467: United's SECRET Signing! Kone PRICE Set!

0:00What's up, everybody? It's Bretzky, and America is turning 250. And I can't think of a better way to celebrate that than playing on an American-owned social casino, SpinQuest.com. With all of your favorite games, live craps, bubble craps, live blackjack, there's no better place to play for free and win real cash prizes. SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. This is your latest Manchester United transfer news as we discuss more about who the secret midfielder could be for Manchester United.

0:42Fabrizio Romano sets the price for Manu Kone and a lot more to talk about as well. But I want to get straight into this because although I thought we might bring this up, it's a super chat straight away from McElvis and it's very, very topical and it is a new show. get Lissandro Martinez out of my club for holding that banner so look we're here to talk about Manchester United of course England crashed out of the World Cup last night in the semi-final my reaction to that's on That's Football maybe you want to talk about Manu a little bit later on but Lissandro Martinez was one of the Argentinian players holding the banner that was political in that he was saying that the Falklands basically belongs to Argentina when it's not It doesn't, but maybe spiritually they think it does.

1:30It's political. It's anti-English. And Alessandro Martinez was holding that banner. Now, some people are saying that we should kick him out of England with every other Argentinian player that did it. I disagree. I disagree. I think at the end of the day, politics in football should never... I've always been firmly against that. but if I'm being completely honest I mean I'm a Man United fan England's nice for the World Cup and the Euros but it's over now and I look at the way Argentina played for each other and fought for each other and I gotta say I'm very jealous of it obviously if they get a sanction or a fine for doing that then fair play FIFA have done what they should do.

2:23But I mean, I don't want him out of Man United because of that. I think players like that are very important in a football team. And just because England lost, you know, I don't really like politics in football. So I don't like the banner, whatever, like that. But if I don't, I'd be a hypocrite to say get out of England because then I would be being political. I want the best players at Manchester United. I want the players that care about Manchester United to play for Manchester United. And Lissandro Martinez, every time I've seen him in a Man United shirt, has given a shit and he cares. So I do not want him out of Man United.

3:02I know this will probably split opinion. I've seen it on the national news in the UK. There are far bigger issues in the UK in relation to potentially removing people than there is Lissandro Martinez. And I'll leave it at that. There are far bigger criminals and issues in the UK than removing a few Argentinian players for standing with a flag. So for me, it's ridiculous. But that's my say. Maybe other people have their own say on it. But no, very important player. And, you know, if we look at the way Carrick plays, Carrick plays counterattacking football as well. I mean, I said this the other day.

3:45If Lissandro Martinez was playing for Boca Juniors, I think a lot of people would be saying sign Lissandro Martinez to Manchester United. Like, I think he's had that good a World Cup. So, I mean, there was talk of us selling him a couple of days ago. I mean, it's just completely and utterly English to do something stupid like that. I mean, you know, there's a load of people saying, oh, we should have took Harry Maguire. Harry Maguire makes no difference in that game yesterday. Harry Maguire is touching 35. I mean, I'm not interested in Harry Maguire. We've already got Harry Maguire. We've already got Lissandro Martinez.

4:17Keep him at the club. But look, I'm sure people have a lot to say about it. Let's get into the midfield because you know what I want to talk about? We've got Ben Jacobs on it too. The B &B show, Beth and Ben are back at two o 'clock. I'm sure we'll get some information on that. I want to talk about what we know about the midfield. I want to talk about that. Obviously, we want to know who this second midfielder is, of course, and the secret second midfielder. You know what? Just on this, I mean, look, we are a great community. We do like a conversation. It can get heated at times. But there are very few accounts I actually respect out there in the footballing space.

4:59But I do like Swedish Rumble. I read his War and Peace this morning, having woken up from the England loss last night and wanting to get back into Manchester United. and he's basically come up with a theory on who the secret midfielder could and maybe should be. But I thought, you know what? Although it's a bit speculative, is this not the sort of midfielder we should be signing? So basically he said that there is one midfielder who is in the Premier League, who's played in the Champions League, who plays for a club, which we have a stellar relationship when it comes to transfers, three transfers in the last three years.

5:33We've had concrete interest in him in the past. He can play as a six. He wants a move and he's fairly experienced and has Champions League experience despite being under 25. That player is Enzo Fernandes. So I might have been teeing you off with the whole Lissandro Martinez keeping at Manchester United because Enzo Fernandes is who Swedish Rumble is saying fits the bill absolutely perfect for Manchester United. Now, I'm going to run the poll here. Would you sign Enzo Fernandes? And then I'm going to tell you how likely it is. Would you sign Enzo Fernandes? Because you know what? I do agree with Swedish Rumble in the sense that he does want out of Chelsea.

6:17They do need to sell. And I'm going to just say it, you know, because as an Englishman, I think many people, you know, we've had to be very honest about last night. We were shit when we went one nil up and we deserved to lose and we were cowards. it got me thinking about man united this morning i'm not convinced that this summer transfer window is actually very good i'm not i think we've been clouded by two recent signings but i don't think this summer transfers window is very good and seeing england bottle it yesterday made me think about man united season coming up you know we've got to play champions league football and premier League football and I don't think we're actually that good and as much as I like Tillemans and Santos is interesting if you said to me at the start of the summer a not very good Man United side is going to lose Casemiro and replace him with Tillemans and Santos I'd have said and what else so as we stand here this morning I would say United's transfer window is a worrying four out of ten and that might be generous where's the left back where's the attack where's the third midfielder And the third midfielder cannot be João Gomez or anyone like that.

7:30I think the third midfielder does need to be Marquis. And if you could bring Enzo Fernandes into Manchester United alongside Tillemans and Santos and Mainu, I think we would suddenly have a very interesting midfield four. So if you're saying to me, would I take Enzo Fernandes at Manchester United? Yes, I would. Do I think he's a bit of a shithouse? Yes. Do I think he was an annoying wanker last night in an Argentinian shirt? Yes. But in a funny way, I respect those players if they're talented. I don't respect Romero. I mean, I saw his being linked to Romero. Get screwed. I don't want that twat anywhere near a Man United shirt.

8:11I think he's shit anyway, and I think he's a liability. Yes, he's got passion, but he's a liability. Enzo Fernandes has got passion, and I would love him at Manchester United because I think he's a very talented player as well. Do I think we would do a deal like that? Well, we don't know who the secret midfielder is at the moment. So, you know, we can't really state who it is or isn't. But I would take him every day of the week, every day of the week. And there's a lot of people in the chat saying no. But if you think about players like that, they're no different to Ander Herrera. Ander Herrera was a shithouse, but he was our shithouse.

8:49You know, Bruno Guimerez is the same. I don't think there's a lot of difference between Bruno Gomere and Enzo Fernandes. In fact, is Enzo Fernandes better? So I would absolutely consider taking Enzo Fernandes at Manchester United. But whether we would do a deal like that, I don't think we could afford it. I think Chelsea would be looking for a lot of money, but I'd be over the moon with a signing like that. I think Enzo Fernandes, Tielemans and Santos would be a very, very, very good summer from a situation where I thought it wasn't going to be good enough. Do I think it's going to be Enzo Fernandes?

9:27No, I don't. No, I don't. I don't think that's who it is at all. And I think that, you know, I'm interested to see what Ben Jacobs is going to say. I've been watching Romano. I don't think anybody's got a bloody clue who it is. I don't think anybody knows who it is. We spoke about this last night. I mean, I can guess, but Scott, why would it be quiet? Because Bournemouth don't want to sell, and if they were going to sell, they'd let other clubs know. Kamavinga apparently is not him, and Mita apparently is too expensive. It's not Baleba, it's not Sander Berg, it's not Wharton, it won't be Goretzka, it's not Angelo Stilla, that's come out this morning as well.

10:08So I don't know. I genuinely don't know who it is, but I really do think that it's exciting. And look, this is what Fabrizio Romano had to say this morning in relation to the Manu Kone deal. And it's very important to keep Manu Kone in mind because he is definitely, definitely 100 percent a player that Manchester United are monitoring, are in talks with. Man United have an excellent relationship with the agents of Manu Kone. Roma are yet to receive an approach from United. We have to wait and see, was Fabrizio Romano. But also saying that the reports of 80 to 90 million pounds for Kone, that's not the price for him.

11:05He is expensive, but it's less than that. So I think that all this talk that we're getting about price on Kone being, I mean, it's 45 million. It's 45 million, it's 40 million, it's 50 million, it's around that. And the Manchester Review News were even talking about Kone this morning saying that Man United are eyeing Kone as their next midfield signing. Kone is seen as the primary target to add physicality following Casamiro's departure. Archer so look I mean if it ends up being Manu Kone you know the United stands first again but look I'm not about that game it's great that we're getting information as I've said before but I know we're in talks with Kone but who is the other player and that other player is a threat to who to whether we sign Kone or not Kone is an easy deal to do but I'd love to know who the the player is they might be shit they might they might they might be shit you know they might be absolutely shit but 59 of you are with me on Enzo Fernandez and 41 of you aren't look it's a controversial one but I think he's a fantastic player with a shithouse passionate uh personality and I want Manchester United to win things you know one of the big things I've sort of experienced over the last few weeks is the belief that England were going to win the World Cup.

12:34And whilst I can deal with failure and losing, because that's what being an England fan is, I really want to taste that again. I really want Man United to be doing that again, because that's the one that matters. For me, club football exceeds international football easily. I want Man United to start... I want Manchester United to start competing for the big prizes, which is what we're meant to do. and I think that to do that you've got to have the better players and look, I like Tillemans I like Tillemans and Santos is underwhelming to me I know he's exciting to you but I do think that sometimes you've got to be real and you've got to be honest and I'm seeing some United fans on social media this week celebrating Darlow, Santos and Tillemans and I'm sort of like you're hypocrites like I don't think we should be moaning but I certainly don't think we should be celebrating.

13:29I think there's a middle ground. This is not an excellent transfer window and it's now not a shit one. But it's certainly, I wouldn't even describe it as good. You could generously describe it as okay. But some people are running around with their tops off like we're going to win the bloody league. I do not think Tillemans and Santos with Mainu is good enough. I don't. I think the next midfielder needs to be of a real quality to give us the balance to go, Tillemans is decent, Mainu's decent, and Santos has got potential. So we're not there yet. And where's the left back? And what's happening in the attack?

14:04And it's an inexperienced coach. So, look, I think there's a lot of work for Manchester United to do, definitely. And I want this next signing to be something really exciting because it's going to be tough next season. I think it's going to be really tough for Manchester United next season and we need to be prepared for it. You know, Michael Carrick's not the most inspiring of coaches, so he's going to need players that can help him out big time. And look, just on Manu for a moment, I'm a massive fan of Manu, but I do find the hyperbole this morning incredible. People are almost saying, oh, if we'd played Manu, we'd be in a World Cup final.

14:44And I'm like, I watch Manu for Manchester United. He's not the quickest. He's not very good defensively. It's all right saying he's press resistant, but how's he going to be press resistant on his own? you know you need someone to be able to pass to you bring him on in the game yesterday and England were hiding I don't think Maynou would have made a massive difference on his own yesterday he is press resistance and he can pass but who's he going to pass to so and also there's a lot of people in the United fan base that aren't actually convinced about Maynou yet so forget all this Maynou could have been England's savior stuff I think it needs to be Man United's savior first and it's a big season for Maynou as well so I want us to get this midfield right and that's why for me if you're offering me up someone like Enzo Fernandez, I would 100 % grab hold of that.

15:29But in relation to where we are this morning, I do expect some developments with Man United over the next 48 hours, big developments. I do expect us to find out who this midfielder is very, very soon. I don't know who it is. And that's not me saying I don't know who it is, but I do, I don't. My dream is that it's Kone and then Meecha And that we're going for one of those two The reality is I don't know I don't know who it is And I think it needs to be somebody of a quality That makes Tillemans and Santos go up to the next level Star says I think Nico Raskin will arrive from Rangers I mean there's absolutely no chance of that happening Holy, Janelt and Targill And never going to happen mate either really disappointed with Lissandro Martinez last night holding up an Antel English banner while playing for an English club says Tongi I mean look you're entitled to your opinion Jan says domestic and national football should not be mixed we should buy the best you could for United to be constantly at the top says Jan and do Wilcox and Barada even know who it is says Patrick Lynch oh do Wilcox and Barada know who the secret midfielder is well I would hope so they're the persons that are doing it but look let me what i should do is just give you a little bit of an insight into who it could be and who it isn't and because you know it's one thing saying we'll find out who it is and it's another thing saying i don't definitely know who it is but from the information we've had obviously kone was bang on and kone is one of the two Kamavinga is on the list but he's not the second option Baleba is way down the list he's not the second option Sanderberg no one ever talks about apart from I think it's Ben Jacobs and somebody else so I've never heard the name Sanderberg Wharton isn't even under consideration so it's not him and Meecha

17:42is a player Man United really like. It's a player that Jason Wilcox really knows. But we're led to believe the price is really high. But we do have a good relationship with Dortmund.

17:56What Gomez has signed for Villa? Not Angel Gomez. Surely. Must be João Gomez. Which is a good signing for them. Is it João Gomez? Yeah, Jao Gomez, yeah. It's a good signing for them. That is a good signing for them.

18:19Yeah, it is Jao Gomez. I mean, it's a good signing for them. I mean, look, if we'd signed Jao... I mean, look, let me just say this, because this is where I will defend United, right? Villa signed Jao Gomez for probably the same price that we're paying for Tillemans. Who would you prefer, Jao Gomez or Tillemans? I'd prefer Tillemans. So on that one, I prefer Tillemans. Would I want Jao Gomez to be the next Man United midfielder? No. So I think Jao Gomez to Villa is a good signing for them. And with Manzambi, you could argue that Emery's done it again, really, because they lose Tillemans and they bring in Jao Gomez and Manzambi.

19:05That's good business for Villa. That's very, very good business for Villa. But for Manchester United, I would rather have Tillemans over Jao Gomez and I would not be signing Jao Gomez now. And remember what I said to you a few days ago. Remember last week when ESPN Brazil were linking us to Jao Gomez? And what did I say? I said, we're not in for Jao Gomez. We're not. He's a player that we dismissed in January. Ben Jacobs said in January, we're not looking at him. We're not in talks with Jao Gomez, but people were going, oh, it's Jao Gomez. It was never Jao Gomez, never Jao Gomez. So I think he's a good signing for Villa, but he just doesn't work for Man United.

19:46We bought Santos. That's the Jao Gomez player for me. So if we had gone Santos, Edison, Jao Gomez, I wouldn't be happy with that. So good deal for Villa, but that's not the third midfielder for us and it shouldn't be the third midfielder for us. So I don't want to see people going, oh, we missed out on Jao Gomez. We haven't missed out on Jao Gomez. It's not the right player for us. could it be kaisado says wyatt i think if we're both in our fantasy dream it would be kaisado but no chelsea won't sell two of their midfielders to us says ami 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 get yourself a 30 coin pack for just 10 bucks spin quest is a free to play social casino void where prohibited visit spinquest.com for more details well i mean chelsea wouldn't sell as a decent player i don't think either um pavlovich 22 and right profile how much would cost though Ben yeah Enzo undoubtedly will be the face of the midfield if we get him you just stole my words Mark says Jack Tennant absolutely not don't want that racist idiot says Edward Villa signed Gomez anyone saying no to Enzo is salty about last night says Ashton Emily Derry says Enzo Fernandez is a shithouse and I was not impressed with how he conducted himself last night or at the end of last season but he's a very very good midfielder the price would be big though Harrison says thank you for all the World Cup content you've done for the community over recent weeks even though England sadly lost last night I'm glad to be coming towards the end of it actually Harrison I'm exhausted with it now one more game to go World Cup final because anybody who watches that third fourth place game needs to get a life yeah I'm not watching that shit Keel Robinson says absolutely Enzo might be my new gimmick and you can't teach that and Luke says Chelsea wouldn't let him go for anything less than 100 million Mikey Dean says I agree politics no place in football Man United forever Charlie says do you think this will affect Maynou and his confidence after not getting a single minute no no no I'm not worried about Maynou the only thing I would say about Maynou is that I wish they'd picked Adam Scott Alex Scott I wish they'd picked Adam Wharton because to go all the way to the World Cup and just play a third place game he could have been it could have been relaxing in june and doing his gym work now um i think it's always disappointing when one of your best players wastes a summer at a tournament and i think he's wasted a summer at that tournament um so the disappointing thing for mainu is now that he goes on holiday on monday for three weeks and then he comes back for pre-season and you know i think at his age a break would have been nice but you know it's um he he's not going to have a problem with his confidence mainu if anything he's got a point to prove hasn't he um so no i'm not worried about it the only thing i'm bothered about is just you know he hasn't had a hasn't had a summer break i suppose joey says last night was a perfect example of why we need an attacking left back and the value of putting cross quality crosses into the box to break down a low block, says Joey.

23:18Oh, exactly, yeah. Stardust says people, England lose a game and they want Martinez out, grow up. Elliot says it'll all be forgotten by next week. Tom Bestizzi from Newcastle. Most of these donkeys don't even know what the banner they are holding, like Tebber's holding the rest in peace. Fergie banner once, says Ami. Thank you very much for that. It's catching up with some of your comments before we move on to the attack. Can you say happy birthday to my boyfriend Ben, says Claudia Yes I can, happy birthday Ben, hope you're having a great day I hope you have a great day Quinstar says, who is the secret signing Well you tell us Quinstar I mean look, if you're asking me To put it on the line I think it's Well I know it's Kone And I think the other one is Scott Or Ennicha

24:12I can't see it being anybody else I know a lot of people want it to be that Sangari And it could be Because We'll talk about the left back next Because Ryan Carter is saying Spence for left back

24:29Yeah I think it's Scott or And Meechah Unless we do a complete and utter

24:39Telemans, you know? And trust me, I'm trying, and I'll get Beth to ask Ben Jacobs as well. I am trying my very best to find out who it is. But I think we can cross off, we can potentially cross off Adam Scott at two o 'clock because I know for a fact Ben Jacobs has got good links at Bournemouth. And if we were in talks with Adam Scott, I think we would know. So we might be able to cross that one out. Scott's not a DM. I genuinely think people are getting, I think people are going down the wrong pathway. You ever seen that film, The Poseidon Adventure, where the boat flips over and they're in two groups and one group say it's this way to the surface and one people say it's this way to the surface.

25:21And the majority go the wrong way and a handful of people go the other way and some of them make it. I think people going they're not a six are going down the wrong route. I think the midfielder we're going for Will be able to play as a 6 But won't necessarily be a specialist 6 Kone can play as a 6 But he's not a specialist 6 Alex Scott can play as a 6 But he's not a specialist 6 So I don't think it's going to be a specialist 6 Hi Mark, a bit off topic Our first friendlies on Saturday Be good to see them back on the pitch How do you think it will go? Says Damien I think it's always difficult after a major tournament When you have pre-season games And you know you're footballed out on a World Cup You know we've had a lot of World Cup Somebody said to me I've done 70 watch-alongs in this World Cup It doesn't feel like I've done 70 I feel like I've been up at 2 o 'clock in the morning watching football But you know for me pre-season Is a little bit flat this year because it's you know a lot of our players won't be there you know like next summer where i'm sure we will be back in the states we won't have had any football since the end of may and then you know you've got bruno and co hopefully back in the states for a 3am game in chicago that's exciting i look forward to that but i think this set of games it's i've always said this i've said it under tenag i've said it under marino know pre-season after a major tournament is a bit meh because you end up with the players not good enough to go to a world cup and a load of kids and you end up inflating players that aren't good enough the jesse lingards the andres perreira's the pre-season perlos so look i'll watch it i'll enjoy it i want to have a look at santos but it's also pre-season against teams that aren't that good either.

27:27So look, take it for what it is. It's nice to watch United play some games, but my biggest focus for United really is transfers. The pre-season games are a nice backdrop, they are, and they're worth watching, but we've still got a lot of transfer business to do. Chief Will Burt says, Martinez should never play for the club again. How much should we get for him enzo shouldn't be close to the club either if you disagree you've never been to old trafford in your life well i factually went to old trafford in 1989 the very first time as a kid and i've factually been there many many times and i would not get rid of the sandro martinez and i would sign enzo fernandez um and i you know i'm a very proud englishman and i have been over the last few weeks but i can separate politics from football and i can separate manchester united from England.

28:27And I have no desire to not sign Enzo Fernandez and I have no desire to remove Lissandro Martinez for being passionate on the pitch for their football club and then holding up a banner which ultimately

28:42it just doesn't make me want to sell them. I'm sorry. You know, that's my opinion. Correction, we dodged the bullet with two courses, Toc. I find this revisionism hilarious We dodged the bullet with Tuchel We dodged the bullet with Nagalsman We dodged the bullet with Pochettino We dodged the bullet with Ancelotti Why? Because they all got knocked out of the World Cup before the final Well they weren't all going to win the World Cup were they? I mean I would still take most of those managers over what we did And I think the club would have done as well But it's an irrelevance to me absolute irrelevance uh Tukul got his tactics wrong last night big time but disappointing because I think against Croatia we played we played very well I think Mexico it worked um but look Carrick's the manager if you if you wanted Carrick to be the manager you wouldn't I didn't want Carrick there was a lot better options out there but we've got Carrick now I hope he does well I don't really understand why we're talking about Nagelsmann or Ancelotti or Tuchel.

29:47Carrick's the manager. Everybody I speak to wants him to do well. He's got the opportunity. Let's give him the players and see what happens. Carrick needs a marquee now. Pre-season starts on Saturday, says Anthony. Is the secret midfielder Lingard, says Mike Royce. Well, let me... You know what? I do a lot of talking. That's absolutely fine. But who do you think the secret midfielder is and why? I would love to know who you think it is because we might unearth an absolute gem that we go Daniel Thompson says hope you're all doing well thank you for the watch along last night one of the only positives hated Enzo last night and I did vote uh no in the chat but he's a quality player so now you've explained it yet why not I'd consider it I don't think it'll happen by the way Daniel but um I would certainly do it um morning mark despite the competition don't you think it could be Scott.

30:43Arsenal and City are busy with Bruno G and Boadi and he's very high on our list, says Rivers. Let me just run a poll here. 58 % would sign Enzo Fernandes, 42 % wouldn't. Let's pretend my phone has just told me who it is. Oh my God, it's Alex Scott. It's Alex Scott. Okay, right? Either or, we're in talks with Kone and Scott. Who would you sign?

31:22Who would you sign if it was those two and you had to make your choice? Chief Wilbert, thank you for joining the Members Club, you're a legend. Appreciate you. And currently, Kone seems the best choice. We've got two already. And each 100, we need other positions. We can sell players, then stats and other story, says Seth.

31:49Chief says, I absolutely loved Martinez, but I found what he did unforgivable. The lack of respect he must have for the country he plays in. Look, mate, it's all about opinion. In my opinion, I wouldn't kick him out or anything like that. Obviously, you've got a very strong opinion the other way. And there'll be people in the chat who have their own opinions as well. That's the whole point, isn't it? There's no point skirting away from conversations. And I certainly don't think the Martinez one is anywhere near as bad as, you know, Rashford being out in Belfast or what happened with Mason Greenwood.

32:20You know, unfortunately, we're not always talking about football, are we? Quinster says, do you think hydration breaks swing games? Well, I never want to see hydration games in football because, you know what, we don't need them. And it's basically just another half time. and you know although england wasted it we scored we made it to the first hydration but we made it to the hydration break in the second half and it's just an opportunity to tactically change your team isn't it i mean i they're they're meant to be there because it was hot i would not be surprised if fifa brings it in but we do i think it'd be absolutely ridiculous to do it yeah Absolutely ridiculous to bring it in

33:04City's gone Charles Secret DM, no game time now Oliver, your second name is joke I think you're having a joke I don't think that would happen Have you heard about Giao Gomez? Here we go to Villa, says Dan Yeah, I think it's a good deal for Villa Just don't write off Emery at Villa, he's staying at Villa They're in the Champions League

33:28And they've made a couple of good signings there Tillemans is a big loss for them But Jao Gomez into that midfield When you've already got Anana You've got Kamara You've got McGinn You've got Menzambi now They've still got Morgan Rodgers

33:45They've removed Vigne So Mattson can play I think Villa will be a decent team again next season BG Mac says I'm wishing a very happy and a wisly birthday to my good friend Ed Taylor. Enjoy the medieval dinner and epic night, mate. P.S. He wants to sign Norgard. Well, I hope he has a crap birthday then with opinions like that. No, I don't. Happy birthday, Ed. Morning, Mark and Co. Do you think JJ will get a chance this season? And do you think non-starters should play third place game? Bless. I'm not watching the third place game, Garfield. So I couldn't give a shit about England, to be honest, anymore.

34:19And as, I mean, you make a good point about JJ. I mean Lacey these are players that I do want to see in pre-season you know I would like to see JJ in JJ Gabriel of course and Lacey and you know hopefully a couple of others we're obviously going to see the Fletchers as well so I'd like to see I mean that is something that Manchester United are really going to be

34:53Big on, hopefully, on the youth So it'd be great to see some of them in there I mean, I don't know People saying what about Orozco and people like that I don't know I don't know whether we'll use players like that Kone, I don't know I don't know Rob Always United, one of our members Has just said twat I don't know who that's to Maybe it's having a bad day I think there's some chats going on in the live chat Bitter Moose has just been called a moron by Roderick Mark, I've built a good life on taking extreme risks based on gut feelings I cannot shake this feeling Belaber will have an extreme glow up next season says Kiel Yeah, that's fine and I respect that opinion Kiel but I've had a good life also taking extreme risks and I cannot help feeling that signing Belaber would be an absolutely big festering steamering pile of shit so one of us is wrong uh santos and tillerman's are bench players we need starters says shimsy uh what was that not what was that about not signing based on the world cups as jaded who are you talking about you know when you get a comment you just don't know who are you talking about what was that not about not signing based on the world cup who who we spoken about that would fit that profile because i agree with you you shouldn't buy a player based on the world cup I mean the only players I can think we've spoken about Is Kone who we've been linked to before the World Cup And people should know who he is Enzo Fernandes who plays in the bloody Premier League So I don't think we would be scouting Enzo Fernandes on a World Cup game Who else have we spoken about?

36:33I don't know I'll be watching versus France and Wrexham Saturday This is Quinster Kiel Robinson says I dread that we absolutely batter France I don't really care I really don't care I'll watch the final, that's it Do you think it could be Cole Palmer says Dylan I mean I don't want to send the chat into meltdown but I have heard a couple of times throughout the summer not from good sources but I have heard a couple of times this summer about Cole Palmer and Man United But I mean, that would be incredible. I mean, I think he's a brilliant player. That would be incredible. It would be expensive. And it's also in a position we don't need to fill.

37:17So I'd be shocked in more ways than one. Red Boss says the Argentine players did the island stunt because Trump admin are trying to push Argentina to have it. There is no way FIFA sanctions them, says Red Boss. And Chris Lockett says rest in peace to Michael Richard's dad. Yeah I saw that post Very sad finding out about that before the post Before the game Thank you for that It's probably Palinja It won't be Palinja I don't need anyone to tell me it's not Palinja But it won't be Palinja So basically And again Maybe people aren't aware of this Kone we're in talks with As we've told you for a while The second player we're in talks with it's because that player that we're in talks with the reason it's a secret is because it's a big deal it's not going to be Paulina from Bayern Munich like that's why would you keep that quiet so it's the reason it's being kept quiet is because it is secretive and they want to keep it quiet so um there won't be 80 million marquee signing in the hospital go for a 40 to 50 million pound player with specific traits to help create different combinations in the midfields is extreme with rail well that that's exactly who the final midfielder should be as well i mean you want it to be a marquee but they they do need to complement what we've got mainu and tilliman's are very similar in the sense that they're not defensive and they're not quick they have different traits on the ball but they're not defensive and they're not quick santos is a bit of everything you know he's he's he's a good passer of the ball he can put a tackle in he's got a lot of energy and he can push forward but he's inexperienced and most of his minutes are off the bench for Chelsea so for me the fourth midfielder needs to be defensively good experienced and quick and that's you know that's as simple as it is you've got two midfielders who aren't good defensively and not particularly quick in Tillemans and Mane you've got another midfielder in Santos who is quite quick, can make a tackle and is good on the ball.

39:33So the fourth midfielder cannot be slow and not very good defensive. He's got to be physical, intense, hopefully good on the ball, but also good in the tackle. Whether that's a£40 million player or a£100 million player, that's what they've got to be.

39:54Bitter Moose says, good morning. All these people putting England before Martinez and Enzo. not true united supporters um curveball what about nicholas sowold at leipzig champions league and favel says damien well what about the guy um some people say what about bowady i think that's too expensive what about the guy that everybody was going on about from the netherlands what's his name what's going on everyone it's bluff here and you know what's more american than america's 250th birthday? Supporting American-owned companies like SpinQuest, America's number one social casino with over a thousand games like Live Dealer Blackjack and Craps.

40:35They're offering new users a$30 coin package for just$10. Go to SpinQuest.com and sign up today. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details i mean united love prospects that they love they love prospects so i would never rule out somebody under 22 smith keys smith yeah that's the one i was thinking about um so you know again there's another one that could be a possibility um and that's the exciting thing you know it could be a lot of people um jamie taylor says lost respect for you think gary neville has been rubbing off on you 255 lives given and that's your response you don't have a clue mate i do have a clue the problem is you have a different opinion to me and i'm very consistent i don't bring politics into football so if you're trying to kick the sandro martinez out of manchester united for holding a flag that's political and it bothers you i respect it don't fucking come at me saying I don't respect my own country.

41:45Don't fucking come at me saying I don't have a clue. I've got a far bigger clue than you think. I know exactly what that means and I know exactly what it's all about. But it's 1982.

41:57It's a long time ago. If Argentinians want to make a big deal of it, personally, I've moved on. I've moved on from it. I've forgotten about it. I've moved on from it. And there are a lot worse things going on in the UK Than some Argentinian footballers holding up a bloody banner A lot worse And if we're going to start kicking people out of England For holding a banner up after a football match I think we're sending the wrong message as a country But as I said This is why I don't get into politics I don't want Lissandro Martinez kicked out of England I don't want Lissandro Martinez out of Man United shirt That's my right to say that It's got nothing to do with being anti-English Because I'm not but I think people are just taking it a little bit too far in my opinion if you passionately want him out of Manchester start your poll start your protest go and stand out outside Old Trafford respect you know you've got freedom of speech in this country you go and do what you think what you what you need to do but come on have a little look around other news websites there's a lot more going on in our own country where people don't get kicked out for it so you know let's let's maybe start with the bigger things before we start going after stuff like that but this is why i don't do politics in football because it just takes it away from the real conversation but lissandro martinez is our best left-footed center back he's passionate he's uh press resistant he's good on the ball um and he can he absolutely is a big game player he's a big game player that's a world cup semi-final when he's on a yellow card and he was brilliant and he's been brilliant for argentina throughout this tournament and he's a Man United player.

43:41Manchester United isn't England. Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't English. George Best wasn't English. Roy Keane wasn't English. Eric Cantona wasn't English. It's not about England, is it? It's about Manchester United. And I take, you know, it is controversial. That's why we mentioned it right at the start of the show and people will have passionate opinions. But if you want an opinion, and you have an opinion, you have to respect other people's opinions. I respect yours. Don't come on here telling me I haven't got a bloody clue. I have got a clue. I know I fully know the history of my country. Thank you very much.

44:18And I fully know how passionate people are about it. But I'm passionate about my country as well. But I don't want Lissandro Martinez kicking out of Manchester United because he held up a flag after a game where Argentina have just beat England. If you do, that's up to you. so I couldn't give a shit if you've lost respect for me Jamie to be honest I think I've explained it very well and I retain respect for you in your opinion

44:44Kamara good value available defensive Champions League experience thank you Melchert could it be Odegaard no Keel it won't be Odegaard sick feeling it could be Dion says Andre

45:01I mean I'm not I don't want to sit here and say, I don't want to sit here and say, it's not Dion. I'd be very surprised if it's Dion. Bawadi, 70 million and loan back. One year, Pelinha, says Anthony. No, it won't be that. Turan from Juventus, Mark. Box to box midfielder, says Alfie. Could be. We were in Italy. What kind of player is Kone? Can he play the sixth in the Premier League for a club like ours, says Chief? Yeah, as I said, Chief, I think people are running down the wrong alleyway with the number six because I think people think of a number six sitting there in front of the back four whilst everyone else goes forward and we didn't even do that with Casemiro.

45:39Casemiro didn't sit there, you know, Casemiro was on the edge of the box, Casemiro was whipping crosses in from the right wing. So yeah, I don't think that this number six that people are thinking about, it's not the six who sits there and patrols the back four like Carrick. This will be somebody that plays next to a menu or next to a Tillemans and does a lot of the the running so in that sense um Kone can do that yes I wouldn't stick Kone in front of the back four and say just sit there for 90 minutes taking the ball off the back four he's not that but he's definitely you know you saw it against um even if you've just been watching the World Cup he's been doing it for France in a midfield pivot with Rabiot or Chumini and that's exactly what he'll do for England we'll play a midfield pivot we will play two and he can he can do that what he does have that mainu doesn't have and tillemans doesn't have his physicality speed and aggression um so yeah he could definitely you could definitely play kone with mainu you could definitely play kone with tillemans and i think that's the plan with santos as well um but scott can do the same as well urban's right i think alex scott can do that role he's physical you know he can do the defense he can do the defensive work as well.

46:56Elliot Anderson would have been able to do that role as well. You know, you think about Elliot Anderson, he's done a lot of defensive work for England in the World Cup, but he's not really a six. I don't think many teams do play a six anymore. Arsenal don't play with a six. I suppose Man City sort of do because Rodri runs the midfield like he does for Spain. Liverpool, do they really play with a six or is it Gravenberg and McAllister? So most modern teams don't play an actual six. They'll play two and share the role, which is what I think England are going to do. And Kone can do that as well. Thank you, Chief.

47:36Really interested to see Kone distance cupboard stats per game. He did not seem that energetic in terms of ground coverage. If his best qualities are on the ball and carrying, I would prefer Scots as Sunrisers Army. I think the France-Spain game was a bad game to judge anybody. Cermini struggled, Kone struggled, Rabiot struggled, France struggled and that's because you're chasing the ball and it's a really thankless task in the midfield when you're chasing the ball like that but I would describe him as somebody that covers a lot of grounds yeah Dino says you missed my£10 super chat from earlier when you get a chance to go back I hope you had a good day I saw something about yours Dino, I don't know whether it's not even in here but I saw people saying great chat so I'll try and find it Paulini is on his way to Villa says Mr Tombert would be very good signing for them as well read how to win the Premier League great insights into Liverpool's rebuild we need smart recruitment not just big obvious names it's a very good book Razzler I haven't read it but I know a lot of people have said it's a very good book

48:39right let me see if I can find this from done that one done that one

48:50Where are you? Let's be having you What's the latest on Somerville and stuff? Well we spoke about that last night Effectively We can't buy Somerville or any other attacker Until we sort out what's happening with Rashford England won't actually be out of the World Cup till Sunday So When's he going to have these talks with United When he's going to go on holiday

49:16yeah found it Dino he says Enzo would be the perfect replacement for Casemiro but he would cost over 100 million and his wages would be over 200k a week and the owners don't want to spend that much on a player you're right you're right you're absolutely correct it's certainly fucking hell why does spam beat you do you ever get that on your phone You get a suspected spam call And you hit The red button to cancel it And it's almost like These spam phone calls Have some sort of Force field on your red button It still rings Fuck off spam

50:02Yeah going back to what you were saying About Enzo Fernandes Dean You're right you're absolutely correct He would be expensive And his wages would be high And that sadly means Man United wouldn't do anything about it but uh um why did you call goldstein a knobhead do you have to i mean people some people won't know who goldstein is um he's a shit radio uh dj on talk sport but um i mean why would you call him a knobhead i mean i don't know why that needs explaining i mean it's self-explanatory isn't it but there was context to it he basically said he'd give up man united's treble for england to win the World Cup.

50:41And I got sent it because the person who sent it me said he can't be a real United fan. And I went, well, apparently he's a top United fan. But I tell you what, no, no real Man United fan would ever say I'd give up the treble for a World Cup. I mean, international football and club football are two separate things. And they're two separate things and you prefer one or the other. and I can't understand anybody who prefers England over Manchester United or Liverpool or anything like that. I love the World Cup and I love the Euros, but it's a bubble. I hate international breaks. I hate international football interrupting club football.

51:23I'm like, you're ruining it. I hate international breaks. I've never liked an international break in my whole life. I cannot stand them, right? So that shows me how much I love club football over international football. in June when my club's not playing if there's a World Cup or a Euros I'm in the bubble I love it I bloody love it so yeah I'd sacrifice the treble to win a World Cup well you're not a Man United fan then are you mate I lived that treble as some of you did as well I'm giving that up for England to win a World Cup fuck off I know I've never experienced winning a World Cup but it can't be that It can't be that As if you'd give up 99 for a World Cup I mean, the World Cup would be great, I imagine It would unite a nation It would be a brilliant game And it'd be a brilliant week after it But the treble went on for months You know, it started in the Nou Camp You know, drawing with Barcelona before Christmas Knocking Liverpool out in the FA Cup in the January You know, many brilliant league games.

52:34And then into April, gigs with his top off at Villa Park. That wasn't one week. That was like eight months.

52:47Which grew into this crescendo climax of the Nou Camp and Solskjaer has won it. I mean, nothing. Every time I talk about that season, I get goosebumps. Nothing will ever top that. as a man united fan i've already hit the peak i even if united win a treble they will never replicate that i'm at peace with that there is nothing in football that can repeat that and man city's treble is nowhere near our treble because of how we did it and you know i think we achieved the best thing i don't i don't think any other club in football can defeat what we did and i'm not being united bias. I'm just saying it was incredible.

53:31It was incredible. And if I'd seen Liverpool do that from the outside, look in it, I'd go, I'm not going to tell them that that was incredible. How to give that up to win a fucking World Cup? Shove it up your arse. Shove it up your arse. Not sure if you answered, but I'd love to know this midfield signing is being kept secret. Surely player agent puts it out there for a better deal, says Irish Ghost. Well, you know what? I do agree with you. Why is it still a secret? And secrets around Man united don't stay secrets and it's been going on for a couple of days now um which is why i think it will come out in the next couple of days but um what you got to remember is i knew about tillemans on sunday afternoon and it didn't come out until monday morning and i know for a fact the person who told me knew about Tillemans on Saturday.

54:25So you can have a couple of days, Grace. You can have a couple of days, Grace, before it hits, but I agree with you. It should be coming out. It should be coming out.

54:41Daily Real says, based from recent transfers, will you take Wilcox Cox? No, we'll not be taking Wilcox Cox. Thank you very much. Mark, thanks for the response. I don't believe he should be sacked, kicked out of England, but I think he should be made to answer why he'd done what he'd done and the total disrespect to the country he plays in. Well, I respect the fact that you've come back, Jamie. I appreciate that. I just didn't like the grow up comment. You know, so I appreciate you coming back. And obviously, I don't disrespect your opinion. I disagree with it. Honest question from the US. Do you wish England had halogen for 2030?

55:1730.

55:21Did you write, did you meant to write Balogun? Ashton, I don't know what you meant to write there. Finally made to a morning show. Happy to be here, says Joel. Could it be Bissouma on a fray? You know, this is the thing, Quinster. We're thinking Scott and Meecher. It could be something shit. Like, I don't know. I don't understand Mark Tilleman signing. He played 25 Premier League games. We could sign Fernandez, Casemiro, even his age, played 34 games. What do you think? I'm happy with Tillman Sapta in the position that we're in. Would you take Gibbs White, says Dylan? No. No. No. I think we need to sort this midfielder out first.

55:58Definitely. Definitely. Brilliant show this morning. I'm okay. Some people are saying, how are you feeling? I thought it was coming home. You know what? The only thing that bothers me is seeing my son cry because England get knocked out of a World Cup semi-final. that that's what bothers me i can deal with it bloody hell i'm into my 40s now the the worst i've england have let me down all my life you know 1998 we were beating argentina 2-1 we blew it 2002 world cup quarter final were 1-0 up against brazil we blew it 2018 world cup semi-final were 1-0 up against croatia we blew it euros final at wembley were 1-0 up against italy we blew it um 2026 well 1-0 up against Argentina we blew it you know I mean it's not it's not a surprise it's disappointing but it's not a surprise um so no it's fine you know um I'm hoping to get the World Cup final out of the way and um I need a break I need a break I'm not really one for doing this but I just feel like a few days break for myself um because we're not all going to get away as a family and stuff because everyone's got stuff on pre-season uni bloody concerts and school projects etc so i just think i just i'm ready for a break i fancy i fancy a i fancy a hotel balcony doing 10 minute live streams talking about kone um so i want to get this uh i want to get this world cup final out of the way and have a have a have a little look at a few days away um preparing for the new season i could look you know what i'm blessed we have an amazing community there's nearly 15 000 people watching here we have an amazing community we've got some amazing exciting things coming up on this channel and that's football for the new season you know if you knew what i knew you'd be like who gives a shit about england but i do care you know i wanted to win but losing is part of part of the game isn't it imagine how the norwegians felt at the weekend so and they they played a lot better than we did so you know we got england got what they deserved because of the reasons i said it's it is what it is um need a break have a kick cat says luke michael doherty says good day mark and the community um i wouldn't give up a united corner for england to win the world cup never mind the treble would be a great addition scott premier league proven etc says wayne look i just you know what what i do want is an exciting third midfielder.

58:38I don't want anything that's going to piss me off. I want an exciting one. So if it's Scott, I'd be excited. If it's Anitra, I'd be excited. If it's Kone, I'd be excited. Hopefully it's one of those three. And if it's not one of those three, hopefully it is something incredible like Enzo Fernandes. But I don't want anything that's going to piss me off. 60 % of you would go for Kone over Scott. I like that. I like that because I like Scott and I'd be very happy with Scott. But if we're going to sign Kone, I'm glad that a lot of people are on board with it because I really do like him. So, yeah.

59:08Take care, everyone. I'll speak to you a bit. Don't forget to miss, don't miss BNB at two o 'clock, Beth and Ben Jacobs. I'm on at eight o 'clock. Obviously, anything in between. If I find anything out, make sure you're following at Mark Goldbridge on X because I normally post anything on there if I know it. Statistically, the secret midfielder should be Leon Abdullah, 22nd year old, 20 to 20 year old plays for Hoffenheim. I like the Bundesliga shout out, Marlo. I don't think it is him but you never know you never know that's why I say Keyes-Smith you never know with Favell they love a prospect I don't think this player needs to be a prospect but they do love a prospect thank you so much make sure you've subscribed bottom right hand corner get involved with the channel we'll speak to you all later I'm going to go and do another That's Football video moaning about England speak to you in a bit

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