436: Fernandes DEAL CLOSE! Barcola BID?

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0:32Good morning. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge with your latest Manchester United transfer news. Lots to get into today. What's the latest on Mateus Fernandes? Fernandes will have that. Also bids for Bacala. Bacalo? Bacala? What the? Barcola? I'm on lack of sleep here. Barcola. And also the latest on Yandiamonde. Could United be going back in with a new bid for him? He was certainly somebody that was on United's radar after we didn't get Semenu in January. All United about to go back in. He was fantastic for Ivory Coast last night. Talking of which, big shout out to Ahmad. If you're part of our That's Football World Cup community, you'll have been with us in the early hours of the morning, watching Ivory Coast beat Ecuador with a late goal from Ahmad.

1:20Big shout out for him. Didn't start the game, came on and was the match winner. So big shout out for Ahmad. I hope you're all doing very well this morning, by the way. Start of a new week and I think it's a good time to assess where we are with Manchester United. Some interesting stuff coming in about Barcola. I've sort of done a little bit of work on that. To be fair, it was a lot of people asking me on That's Football last night about the bid for Barcola. So we've done a bit of work on that. As I said, we'll talk about Jan Diamande as well. A little bit about the left-back situation. There's a few developments around Lewis Hall from what we said last night.

1:52But let's start off with the midfield situation for Manchester United and what we're expecting this week, because there are some scenarios that can play out. What I would say is Monday, last week, by Friday, we definitely had moved the Fernandes deal forward. I think at the start of last week, we were sat here going, he's a player of interest, but this could take weeks. And by the end of the week, it was like, well, we've held talks with him. We've held talks with his agent and we're having talks with West Ham. So that's how we finished the week. How do we start the week? Well, we start the week in the situation that we ended last week.

2:29We're in talks with West Ham. The players interested in Man United and its personal terms are not a problem. So it's about progressing that deal this week, which I do think we will get progression this week. I wouldn't sit here and say, I think we'll get here we go. We might. But I definitely think that this week will be a big week for Manchester United and the signing of Mateus Fernandes for a few reasons, really. One, we're very advanced on this. And two, we are approaching the end of June. There's only two weeks left of June. Then it's a new financial year. The transfer window does officially open today as well, which has some relevance, I suppose.

3:08It's the cutoff for Barcelona to pay Man United 25 million for Rashford, which they're not going to do. But I think more important, it's the financial year. I feel that West Ham will want to get a sale done in this financial year. And I think Man United have got the money to do a deal in this financial year. So I think by the end of June, which is two weeks away, I think we will see something happen. And when you think about, well, it'd be a lot to do next week, I think we will progress it this week. And also, I think if United are going to sign Fernandes and a lot of people are saying that, you know, he's expected to come to us.

3:43If we are going to sign him, then there's not a lot more to do other than to get to a point with West Ham where there is an agreement on a deal, which we expect is probably going to be around 80 million pounds, including add-ons. The interesting thing is Real Madrid are still lurking and I'd be wrong not to update you with what Ben Jacobs said last night. Of course, we're getting quite a lot of late. The good thing about doing the World Cup watch-alongs actually is you get, you know, you're live at half past one in the morning and people like Fabrizio Romano and Ben Jacobs, etc., who are out in the States, they're dropping transfer updates in the early hours.

4:19So not only am I enjoying watching the World Cup, it's actually very, very beneficial for transfer news around Man United. So what came in late early this morning was that Enzo Fernandes is really pushing for a move to Real Madrid. Chelsea are probably going to want£120 million. How does that fit in with us? Well, Ben Jacobs said Enzo Fernandes is a player of interest to Real Madrid, but so is Mateus Fernandes. So look, it's got to be a little bit careful. I mean, the dream scenario for me is that we get Mateus Fernandes to go with Edison, then Real Madrid go and buy a midfielder, then we get Chumini.

4:59We end up with Chumini and Mateus Fernandes, right? So that's great. The worst case scenario is they sign Mateus Fernandes and they keep Chumini and we end up with either. So we can't control that, but it is just something to bear in mind that Real Madrid are still lurking around Mateus Fernandes. Now, what I think will happen is that, and I saw an update from Lukas yesterday, and I really didn't want to bring it into the show because I thought it was a load of nonsense. And he was basically saying that I think it was Real Madrid have backed off in a deal for Mateus Fernandes because he's chosen Man United.

5:34And I thought, you know what, that's the sort of fantasy nonsense that somebody who's not very popular writes to try and be popular because Mateus Fernandes is highly unlikely to have said, have snubbed Real Madrid for Man United. It could have happened, but I doubt it. I think what's probably happened is, is that Man United are really sure that they want the player and Real Madrid aren't. and therefore the player is going, well, let's get on with the deal and that's what's happening. I also think from a Real Madrid point of view, if they really wanted him, they probably would have moved by now because if you look at that Cucurella deal, yesterday morning, no one was talking about it.

6:16Yesterday evening, he's a Real Madrid player. I think Real Madrid like Mateus Fernandes, but I don't think they like the profile. And what I mean is, I don't think they like the, he's only 21 and had one season for West Ham and this is Jose Mourinho taking over Real Madrid whereas Enzo Fernandes comes in as a very shiny Argentinian World Cup winning Champions League midfielder I think they will go for Enzo Fernandes over Matias Fernandes because the status of the signing is bigger now Real Madrid have bought players who were young before Rodrigo, Bellingham, Camavinga um venetius jr they they it's not that they won't buy younger players but i think enzo fernandez is more of a status signing and i think they would rather make that signing so that's good for us as well so look i think with mateus fernandez a very big week for man united i don't want to i don't want to say it but i feel like i feel like we might get a here we go this week or an Owen Steenbomba.

7:20I feel like we might. I'm sort of swaying towards sort of 80 % chance that we do. I feel that we will come out this week with that. Not the holding up the shirts or anything like that. I think that'll be next week, but, or maybe in July. But I mean, the reality is July is not that far away. We talk about, you know, when we got Edison and we speak about the first week of July, it's actually not that far away. It's two weeks and we're in July and then World Cup finals like the 20th of July and then you're you know three weeks away from the start of the Premier League so you do you do need to you do need to move quickly certainly but I'm encouraged by what I'm hearing and I do think something will happen with Mateus Fernandes this week so keep your eye on that one uh good morning to everybody sorry I've just been talking at you a little bit there thanks for all the comments that are coming in I'll read those super chats in a moment um Joey says I don't think we'll be uh uh 80 I don't think we'll pay 80 million so we'll be negotiating.

8:15We won't pay 80 million. No. I mean, we're not going to pay 80 million up front, but we will pay 80 million as a package. And I think some people get a bit funny about add-ons. For me, if we pay 60 million plus 20 in add-ons, we're paying 80 million. Otherwise, it's a flop. So add-ons are relevant. And I always assume that we're going to pay the add-ons because if we don't, they're a flop. Let's talk about this Barcola bid. Look, Look, first of all, I just want to say that Barcola would only be leaving PSG so that they could sign someone like Yandy Amande. I have to say this. I'm very positive about the Mateus Fernandes deal and I think we will get it done.

8:56But one of my big reservations about United in general and this summer is this reluctance to pay what it takes to get good players. Now, I was doing the Ivory Coast game last night, as I say, great goal by Ahmad. but the amount of people in the chat who were going, this Jan Diamonde is really good. And he is really good, but he's been really good at Leipzig. You know, what I saw with Jan Diamonde yesterday was what I've been seeing at Leipzig, you know, doing the Bundesliga coverage on Mats football. He's a very, very good player. And that's why Leipzig are looking for 100 million euros or 80 million pounds or whatever it is.

9:39united wanted yamdi amande straight after not getting some new in january this was the player that they put out there that they were going to go for and this was the player that all the board were happy to go for whether it be favel wilcox carrick whatever they really like him this is the player we want to go for and and then what happened is in march april psg and liverpool came along and United suddenly didn't want him anymore. And that's fine. But, you know, you watch him last night and that's what he's been doing all season. If we were bidding for Semenyu when he went to Man City and we wanted a player like that, if you actually watch Diamande, his profile is very similar to Semenyu, but he's 19.

10:21He could be way better than Semenyu. And I think that yet again, here is a player that United really like and really wanted, but have walked away from because of the price. And that does concern me because, all right, you might not like Anderson and you might not like Tenali, but that's the third player now in six months that we've gone. We really like you. You're really high on our list, but we can't afford to pay it or we won't pay it. And I think with Diamande, he's not going to be coming to Manchester United, but he definitely was a player that we were pivoting towards after Semenu and I do think he's a player that we probably it's a shame we're not going to go for him because you know obviously the picture of him and Ahmad and people are going agent Ahmad I mean I don't think Ahmad can do any more than say come to Man United and then he says yeah but they're not going to bid for me I mean people said people say agent Maynou with Anderson but he ain't right of the checks I'm sure Maynou could play a part in getting Anderson to Old Trafford if we were bidding.

11:21I'm sure Ahmad could play a part in getting Diamande to Man United if we were bidding, but we're not bidding for these players. And I genuinely do think Ahmad could persuade him. And I genuinely do think Manu could persuade Anderson. But as a club, we're not bidding for them. So there is no persuasion. There is nothing. We can't make players come to the club if we're not going to bid for them. And And trust me, watching Yandiamonde potentially run up and down the wing for Liverpool next season, tearing it apart, does frustrate me a little bit. I mean, hopefully he'll go PSG, but it will frustrate me if I see Anderson tearing it up for Man City.

11:57And Liverpool are vulnerable as well. We're better than Liverpool at the moment. We finished higher than Liverpool. They've got a new manager. It frustrates me a little bit that a player of that quality that we wanted, we backed off and he's going to go to Liverpool potentially. because he was man of the match last night, but he's a very, very good player. And he can also switch. He was playing right wing and that Torre, who we've been looking at from Hoffenheim, was on the left. Then Ahmad was on the bench. Torre came off. Ahmad came on the right and Diamande went to the left and was just as good.

12:27I mean, he had Hincafe on toast. So look, I mean, look, as I say, you don't scout people on the World Cup. You need to know about them before the World Cup. And we know about Jan Diamande. Very, very good player. But unfortunately, it is another player that United have said that's too expensive. And I know some of you agree with that. And I've got some exciting news for the financial accountant United fans. You're going to get very excited in a minute. But personally, I'm not on board with this. I'm a United fan that's seen us go out and spend what it takes. Ten hours on my feet, traffic, noise, everybody needs something from me.

13:05My head is spinning. I just need the world to stop for one second. But then I get home, shoes off, phone out, and I open Modo Casino. Hundreds of slots, classic table games. It's my instant reset. The variety I want in the quiet I need. Modo Casino, social casino. We're prohibited. No purchase necessary. Visit Modo.us for more details. Download the Modo Casino app today. Must be 21 plus. Modo Casino. America's social casino. There's overpaying. Sometimes you need to do it. But spending what it takes is the word I would say. We shouldn't be operating in a transfer market with limitations We shouldn't be saying we're not going to pay that Or over that And we shouldn't be saying we're not going to give wages over that You need to spend what it takes to get the best Because that's how you end up with Wayne Rooney in a Man United shirt That's how you end up with Roy Keane in a Man United shirt Because if we'd had the mentality of the board today Back then Rooney wouldn't be a Man United player Roy Keane would be playing for Blackburn Now Roy Keane was going to Blackburn The deal was done Kenny Dargleish went off for a golfing holiday on the weekend Blackburn thought they had a deal with Roy Keane So Alex Ferguson came in, had a chat He signed for United And with this current ownership Roy Keane would have gone to Blackburn And that worries me Worries me?

14:23You can disagree with me But it worries me Because in our history We've swooped in And paid what it takes to get the right players And at the moment We're going, we won't pay that Now some of you You run for the Kleenex You get very excited but I disagree with that I do disagree with that it's like last night last night I mean this is exactly the problem some of our fans have become accountants who you know praise the Glazers for saving money even though they've put us into a billion pound of debt you couldn't write it but last night Romano was talking about Amrim being close to taking the AC Milan job and he said that will save Man United a little bit of money because he won't get as much compensation.

15:07And people were running around going on social media, getting excited. Oh, another win for Ineos. Probably be about£5 million. And some United fans are going, yes, get in. We're going to save£5 million. I mean, what a bunch of prats. What's that£5 million going to do for you? It won't have anything to do with bloody transfers, will it? Just spend what it takes to get good players. on a Saturday or a Wednesday or a Tuesday or a Sunday. Ultimately, I just want to see the best players playing for Man United, playing the best football so we can compete with the best teams. People like Yandiam Monde should not be being walked away from because of the price, especially when last summer we literally did a deal with Leipzig and Favell has a good relationship with Leipzig.

15:54But we're cutting costs, aren't we, I suppose? On Barcola, let me talk to you about Barcola. There was some, I thought it was preposterous, but it is still floating around. There were some stories yesterday about Man United bidding for Barcola. And again, this morning, we've done the homework. That's what we're meant to do for you on a news show every morning at 10 o 'clock on the United stand. And nobody credible is talking about Barcola to Manchester United. I don't even know the origin of the story. if someone in the chat knows I've seen it around there but I don't know who started it but there is absolutely nothing about Barcola to Manchester United absolutely nothing he is being looked at by Arsenal and Liverpool and a couple of other clubs but PSG apparently don't even want to sell him so where Man United factor into this I just do not know would I take Barcola at Man United because you never know the transfer window can be very strange as we saw with Cucurelli yesterday teams and deals can get done in 24 hours, sometimes 12.

17:00Would I take Barcola at Man United?

17:08I mean, I think he's a decent player, but I mean, I think if we're buying a winger like that, then we should be looking at somebody like Diamande. But look, we're talking a hypothetical situation that I just don't see United doing it. And PSG would want good money. I would take him over not buying a left winger. I'll be honest, he's a good player. I don't know why people would say no to that. I've just said I'd like us to go and get Yandy Amonde and I'd pay£80 million for him. I would pay£80 million for Yandy Amonde, by the way. I know some people think it's a lot of money, but I would pay that for somebody who's 19, who if he's already as good as Semenyu now, imagine what he's going to be like in three years time.

17:57I really do think that Yandiamonde is worth the money, but I probably would sign. I mean, look, ultimately, again, I'm not going to be an accountant here. Some people in the chat are saying, no, we need to spend the money elsewhere. Again, I'm not going to play that game. I'm not playing the game of helping the Glazers out by saying don't buy a left winger because we can't afford it. If we're buying a left winger and Barcola's the option, I'd be very happy with that. um rory says you also avoid sancho and anthony don't know the context there but thanks for the super chat shop thank you very much for your super chat as well form says haven't watched in a while lots going on right now we're moving from scandinavia to africa in a couple of months we'll make sure to stay connected to the community for familiarity and moral support says forms well look mate it's always a bit daunting when you're moving but the community doesn't move we're always here whatever country you are thanks for being part of the united stand community and good luck with you and your family on your future move.

18:54Irish Ghost says, why sign Edison this financial year if we had 65 million to spare for Semenyu? We've just reduced our budget for the targets. Irish Ghost, a little bit of clarity there. Edison has not been signed in this financial year. He's been signed. He'll be signed in July in the next financial year. Matt says when Carrick was Oli's assistant we had McFred 2-8 and no natural six with our midfield targets it looks like he might be making that mistake again yeah we spoke about this a little bit Matt we're going to talk about the left back next but we spoke about this a little bit over the weekend in relation to the midfielders that we're actually looking at now if you sign a Chiumini you're buying somebody with defensive qualities If you buy Fernandes, Edison and Belaber or Scott or whatever, you do look at it and go a lot of inexperience, but also not really somebody with amazing defensive qualities.

19:57So look, McTominay and Fred didn't really have amazing defensive qualities either. I mean, it would be a scary proposition if Michael Carrick is basically going to repeat history of what Oli did. Same style of football and try and make it work. I mean, but that would be naive on Carrick's part and also the board's part. But, you know, we'll have to wait and see. What I will say is I'm still very optimistic about this summer transfer window. Yes, I'm frustrated by the unwillingness to pay what it takes. I think if you know you want this player and he's a really good player. Look, as I said to you before, if Yandiamonde is going to cost£80 million and I don't know, Toure from Hoffenheim is going to cost 40.

20:45They're both like 19-20. Okay, that's a 40 million pound difference, but Yandimonde could be one of the best wingers in the world for the next five years. It's worth the 40 million, isn't it? That's what I mean. Pay what it takes to get the player that you're sure on. Otherwise, you're risking paying twice. and also you know what if you want me to be really blunt right Yandiamonde is too expensive right it's too expensive yeah Yandiamonde becomes one of the best wingers in the world and he does it at our biggest rival that's worth the money that's worth the extra money overpaying I would say overpaying is paying what it takes to get the right player sometimes and also you pay 80 million pounds for him now in five years time he's worth 150 one thing you can be absolutely guaranteeing about is that if you buy a winger that's decent they will go north of 120 million pounds very very quick very very quickly and you know he is i wouldn't say he's ronaldo or messi good but he definitely could be venetius jr or someone like that he could he's a very good player um but look united won't pay we don't pay uh i've just been sent something here let me have a quick look what i've been sent by one of our producers um manchester united are reportedly considering cheaper midfield alternatives with hayden hackney and shea charles on their short list southampton value charles it's around 30 million pounds i mean i'll tell you what if our midfield if our summer i mean this is coming in from uh corriella della sport in italy so why they'd know that man united are looking at championship midfielders i do not know but i'll tell you this for free my optimism and excitement about this summer transfer window will be flushed down the toilet if our summer transfer window midfield recruitment is edison matthias fernandez and Hayden Hackney.

22:47I mean, if that's our summer, we may as well take the Man United sign down off Old Trafford and put Everton there. I mean, Hayden Hackney, Mateus Fernandes and Edison as our midfield rebuild would be about as inspiring as a dog shitting on your windscreen. Dog? Pigeon. A dog shitting on your windscreen would be actually... That would blow my mind. I'd be like, the dog's done that on purpose. He's actually climbed up onto the roof, positioned himself and shat on my windscreen. I mean, that's a protest of some sort. Is this super dog? But no, it would not be very inspiring. And all due respect to Mateus Fernandez, Edison and Hayden Hackney.

23:35But if you told me that was going to be our midfield three recruitment in April, I'd have cried. I'd have cried.

23:45Yeah. As I say, it's not about the individual players. It's about what they represent. Do they represent ambition or do they represent a board without ambition? It would be terrifying. That would. Mateus Fernandes, Edison and a Chouamini or a Tonali is a very good midfield. Mateus Fernandez Edison and a Hayden Hackney or a Tyler Adams or a Belaber is uninspiring It's a bit like, you know what it is It's a bit like, you know, you get all the ingredients for a chocolate cake, you know And you bake the cake and you put the filling in the cake and there's the chocolate cake And all you've got to do is ice it, yeah And instead of going and getting a really nice chocolate cream icing You go in the garden And you get a big steaming dog shit And you spray it You put it in there That's probably a bit too far But This midfield that we're building It is about the three layers And the three shelves As we call it So we've got to We've got to get it right But look If we went for somebody like Hayden Hackney Or Shea Charles from Southampton they're working their projects as well Mateus Fernandes is a project and Edison is a project because a project is something that's not ready to hit the ground running and none of those players are ready to hit the ground running they've all got to be given time and my question would be how can Omar Barada sit there and talk about winning the league next season and if not that the season after and then we're buying projects it's complete hypocrisy if we really want to try and win the league in the next two years, you go and buy players that are ready to go.

25:39Thank you very much for that update. Irish Ghost is back again. He said, I should have worded it better. Apologies. You know, I'd have to sign someone before July. If we don't, then waiting until the new financial year to sign Edison makes no sense. It reduces the budget for others. Exactly. Exactly. And this goes back to, if you've tuned in a little bit later, we were talking about Mateus Fernandes at the start of the show. I definitely think that over the next two weeks. We'll get that deal over the line because Irish Ghost is absolutely spot on. We've moved Edison to July to give ourselves freedom in June to go and do something.

26:14It's a clever move, actually, because a lot of clubs have to wait till July to do their business because they've got nothing left in this financial year. And it works twofold if you can, because if you can buy before the end of June, some people would say, well, I'll just wait till July, but it's really attractive to the selling club. So for Man United, if we're in a bit of financial problems and we've got someone to sell and somebody comes in in the last week of June and says, there's the price now, it can really suit you to put it in that financial year. It's what's happened with Chelsea and Cucurella, if we're being honest.

26:55Chelsea have done that deal quickly because they want that in in that financial year and they'll sell again in the next financial year so Irish Ghost is right you know I think it's it's good that we've got money to spend in the next two weeks before the end of the financial year and there will certainly be though realistically there's probably some bargains to be done as well um we'll have to wait and see what we do though uh Chua Meany earns 210 grand a week we won't pay over 250 is this a problem we won't get in with a 40k a week pay rise some players are worth the extras blame uh shifter i mean do not get me started on wages i mean we're talking about giving bruno 375 grand a week but we won't give new signings over 200 i mean you're literally creating um a ridiculous situation you know you do need to have a balance of squad um some players you've Again, you've got to pay what it takes.

27:50You've got to pay what people are worth. If you bring a genuine 250 grand a week player in, they're going to be better than everyone else who's under 200 grand a week. The problem is we gave 250 to Mason Mount and that hurts. But not everyone's going to be a Mason Mount. That's just bad recruitment. Curly Bob says, I want to shout out Maz Riawi for his fantastic performance the other day. Didn't go unnoticed. He should be getting picked next season. Well, we spoke about that over the weekend. Maybe you missed that, but you're absolutely spot on, pal. We'll talk about fullback now. Red Devil 345 says, Hi, Mark.

28:25If we don't get Lewis Hall, what do you think of Cadillac from Brighton and then maybe Liveramento for right back? Oh, you're making me tired, Red Devil. I mean, you've just literally said if we don't get Lewis Hall and then you're going for another Newcastle player, the problem with buying a player from Newcastle will be Newcastle. I don't think we can go we didn't get Lewis Hall now let's go and get Liveramento they're going to be very difficult to deal with because it's Newcastle now I read an article in the Chronicle today or yesterday about how and the Chronicle is based in Newcastle and they were saying that Newcastle are open to selling Liveramento, Hall and Tonali but they won't be rushed and they'll do it on their own terms Now, Newcastle have already done a deal with Anthony Gordon I think it might be interesting to test their resolve In the next couple of weeks with Lewis Hall Because if they're looking to do deals Maybe they'd like to get another deal done before the end of the financial year And also maybe they'd like to get deals done early So they can do deals themselves I think the big thing to observe with Newcastle is I think they're the sort of club and we saw it last summer with Izak, they won't want to sell a player before they've got a replacement in.

29:43So if you see Newcastle sign a left back, I'd get very excited. And I've not heard anybody say this yet, but absolutely that will happen. They will not sell. And probably this, Tonali's not going to happen, is he? I mean, I'd like Tonali, but I think in relation to Lewis Hall, if you see Newcastle signing a left back, I'd get very excited. Also with Chelsea, Interesting update from Fabrizio Romano overnight as well. Basically, he said that although Cucurella leaving means that Chelsea will be in the market for a left back, don't sleep on Hato. They really rate him at Chelsea and bringing a left back in might be somebody to supplement Hato already there.

30:27So they might not go for Lewis Hall, Newcastle. I think a lot of that was, sorry, Chelsea. I think a lot of that was just Kekarela's gone to Chelsea. They've got a bit of money. They're going to bring a left back in. Lewis Hall was at Chelsea. I don't know necessarily that they will go for Lewis Hall. but as I said last night I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing if they do because I think it's a good thing because look look what's happened with Fernandes if we had no competition for Mateus Fernandes we'd be sat there dropping a new bid every two weeks saying we're relaxed but because there's competition United are having to move quite quickly when I was speaking to somebody over the weekend and they said look United are moving really quick on this and it shows you that they can do that and they're only moving quickly because they're worried about the PSGs the Real Madrids and the Arsenals just changing their mind which is another reason why I think we'll move even quicker this week because I think um if you were at Man United at the moment and you're trying to get the Mateus Fernandes deal done you'd be talking to your negotiation team saying look at what Real Madrid have just done this weekend and what Real Madrid did this weekend is Cucurella was actually in talks with Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

31:51Real Madrid weren't even involved. Real Madrid go and sign them in a day. So I think United will be slightly shitting themselves this morning. Not on your car windscreen, but if you know, you know. But they will look at that Real Madrid deal and it is a concern. It's why I mentioned what Ben Jacobs said about Mateus Fernandes being a consideration for Real Madrid. while it's a consideration we're okay but if they decided to move we'd be in trouble because what Real Madrid have shown in this transfer window is if they want something they're very very fast and that Cucurella deal will have resonated across football but also in the Man United boardroom because they'll be going we might be winning this race at the moment but if Real Madrid go for him they're like a bloody rocket they'll whiz through and it'll be done so and also George Mendes is the agent of Jose Mourinho.

32:44And at the end of the day, George Mendes is probably going to help Mourinho out more than he's going to help Man United. We have a good relationship with him, but you know, so I expect Man United to move very quickly because you cannot just sit there going, Real Madrid aren't going to do anything because if they do like that. So I think that, as I said, I can't sit here and say, here we go this week, but I feel like we're not far off getting that matthews fernandez deal done um certainly um hi mark i'm from south africa i watch your show every day i love the information on your show keep up the great work says cassian thank you very much thanks for tuning in let us know where you're watching from this morning um somebody in the chat just said um that uh the moroccan lad has just signed for uh by munich um here we go but medieval has come out with a better here we go he says medieval method i'm heading to gregs here we go.

33:41I haven't had a, I tell you what, I haven't had a Greggs. I probably haven't been in a Greggs for

33:51post-COVID. I used to have, and I don't even know what it's called now. When I used to go to Greggs, I would have, is it a cheese and bean melt? It was like a pastry with cheese and baked beans in it. I used to have one of them. And sometimes it would be hotter than the bloody sun. You'd bite into it, you'd go, ah. But no, I've not been for a long time. You're making me think, you're making me want to Greg's now. How do you think the summer will be out of 10? Well, I'll tell you what, we haven't put up for ages and I might have to sack Matt, the producer. Don't worry, he'll be asleep. He's staying up late watching the World Cup.

34:31um we haven't looked at the hotometer in ages so let's get it up

34:44uh let's have a look at the last hotometer because this will probably be completely and utterly out of date so edison nine out of ten well he's already signed uh mateos fernandez at eight, I would agree with that. Elliot Anderson, I would drop down to, I wouldn't even have him there now. I would take him out completely. Not in that way. I mean, just don't put him on the hot meter. Trumini, I would say is, I would still keep, I personally, I think some people might drop him down to a four. I would still keep him at a six, but that's because of stuff I sort of know. and I'm not saying it's going to happen, but it can happen quite quickly if certain things happen.

35:26So I'd still keep Chumini as a six. Lewis Hall, I probably would still keep it a six if I'm being completely honest. Yes, we're interested. Yes, he's not totally happy at Newcastle, but Newcastle are the problem there. They could price us out. They could make him stay. So I'd still say he's only a six. Balaba, I'd be probably, and I can't believe I'm going to say this, I'd probably drop Belaber to a 5 and say he's 50-50 I wouldn't say he's a 6 now I do think United are trying to avoid that deal but he would only come into play if we mess up deals so I'd put him as a 5 and I'd say Alex Scott's probably a 5 as well who would I replace Anderson with?

36:12yeah who would I replace Anderson with? I mean I'd love to replace him with Yandy Amande or Buadi but I think that I would probably say Morgan Rogers at a four. Yeah. Yeah. Or you could keep – no, yeah, I think that would be about right. Yeah. Do you think we'll sign, Bawadi?

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37:12I mean, as we know, deals can happen very quickly. But I think the fact that Rio Ferdinand posted an AI picture of Boadi in a Man United kit completely fucked that deal up anyway. I mean, if Rio Ferdinand's talking about it, you may as well do the opposite because he's still in a train station saying I'm here and it's Qatar. And he's still writing out lifetime contracts for Solskjaer. So, yeah, with Rio Ferdinand endorsing Man United signing Boadi, I'd say that that has basically killed any chance of that happening. Patrick Lynch says players from the Premier League clubs being sold to Real, Barca, PSG or Bayern happened quickly because they aren't rivals of the selling club United doing deals for Premier League clubs will always be slower that's fair I agree with you it is fair there was a time where Spurs were very happy to sell to Real Madrid but would never, look at Spurs with Harry Kane they were never going to do a deal with us they were never going to do a deal with that greg says why do you think scott's so cold now well i'd have scott as a five i'd move him up to a five which is a 50 50 chance i think with alex scott i feel that alex scott is a alternative to fernandez i don't feel he is coming with fernandez now if we hear he is i'll move him up the hotter meter but my feeling is that we are interested as an alternative whereas um you know i'd like to sign alex scott i think he's a good good player people are getting very excited about cheese melts now um or are they calling rio ferdinand a milk no no no they're not the mark the marcus melt i fancy a bit of welsh rabbit says mustafa which is very nice jackie says give anana a cheese bean melt and the beans will slip out um Stretford Elite says Alex Scott needs to make it clear he's leaving yes I think that this is really important from Lewis Hall and Alex Scott um and I'm not here to advise them because Alex Scott could end up in a Liverpool shirt and I'd rather see him in a Bournemouth shirt but if I was him and I forget how old he is I think he's a really talented player by the way I really like Alex Scott and you know ultimately I'm a Man United fan I'm not a Bournemouth fan he's going to be 23 in August you could say I'm going to stay for another year and I'll only be 24

39:40but apparently he's a Spurs fan as well didn't know that does that make me worry about his judgment but if I was Alex Scott and I was his agent or friend I would say Bournemouth has been great for you and you do owe them that platform but they're going to earn 60 million quid out of you with two years left on your contract you're going to be 23 in August you've missed out on the World Cup by that so Tuchel likes you if you sign for man united or liverpool in august tuckel's gonna really like you in the international qualifications for the euros and you'll go to the euros at 25 sorry 24 it'll be 24 when it because it'll be two years time if you stay at bournemouth and they struggle with europe and premier league and end up in the bottom half of the table you're probably not going to be getting in the England squad.

40:41And you'll have also signed a contract where your release clause is 75 million and no one's going to pay it if Bournemouth have a bad season. So it's the harsh reality of football, but you can see the problem. If he goes now, he says, I'm going, he's got two years left on his contract. Reasonably, that deal's going to be around 60. If he stays, he's going to have a release clause of 75. And if Bournemouth have a bad season, no one's going to want to pay it. And Bournemouth next year with the Europa League and the Premier League and a new manager, I can see them struggling next year. So if I was him, I'd say I want to go and join Man United.

41:22But then again, I am very biased. Mr. Way, thank you very much for your super chat. Eugene says, I'm hearing it's Bouadi. Taking the piss, isn't he? Look, Rio was a very good footballer, but I just feel like he's one of those, if he was a newspaper, he'd be the Daily Star. You know, I think he, I don't know whether he's figured out, like, you know, you look at some ex-players who sit there on panels like Thierry Henry. And he's an ex-player talking, who's played at a very high level, talking about football. and then you've got Rio who seems to want to be a member of the sidemen you know he's like an influencer who's just like how do I get my next big statement out there

42:15but look I'd love it if we did side Buadi I really do I really would why don't we move like sorry Dicex says why don't we move like Real Madrid they sign players so fast because i can answer this question really easy and i know it it's a fact right we can't move quickly like real madrid or liverpool have in the past because we're owned by the glazers and if i'm jason wilcox and an opportunity presents itself now

42:48um i can't move quick enough because i've got too many people that need to sign it off So I've got Yeah I've got too many people That need to sign it off The glazers etc

43:08So yeah It becomes a problem

43:15Sorry I've just been sent something here I'm just trying to see How true it is If we don't get Lewis Hall

43:29If we don't get Lewis Hall Where would Man United pivot

43:38I don't know I don't know Sabari from PSV To Bayern Here we go

43:53That's just come out.

44:02There has been talk about Rashford to buy in, but I think, to be honest, I think they might have moved away from it now because of his wages. I mean, I don't know whether that's true. I think it would be a massive...

44:26I think Rashford at Bayern would do very, very well. But the problem that we have is the problem that he's got and everybody else has got. It's a huge amount of money, isn't it? his wages are massive. Would you take Kamada and thoughts on Sweden's big wins as raids? I mean, this is the great thing about the World Cup. I'm not here to talk about the World Cup. Get yourself onto That's Football. It's a great community. We've got Spain at five o 'clock, Belgium and Egypt at eight, and then Uruguay at 11. It might be a Garte watch. But I didn't watch the Sweden game because it was on at 3 a.m. I haven't seen the highlights yet, but they beat Tunisia at 5-1.

45:08So a great win for them. would I take Kamada? No, this is a great point. I'm not taking Kamada. I'm not taking Hayden Hackney. I'm not taking Tyler Adams because although they're decent midfielders, we've already got Edison and we're very close to getting Mateus Fernandes. So you're telling me my midfield for Man United this summer is Edison, Kamada and Mateus Fernandes. It's just not good enough. As a three, individually, they're good players, but the balance is completely wrong. You need a marquee signing and Mateus Fernandes and an Edison. You don't need Mateus Fernandes, Camada and Edison.

45:44It's all about the balance of the midfield. I'm not taking a pop at any of these players individually, but we've got a kid in Mainu. We can't then just bring in an imbalanced midfield on experience as well. Everybody knows that the Casemiro replacement needs to be a marquee signing. Somebody has got to do that. Greg says, what about Kessie? I was very impressed with Ivory Coast. You can tell they've got depth. when they're putting Ahmad on the bench. And you can also tell that they've got depth when Diamonde, the sporting centre-back, is on the bench as well. So they've got some good players, Ivory Coast.

46:20But I don't want to scout in the World Cup for players. Kessie plays in the Saudi League and is 29 now. That would concern me. So no, I don't think we need to... We don't need to find our midfielder in the World Cup. Our next midfielder might be playing in the World Cup, but we should have scouted them way before we can't be we can't you know jason wilcox shouldn't be watching you know staying up late at night watching games saying i found as a midfielder we should already know who our midfielder is if they're playing in the world cup great um but thank you for the comment raise um i thought united was going to spend big this summer says shane well we have still got um sorry i'm uh but i don't know what's wrong with that um yeah i mean look there is still a lot of this transfer window to go if we get fernandez done in the next week or two we're on track because we'd have edison and Fernandes before the end of June that that would be a good um that would be good if we've got two midfielders secured by the end of June that would be good I wouldn't say it's I wouldn't say it's amazing but it's certainly better than you might expect we'd be averaging you know assigning every couple of weeks if you if you take June the 1st as the real start of the transfer season um and you'd have july and august to get another four players in so i'm saying minimum of six decent signings um yeah would you be happy says manchester we stand would you be happy with fernandez edison i don't know who that other person is uh coxie already scouted sitol in the very first game job done says tantric um and do you think fernandez will be our big signing says Killian

48:20I don't want Mateus Fernandes to be our star signing because a player that is 21 he should be the middle signing but it might be it might be I think he probably is going to be I think the fact that we're willing to pay £80 million as a package for him suggests that he probably will be the star signing of the summer um which has its element of risk but also has its element of excitement as well i'd have been a lot more comfortable if he'd have been the middle player and then an anderson or a tonali or chumini was coming in as well but maybe part of getting him to come to man united is saying that he's going to start you know maybe maybe he has got offers and he's saying i'll come to you if i'm starting i won't be to do with that uh it does and i agree with laura it does put pressure on fernandez as well and i also think as well something that the club really don't acknowledge and do very well with is that we're not really a football club that is patient anymore and that's not the fans fault that's the club's fault um so you know i don't you look at dorgu you look at agate you look at Xerx, you look at De Ligt, you look at Masraoui, you look at Yoro.

49:46We're not patient with our signings. And I agree with that. I know it's harsh on the players, but we're, as a fan base, we're not patient. We're not patient with managers. We're not patient with players. Why should we be? We've not been near a league title for 13 years. Every project fails. Why should we be patient? Why should we sit back and wait and watch something for two years and see if it works again. So I don't think there's any patience in this fan base and I understand it. So United need to be very careful about bringing players in who need to grow because it's not really the environment.

50:22Man United, we can't buy seeds. We don't feed them. We need to buy the proper, you know, already grown. Bit of breaking news coming in as well. Here we go. Last two minutes Ruben Amrim to AC Milan here we go new head coach verbal agreement done on deal until June 28 plus auction until June 29 Amrim has accepted all conditions and will sign this week as the new Milan manager well I personally wish him all the best I mean I think he's sort of in a way um out of the fire and into the chip pan um i think that ac milan are definitively the man united of italy in the sense that they're a huge club who has fallen on their ass so um it's a brave move by amram because you know italian football they've not qualified for a World Cup since 2014.

51:23AC Milan have been shit for ages. So, you know, it's, it is a very brave move and the Italian league is very competitive. You've got teams like Inter Milan in there, Napoli, it's, it's tough. So that, that, that's, I mean, I think that's a testament to the man though. You know, whatever you think about Amorim, he, he wasn't, you know, he wasn't scared of taking challenges on and he wasn't scared in backing himself but um i hope he i hope it goes well for him because if it goes wrong there you know it'll be once bitten twice shy won't it but um yeah hopefully he hopefully he will do well um and uh certainly be interested i think we're playing ac milan as well aren't we in a pre-season game and also if you're an accountant fan of man united that's probably saved us five million pounds as well so don't forget to get excited about that when all the client journalists of man united make a big deal about it and glaze uh glaze the glazes um

52:29do you think it will go well for amarin well i suppose i suppose we're in that position um where look i think that's 50 50 um i mean i think you could give pep guardiola that job and he'd need a lot of support. I don't think... I think AC Milan is like Man United. You can bring a good manager in, but if you don't give them the infrastructure, they'll fail. And it's the same at Man United. If we'd brought Thomas Tuchel in or Ancelotti, you'd still need to give them a lot of support. He would. Laura says, if you speak out at this club, you get sacked. He was telling some truths as well. Raul says we need a six, not an eight.

53:15How many eights do we need? Signing four midfielders, it's not good enough. We need a specialist six, not a load of midfielders. Thank you very much. Well, thank you everybody for tuning in this morning. And thank you, everybody who's been watching on That's Football as well. I need to do this every day at the end of every morning show. So the plan for today is two o 'clock show on the United Standard's normal. Beth will be on with that. We've got five o 'clock on That's Football, which is Spain, Cape Verde. Seven o 'clock live here for the evening show. And then eight o 'clock, that's football for Belgium against Egypt.

53:54And then 11 p.m., it's Uruguay against Saudi Arabia. So that's our day if you want to factor it in. So 2 o 'clock back here, 5 o 'clock Spain on that's football, 7 o 'clock back here, 8 o 'clock Belgium, Egypt on that's football and then 11pm Uruguay against Saudi. And I've got to say I'm loving the World Cup and loving the community we've got over there. But as I've said to you, United Stand will be the priority and we're busy here. There's stuff going on. So could be a big week for Man United. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. Please do subscribe to the channel, by the way, because we are getting close to 270 ,000.

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