451: Carrick's NEXT Signing! New Rashford TRANSFER Talks!

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1:28as well. A little bit on Alex Scott. Big stuff around Marcus Rashford coming in from David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano this morning. So some really, really interesting pieces to go through this morning. And I think I do want to delve in on who's Carrick's next signing, really. I mean, I suppose for prosperity, we can refer back to the comments on who goes with what, and I'll certainly give you my prediction. But we've signed Edison. Who is going to be next? Do we actually know? No. Do we have pointers of who it could be? Yes. Also, just laughing about the chat there, about people saying it will definitely be Beth.

2:03No, no, no, no, no. Yes, I was up at five o 'clock this morning watching the Netherlands get knocked out in a penalty shootout. Massive shout out. Our World Cup shout out to Maz Raui. He was bloody brilliant last night. It seems to be every, you know, we had a little bit of a chat about the World Cup at the start of the morning show yesterday. I quite like this because it's got a United theme. But what are we doing with Maz Raui? what are we doing with Mas Raui this World Cup and I know you don't scout people on World Cups but we already have this player if he was doing what he's doing in this World Cup and he was like 24 we'd be saying sign him I just think like he's so good and he's playing at left back and he's so I don't want him to play at left back for Man United I want us to buy a left back absolutely but what I'm saying is and I'll leave it here is how was he not getting picked last season.

2:54He's better than Deleuze. He's better than Luke Shaw. He was brilliant for his centre-back against Chelsea. I don't know whether it's just popularity, nepotism or whatever, but he should be walking into that United side. Absolutely. And I'm over the moon for Maz Raui that he's through to the next round of the World Cup. But we're here to talk about transfers. Get your comments in as always. We are going to talk about Rashford a little bit later. There's a bit of a kicker to that, that he'd probably be involved in pre-season but could still leave. I think it's a mistake. I think it's a mistake by rashford i think it's a state but i'm a state by manchester united and i think it's a big mistake by carrick to think you can just integrate him back and there won't be any kickback on that but we'll talk about that in a moment um as i say i'm more and more open to it i just i have concerns about how this is going to play out um definitely but let's talk about incomings so a few interesting pieces coming out ben jacobs talking about boadi we'll talk about that uh the athletic talking about Enmica, we'll talk about that.

3:50And are these stories genuine interest from Manchester United? Or do you think they're putting it out there to credible outlets when actually it's a bit of a, we're looking at other people, to Mateus Fernandes to make him go, look, if you snooze, you lose. Or is it genuinely Man United thinking we might have snoozed and we might have lost? On Mateus Fernandes, not a lot to add in relation to last night, but I'll put this in and then we'll talk about Boadi. and Mica stories from this morning and the wider picture. So in relation to Mateus Fernandes, the update this morning basically comes in from The Athletic on their deal sheet where they're talking about Spurs and effectively saying that Spurs are confident of closing deals this week for Mateus Fernandes and Tonali.

4:38Sorry, I say confident this week. It mentions they are confident and they could close deals this week. There was also another story about Tonali. I think it was, let me just get this right. So there's so much stuff coming out this morning, so I don't want to be misquoted or misquoting outlets on this. So the Athletics saying that Newcastle are confident that they can close deals and potentially do it this week. However, Ben Jacobs tweeted this morning that Spurs continuing talks to Sainz and Ali are optimistic that they'll get him. De Zerbi is understood to be a key factor in his decision-making process.

5:19City and Arsenal also hold an interest. Separate from Mateus Fernandes, where Spurs and Man United are both in talks with West Ham. So, look, I think that Spurs still retain confidence that they can get Tonali and Mateus Fernandes. But what I find interesting about that is that if Tonali is, you know, smitten by the Spurs move because of De Zerbi, you can imagine that those same conversations have taken place with Mateus Fernandes. And it feels like De Zerbi is a big factor in making these deals appealing to these players because as many of us have been baffled about over the last couple of weeks, why would you go to Spurs?

6:02If you're Tenali or Mateus Fernandes, why would you go to Spurs? But it seems we're getting a little bit more that it's De Zerbi who is holding those conversations. Now the instant reaction will be, well, should Michael Carrick be doing that? Michael Carrick may well be doing that, but does Michael Carrick come across to you as the most charismatic manager in the world who has a clear and defined CV of how things are going to work out? Whatever you say about De Zerbe, and he certainly hasn't won Premier League titles or Champions Leagues, but he has done things at Brighton and Marseille and he does have a distinctive way of playing and a distinctive style.

6:38So look, Michael Carrick has Champions League football and Manchester United on his CV. De Zerbe also has charisma and, you know, a style of play as well. So look, it's going to be very interesting how that plays out. But talking about Man United, talking about new news this morning, this is coming in from The Athletic. And Meecha is among the names Manchester United are considering in midfield. Having made inquiries to his availability this summer, he is keen on a move to the Premier League. So we had billed German report last night saying that he would prefer a move to Manchester, whether it be Man United or City, over going to Newcastle.

7:17You've now got the Athletic, who are not billed and not German outlet, saying that he is part of Manchester United's considerations this summer. And inquiries have been made to his availability this summer as well. And let's not forget, being German, he is now out of the World Cup. So that will not stand in Manchester United's way. And he may well be looking to resolve his summer, move his summer, make a move over the next few weeks. Also in the Athletic, given Real Madrid's desire to sell a midfielder and Kamavinga's reluctance to leave, the club are open to offers for Chimini. His deal ends in 2028 and Manchester United like him.

8:04So another athletic update there around Chimini. So look, let's start off with those two players and Mica and Chimini. I mean, look, if somebody said to me, we're signing those two and we're not signing Mercedes Fernandes, I'd be over the bloody moon. I think you're buying two players there who may not be Premier League proven, but much the same as Kunja and Mbwemo. I think they come into the team and instantly give an air of, you know, authority and experience. And, you know, Mainu is only 21. And if you bring in people like Chumini and Enmicha, I think it gives that midfield some real authority, like I say, and experience.

8:41And I think that these two players are exactly the type of player we should be looking at. And it's interesting how this morning these stories are both very, very credible. Now, look, you tell me, do you think this is a case of Mateus Fernandes? And if we don't get him, we might go for Chumini. And if we don't get him, we might go for Inmica. Or do you actually think we might get two out of the three? I think, I believe we have to get two out of the three. I heard somebody saying today on X, I would keep Rashford and not sign a left winger so that we can buy midfielders. And I'm like, hold on a minute.

9:17Why are some of our fans so indoctrinated into the Glazers? Like, I literally put a tweet out today. It really pisses me off that the spin and PR that comes out, that balancing the books is more important than winning titles. We used to be a club that would go out and pay what it takes to get the best players to help us win the title. And now we actually have fans who champion us walking away because it's a few million more than we want to pay in the name of balancing the books. We're behaving like a mid-table club. We're Manchester United. So I will always resist that. I will always fight against that.

9:58And I might be the only one that does it, but I will always resist it because I've seen what it's like to be great and it's brilliant. I've seen what it's like to compete for a title every year and it's magical. And I've seen what it's like to behave like Manchester United and it's incredible. and I am not going to sit here and say, yeah, let's bring Rashford back and not buy a left winger or a left back. We can make do with Kunya and Dorgou and Luke Shaw and, you know, I'm sure if things went really bad, we can use Masraoui there as well and let's just spend it all on the midfield. No, let's buy three midfielders, a left back, a left winger and a backup striker like a proper fucking football club and stop cutting corners so that we can balance the bloody books.

10:38And why are we balancing the books? We're only balancing the books because the owners put a load of bloody debt on us that we never should have had. So look, when I read about Chumini and Mica, and I know that we're in talks with Mateus Fernandes, I don't accept it's one out of three. We're Manchester United, and the sooner people remember what we are and what we should be doing, the better. We should be buying two out of those three, and we should be buying a left winger, a left back, and a backup striker as well. In reality, I know I'm probably talking to a brick wall, and I know in reality the club have the control to do what they want.

11:12But at least this morning, it's beyond a German outlet or an Italian outlet or a Spanish outlet. It's the UK outlet saying that Manchester United are in talks effectively about Ciumini and Miecher. And what I would say about Ciumini as well is knowing the situation from his side and his willingness and beyond that willingness, desire to join Manchester United if Real Madrid sell him and Real Madrid want to sign a marquee midfielder, Man United should be putting a bid in. We really should. I don't know why we're not. You can buy a player who's at the World Cup. Elliot Anderson has been bought at the World Cup and Real Madrid do need to sell somebody.

12:04Why wait? Every day we wait, the prices will inflate. And that's what's been happening for the last few weeks. So I don't know why we don't just put a bid in to Real Madrid. I don't know why we don't start moving on that deal because it makes a hell of a lot of sense for Manchester United to do that. Look, a few people are talking about Enmita and saying, would you really want him? I think this is a player that is definitely been looked at by Real Madrid definitely been looked at by Manchester City definitely been looked at by Chelsea why would we not be looking at a player like that? Like we are absolutely only going to close the gap on those above us if we buy players that are good enough to play for those clubs if you want to catch Arsenal and Man City and PSG and Real Madrid and Bayern Munich then you need to buy players that would be good enough to start for those teams.

12:59Now, if you can find a player that is, you know, if Mateus Fernandes is good enough to start for them and we get him, great. But I think that where we are at the moment, that midfield is decimated. It's absolutely decimated. I mean, I was laughing my head off last night when Casimiro won man of the match for Japan against Brazil. I was laughing. I was like, I'm so glad he's left United. like yes he scored a good header but anybody who's been watching United for the last two years or watched that game last night I mean he's completely and utterly at fault for the goal because he's got no legs anymore and you know I thought Casemiro was brilliant for his last year but there was actually people in our fan base that thought we could keep him for another year had to be replaced he's now gone has no legs our midfield because Casemiro's left is decimated though he was our best midfielder.

13:51So we need to rebuild that midfield. It's not about, oh, let's try this, let's try that. We absolutely have to deliver. You think about it, right? What Man United have got to do with this midfield from the start of the Premier League season in August, if you think about, you know, you've got a big banquet and you're responsible for the menu, yeah? And it's so important. And once you start serving that food up, it better be good. We can't experiment. We can't say, oh, let's try this. We've got to serve up a star, Michelin star, quality midfield from the start of the season. And if we don't, we're going to be in trouble.

14:35There's no, oh, let's see how it goes. If you need a right back and it goes wrong, you've still got Deleu. If you need a left back and it goes wrong, you've still got Luke Shaw. In the midfield, we get it wrong, we ain't got nothing because we don't have a midfield. Most clubs in a summer transfer window will already have something and they're looking to upgrade. So somebody might not be totally happy with their striker, so they buy a striker. They might not be totally happy with their centre-back, so they buy a centre-back. If it goes really wrong, you can always default back to that. We've got nothing.

15:10If it goes wrong, we don't have anything. So it's a hole and it needs filling and it needs to be very good. So, yeah, I certainly I'm encouraged by the fact that we are being linked to players. I don't subscribe to the view of some of you that this window is going to be abysmal and we're not going to buy players. I do agree it's chaotic. I do agree that we have ridiculous parameters and I do agree that we, for some reason, seem to be so naive to the complexities of a summer transfer window and how we don't set the price the market does. But, you know, it's like shooting fish in a barrel. You can't miss.

15:54You can't miss this summer. If you don't get Mateus Fernandes, there's still people like Chumini. There's still people like Enmica. There's still people like Alex Scott. There are so many options out there. We can't miss. The problem is ending up with plan F, G and H if it's not really what the club wanted. That's the only thing I see. That's the only problem I see. Sunrise, let me just catch up on a couple of Super Chats. Then we're going to talk about this new Bawadi update. We've still got to talk about Rashford as well. Make sure you're smashing a like on the video and getting your comments in as well this morning.

16:27what do you think about the transfer market in general oh i had this conversation with you i mean look i'll tell you who i think harrick's next sign is going to be after the bowady story and that's not a hint that it's him um what do i think about the transfer market in general i think we've been doing this for over a decade i think the transfer market today is no different to what it was 10 years ago i think you get the sanctimaniac self-righteous people who go and then you get the people like ourselves who just react to it because actually deep down we enjoy it i mean it's been a the transfer window's been like this all my life we used to have something called teletext page 312 you get your news there some days you'd look and it's man united are signing batistuta and you go oh i would ever did they used to have they used to have hotlines that cost you like a pound a minute which were man united about to sign um robbie fowler and some people used to ring up i can't be doing with the sanctimonious twats who start belittling the transfer window and fans who react to it um you know like a roller coaster because that's what the transfer windows it's always been like it those were the days is tantric yeah you know what i don't know what it is i think like you know you're everyone has an opinion but then uh that opinion is really cool and you know like i've seen a lot of people digging out for britzio romano who's got the best update on marcus rashford this morning for britzio romano how many here we goes has britzio romano had this summer you might not like how it works and it's definitely different but he gets more information than every other man united journalist put together fact and so does David Ornstein.

18:12People don't like these ITKs. I don't really like them. Who are they? They're a name. They don't even put their face up. They don't even use their real name. I don't use my real name, but you know who I am. But the point is, they don't have any information. How do they know we're going to bid£70 million? They don't. But we've always had these. I mean, today's ITKs are 20 years ago, phone up the hotline, Man United are going to sign Robbie Fowler. It's always been like this. So I enjoy the transfer window. I am not going to judge people because one day you wake up and it's a transfer setback and one day you wake up and it's a transfer boost.

18:49That's why we do a news show to try and cut through the crap. My main concern, I don't think the transfer window has changed in my whole life. I think it's always been like this. The back of a newspaper is now an online tweet. What has changed is Man United's ambition and Man United's appetite and Man United's ownership the transfer market is still the same if you want the best players you have to pay for them there will be players that we get linked to that we're not really linked to that i can deal with that what i can't deal with is sitting back watching this player that we should sign and this player that we should sign and this player that we should sign and we walk away because we need to balance the books it's the most it's the most incredibly frustrating hypocritical stupid logic that they put out that some of our fans swallow.

19:42We can't buy a left-back mark. We must cut our cloth accordingly. And just, you know, you can't moan about the fact that we can't do that. I can moan about it. Well, you can't. We need to cut our cloth accordingly. We need to balance the books. Why do we need to balance the books? Because, you know, because we can't afford it. Why can't we afford it? Because the owners, isn't it? Well, it's because of the owners, isn't it? So you're defending the owners, not spending money, and it's their fault we can't spend money. Well, it's not that simple. It fucking is. It is. We are a very wealthy football club that can't spend the money because we have to service debt.

20:21Who put the debt on the club? And then you're applauding the people who put the debt on the club when they say, we can't get a left back and we're going to get three midfielders, but two of them are going to be really cheap, but we will win the league. Well, they said we're going to win the league Yeah, they said a lot of things We're balancing the books because of the debt Simple as that So look, I enjoy the transfer window And I don't think it's changed at all And I'm not going to be one of them sanctimonious twats Who start going, oh, yeah We shouldn't be reacting like this The transfer window, the transfer window It's what it, you know It's always been like this The big problem is The reason people are moaning Is that some people live right up the arse of Ineos and the Glazers and won't call them out.

21:04And the reality is the reason we are such a rollercoaster in the transfer market is because of them. If we were the club we were 20 years ago, we would not be in a transfer race with Spurs. We'd have paid the money to get the player that Sir Alex Ferguson wants. That's what would happen. We don't do that anymore. Mateus Fernandes versus Amica. Who is better, says Sunrise's Army. Well. 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.

21:49Head 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. It depends on the price. and it depends what the club want. Again, subjectively, I can run a poll on Fernandes or Enmica, which I will, but it does depend on the price. Look, Mateus Fernandes is overpriced, but has the potential to be very, very good. He also has the potential to be average. Enmica is a very physical, good on the ball midfielder who is ready to go, who hasn't played in the Premier League before. I think he'd be very good.

22:35For me, that is close. Between those two players, it's very close. But if it's 80 million for one and 80 million power for the other, you probably are better off going for Fernandes. If it's 60 million for Enmica and it's 80 for Fernandes, I think you're probably better off going for Enmica. But it's different profiles of players as well. Enmica, I think, is ready to go. Mateus Fernandes never played in the Champions League before, 21 years of age. How do you put... And I keep thinking about this as well. how do you buy Fernandes for 80 million package and then start him with Maynou? I mean, how does this play out?

23:08All right, we're playing two newly promoted teams at the start of the season, but the start of the season, how many teams start the season well and are there at Christmas? So what happens after game five, when we've played in the Champions League and we're playing City or someone like that, and then you've got to go and play Champions League football and you're starting Mainou and Fernandes? At what point does the pressure, the fatigue, the incompatibility, there has to be a period of augmentation and it's not going to work. You're not going to have two 21-year-olds who suddenly turn into prime Keenan Scholes.

23:38It's not going to happen. So how does that even work, those two? It's not a conversation we need to have because we haven't signed Fernandes yet, but I don't even know how Mainou and Fernandes work. For me, that's a project to midfield so look I think if you buy an end meter or a Chumini they come in and they're ready to go and I think it benefits it benefits Maynou to have somebody next to him who's experienced you know Maynou in the last few months of the season did incredibly well because he had Casemiro next to him if Maynou's got to play with Fernandes who's the leader you know who's who's teaching who If Meini is playing with Chumini I think it helps Meini develop I really do But this is the confusion I have About the transfer window at the moment Forza says all I see is spin, spin, spin Look The story about Chumini The story about And Mica are Credible They're coming in from the Athletic essentially What you've got to decipher is Is that fed to them from maybe club sources to distract from the Fernandes story and also make Fernandes think we might have moved on who knows or maybe United genuinely are moving on I will believe several midfielders when I see it says Fraser and hi Mark on United stand hope you're well says Daniel Thompson I'd like Fernandes but we should move on if no deal this week and get deal done for Chumini.

25:13No more wasting time. Get the proven quality and experience and we can try for Edmica or Scott. I certainly agree with Daniel in the sense that I would like the next signing, who will tell you who I think it's going to be in a couple of minutes. I would like the next midfield. I'd like the next signing to happen soon. I don't know whether it's the World Cup and I don't know whether it's because Edison got done and I don't know whether it's because we're still in talks with Mateus Fernandes. And ultimately, if we get him, it's fine. But it's the 1st of July tomorrow. And we're no closer to our second signing than we were on the 1st of June.

25:51And, you know, we know how quickly July and August can go. And I'm still lost on the predictions of a big and busy summer for Manchester United when numerous journalists mention the word quantity. Where is this quantity? Because I genuinely don't know who we're going for in relation to left back, left winger, backup striker. We're just not linked to people. And look, it could be a brave new world for Man United where you wake up on Monday, we're not linked to any left back. And on Tuesday, we're in advanced talks. That's never really been what we've been about. We normally know the players that we're going for by early July.

26:31And at the moment, we don't. Compost says we haven't actually completed one signing officially yet. I mean, look, Edison will happen, won't it? um james says i've still got a funny feeling about stiller uh the interest last year was very robust and for bell will have a big influence well i did see that about the uh i mean i find this quite boring because we already know it but there was um sam c spoke about it yesterday the athletic uh put it out there today uh no transfer will happen without michael thorugh michael carrick's approval however no transfer will happen without jason wilcox saying yes he is the guy with the ultimate control supported by Faville's scouting and recommendation um and you know I did I did see I can't remember where it was I saw somebody uh obviously I was up very late last night so I had social media on um I was trying to get sleep actually I'd had a coffee at two o 'clock in the morning which was not the best idea because I was absolutely wide awake for the Netherlands game but when I tried to get a couple of more hours sleep at about five o 'clock I was still wide awake.

27:37So I was just scrolling through the doom scroll. Anyway, and I saw a couple of things and somebody was saying, I really trust INEOS. I really trust the recruitment of INEOS. Yes, I'm a little bit concerned about the transfer window, but ultimately they haven't done a deal yet where I've doubted them. So I really trust INEOS. And even at five o 'clock in the morning, knowing I needed to go to sleep, I was like, well, hold on a minute. I can think of 150 million pounds worth of expenditure that's very dubious and what about the two managers um what about tenag and amrim um but agate is a flop inios xerxes a flop inios and lenny oro has been here for two years as a 50 million pound signing and we've done absolutely nothing with him so look you know not everything's bad but not everything's good the truth is always in between In fact, I haven't mentioned the United Stand traffic lights for a long time.

28:36Red and constant negativity, green and constant positivity, or amber, which is everything in between. I like amber. And that's not me professing my love for a woman called amber. I'll be in trouble if I say that. I like the amber lights. I like the fact that you can call the negativity out and you call the positivity out. the thing I detest about our fan base I mean this is lack of sleep but I'll say it the thing I detest about my about my football club and our fan base is I can't stand the people who are constantly negative and never see anything positive and I cannot stand the people who are constantly positive and never see anything negative I think the truth and the best fan is the one in the middle who can be positive and negative because I think at Man United there sometimes are positives you know we finished third in the league bruno fernandez won player of the year casemiro and maguire were very good players for his last season but there's also negatives the balance is so important um i think uh luke chamois thank you very much for the members i'm loving the show this morning by the way thank you last two morning shows have been brilliant mark i'm not saying you're wrong oh here we go keel's gonna ruin it here we go i'm blowing the balloon of positivity and keels walking towards it with a big bloody needle um i'm not saying you're wrong but some of us just have no faith this club will do what they say they should do so we are fine uh so we are fine with rashford coming back says keel look mate i'm not sitting here in any way shape or form saying don't panic the transfer window is going to be fine look there are things that could happen in the next 48 hours that send the fan base into meltdown and that's fine but there are things that could happen in the next 48 hours that could send the fan base into you know ecstasy um how many summers have we had people you know glazing ed woodward because we signed paul pogba or you know even last summer you know wood uh wilcox because we bought cuny and embermo i think any transfer window cannot be judged in the window which is why i won't do it i'll go i like that signing i like that look i liked the signing of Mbembe and Cunha and we didn't really know much about Le Mans and Sesco was plan D as much as I liked him so I gave that transfer window a five because we didn't buy a midfielder and we didn't get a goalkeeper in until the last day of the window and we started the season with Inanna and Biender so I gave it a five a year on I probably say that those signings have been very successful and bar getting a midfielder I might actually give it a six now but there's been other transfer windows where I've gone you know like the summer of Zlatan and Pogba and Mkhitaryan and Bay I probably would have thought that's an amazing window I'm going to give it a 7 but a year later probably would have dropped it down to a 6 and two years later I'd have dropped it to a 5 and people forget that it's not about the signings it's about what they deliver for you because hey ho guess what a lot of these players sign long term contracts you know you look at the summer of Inanna, Mount and Rasmus at the time I think a lot of people give it a six you probably give it a two Rasmus is already gone Inanna was a shower shit and Mason Mount's never been fit so you know there are you do have to look at it in a longer term sense and Mitra on the eye looks very similar to Dembele from Spurs who I absolutely loved Scott I think he was a brilliant midfielder.

32:12Plays slightly deeper, but also an edge of Bellingham, strong and very good on the ball. Look, if Man United go in for Stilla, I'll back this club on that to the hilt. I think he's a fantastic player. If Man United genuinely go for Enmica, you know when you get a feel about a player. I like Chumini. I like Tenali. I like Tanderson. If we sign Enmica, I'll be very happy and I'll back it. I'll say, we've done a clever move there. I've got to be honest, with Mateus Fernandes and Scott, I do like them, but I don't feel I could say this is definitely going to work. It probably will, and they are exciting, but I can't sit here and say that's definitely going to work.

32:56And the reason I wouldn't say it's going to work is because I've seen too many times United can't develop talent. The pressure is too much. So if you bring Fernandes in or Alex Scott in, they are good signings. They are good players, but they're prospects and we don't develop very well. I think if you bring someone like Enmieter in, your biggest concern is can he settle? But look at Gravenberch, came in from Eredivisie via Bundesliga. I think he'd work. I think he would work. And as the official says, there's also an element of Gravenberch to him as well. I think he'd be a very, very good signing.

33:33The trouble is even, you know, Dortmund aren't stupid. they're not Dortmund aren't stupid they'll look at the midfield market and they'll go a player that they might have sold for 60 let's try for 80 but I do genuinely think he's a good player on the poll Fernandes or Enmica 52 % of you going Fernandes 48 % of you going with Enmica Owen says have a good day sir and everyone thank you pal bring Rashy back saves them from spending 70 million on a new left winger which perfectly fits the history of cost cutting says Rohan look we'll talk about Rashford in a minute If Man United bring Marcus Rashford back, forget Rashford, forget you, forget whether we should, hypocrites.

34:16Absolute fucking hypocrites. You're bringing a player back who is factually on about 325 grand a week. You got rid of him because he's on 325 grand a week. And then you bring him back on 325 grand a week. That's fine. And it's got nothing to do with Rashford. And it's got nothing to do with him as a player. This is about the club. don't and anything this club says you cannot believe it any statement they make you can't believe it whether it's so Jim Radcliffe saying you know Amrim's here for three years and he's gone in three months whether it's Barada saying we're going to win the league next year if not the year after if they bring Rashford back they're idiots they're they're hypocrites because they only got rid of him because of his wage and then they're bringing him back well the wage is still the same.

35:05So what are you doing? Rashford was never kicked out of this football club because of performance or behavior. They wanted him gone because of his wage. In fact, if they got rid of him because of his behavior, it'd be even worse to bring him back. They got rid of him because of his wage and now they're going to bring him back. I don't know. Having said that, we'll go through that in a minute, but I have a bit of a theory on the Rashford thing where I think it's a PR exercise from everybody, which makes sense. But we'll talk about that in a minute. Patrick Lynch says, if I was a player, Carrick talking to me wouldn't matter.

35:40Seeing how previous head coaches were treated, I'd know whatever he says would carry little weight. Players talk to one another. More likely, Bruno can vince as a player than a head coach. I would agree, Patrick. Yeah. You know, yeah, you can't listen to a Manchester United. I know it's United stand but Skybet have stopped taking bets on City to get relegated next season says Phil, wow, glad to see thank you very much, okay let me talk to you, I've got a couple of, I'll tell you what loads to get into the show this morning might be kicking some stuff over to Beth at 2, please do share the video by the way, we've got nearly 9 ,000 watching this morning and if you haven't subscribed that's the wrong number, we're actually on 269 ,700 so we're only 3 away from 270 ,000.

36:25So make sure you're subscribing. Get involved with the United Stands. You're welcome. Live every morning at 10 o 'clock, even on two hours sleep. Live every afternoon at 2 o 'clock and live at 8 o 'clock. It is an 8 o 'clock show tonight. I was just thinking, Ivory Coast. Come on, Ahmad! Ivory Coast against Norway. Come on, Ahmad! Come on, Ahmad! It was a good day for the United players last night. Kunja, Edison through. Masraoui. Get in. Ahmad tonight. Come on, come on out i mean i do like norway but there's no united player there so fuck it um okay let me talk to you about this bowady story a few people have been saying why haven't you spoken about it so look it came in from ben jacobs uh ben jacobs he's the man the man with the bowady there is a real interest from manchester united in bowady there is plenty of interest from the Premier League club uh Premier League including the likes of City, Arsenal and Liverpool.

37:26Lille wants a minimum of 80 million euros but that price could rise to 100 million euros plus for clubs seeking an immediate sale. So look a lot of people saying look Ben Jacobs is saying that Man United are in for Boadi um and okay I can only add an opinion here. You know if that was an update from you know some french outlet i'd just say bollocks but it is coming in from ben jacobs fine okay um i do not think manchester united are in for bowady i really don't and i'll tell you why what's the difference between bowady and matthews fernandez that will look you know at the end of the day 53 of you would take fernandez over and mitcher you know i'm gonna to do.

38:17I'm going to run the poll on whether you would take Bouadi or Fernandes, and I'll be interested to see what you think about that. No doubt, both very good players. But riddle me this, you've got Mateus Fernandes, who's just played in the Premier League and been relegated by West Ham, and the price that West Ham want is somewhere around£80 million, and Man United are sort of unsure they want to do it. You've then got Bouadi, who's played in the French League and the World Cup, and Lille want between£70 and£90 million package. I don't see how United write the cheque. I just don't see how Man United write that cheque, because if they're bulking at paying the money for Mateus Fernandes, why would they consider paying around that fee for a player that is from the French League and, you know, young?

39:16Now, personally, this is where Data Dean comes into it, who apparently, United are driven by the data, but I don't think they are. I think United are driven by Premier League proven and, you know, what they feel is fair value. Data driven, I would say Buwadi is a much better player than Enzo, than Bateos Fernandes in relation to what we want. I want somebody who can come into that midfield, run the midfield from deep and grow into one of the best players in Europe. Well, he fits the bill. He takes the ball off the back four. He feeds the attack. He can dribble with the ball. He gets forward. He gets backwards.

39:54And I'll tell you now, if he comes to the Premier League and he goes to a rival, he will quickly become one of the best midfielders in the world and if he does it at man city we're fucked because they've already got elliot anderson and they've still got rodri so i think if he goes to city you'll see the quality of this player and i think he is an actual number six which is what man united need and i think the data proves that and i think data dean would be coming on here and telling and proving it i would mark you're right um but the point is i don't see if united is struggling to put a package together for Mateus Fernandes.

40:30I just don't see how they'd put a package together in that ballpark for Boadi. I just don't think we will. So I would like to think that we are going for him, but I just don't think we will. Matthew says, Boadi's not a great passer. Are you watching the same player? Mate, I don't know what the problem is in the World Cup, especially the knockout stage. I don't know if it's the pitch or the ball, but the amount of misplaced passes in the Brazil game, the Japan team, the Morocco team, the Netherlands team, the Germany team, I don't know. There's a lot of misplaced passes going on that you do not expect to be missed.

41:08But look, you know, maybe you're right. Maybe you are right. Maybe we shouldn't go near Buwadi because his passing's bad. But I would say, well, why are Arsenal, PSG, Man City, Liverpool after him, you know? 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 1 ,000 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.

41:48Void where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. I can't scout Boaddy beyond the World Cup I said that to you yesterday But I know for a fact that Arsenal, PSG and others Would be looking to sign him if there was no World Cup Because they've done the work on him So I would trust them over us if that makes sense Sam Green says Do we forget now that we are back in the Champions League The Glazers get tight Then we're out We out like an ambitious club and spend Richie says Recency biased at its best Everyone's watching the World Cup Mateus Fernandes not there and everyone suddenly forgets how good this guy actually is I don't think they have Richie I don't think they have there are people in this chat who've been championing Fernandes for months and still are and there are people like myself who think he's a good player but never looked at him and went that's the solution to Man United's midfield I just think it's balanced um I don't think for me he is not the sort of signing where you're going to get 100 % of the fan base going we've got to sign this player he's going to be the next big thing I think some people are and I think some people are like he's good but I don't know whether he's that good and and that's fine so I don't think the World Cup has had any impact on the excitement around Mateus Fernandez at all only number this board takes into consideration is the transfer fee sounds good to be data-driven but it's just a smokescreen I'm completely Patrick I think the data-driven bollocks is is bollocks and I think it's rest in peace to the data because you can't keep walking away from players saying we're following the data because your data is broken what were you doing there in the first place then if it's the wrong player um music for everyone out there thanks for your super chat he says i think our midfield transfer policy at this point does it cost us under 80 million fixed let's do it otherwise no all under the guise of we don't want our pants pulled down it's too scattergun oh yeah we've been saying it for weeks mate i think we have parameters over 26 no over 80 million pounds no over 200 grand a week no is there a is there a bidding war no um he's a man with the finest touch says marv uh have you ever thought they are trying to show the perception of building the relationship back with rashford to make it easier to move him on let me talk to you about rashford jmr yes uh sam is also saying about rashford rashford is definitely to call the bluff of any interested clubs you know i don't want to seem desperate to get rid of keeping the transfer price up um and watch how the dressing room what's it rots away if rashford comes back i can't believe some fans have such low iq they still believe in this mank born and bred bullshit says julian hope rashford stays but might be pr to make barca pay says robert mccormack sam is a new member of the members club as well welcome sam and richie says missing out on mateos fernandez to get a meter would be the equivalent of the time we missed out on joe Neves and got Engate instead.

44:42Richie, I think you've had a couple of bad takes this morning. Somebody might agree with you, but I do not think Fernandes is Jao Neves and Engate is Enmica. I think it's a lot closer than that. I'm not diminishing either player, but I don't think it's that extreme. No disrespect to anyone, says Forza. It's just me being pessimistic. I've been here since the Euros and this ownership never did anything competent, so this news just spin. and it's Skyplay says, is Fernandes' noise not the same as last summer? Belaber, look how Belaber is now and what if it will become the same with Fernandes? And Life is Football says, Fernandes isn't a DM, Scott is and compliments Maney.

45:25Well, I'd love to know what the data, I mean, we may never find out because we may never sign him, but I'd love to know what the data is around Mateus Fernandes that they think we can start with two 21-year-olds and be balanced next season. I you know I'm intrigued by that right let me talk to you about Rashford thanks everyone who's tuning in this morning by the way we've got nearly 9 ,000 watching thank you very much make sure you smash the like get your comments in Boadi or Fernandez is actually 50-50 at the moment I'm going to leave it there I don't mind a 50-50 so 50-50 on Boadi or Fernandez the final one and we have done this recently so there might not be a change here um keep rashford yes or no let's just run it as that so in essence david ornstein spoke about it fabrizio romano spoke about it what they're basically saying is there's an openness all round uh at manchester united for a potential reintegration of marcus rashford this summer the forward is on course to rejoin the first team after the World Cup as part of the pre-season and at the moment would be available for character use.

46:33The 28-year-old is believed to prefer to see out the last two years of his contract rather than join a different Premier League club. Also goes on to say that Rashford being part of pre-season doesn't necessarily negate the possibility of him moving on later in the window. There's a lot to unpack there. We've been quite fortunate about this. Everything we've said about Rashford has been correct because we've got good information around the Rashford situation. The Spurs story we told you was bollocks. He would not go to another Premier League club. He will not go to another Premier League club.

47:09And that's been confirmed again by the Athletic. His preference is Barcelona, but Barcelona won't pay the full fee. And Man United don't want to do a loan at this point. So you end up in a situation where there is no club in for Rashford that matches what he believes he should be playing at. So there is no Bayern Munich, there is no Real Madrid, there is no Barcelona and there is no PSG and he doesn't want to play for another Premier League club. And also Man United wouldn't let him go to an Arsenal or a Liverpool or a Man City and he won't go to a Newcastle or a Spurs. So what you end up with, if we're being completely calm and calculated, is there's no big club in Europe in for him at the moment and there's no big club that we'd let him go to in the Premier League and he doesn't want to go to a Spurs or a Newcastle.

47:58So you end up in a situation where Rashford's doing well in the England team and Manchester United can't sell him. In a month's time, a decision needs to be made. And in a month's time, as things stand, he will come back to Carrington, he'll be photographed and he'll be training with the first team, with Michael Carrick. Whether he'll be still part of the first team in September is a different conversation. um i don't have the answer i really don't have the answer i think barcelona would take him back on loan in a heartbeat and i think rashford would like to go back there on loan in a heartbeat i think he'd love to go there and compete with anthony gordon and prove that he should be the player that starts for barcelona ahead of anthony gordon that door may have closed if that door is closed what do you do if you're a player with two years left on your contract on 325 grand a week And what do you do if you're a club that is paying him 325 grand a week for the next two years, whether you like it or not?

49:00Marcus Rashford doesn't look bad in this situation. Man United do. You know, they put him in the bottom squad. They got rid of him. They took all the plaudits where people were going, oh, well done. No more. No more deadwood. We're removing the shit. We're removing the, you know, the deadwood. They take the plaudits for it. And then they bring him back. on a massive wage. They're going to look like mugs. But from Rashford's point of view, I needed a new challenge. I went to Villa. I went to Barcelona. I got back in the England team. I've always loved Manchester United. Obviously, a deal can be done with Barcelona, but I've always loved Man United.

49:41I'm here to play football and win for Manchester United. Rashford comes back looking good. Man United look absolute mugs because they removed him because of wages and then they're going to bring him back and pay him the same wages. So I think some of you have probably figured it out. I think as a bare minimum, this makes sense as a PR exercise. You know, let's publicly make it look good because it benefits everybody. The question will be if he comes back, whether Carrick picks him in Premier League games and if he does, whether we keep him. My concern around that is that we do need a left winger, but my concern around that is that you know you're talking about one of my favorite players a few years ago with him and martial i just thought you know absolutely brilliant so exciting edge of the seat players are what you know i just love those types of players my problem my concern is i know how the media works i also know half of our fan base don't want him back and i also know that once people have made their mind up about people it's very hard to change their minds about them There might be a honeymoon period, but when it starts to go wrong, which it always does at United, he will be a target.

50:55If United start losing games, he will be a target. And then things could go south very, very quickly. And Rashford's obviously got himself back in a much better place than he was in the last 12 months at United. so I personally don't think he should come back I don't think United should bring him back because I have concerns about how that would work out however you know it's a better left winger than we have and if it worked out without all the potential issues there wouldn't necessarily be a problem another problem is you probably need him if he comes back to Man United and does well you probably need him to sign a new contract quite quickly.

51:38Otherwise, this is nothing more than a two-year loan. Because with two years left on his contract, would Man United give him a new one? No, not on that wage. Would Rashford sign a new contract in the next two years, for four years, on a reduced wage? No. So you definitely would end up in a dance situation of, I'm not signing a new contract on a reduced wage, and United aren't going to give him a longer contract on a new age so we probably get to a point in two years where his contracts run down so it's interesting but there is there is there is a parallel story this did actually happen with jayden sancho and ten hog where ten hog and sancho had fell out very badly but there was the summer where sancho came back he trained he played in pre-season and then he left before the season started so that could happen um but look if he stays at the club i would hope it works out i didn't want carrick but now he's here a lot of people saying oh do you want nagelsman now that conversation's over I would have took Nagelsmann three months ago, whether that's right or wrong.

52:56We gave Carrick the job two months ago and I said, when he got the job, I'm backing Carrick. I'm not about to start saying, let's get Nagelsmann, let's get Areola, let's get Tuchel. Mang and I had made the choice. I backed Carrick and let's hope it works out. If we bring Rashford back, I'm not about to start sitting here going, oh, that was a vacuum, stupid idea. He's a load of shit, this, that, and the other. I would hope it works out. It's going to be very interesting. It's going to be very interesting um i still think i'm 50 50 whether he'll end up at barcelona or at united but he won't get his number 10 back i don't think they could do that i don't think he could take that shirt off can you so he'd have to come in and look i look at him at rash i look at him at barcelona and i see a player that was a team player who was working hard he'd get the ball and 50 % of the time he'd give the ball to someone else and play as a team player.

53:55I look at him at United and a lot of the time it was head down trying to do too much. Funnily enough, in the game against Panama, I think he was trying to do too much. I thought he had a good game, but it reminded me of sometimes at United where heads down, just trying to do too much and that can become frustrating. But look, I can't tell you how to think. I personally am probably more open to a return than I would have been at any point in the last 18 months. And the funny thing about it is, you say it saves us£50 million, it costs us nearly£1.5 million a month. It costs us £60 million a year in wages to have Rashford back.

54:52So, you know, it isn't cheap. It isn't cheap. And also, what does it do? And Carrick won't care about this, by the way, because one thing about Carrick is he's quite, I wouldn't say he's a nepotism, but he has his favourites. You know, there is no development of Yorro in heaven under Carrick. it's Maguire and Martinez no matter what there is no Masraoui at left back under Carrick it's Luke Shaw so if Rashford comes back and he wants to put him on the left wing what happens to Dorgue you know

55:32so but I don't think that's a problem I'm only reading what someone said in the chat what happens to other people I think Carrick's the sort of guy that would put him straight back into the team and stick him and keep him in it I think Carrick loves Rashford so I think he'd put him in the team and want to make it work um it's going to be interesting and I don't really have a stance my biggest concern is I worry about taking anybody back I just worry about it would have to be perfect every week because any time we have a bad run or something like that people always look for someone to blame and you know Rashford could find himself being scapegoated and then things could go very very toxic so yeah we'll have to wait and see but look ultimately people never talk about the club didn't treat rashford very well they didn't they basically made a decision that they wanted him gone because of his wage they didn't treat him particularly well i don't think rashford personally is like desperate to come back and play for this board either so and Man United definitely wanted him out.

56:40So there's a lot that needs to be resolved as well, certainly. John United says, Carrick can't afford to gamble on Rashford. If it fails, it could cost him his job. Better to move forward than look back. The point is to build. Yeah, but you know what? In fairness to Carrick, John, if there's no money for a winger, what would you do? If I said to you, John, you're the manager of Man United and you said, I want a new winger. I don't want to use Rashford. And I said, you're not going to get a new winger. do you want to get rid of Rashford? You'd probably say, well, no. So I don't think you're wrong, John, but also what if Carrick's being told it's no winger or you can bring Rashford back?

57:20What if I get rid of Rashford? Still not enough money for a winger. Part of me would love him back and he could fill a hole in the squad, but part of me knows it's time to move on. I don't know how I feel about keeping him yet. 67 % again, this is the same as a few days ago. It's still locked at 67%. No, I'm bringing him back. Board and Rashford save my manager. Change too, says Patrick Lynch.

57:46Having a laugh has gifted a membership and says, how is it we are shopping in the budget aisle and City can spend millions and still under investigation? Ambition, ambition. City don't actually make that much more money than us each year, but they aren't straddled with debt. we as a club we make a lot of money a lot of money it's not like man city are making a million a billion pounds a year and we're making a hundred we're both around sort of 700 million but they can spend a week on do we forget that now we are back in the champions league i've done that one haven't we um look everybody an absolutely brilliant show this morning i think the last two morning shows have been so good i've really enjoyed them and i do enjoy the morning shows but sometimes it gets a bit heavy on on news and uh i really enjoyed it so thank you very much um we are back at two o 'clock i am back with you at eight o 'clock straight after ivory coast norway where i'm live on that's football at 6 p.m oh come on amad um thank you so much everybody this morning uh really appreciate you make sure you smash a like on the video and subscribe as always and i will speak to you on the next one take care

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