428: Fernandes OFFER Imminent! Tonali TRANSFER Update!

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1:00Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United transfer news. As a first bid on Fernandes is imminent, Tonali comes back into the equation. We'll be reacting to other transfer news as well this morning and a couple of exclusive bits from our source as well. Also, Beth's in trouble. I was out last night. Take that. Absolutely incredible. Get to one of their concerts. Brilliant. The script. It was just amazing. But came, got home last night, looked at my phone. Half a million views on someone clipping up Beth and saying she's a fool for saying 40 million pounds for Lewis Hall.

1:39Also, I've been reacting to my video from last night as well, where some people are, you know, in agreement with me that it would be unacceptable if United don't make the signings that are needed. But look, let's get straight into this. So, look, it always seems to be a Saturday morning that our source gives us stuff. We've had it over the years with like De Lapp and Anana. And obviously we said that there would be a signing before the World Cup, which has happened with Edison. What's going on at Man United? What's happening with Fernandes? We'll also talk about this Tonali update as well that's coming from the Manchester Evening News.

2:11And I want to talk a little bit about a couple of other things as well. So with Fernandes, what is going on? Because some people are saying United are firmly in the race. We've got what I would call Prats in our fan base, who I don't know whether they're on the payroll again. The same thing happened last year as well. I'm so excited about Manchester United summer. Oh, I'm so excited and optimistic about Man United. Why are you excited and optimistic? I just want to know. Can I have a pint of that instead of this coffee to wake me up this morning? Because what are you excited and optimistic about?

2:48What is it about this ownership over the last 20 years or this INEOS ownership over the last two years that makes you optimistic and excited? And I keep getting sent these screenshots and articles and clips of people going, And I'm really excited and optimistic about the summer transfer window. You can sort of go, well, OK, you can guess it's going to be good, but there's no reason to be optimistic about it, is there? But look, around Fernandes, from our source, not from these happy clappers who are just PR merchants and client journalists, from our source, where we are at with Man United as of this morning is this.

3:24Fernandes is a major midfielder for Man United. This is not speculative. this is not you know opportunistic this is a midfielder that Manchester United have highlighted for a very long period of time as being a player that they want to bring in as one of their two or three and I say two or three because I can't say three even our source won't say three so he is one of the midfielders that they want to bring in as part of the two or three for a long time and and what I was told this morning is United want Fernandes like they can't swerve from that they're in a difficult position, which I'll talk about at the moment.

4:00But on the one hand, they want to come across as competent. You've got Barada, you've got Wilcox, you've got Favell, you've got Sir Jim Radley, you've got Carrick. You've got these big meetings that have been going on since January. Remember, Carrick's been there since January. They've been having transfer meetings since January. And Fernandes is not a player that they've picked up the phone to last week and said, would you like to come to Man United? He is and has been on United's top list for a very long time. So Fernandes is a big player for Man United If he doesn't come to Manchester United Then you can cross that one off as one that got away So Fernandes is front and centre for Manchester United What is expected to happen with Fernandes Moving away from our source to somebody else Who is in the transfer game And you can probably guess out of three people it is Based on previous activity on this channel On Fernandes at the moment What a first bid is imminent a first bid is going to go in on him very very soon now it could be Manchester United these are not my words it could be Manchester United because they really like and appreciate him and they've held preliminary talks it also could be PSG it also could be Arsenal it also could be Liverpool it also could be Real Madrid it also could be somebody else now I know that updates a little bit like what but actually it is significant because Fernandes isn't at the World Cup West Ham want the money And somebody's got to move So we'll come back to United in a minute And what's being said from there But in a general sense A first bid on Fernandes is imminent It could happen today It could happen on Monday There are things that might make it happen very, very soon Like if Real Madrid Buy a Juventus player Or a Bayern Munich player Sorry, a PSG player or a Bayern player, I don't know why I mentioned Juventus, then they'll have money in the pocket and they'll have to go and do something.

5:59There are a lot of moving parts with bigger clubs than us at the moment. So that first bid for Fernandes is going to go in very, very soon. And we're going to find out very soon whether it's noise or reality with certain clubs like PSG and Real Madrid, because they might not go for him at all, which leaves us to do an Embermo. And Arsenal might not go for him and Liverpool might not go for him. So a first bid, and if that happens, then United will be there to put their first bid in. Why haven't United put their first bid in? Well, what I was told this morning is United don't like the situation where it's busy.

6:38United like to walk into the shop in the last 10 minutes or the first 10 minutes when the shops aren't busy. Man United aren't the sort of person who goes and gets their petrol at 10 o 'clock on a Saturday morning on a busy forecourt. Man United aren't the sort of people that when the plane is boarding, they get in the queue. You know, they either want priority access or they wait till the end. They don't want to be in a busy scenario. So they don't want to make the first move at the moment because if they make the first move and then someone else comes in and they look stupid, Semenyu, Anderson.

7:09So United are ready to go on Fernandes and they really want him. But there's this busy situation at the moment. There's a lot of talk and United need to figure out where they are in it because they're fighting three things. Does Fernandes want to come to them? How much do West Ham want? And what is everyone else going to do? So even if Fernandes says, I want you, you've then got to get a price out of West Ham, which is difficult. And there's other clubs in there. So ideally, United don't want the other clubs there. They want West Ham to be reasonable. And they want Fernandes to say, I only want you.

7:42So there's a lot of things for Man United to do. So why not go early, says Bilford? Well, that's exactly what I was going to say. Why don't United just put a bid in? Go back to point two. United don't want to overpay. The logical thing, and other clubs would do this, Chelsea in the past, maybe even Liverpool in the past, maybe Arsenal, Man City. You really want this player. You just put£70 million on the table and you go, there's£70 million. Do you want to do a deal? And you try and just go, bang, we really want you. This is how everyone else is talking. Everyone's saying they like you. Jose apparently likes you.

8:17PSG like you. Everyone's talking about liking you. We know, you know, we like you. We've been talking to you for weeks. We like you. We value you. Let's get a deal done. That is a way of doing it. But United don't do that. We don't operate like that. I can't remember the last time we did operate like that. You think about Sesco. It was us against Newcastle and we played on being a bigger club. you think about Kunya we played the release clause you think about in Bermot was there really that much competition so I think that I think with Fernandes that first bid's going to go in very very soon is it going to be us or will it be somebody else and I think we're going to find out very very quickly and unfortunately I think we do have to going back to the other source who isn't United we have to monitor externally what's going on there is a huge domino effect is going to go on in Europe very, very quickly.

9:09And it's going to probably be sparked by the Real Madrid elections. This is the domino that knocks everything else down. If Perez wins, which he probably will, Mourinho comes in, they need midfielders, they're looking at Elice. If they get Elice or they get Vettinia or Jean-Eves, there's a lot of money at Bayern and there's a lot of money at PSG. So they've got to do things. And the Premier League will naturally fall into play in one way, shape or another. Rodri could go to Real Madrid. So there's, I don't know. We have had this before. I can't get an answer to this. I've asked a few people. Are Man United waiting on the Real Madrid presidential elections?

9:45Nobody can really answer it. But the honest answer is probably yes. I think with Fernandes, you know what it is? I have an analogy of what I think is going on with Fernandes. united are behind a bush and there's a lovely bit of meat sorry vegetarians there's a lovely bit of meat on the grass right and man united want that meat but they've poked the red out from behind the grass and they've gone we love you we want you right okay but in fact let's that's rubbish i've got a better one there's a you're in a nightclub yeah and at the bar it's not a bit of meet. We're not going to trivialise things.

10:26You're in a bar. You're out with your mates. You can see another group of people and there's someone you really fancy. They have a look at you. You have a look at them. You really like them. And you're thinking, I'm going to go and buy them a drink. But just as you're going to do that, you notice another person comes over and starts talking to them. And then someone else goes over and starts talking to them and you're sort of like do i go over there having had encouragement and and and you know see if i can win or do i wait and see if they walk away and leave that person on their own again and then i'll go and i think that's what united are doing i think we're like

11:12why have we asked our contractor we found on angie.com to be our kids legal guardian because he took such good care when redoing our basement that we knew we could trust him to care for our kids, all eight of them, should something happen to us. Are you my dad now? Uh, no, sorry, I do basements. Connecting homeowners with skilled pros for over 30 years. Angie, the one you trust to find the ones you trust. Find pros for all your home projects at Angie.com. We've had contacts. We've had some flirtation. there is interest but other people are circling and United don't want to get into that type of a battle so I think we're waiting to see if the circulars walk away and then we'll pounce my issue is what I said last night, I think it's unacceptable to keep missing out on the targets that you want, and we haven't missed out on Fernandes, absolutely not as I said at the start, and there's a second part to it, from our source who's been really good for us over the last 18 months United really like Fernandes, and this is not like Lewis Hall.

12:17Lewis Hall, as per my notes, Lewis Hall is not a player that Man United have gone into this transfer window as a priority for. He is opportunity. Man United didn't say in March we want Lewis Hall. They didn't say in April we want Lewis Hall. They didn't prioritise Lewis Hall. Man United would love Lewis Hall, but he is not a player that they've gone into this summer transfer window saying, we come out of it with Lewis Hall, because he's not gettable. the assumption was that he would go to the World Cup he's Newcastle starting left back they won't sell so Man United didn't put Lewis Hall on their list what's happened is Eddie Howe dropped Lewis Hall he didn't go to the World Cup and now he's not happy and there might be an opportunity there and United will explore the opportunity but he wasn't on the list of gettables Fernandes is so there's different types of players now if you don't get Lewis Hall it was an opportunity it didn't happen you look at others if you don't get Fernandes He was on your list.

13:12He was a gettable player. I don't want to miss out on opportunities like Lewis Hall, but I definitely don't think it's acceptable to miss out on players that were actually on your list. And I don't want to use the word Elliot Anderson on a show like this, but I'm still perplexed by the excitement of some people about our summer transfer window and the total ignorance of we put it out there for nine months that Elliot Anderson was a priority and we've never even got near to him. And some people say, well, he wants to go to Man City. Are you listening to yourselves? I read somebody yesterday say, well, you know, I'm not bothered about Elliot Anderson because if he wants to go to Man City, we shouldn't be trying to get him anyway.

13:52That's failure, mate. That's failure. If you keep your mouth shut and we're never linked to Elliot Anderson and he signs for Man City, we never know. But if you tell everybody for nine months that you want Elliot Anderson and he chooses Man City, you can't sit there and go, well, I'm not really bothered about it. We told everybody we wanted him and he snubbed us for City. And in my opinion, that's worse. We tell everybody we want something and then they go up yours, we want to go somewhere else. We can't miss out on players that we want. Opportunity is fine, but we can't miss out on players that we want.

14:21So I'm very intrigued on what's going to happen with Fernandes because we know the likes of PSG, Real Madrid can just go like that. And the question, and somebody just said it there a minute ago in the chat, the question is, what are we waiting for? And are we literally just going to sit there and watch a player we want go somewhere else without trying again, which is what's happened with Elliot Anderson? And the answer is, this is why I say to people who are excited and optimistic about our summer transfer window, based on what? When have we actually gone and got what we want in a competitive market?

14:57We always skirt around the edge and pick up what's easy. You know, Belayba's very easy. There's nothing, if we sign Belayba, there is nothing remarkable about that deal other than it's a player that no one else wants that's desperate to come to our club. Nobody else is competing with us for Balaba. No Real Madrid, no PSG, no Arsenal. They're not interested. Fernandes is better than Balaba. Are we going to fight for that player? Are we going to back off because the battle's too hard? And I'll tell you for free, we're winning no Premier League and we're winning no Champions League if we're just going to continue to pick off players that no one else wants.

15:32We have to get competitive. We have Jason Wilcox and Omar Barada. I've got to figure out a way to take players like Fernandes when other people want them. Now, look, Yoro, we did get Yoro when Real Madrid wanted him. Unique circumstances. We overpaid and Real Madrid didn't want to and we won the race. Some people would say, well, you know, we shouldn't do that again. If your scouting is correct, there's no problem with that. Now, the second part from our source this morning, obviously, as I said, Man United massively interested in Fernandes. A bid is imminent, whether it will be from Man United or not, a bid is imminent on him.

16:08the second part is I asked the question of the transfer window and what we can expect from the transfer window like are we going to get 7, 8, 9 signings are we going to get marquee signings what I was told this morning is is that there's not really any definitive around what Man United are going to do they have a plan but if that plan doesn't work this ownership have already shown they're stubborn and they will stick to their guns you know that they will so if they don't get fernandez and they don't get anderson uh and they don't get scott they'll just move down the list and they'll you know maybe it will end up being belabor so they're not like they're not sat there in their boardroom going we absolutely have to get this done because they have their process that they work through.

17:05And if they miss out on Anderson, they'll just move down the list with no drama and no noise. So I think like there's no, they're not doing stuff to please you, basically. They're not like, we've got to get this done. If they miss out on stuff, they're not vulnerable. They're invincible. They don't behave like that, basically. They're not behaving in a sense that if we don't get Fernandes, they'll be uproar and we'll lose our jobs. They won't lose their jobs. They know that. They know they're in charge. That's why Barada sits there and talks about a title next year or the year after. I mean, look, I don't want to talk about this.

17:42Think about what Omar Barada said in that interview. Think about how we behaved for the last two, three, four years. If we don't get Fernandes, we will be frustrated. If we don't get Scott, we will be frustrated. If we don't get Chiamini, Tonali and Anderson, we will be frustrated. The club won't panic. They'll just go, we're in charge. We're not vulnerable. No one's going to move us on. We'll just work down the list. even though it could be catastrophic they'll just work down the list what you're going to do with United and I was told this is you've got to look at the behavioral type of the club what behavior have Man United shown over the last two years some people find this quite appealing they don't panic they make decisions bad decisions good decisions they don't listen to fans they're not interested in what fans think they do what they think.

18:34As I said, I thought it was stupid of Barada to sit there and say win the title next year or the year after. I think it puts incredible pressure onto Michael Carrick. But look at Liverpool. Look at Real Madrid. Look at Bayern Munich. Look at Barcelona. Real Madrid and Barcelona. Look at the stadiums they're building. They're incredible stadiums. Barcelona is still being built The Bernabeu was redone very recently In the same footprints of their previous stadiums Their fans, their heritage, the name means a lot to those clubs Same at Liverpool, Anfield has just been renovated, modified on the footprints of Anfield Same with Real Madrid, same with Barcelona Man United are going to knock Old Trafford down and build something else and nothing's happening about it.

19:29They can do what they like. They don't care about you. They don't care what you think about Elliot Anderson or Fernandes. They're not bothered. They think they know best and they will just do what they think is right and they're not going to panic. And I think the stadium thing is really important because it's pitiful, absolutely pitiful how little noise has been made from a football club that prides itself as being one of the greatest clubs ever. they're literally going to knock Old Trafford down and build something next to it and everyone's like well we do need something new and you look at Arsenal and the Emirates and you look at what Highbury was and it's just not the same but they can do that there's literally no opposition to that at all in fact most of our fans think yeah it's good this is a great idea Heritage just being knocked demolished for something new so they're not bothered about what missing out on Fernandes a long way to say if Real Madrid or PSG or Arsenal put a good bid on the table Man United will walk even though that's a player we want we will walk away that doesn't fit in with a lot of what you would do but you have to understand and that's what I was told this morning you have to understand the mentality of that board you have to understand the mentality of the Glazers and Sir Jim Radcliffe they're not emotionally attached Barada's not a Man United fan Jason Wilcox is not a Man United fan.

20:50So Jim Radcliffe, well, is he? I don't know. The Glazers aren't. Like, it's a business proposition. If they bled Man United and they wanted Fernandes or they wanted Elliot Anderson, they'd get them because it's passion. This is business. We will pay a certain amount for a player. And if they don't want to come here, we will walk away. And they're very big on that. If they don't want to come here, we'll walk away, which is ridiculous because the best players, as I said last night, want to join a project. You can't not sign a player because they're not, I want to play for Man United. You do have to persuade them.

21:28The last 13 years hasn't been the best. Moving on, I want to talk about Tonali next.

21:38So I'll come back to that. Let me just... I want to come back to that. Let me have a look.

21:46and a little bit on greenwood by the way romano says that marseille want around 50 to 55 million euros for mason greenwood um manchester united have an interest in this story because of the um the clause but uh i think if mason greenwood goes for about 45 million pounds we get 25 of of the profit on 25 million. So 25 million to 45 million is 20. So we could get about 5 million if Mason Greenwood moves. Yeah, that's what could happen there. On Tonali, this came in from the Manchester Evening News. It's been a little quiet on Tonali's future, but it's not one to entirely rule out just yet. As with Ciumini and Anderson, I think the elite level market will take time to develop.

22:34He clearly wants out of Newcastle and his only route to that is a Premier League rival. So that's coming in from the Manchester Evening News. I think secondary to whatever happens with Fernandes, and I think that's going to be at the top of everybody's process at the moment because he's probably the player that, as I say, there's a bid imminent from somebody on him. I think the Fernandes story gets solved in the next seven days. I can't see it running on much longer because West Ham want to do a deal and there's a lot of people interested and we're very interested. So I think with Fernandes, I feel like with Fernandes, whoever moves first gets him, actually.

23:12I mean, that's only my thought. That's not from anybody. I think whoever moves first gets him. Are we capable of moving first? I think we'll be thinking about money. And also, if we move first, we're not very good at moving first. So if we move first, we probably offer 50 and West Ham rejects it. And then everyone else gets involved. If we were going to offer 65 first, we might get it done. But I don't think we were capable of making the offer. As for Tonali, Chiamini and Anderson, remember this would be the marquee signing for Manchester United, the elite level market, as it says in the Manchester United News.

23:49I do agree with that. I think that Tonali can only really go to a Premier League club unless PSG or Real Madrid want him, which I don't think they do. Anderson, obviously Man City have had that bid rejected And Chumini is very dependent on Real Madrid signing midfielders Which I think they will But all these things are As I said, I think they're going to take a bit of time As it says in the article, I think it will take a little bit of time to develop Man City are obviously going to Negotiate with Forrest Which is going to take a bit of time

24:24Tonali at Newcastle Is in a difficult situation Because Newcastle aren't easy to deal with And Chumini's obviously at the World Cup waiting on what Real Madrid are going to do. So I'm not critical of United on that. I mean, look, we have got till August the 31st and judgment day will be September the 1st or when the transfer window closes. There will become a judgment day on whether we get Chimini, Tonali or Anderson. But I think that's probably in fairness something we need to park until July unless something remarkable happens. We're very much at the moment about what's happening with the midfield scenario around Fernandes.

25:02Duke Studio says I would buy Noosa and Rogers I just miss United being a force to be reckoned with overwhelming talent difference says Duke Studio Emily Derry says the club only listens to the fans when it suits them unfortunately the ambitions and standards of the fans and club are in a different place were run by people who only value one voice says Emily Derry yeah I mean the club are only interested in the fans if it's positivity wow why have we asked our contractor we found on Angie.com to be our kids' legal guardian? Because he took such good care when redoing our basement that we knew we could trust him to care for our kids, all eight of them, should something happen to us.

25:41Are you my dad now? Uh, no, sorry, I do basements. Connecting homeowners with skilled pros for over 30 years. Angie, the one you trust to find the ones you trust. Find pros for all your home projects at Angie.com. All their social media activity, all their kit launchers, everything Man United do with fans is about fake positivity. There is no reality. There is no open conversation with the 50A, the Man United supporters trust. I've not heard anything from Must in ages. Those type of serious conversations don't take place, which is why it was quite refreshing to see Andy Mitton sat with Barada.

26:22You know, at least there was some, I mean, that's just scratching the surface, but there is, it's such a closed shop. It's a dictatorship. Man United's ownership is a dictatorship. They've got absolutely no interest. And I know this from people who work there. They don't listen to anything like this, a journalist. They don't listen to any ex-player. They know that they're completely locked in on what they think, which is why Nice have gone so bad in the French League. It's why Lezorne in the Swiss League don't do very well. Ineos are a problem in relation to their previous football habits. Now, that's not to say that they can't learn from them, but look at the Nice fans.

26:59There was never any interaction with Nice fans. They hate Ineos. Their management style is, if you research Ineos in anything they've done, their management style is very similar to the Glazers where we're in a room, we make the decisions and we don't listen to anybody else. And that's great if it works, but I don't like the way they work. Personally, I don't sit here, even though I'm very excited about the transfer window, and I do believe we can get people like Ciumini, I don't agree with the people who sit there going, oh I'm so excited about this Man United transfer window with a big smile on their face or yeah I'm so optimistic I'm like based on what have you been chucked a few quid to say that or are you just you know naive like what is it that makes you excited and optimistic about them I'll tell you what makes me concerned about them and you can use Fernandes you can use Elliot Anderson you can use Tenali.

27:58We know for a fact that what we need is staring us in the face. But if that thing that we need has a price we don't want to pay, we will walk. So we don't get the thing we need. And in football, I've been around football for over 40 years. I love football. I love Man United. I love watching England. I'm going to watch England tonight at nine o 'clock the world cup i love i've got that's football i love football right and when you love something you you you what you learn lots of different stories right in no way can a football club win premier league titles by seeing the thing they need and then going yeah we're not going to pay for that and we're comfortable with that we're going to walk away and get something that's not as good just life is very simple and football is very simple If there's something you really, really need, you need to get it.

28:53You don't go, we really, really need that, but I don't like how much it's going to cost, so we're going to not get it. And our board, our ownership, are like that. They know they need something, but if it doesn't suit what they want to pay, they'll walk away. And we won't be successful. That's a business. That's a business. A football club goes, you know, look at Real Madrid, look at Barcelona, look at Chelsea, look at Man City, look at Arsenal, look at Liverpool. They'll go, we need that. Let's get it. Now, it doesn't always work. It doesn't always work. I mean, look at what Liverpool paid for Isak and Wurtz.

29:29Didn't work last season, might work next season. But that's what I mean. There's two elements to this. If you really think you need something and you're going to walk away from it, that's a problem. But if you really need something and you get it, it might not work. So there's a risk in getting the thing anyway. But if you don't get it, there's a bigger risk. So yeah, Liverpool did spend a lot of money on verts and he did flop, but that's not a reason not to do it. Because if you don't do it, you'll never know. Liverpool obviously felt that they needed verts. And did it work out? Probably not.

30:05Will it work out? Maybe. But we will walk away from what we need and pretend that's the right thing to do. And that's why I'm not optimistic. That's why I'm concerned. And that's why I'll always reserve judgment with this ownership. Because I think, look at Old Trafford. Old Trafford's the same thing. In my mind, it's the life and soul of this football club. It's heritage. It should be a listed building. They're happy to knock it down and build something else. I think that says a lot about the mentality of our owners. They're not emotionally attached to this. It's business. A business decision is that Old Trafford renovation means you've got to find somewhere else to play, which is expensive, and it's expensive to rebuild it.

30:46Whereas the cheapest business decision is to keep playing at Old Trafford and then build something next to it and then knock Old Trafford down. From a business point of view, absolutely the right thing to do. From a moral point of view, a legacy point of view, it's the worst thing to do. But they will make the business decision and that's why for me i expect us to walk away from things um but labour publicly said he wants united hence no bids as keel um plus no one really wants him and he's overpriced uh don't we always overpay to some extent though so we can pay in installments it seems like the board hates uncertainty if that's how you operate being in professional competitive sport it's not for you yeah i think what patrick's saying there is is that fernandez There's could be a deal based on uncertainty.

31:31There's a little bit of, you know, what's going to happen, what's going to happen. But the reality is you've got to, you know, you've got to be brave. You know, you've got to take risks if you want to win. You know, if you're a Formula One driver and it's the last corner and you're behind and you need to win the race, are you going to take that corner carefully or are you going to break late and try and get through? I think Man United are a bit conservative. Patrick Chu, welcome to Members Club. But there's plenty of the summer window to change that. And remember, the update is a bid is about to go in for Fernandes from who will wait and see.

32:04But Man United absolutely want him. He's been on the list for a long time. He's a priority signing for Manchester United. It's not opportunistic. And if they walk away from Fernandes, they're walking away from a player they really, really want. So it's not off. It's not off. Alto says with 400 million still to be paid on transfer fees, I don't mind overpaying on someone like Fernandes, says Alta. can't win the league by being slow or pinch purse says vx we don't win transfer races we only sign players no one else or players who say only united says mckelvis um gazzy says we finished third the majority of the signings have been a success we seem more stable than ever and there are many points so why not be excited uh thank you gazzy or as or as we know a glazer bot i mean we finished third the majority of the signings have been a success we seem more stable than ever and there are many more points so why not be excited actually a lot of people might like that comment i will say this we finished third there's multiple reasons why you could be happy there's multiple reasons why you'd be concerned um also that team that finished third last season is not going to be the same next season and will struggle next season if it doesn't get good signings the majority of the signings have been a success le mans was a complete and utter fluke that we did on the last day of the season uh transfer window because our board wanted to stick with anana and be in there so that was fluky uh sesco um was an element of luck as well because he was option d and if we've got option a b or c we never would have got him uh and burmo and kranu were good signings um and um you're excited well mate if you want to be excited as i always say i respect people i don't mind people being excited what i'm saying is why are you excited you to me you trust an ownership that can't be trusted and they need to earn that trust.

33:51That's what I'm saying. If you want to trust them and believe it, I don't think you list off reasons that are actually valid. You know, every signing's been a success. Analyse those signings. They weren't even plan A, most of them. We didn't buy a midfielder. Do you think we save transfer funds for this financial year to use for bargains with clubs that are in financial trouble? Else move funds to next year, which clubs are in financial trouble? West Ham, Sir Sarvesh. As I said, that is very, very possible. We'll have to see what happens. With all this buzz, do you think the ownership views Fernandes as part of the Tonali-Anderson-Cermini tier, says Aidan?

34:26I hope he's not the marquee. For me, Fernandes needs to be the second player. And also, Scott is now being looked at by Liverpool. That came out this morning. I need to do a little bit more digging on that, but I got a note this morning saying that Liverpool have started looking at Scott from Bournemouth. So if we don't get Fernandes, where do we go? All roads lead to Belaber. But would Belaber as a six next to Manu work better than Anderson? Defensive stats are similar. I believe Carrick's experience will make him top tier. Keel, don't come in here telling lies. I have statistically put Belaber against Anderson and Fernandez and everybody else multiple times.

35:01Elliot Anderson passes the ball 60 times a game and Belaber passes it about 30. Elliot Anderson is clear of Belaber on multiple stats. And the only thing he's half decent at is defensive stats. but he doesn't pulverise anybody either. There's nothing, he's not better than Elliot Anderson as a holding midfielder or any other position. He's a, he's a, he is what he is. It's the equivalent of your partner promising you your favourite takeout at the end of the month for all they've put you through this month, them getting you a meal deal, says VX. And I feel, really fear our homegrown quota mark, I wish we went in for Anderson, says Vagabond.

35:38I don't know. Robert McCormack normally talks to us about homegrown. He's gone very quiet on it this season. can we get Paquetta don't want Paquetta Sharon absolutely don't want him at all also just wanted to say as well Beth's getting a bit of shit on social media this morning from this Newcastle account basically saying I've never heard such an outrageous take in my entire life she's talking about 40 million being the right price for one of the most promising English left backs since Ashley Cole please make the bid or shut the fuck up so Beth said about 40 million pounds for Lewis Hall Well, I'll tell you what, mate, he ain't worth 70.

36:17I think£40 million for Lewis Hall is wrong, but I also think£70 million for Lewis Hall is wrong. The right bid for Lewis Hall is 50. Right? As a first bid, the right bid is 50, not 40. It's too low. 70 is ridiculous. Remember, Lewis Hall is not on Man United's list of priorities He has popped up as an opportunity because Newcastle dropped the ball Literally, Eddie Howe fucked up You know, in a betting term, Brett screwed Brett Sorry, in a wrestling term, Brett screwed Brett Well, in a wrestling term, Eddie Howe screwed Lewis Hall Lewis Hall was going to the World Cup Eddie Howe dropped him for Dan Byrne and fucked him up So, Newcastle have brought this on themselves because Eddie Howe had a shit season and made some stupid decisions in a team that wasn't very good.

37:08Lewis Hall is now not happy. It's all about how much he pushes it. So we are not going to give Newcastle £70 million for fucking up. If Lewis Hall leaves Newcastle, it's going to be because he's fell out with Newcastle and Eddie Howe, in which case there has to be a discount. This is not United pushing for a player. this is Lewis Hall pushing for an exit, which may or may not happen. So Ben says Lewis Hall is worth more than£50 million, not if he's unhappy and he wants to leave and Newcastle have to sell. This deal doesn't happen for£70 million. This deal happens because Lewis Hall says, I want to leave and it's a transfer request, in which case you can shove you£70 million of your arse.

37:49It will be£50 to£60. And that's what it will be because either Newcastle say, we're not selling you in which case he doesn't get sold or they accept that he wants to leave it's a transfer request and it takes a bit of time but i i don't know that it happened um i don't know that happened we'll have to wait and see but i don't yeah all right 40 million is a bit low but it's only about 10 million lower than where we should be offering i i don't know whether we get lewis hall i'd love to love it to happen but you've got to respect newcastle and the fact that they might not let it happen. Taking shots at Gary was funny as hell, Mark.

38:26Loved it, says Mark. So yeah, if you haven't seen my Instagram, at Goldbridge Mark, I had a picture with my favourite Gary last night. But to be fair, Gary did, both Garys liked it. So I think they got the joke. Right, I am back with you a little bit later on. I've got to finish now because I've got to take Seb to football. We're on at half 10. So I had to be a little bit earlier tonight. And Newcastle are just traumatised by Isaac. Yeah. Thank you everybody for watching. I will be back with you we've got an 8 o 'clock show tonight and then I'm doing England against New Zealand which I'm excited about as a World Cup friendly at 9pm but I'll probably be back with you before 8 o 'clock because there's something else I forgot to talk about Chiumini is the only marquee signing that makes sense price wise in order to get three midfielders and a quality left back and a left winger says Prince thank you there was something big I wanted to bring into the show but I literally haven't got the time so I'm going to do I'll record it or go live again at about 2 thank you everybody this morning for tuning in I know it was a little bit earlier make sure you're smashing a like and subscribe.

39:20Lots of you to get your teeth into and your thoughts. Do you think United will make the move for Fernandes because someone's going to do it? I think we have to. If he's on that list, which he is, which I got told this morning, and he's a priority signing, we have to. I'll speak to you in a bit. Take care. Why have I asked my electrician I found on Angie.com to bury my pet hamster Nibbles in our yard for me? Because I was so moved by how carefully he buried my electrical wires. I knew I could trust him to bury my sweet Nibbles after his untimely end. Huh. Nibbles. Gone too soon. May he scurry in peace.

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