And also, remember, Bournemouth have got that Europa League. They can say to their players, look, we've given you the platform, we're in the Europa League. There we go.

55:43Anthony says, would you like Hackney, Belaber, Edison as our three midfielders or is that the stuff of nightmares? That is the stuff of nightmares. That is the stuff of nightmare. I mean, that literally is a Brighton midfield, isn't it? Hayden Hackney, Balaber and Edison. I mean, you could literally see that being Herzler's midfield options next season, which is fine if you're Brighton, but not if you want to try and win the league. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, everybody. Great show today. We're back at two o 'clock. I've got an eight o 'clock show for you with me as well. and I'm going to drop a video about Hayden Hackney a little bit later as well, probably about 5 o 'clock.

56:19So get ready for that. I'm going to compare him with our stats and throw it in and we'll do a quick video on that as well. Because I must admit, cheap championship player, but I haven't seen a lot of him. Thanks for watching. Stay safe. I'll speak to you all in a bit.

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