441: HUGE Romano Updates! United LEADING Transfer Race!

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0:51All while keeping you in the driver's seat. Take 5, the Stay in Your Car 10-minute oil change. Save up to 30 % on your next oil change to Take 5. $15 value. Valid to participating locations. Terms and conditions apply. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. This is your latest Manchester United transfer news as we get huge transfer updates from Fabrizio Romano on more than one Manchester United target. Finally, some positive news after a couple of days of really quite, you know, big setbacks across the United transfer landscape. Also, have Masraoui and Kunia just saved Man United £100 million?

1:26pounds. We'll talk about two very good performances in the World Cup that could have a kickback on United's pursuit for a left-back and a back-up striker. The Glazers will be very happy about that, I'm sure, but what are you? Manchester United seriously considering Kamavinga. Is that a player that you think United should be looking at? And Bouadi, the latest on him, is he the perfect signing for Manchester United that United should be pushing for instead of people like Balaba, who've been proven not to be good enough for United, but we are still looking at? Lots to getting to on the show this morning.

1:58But look, we're going to start off with what I believe is some positive news, like I say, for the first time in a couple of days. It's coming in from Fabrizio Romano. It involves Mateus Fernandes and Somerville, actually. We'll talk about that in a moment. But on Mateus Fernandes, what Romano has said in the last few hours is that Manchester United are the club that is pushing the most aggressively to get this deal done. At the moment, It's Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham. And I think that's a positive straight away because we have had conversations over the last few weeks about the likes of PSG, about the likes of Arsenal.

2:34And it looks like PSG and Arsenal are looking at alternatives to Fernandes, which opens up the door to us even more. With relation to Real Madrid, Fabrizio was saying, well, you know what? There was conversations from Jose Mourinho 10 days ago about his admiration and about liking Mateus Fernandes. But that's not progressed beyond him being on their list. It's certainly Premier League clubs being more advanced and more aggressive at this stage. And while Spurs are looking at Mateus Fernandes, their priority at the moment is Tenale. and they have had talks of Mateus Fernandes' agent, which we'll spoke about in a moment, but it's Manchester United who are pushing on agent and club with Fabrizio Romano saying, Manchester United are pushing hard with the agent, George Mendes, and also talking with West Ham about a price to get this deal done.

3:23So it is Man United who are far advanced on everybody else for Mateus Fernandes. And as I said, look, it's very easy to get concerned about the activity that's going on around other players, But we mustn't forget, even if United only signed three players, one of them probably is going to be Mateus Fernandes. And that will be a good signing. Of course, I completely agree that when it hits late August and we assess the window, it won't be a good window just because we bought Mateus Fernandes, who is a good signing. It will have to be judged as a collective. If you look at last summer, Kunia and Embermo and Cesco were good signings individually.

4:02But as a collective, I couldn't give it any higher than a five because I don't think we did enough around the midfield for what was needed. But Mateus Fernandes would be a good signing for Manchester United. And it is still looking like I've said for a few weeks now. I wouldn't move away from that deal and say we're not going to get it done, despite concerns around other things which we're going to discuss. us and look a big update from David Ornstein as to why Tottenham are winning the Tonali race um that to me is um sorry I'm getting rid of David who says lies I mean I'm sorry everybody for like just getting diverted there but it's a news show David and we're talking about Fabrizio Romano's update I mean it's he'd sue me if I came on here and said Fabrizio Romano has said this when he hasn't you know he's literally just said it that Man United are leading the race aggressively compared to Spurs and Real Madrid.

4:54So you might not want to believe it, David. You might be immeasurable. But that is the news on the news show on the United Stand. But we'll talk about David Ornstein and what he said about Tonali. Basically, Spurs are in for Tonali and are willing to do something they've not done before in relation to the financial package. They are willing to make a big financial offer to Tonali to get him to Spurs, expected to be large wages. Now, look, I think that I'm not going to run a poll on this. We've got a poll on whether we should sign Camavinga, which we're going to talk about in a moment. But how do you feel about that?

5:34Mateus Fernandes does fit in with this because we may well be leading the race. I think we will get the deal done. But if Spurs are also independently chasing Mateus Fernandes and are speaking to George Mendes, I doubt they're going to be speaking to him about the upcoming NFL games at the Tottenham Stadium or how Portugal are doing in the World Cup and whether Ronaldo should be dropped. I would imagine they're talking to George Mendes about a financial package for his player and him that they like. Spurs are behind us because they're not talking to Tottenham, but they are talking to George Mendes.

6:08I wouldn't ignore that. I'd say I'm 75 % sure that we will get this deal done, but Spurs, if they're being aggressive, like David Ornstein said with Tonali, what they're probably doing with Tonali is offering him somewhere between two and three hundred thousand pounds a week, which is a big wage commitment for Tottenham. It's a commitment we won't make. Now, I've seen some people saying, well, fair play to United for not playing silly wages. And again, I sort of come back and I go, what happened to football? What happened to this fan base? Why are we acting like that? Who made us act but like that?

6:45The Glazers, how did they do that? Subtly. Like, why have we got fans of this football club who are saying, I agree, let's walk away from a deal. We shouldn't be paying silly wages. Why shouldn't we pay silly wages? If it's the right player, why shouldn't we play silly wages? Surely the thing that gets you excited on a match day is looking at the team and going, that's a really good team. Or does it get you excited that we're playing most of our players under 200 grand a week? And there's a reason for that because they're not actually good enough. I may be controversial here But correct me if I'm wrong Tottenham have had two incredibly bad seasons They're not in Europe And they need to do something pretty spectacular To be back in the Champions League at the end of next season If Tottenham keep doing what they're doing They're in the abyss They have to do something spectacular And it sounds like they're going to Tonali and saying there's between 200 and 300 grand a week, come into this team that we're building, that we want to be in the Champions League next season in one year's time.

7:47And they're building a team to be in the top four. And if you're going to build that Tottenham team to be in the top four, you're going to have to go and spend the money. So I can't have a problem with this. I don't have a problem. And does it worry me about Mateus Fernandes and the talks they're having with George Mendes? Slightly, but sticking with Tonali for a moment, because I think it runs parallel with Man United, if Tottenham are looking at a situation whereby they need and want to be in the Champions League in a year's time and they're going to be aggressive of course if this goes wrong and they finish eighth they're probably going to be in a bit of trouble but what they're trying to do with one game a week is build a team that can win every week and get in the top four and compete with Man United, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Chelsea for fourth and third if you're a Spurs fan And I don't think you sat there like some of our fans going, oh, I'm a little bit worried about the wages.

8:41I'm a little bit worried about the transfer fee. They're not walking away. They're walking towards it. They're not running away from something that's difficult. They're walking towards it. And they're being aggressive. And it is expensive. But that's my problem. If Spurs are willing to pay players between two and three hundred grand a week. And Man City and Arsenal are already doing it. And we're walking away from it. Are we walking away from higher positions in the league as other clubs run towards it? And that's the balance that United need to figure out here. Because if Spurs now go towards Mateus Fernandes, which apparently they are, and they're talking to George Mendes, as I say, it won't be about how muggy it is, the weather today.

9:23It won't be about, you know, the Premier League fixture list. They'll be saying, what type of package makes Mateus Fernandes fancy Spurs? because we haven't got Champions League football, but we're building a team that we want to be in the Champions League in 12 months and be one of the best teams in England in the next two years. That's the conversation they'll have with George Mendes. And George Mendes hopefully will say, there isn't really an offer you can make that's going to make him want to go to you. But if you want me to present an offer to him, you need to be north of this. And they might try it.

9:57They might go 200 grand a week, Which Man United won't be offering So I'm not worried about Spurs I'm intrigued by their Ambition Aggressive ambition To spend what they believe It takes to get back Which we're not willing to do I think the talks they're having With George Mendes only become Slightly problematic if the Financial offer is way bigger than ours And they suddenly fancy that But the flip side of that is if Mateus Fernandes and George Mendes pivot towards Spurs because of money, are they necessarily the sort of player that we want at United anyway? I don't know that a player that says to United, I'm thinking about going to Spurs unless you offer me them more money.

10:44I think that might be a... That's a little bit different to ringing up Tonali and saying, we will give you 250 grand a week. Do you want to come to United? He probably says yes. It's different if Tonali's going to Man United, Tonali's going to Tottenham on 250 grand a week and we say, we want you. And he said, well, not unless you offer me 300 grand. That's a little bit mercenary in my opinion. So look, this is what I mean. You can't just pay big wages, but you should pay big wages for players to get them to come to your club. But not in a situation like this where Mateus Fernandes could be using us and Spurs to get those wages.

11:25I think what I'm trying to say is, because some people might get confused, I'm sort of confusing myself, is that what we should do at the start is go for a player like Yandy Amande or Elliot Anderson or Tenali or Lewis Hall and say, we're going to give you two, 250, maybe 300 grand in some of the cases. Do you want to come to United and get that buy-in? And if they say yes, you've got them. And then if they say yes, but let's have a bidding war on wages, you walk away. but we won't even put the big wage on the table will we but look as i said in relation to mateus fernandez that is a really positive update from fabrizio this morning and you know we're all we're all capable of um being a bit concerned after the last two days of onslaught of updates i mean we've had ben jacobs on simon stone and you know fair play to them very comprehensive and thorough updates but there wasn't a lot in there to be excited about when they're talking about potentially buying two midfielders and using a kid as the fourth midfielder, not being in for Lewis Hall.

12:24You know, there's a lot to be concerned about. But on a positive, because there will be a balanced transfer window, there will be positives and concerns. We are still leading that race for Mateus Fernandes. It's slow. It's slower than we want it to be. It is slow, but we are still leading that race. Real Madrid seem to be in the background, not really moving on it. And if our competition for Mateus Fernandes' Spurs, it does have very similar vibes to Sesco. And you can sort, look, we don't have to agree with it. But as somebody said in the chat, why is it so slow for United? Well, it's probably slow because of that situation.

13:02We know no one else is moving that's a threat at the moment. So, you know, look, I can't tell you how long it's going to take. I had hopes that we were going to get some updates this week. but it is echoing the Mbermo deal in a way where we you know we're in we were in advanced talks for six weeks hey everybody lady luck here and we're celebrating america's 250th birthday now all summer long i'm going to be celebrating by playing on spinquest.com which is an american owned social casino it obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack live craps, live bubble craps, head on over to spinquest.com.

13:44Get yourself a$30 coin pack for just$10. SpendQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. We had two bids turned down. I mean, who knows? It could be five or six weeks before this Fernandez deal gets done. It could be. We don't know. I'd like to think it's going to get done in the next 10 days before the end of June and the end of the financial year, but it could be. Right, let's move on. I want to talk about Kamavinga next. I also want to talk about why Kunya and Mazraoui could be saving United£100 million and why some of our fans inexplicably last night were really excited about this.

14:17But first of all, I've just realised this is an 11am show instead of a 10am show. I made the decision, the executive decision last night that I was going to push this 10 o 'clock show back to 11 o 'clock, mainly because I was watching the Brazil game at 1am, at 1.30am and I didn't get into bed till four. So I had an extra hours bed, which actually benefits you and I because I'm a little bit more fresher. But we do have an eight o 'clock show tonight. I'm doing Netherlands against Sweden at six on That's Football, eight o 'clock here, and then Ivory Coast, Ahmad, watch along against Germany at 9pm.

14:49So that's our evening entertainment for you as the World Cup continues and so does the United News. Switching on the United News, let's talk about Camavinga. A lot of reports coming in from Spain in the last 24 hours around Camavinga. Legitimate, credible reports. Effectively, Real Madrid are making decisions about who they're going to keep and who they're going to sell. So Alvaro, former Man United left-back, went to Benfica, now at Real Madrid. Obviously, they've bought Cucurella. There was talk about him potentially leaving. He's not leaving Real Madrid. They've made a decision that they're going to keep him, which probably makes sense because he's still quite young and you do need two left-backs.

15:30So he's not going to leave. But as per that update Camavinga is up for sale Spurs are sorry Real Madrid are I mean tell you what have I just dropped something there inadvertently Tired Bridge um I think Spurs could end up I think Camavinga could end up at Spurs from what I was hearing I've got I've got to sort of follow through with that now haven't I um I wasn't actually supposed I don't think I don't think it'll be a massive trouble. We'll find out. I think Camavinga's going... Guess what? I've got a funny feeling that Camavinga could end up going to Spurs. But we'll have to wait and see what happens with that.

16:08Bringing it back to Manchester United, Camavinga, loads of stories about Camavinga leaving Real Madrid. He's clearly up for sale. Man United have been linked to him as well. We've got a poll going on here. 52 % of you wouldn't go for Camavinga. 48 % of you would. And I personally think that when it comes down to Camavinga, and I'd love to know what your thoughts are, a decent player. When we moved for him when he was playing in France, I always forget what French, there's a quiz question for you. What French club did Camavinga play for? Because it wasn't Monaco. It wasn't PSG. I'm not looking at the chat.

16:43Was it? It wasn't Monaco. It wasn't Lille. Was it Lille? I feel like, I feel like it was Lille. wrens someone says wrens in the chat i thought it was lil it was wrens apparently there we go yeah i couldn't i can just see that rent that lil badge on him but i wasn't convinced so there we go good quiz question um anyway when when he was at wrens then um we did look at him and he went to real madrid and i was quite excited about signing him what's happened to him at real madrid is He's become a bit of a... He's become one of those young players that gets minutes in different positions but never really holds his place.

17:26I wouldn't say he's become a jack of all trades, but he's been playing at left-back. He's played in numerous midfield positions. He's just not been able to pin down a position at Real Madrid. That doesn't make him a bad player, by the way. I mean, look at... He could go to Spurs. He could go to Man United and be a really good player that plays every week. He's still only 23, as Joshua says. I would describe this. Is Kamavinga worth the risk? And the answer is no. He's worth the risk for the right type of club. You know, for Bayern Munich It's worth the risk, they're a great team For PSG, it's worth the risk For Arsenal, it's worth the risk For Man City, it's worth the risk For Manchester United, it's not worth the risk Because Edison's a risk Mateus Fernandes is a risk And then Camavinga's a risk You know, Man United have put a post out today Basically glazing Casemiro It's not a Man United player anymore I just actually don't get the point of what Man United have done.

18:32They've got Andy Mitton and a load of other people sat there in a chair glazing Casemiro. He doesn't play for Man United anymore. What did I miss? Why are we sat there getting journalists in, you know, editing something together about the greatness of Casemiro? We literally are the history channel. He doesn't play for us anymore. Next season, there's a multitude of midfielders out there. We need to move forward The one thing I would acknowledge about Casemiro Multiple Champions League winner Leader Huge influence in the dressing room One of our best performers last season With Casemiro gone Do I think Camavinga, Edison and Matheus Fernandes Is a midfield that's worth a risk on?

19:17No United have got to bring in somebody where you go There's not a lot of risk there They're an experienced player who knows what they're doing And I'm talking about the Andersons, the Bruno G's, the Tenales, the Chirmini. So Kamavinga, to me, would only come in if he was coming in as the second midfielder. And the second midfielder, as far as I'm concerned, is Mateus Fernandes. So I wouldn't go near that Kamavinga deal if I was being honest. Why are we linked to him? Well, I've sort of let the cat out of the bag as to where I think he really might be going. But I think we have to talk about the...

19:50And I'm going to get the hot meter up in a minute. I think we have to talk about the five strands of transfer. Total bullshit. Totally true. Agent driven, club driven, or the player wants a new contract. He's not getting a new contract at Real Madrid. I don't think it's totally true. I don't think it's totally bullshit. I think it's Real Madrid or the agent associating Camavinga to Man United for more exposure. And I don't know which one it is. It could be his agent. It could be Real Madrid. but I think we do and are wise to this. Not every player we get linked to is a player that we're looking at.

20:29It doesn't, that player is clearly for sale, but it doesn't mean we're looking at him. I don't think United are looking at Camavinga. I think United are active in this transfer market and occasionally agents or clubs looking to move their player use Man United as a, you know, as a hype, really. I don't think we're looking at him. I don't think it makes sense for Man United to look at Kamavinga because you'd end up with Maynou, who's 20, Fernandes, who's 21, Kamavinga is 23, and Edison, who's never played in the Premier League before. So I just don't think the balance is right. And also, I don't think United will bring in two foreign midfielders who are a bit of a risk.

21:07I think if we go for a foreign midfielder, it will be Germini, who has got a lot of experience. Yeah. Would you rather get Alex Scott than Kamavinga? Yes, I would. flack i would oh i like alex scott is the one name that i don't think has been ruled out completely yet i think it's gone very quiet on lewis hall as we were discussing last night um just very quickly edison i watched the brazil game last night in fact we'll move on to this because watching the brazil game last night and watching the morocco game last night you would not believe it i mean you should be what if you're watching the world cup get yourself on that's football the committee the chat is very very good it keeps me awake literally it's um some really good conversations and uh i did take a couple of notes to bring into the morning show that were united centric um and watching the morocca just get give me your thoughts on this right i really this is really where i want to get some good comments on this what are your thoughts on this because there's an element of truth to it but i don't know about you i'm tired of our fans making it easy for Ineos and the Glazers.

22:13So you get fans saying, well, we should walk away. We shouldn't pay silly prices. We shouldn't pay silly wages. You're basically facilitating the Glazers not spending money. Last night in the Morocco game, more than one person says, we don't need a left back. Use Masraoui. And I said, why are you doing the Glazers work? Why are you literally justifying is not spending money. Mas Raui can solve our left-back problems. And then in the Brazil game, well, we don't need a backup striker, we can just use Kunia. So I've literally got United fans on the That's Football live chat saving the Glazers 100 million quid.

22:53We don't need to go for Lewis Hall because we've got Mas Raui at left-back and we don't need to go and buy a striker because we've got Kunia. And I'm like, you're literally doing the devil's work here. You're literally letting them off the hook. I mean, what are you going to do next? Let's, you know, let's use Lenny Oro as a holding midfielder. I'm like, sometimes it absolutely baffles me, the mindset of our fan base and how indoctrinated they've come into this glaze of bullshit. Because you know what? United probably are sat there in a WhatsApp group last night going, don't need a left back, Masraoui.

23:29don't need a backup forward, couldn't you? So I do want to talk about that because there is something there, but it doesn't justify not writing the checks. But where I did want to start is Edison came on for five, ten minutes in the game. It was great to see him. There was literally, and we've got to be very careful of this, right? We have to be eyes open about this because I think we dropped the ball with Dorgou and Agate, right? When we signed Dorgue and Agate, separate times I know, we got Dorgue in the January. It was still January or early February when he made his first few appearances and social media was calling him dogshit.

24:12When we signed Agate, before he'd even kicked a ball, he had a nickname involving shit Now, look, obviously it's not worked out well with Agate And I think Dorgue's doing better But we can't be doing this to new signings We can't be making our mind up on new signings before they've kicked a ball Or watching them play for five minutes Well, we bloody can, because last night, Edison comes on Missed a half-decent chance misplaced a couple of passes oh he's a load of shit and I'm like he's come on in a World Cup game for like 10 minutes for Brazil not have the best cameo if I'm being completely honest and he's a load of shit and they're United accounts on social media and you sort of like go okay Everson wasn't the most exciting signing in the world but we can't be coming into these signings looking for them to fail before they've even put the shirt on I mean and also even if Edison doesn't hit the ground running and he may never hit the ground running I still think you've got to give a player that's only ever played for Atalanta which is not a massive club never played in the Premier League I think you've got to give him 6, 12, 18 months not 6, 12, 18 minutes so look I can't dictate how people think and I don't want to because I like the contrast of conversation and debate but i think on this surely there's not going to be many people who disagree with me and i think dorgoo's a prime example i was very excited about signing dorgoo dorgoo hato turkey um diamonde noosa these are all players not diamonde to be fair not as much noosa certainly these are all players that if you play certain computer games and you do your research these are players that have been hanging around you know as young players to come through as next stars for a while so when we got Dorgou I was like really excited and it disappointed me how instantly some of our fans really went in on him um Man United are bad enough at developing players without us as a fan base not helping with that as well so look Edison whatever minutes he gets for Brazil whatever his performance for Brazil it's got nothing to do with why we've bought him and what he can be for a Man United player But look, let me talk about Masraoui and Kunja.

26:32Do they solve our left back and striker options? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. If we are going to be a fan base or a club that's going to go, we don't need a left back because Masraoui can play there and we don't need a backup striker because Kunja can play there, then yet again, it's an absolute 4K capture of a lack of ambition. We can't do that. If Masraoui is such a good left back, why did Carrick not use him for six months there? He used Luke Shaw. Why is he suddenly the replacement for Luke Shaw when Carrick didn't use him as a replacement for Luke Shaw? Like, Maz Raui can be a really good player for us, but he can't be the left-back.

27:14We need to buy a left-back. And Kunya, as a backup striker, I don't mind Kunya doing that, but why should we save money on a player that's actually not a backup striker? We've been using him on the wing. I don't mind Kunja being the backup striker but he's also the left winger we can't spread ourselves we need players the reason Masraoui and Kunja cannot be the new left back and the new backup striker is because they're not new anything they're already part of a squad that's not big enough so if we don't buy a left back and we don't buy a backup striker we're not adding numbers to a squad that needs numbers so if Sesko gets injured and Kunya's the backup striker we've only got Dorghu on the left wing we need a backup striker to replace hopefully Xerxi we don't need Kunya to replace Xerxi because their numbers drop we need a backup left back because we need somebody long term to play left back and push Luke Shaw out if we use Maz Raui and Deleu gets injured who's playing right back we can't be budget FC as Dave says I haven't got a problem with Kunya playing up front I haven't got a problem with Masraoui playing at left back but they're already part of a squad that's not big enough you know what I mean so when I hear people going well we don't need a striker we've got Kunya as the backup striker and we don't need left back because Masraoui can solve that problem they can't it's a numbers thing in that position it's a numbers thing Kunya's already part of the left wing number 10 numbers if you use him as a striker we're spreading ourselves too thin numbers wise couple of injuries we're in trouble Masraoui's already the right back or the backup right back.

28:54He can't also be the left back. So we can't use those players for positions. We need a left back because we need a left back. We need a backup striker because we need to get Serksy out and replace him. It's a numbers game. We're going from one Premier League game a week to two. You can't thin the squad more to deal with more games. We actually need quantity bringing in as well. But what I will say about Cunha is he's a better player centrally than he is out on the wing. And we saw that yesterday for Brazil. I don't think Brazil are very good, by the way. I don't see them going very far in this World Cup.

29:30I think I've watched them play twice. I think they're quite pragmatic. They're very reliant on a very strong defence. But Kunja's second goal was fantastic. And you know what it showed for me is that if we're going to put Kunja up front, you've got to buy a left winger. If we buy Noosa, use Cunha as the backup striker. But don't use Cunha as the backup striker and don't buy a left winger or a striker. That's what I'm saying. I think Cunha up front is a nice, good, exciting option. Then you've got to buy a left winger. Because if Cunha replaces Xerxes, we're a man down. What you want to do is replace Xerxes and buy a left winger.

30:15I want more numbers. You see what I'm saying? I quite like the idea of Kunja playing up front, but we'd be thinning our squad to do that. We're meant to be expanding the squad. But I thought, look, it's the World Cup. Brick and news, it's the World Cup, and it is international football, and it's Haiti's defence. And one of Kunja's goals was a little bit fortunate, but the second goal, no keepers saving that. So it's great to see Man United players doing well. Morocco look Maz Raui has played very well against Brazil and Scotland but it's still international football and we still need to add players to the squad the one player I would say again and I was listening to what Maz Raui had to say after the game and you know you just think if you're going to listen to anybody he said he spoke about Boade and he said his quality speaks for itself he's an amazing player he showed that against Brazil and against Scotland unbelievable He's really humble.

31:14Everyone likes that so much about him. If Maz Raui, who is ridiculously humble and hardworking and consistent, is describing Bawadi as humble. I mean, if I was Man United, that phone call. And I'm going against my own sort of theory here about buying players in the World Cup. but Bawadi is exactly what Michael Carrick was in a way he's in that central position dictating the play winning the ball back positional sense absolutely on point um I don't know why we're not making that move um I can only presume that we just we dismissed it and look I'm not signing Boadi on the World Cup I'm impressed with him in the World Cup but Arsenal and Liverpool and PSG were in for him before the World Cup what's happened with Boadi with me is I wasn't really aware of him massively like this is how he's been playing in the French League this is why Arsenal were after him before the World Cup and I trust Arsenal's recruitment and whilst it is a World Cup and you shouldn't scout players just on World Cup games, he's clearly very, very good.

32:27And when you back that up with the fact that Arsenal, PSG and Liverpool were looking at him before the World Cup, I trust their scouting. So it's not like no one else wants Boadi and he's just had two good games in the World Cup. I wouldn't want him. It's the fact that he's had two exceptional games in the World Cup and he's high on Arsenal's list and Liverpool's list and PSG's list because they've scouted him for the last 18 months. I don't know why we're not looking at that Because he's actually the profile of midfielder That I would think would work ridiculously well Next to Omenu I think when you look at Bouadi And the fact that, you know, in that midfield position He's scanning, he wants the ball off the back four He's protecting the back four He can get the ball and move forward Occasionally he's getting into the opposition's penalty box Making runs I think he's a multi-cultured footballer in relation to the assets he brings but fundamentally he'd be head and shoulders above anybody in our team in relation to that scanning you know scan, scan, scan in front of him and then when our defence has got the ball he's spinning around he's like give me the ball I'll give it to the left back give me the ball I'll turn that way and I'll go that way it's just that's the thing that impresses me if you watch Buwadi play his his movement and confidence is look i'll guarantee you if he comes to the premier league and he goes to arsenal he'll be a bloody world-class player in two years time um we're not going to do it but when you see masrawi who's in the squad with him describing him as a top top player with you know an amazing personality hey everybody lady luck here and we're celebrating America's 250th birthday.

34:13Now, all summer long, I'm going to be celebrating by playing on SpinQuest.com, which is an American-owned social casino. It obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack, live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to SpinQuest.com. Get yourself a$30 coin pack for just$10. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. I just think it's an opportunity missed Not necessarily missed in the World Cup Why did we miss it over the last 12 months? Why have we never been in for Bouadi in the last 12 months? And it goes back to what Emily Derry said last night We knew we needed to rebuild our midfield 12 months ago We knew Casemiro was leaving 12 months ago We had a January transfer window where we did nothing Why is this guy only coming to our attention in the World Cup?

35:05Where was our scouting over the last 12 months? because we're going to miss out again on a really good player there. And I don't think he's going to go for, I don't think with Boadi, it's an annoying one. I don't think we're walking away from Boadi because it's 100 million and he wants 300 grand a week. I just think we've just missed the boat. I think he's a player that we could have got for a very real price. And I think it, if I'm being blunt, I think it's pure incompetence that he's never been on United's radar or that he's been on our radar and then we backed off. That's the question for me.

35:37We can spend nine months briefing Ornstein and Romano that we want Elliot Anderson and we can walk away because the price is too much. My question is, in that nine months when you were too busy briefing PR, why were you not looking at a player like that? Who, you know, he is the most perfect player for Man United. Forget Chumini, forget Elliot Anderson. What do Man United need? We need a six who can be an eight, who controls the midfield, protects the back four, press resistant, takes the ball off the back four, strong, physical, quick. That's the prototype of what we need. He's the most prototype player for all that role.

36:19More than Tonali, more than Chumini, more than Anderson, more than Mateus Fernandes. He's absolutely the prototype. He's very close to what Michael Carrick used to do for Man United. And we've completely missed that. I think questions need to be asked in the boardroom As to how we've missed that player Because I accept we're not signing him And I accept this is not just about the World Cup I'll put my hands up I've seen more of him in the World Cup than I'd seen before But I'll repeat Arsenal, PSG, Liverpool Were looking at this player in depth Before the World Cup even kicked off So he was on their radar They know about him Why have we missed it?

36:55In the French League as well Like it would be relatively cheap Comparable to every other target That we're looking at

37:06And you know dare I say it I'd rather be signing in than Edison But we are where we are Let me get into some of your comments Red Devil great show this morning by the way Thanks everybody who's tuning in Really enjoying the content on here And on That's Football at the moment And really enjoying the show this morning Because I think the last two days God I was on that football last night doing the watch along saying thank you for the World Cup because the last two days of updates have just been a right drag more positive today certainly around Mateus Fernandes Red Devil News says Hi Mark hope you're well do you think Carrick wants to play more of a 4-2-4 because for example Mbremode playing up front and not looking at CDMs Red Devil News look I think if we're going to change the way we're going to play the first two games of the season a great chance to do that because it's Ipswich and Hull.

37:55So if he's not going to play counterattacking football with less than 50 % possession, and he wants to go more attacking, then those two games are the perfect games to get it going. Marlowe says, Tuchel showing the world that you can be brave if you know what you're doing. United's incompetent, makes them always choose the easy and safe route. Thank you, Marlowe. I mean, Marlowe, I'd not even thought of it like that, but you know, Michael Carrick compared to Tuchel and you see what he's doing. it's a very very different approach isn't it music for everyone out there says the way this transfer window is going would you take edison fernandez and stiller as the midfield three no marquee signing per se but three fairly highly rated players in positions we need i don't think we're getting stiller um i mean i would take edison fernandez and stiller over edison fernandez and belaba but personally i think edison fernandez and a marquee signing is is is what we should be getting.

38:51John United says, Glazer's secret agents. It's embarrassing. United players in. We struggled with two games a week. Six signings or top four will be hard, says John. I want us all to spend our cash on a centre midfielder, this window, says Kiel. Eric says, if United are only getting two midfielders, why is Tonali too expensive? Because if United get him, it's only 135 million for two midfielders, says Eric. Who is not a risk? Anthony was 89 million, says Sanchet. Could Balogun be a good second striker auction, says Dash. Now, this to me is a complete and utter contrast to Bawadi, right? Bawadi's doing well in the World Cup.

39:28I think he's got every attribute to be a really good midfielder. And it's backed up by the fact that Arsenal, Liverpool and PSG were heavily looking at him going into the World Cup. So the quality is there. With Balogun, no top club was looking at Balogun before this World Cup. And he's having a good World Cup. See, I think Balogun is the prime example of what I wouldn't go for. I think that's a player that you know he's done reasonably well at Monaco but there's not a big list like Real Madrid and Barcelona weren't looking at him before the World Cup that's the prime that's the prime example of a deal I wouldn't do that's a player that I think is having a good World Cup but before the World Cup I don't think a lot of people were looking at him but I don't think United will look at it but I personally don't think that's the right sort of deal for United but a lot of people are I mean I'm not saying you're wrong if you do for me that's where I've always said World Cup Euros don't buy a player just off that um surely players must be at Tottenham and think I'd be I'd like to keep my ACL thank you says Christopher Camavinga yeah a lot of people get bad knee injuries at the Tottenham Stadium is basically what Christopher's saying Camavinga cuts corners left back and midfield option says Christem yes you can't you can't ignore that um and Keel says I just want centre midfielders we've neglected that for 15 years thank you nearly hit a thousand likes on the video by the way please do smash a like on the video one and only says the market knows how to repel the united slap 100 million price tag and we walk away probably the case but wadi which makes so so sad what we've become thank you one and only um let me just catch up on what else um a little bit on rashford this morning as well um so basically um christian folk who's a journalist sort of very very tapped into by munich he says mangan united are prepared to keep rashford next season after carrick expressed their desire to work with him again the forward has attracted interest from bayern but the bundesliga champions are unlikely to pursue a deal if they complete the signing of saibari from eidenhoven which they will.

41:35Rashford's future remains open, but a stay at Old Trafford is now a realistic possibility. So look, I mean, look, the only interest in that update is that it comes in from Christian Falk, who is close to Bayern Munich and would probably know about Bayern Munich's proposed interest in Rashford, which doesn't look like it's going to proceed. Barcelona aren't going to proceed at the moment. So Rashford's future is Man United. I suppose the only interesting thing about that is is that we have heard before that um

42:18we have heard before that rash uh that carrick wants rashford back i mean that will will that will be all over um that will that'll be all over carrot won't it if if if he keep if he brings Rashford back um but look as I said about the Rashford situation I don't think he really wants to come back I don't think the club really wants him back I don't think half our fan base want him back and I don't think coming back is going to be very easy when you consider the scrutiny and noise will be every single game you know and and look if you if you bring Mbappe to Manchester United it's all about Mbappe if you bring Jude Bellingham to Manchester United it's all about Jude Bellingham if you bring Rashford back to Manchester United nobody can stop the fact that it will all be about Rashford if he's on the bench Rashford's on the bench if he scores Rashford scored there'll be a lot of noise if we bring Rashford back as well now if I'm Michael Carrick as an inexperienced coach who needs to get results and you know maintain a football club that's about him and I'm not blaming Rashford for this by the way there'd be a lot of noise there as well so I mean look ideally for everybody Barcelona paid the money and he would have gone to Barcelona what we end up now with Rashford is he's thinking about what he's doing we're thinking about what we're doing and it's all about that and there's going to be a lot of noise around Marcus Rashford and Man United for the next two months when actually if he'd been if he'd signed for Barcelona we'd just be focusing on what bringing other players in and I said this the downside of this Rashford stuff is that it takes up a lot of time deciding what to do with Rashford when actually that time needs to be used on left backs midfielders and other areas that look there's a real possibility that he ends up coming back to Manchester United.

44:13Of course there is. I'm not going to sit here and say that there isn't. The market, no, I've done that one. Thank you very much. Okay, thank you so much everybody for tuning in this morning. Sorry it was a little bit late but obviously wanted an extra hour in bed. Ultimately, quite positive updates but with the word of caution about will we not buy a left-back and a striker now because Masraoui and Kunja have done well. I think that would be a mistake. you know Tottenham are clearly showing more ambition in wages and fees than we are is that going to hurt us so you know those are always there but look with Mateus Fernandes at the moment we don't know how long it's going to take but we can't not acknowledge the positivity that we are winning that race when the race will end I don't know and for me it would be a no on Camavinga yes I agree with 53 % of you on that as well thank you so much for tuning in today uh there is an eight o 'clock show tonight obviously if anything happens before that we'll go live um my next live stream is six o 'clock which is the netherlands against sweden on that's football have a great day everyone stay safe and i'll speak to you in a bit

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